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By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s two main drug cartels have long taken their deadly rivalry with them as they…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer Generations of Americans have held firm to a version of free speech that makes room for even the vilest of…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — After almost five years of engagement and a postponement due to the coronavirus pandemic, former New Zealand Prime…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Everyone has ended up walking away a winner at the American Film…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of an inmate who is scheduled to be the first person executed with…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Russian billionaire who accused Sotheby’s of teaming up with a Swiss art dealer to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from Starbucks in a dispute with the National Labor Relations Board over workers…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors have urged a judge to reject former Minneapolis police Officer Derek…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In what would be an overhaul to Louisiana’s unique open “jungle primary” system, which…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A jailed member of the Proud Boys extremist group has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for his…

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The polls have opened in Taiwan as the island’s voters…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles man accused of killing his wife and her parents and then stuffing their dismembered body parts into trash bags has…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — MyPillow chief executive and prominent election denier Mike Lindell said Friday that Fox…

By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with a senior Chinese diplomat as the Biden…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate; Governor J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill. ___…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court has found that a jury should hear former Republican state…

By STEFANIE DAZIO and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles police chief has announced he is retiring. Chief Michel…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press UNION, N.J. (AP) — An investigation into the deaths of two Newark, New Jersey firefighters finds that an initial…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press A Connecticut truck driver will serve at least 12 months behind bars after pleading guilty to charges related to a…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s governor is advocating for a broad suite of legislative proposals on gun…

CAMBRIDGE, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont state trooper is being praised for plunging into a frigid pond and saving the life of an 8-year-old girl who had…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump was ordered Friday to pay nearly $400,000 in legal fees to The…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ron DeSantis is taking his battle with Nikki Haley directly to her home state, planning to…

By TARA COPP, LOLITA C. BALDOR and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — From his hospital room, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin first…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Quaker Oats has expanded a December recall of more than 40 products that may be contaminated with salmonella. Two…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden has indicated a new willingness to testify before…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The family of a Navy officer jailed in Japan over a car crash that killed two Japanese citizens…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida Marriott Hotel canceled a Muslim group’s conference at the last…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has ruled that the state’s top elections official is legally holding her…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Caitlin Clark has set records on and off the court. The University of Iowa’s superstar guard is on track to do…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for a columnist who last year won a $5 million jury award against Donald Trump for…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and JOSH BOAK Associated Press EMMAUS, Pennsylvania (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday tried his hand at retail politics —…

MADRID (AP) — Spain forward Jenni Hermoso has led the fight against sexism in Spanish soccer after finding herself in the global spotlight when she…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil and natural gas companies would have to pay a fee for methane emissions that exceed certain…

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press With his civil fraud trial drawing to a close, Donald Trump has leveled unsupported claims of collusion…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press EMMAUS, Pennsylvania (AP) — President Joe Biden says it was a lapse in judgment for Defense Secretary Lloyd…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s professional sports teams have started gathering initiative petition…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army said Friday it killed three Palestinian men who infiltrated a West Bank…

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Aliens they are not. That’s what forensic experts in Peru said Friday about two doll-like figures and an alleged three-fingered…

By DIDI TANG and IAN MADER Associated Press Taiwan is holding a weekend presidential election that neighboring China has warned could mean the…

By RALPH RUSSO AP College Football Writer A person with direct knowledge of the talks tells The Associated Press that Alabama is negotiating with…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Robots of all kinds caused a stir on the show floor this week at the annual CES technology trade…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Campaign events are falling as swiftly as the Iowa snow as wintry weather hampers both…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A commercial truck driver from Ukraine who was ordered deported wants to get his driving…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The family of a transgender volleyball player has added a South Florida school district as a defendant in a federal…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review lower-court rulings that make it harder for cities in the western United States to…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer A prominent immigration lawyer and improbable hero among Beatles fans has died. Leon Wildes was 90. Wildes was…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota teenager was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after his murder conviction last year.…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former U.S. senator and owner of the Milwaukee Bucks Herb Kohl is being remembered for his love of both the city where he grew up…

By LOUIS PATRICK OKAMBA Associated Press BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — The United Nations says widespread floods in the Republic of Congo…

SALEM, Oregon (AP) — Oregon’s Supreme Court is keeping former President Donald Trump on the primary ballot in that state. The court on Friday…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Elmore Nickleberry, a longtime Memphis sanitation worker who participated in the pivotal…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A former Pennsylvania defense attorney who used to work as a county prosecutor has been sentenced to jail for preying on…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Hot off the Taylor Swift’s red-carpet triumph for Gucci in glittering green, the Italian…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A well-known former legislator in Puerto Rico who is popular with conservatives has been found guilty of federal…

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against an Indiana law that allows…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Dollar General store where three Black people were killed during a racially motivated shooting last summer has reopened…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie” will face off at yet another awards ceremony this season, at the Producers Guild…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in Puerto Rico have captured a rhesus macaque monkey that was being chased by…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Jackson’s water manager says a new round of test results did not…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A former Connecticut city alderman who won a Republican primary for mayor while facing charges related to the…