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By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A beauty pageant held this month in Zimbabwe is seen by its contestants and organizer as…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has called on Republicans in Congress to help keep American people safe from gun violence and praised police…

By ISABEL DEBRE and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel struck targets in the Gaza Strip with stepped-up bombardment and…

By MARK STEVENSON and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — In a city without water, electricity or gasoline, where desperate…

NEW YORK (AP) — A sea of hundreds of protesters filled the main concourse of New York City’s famed Grand Central Terminal during the evening rush…

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Adolis García hit a game-winning homer in the 11th inning after Corey Seager’s…

By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Already considered a hub for Latin, hip hop and electronic music, Miami is now going country.…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s land board says it will hand over state land on Maui to be used for a wildfire…

By HOLLY RAMER and MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — A billiard ball being hit, a dropped bowling ball and a popping…

By MANUEL VALDES Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — In a city known for its stunning views of Puget Sound, Seattle’s most coveted sightings are…

By CLAUDIA LAUER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A timeline released Friday shows that the suspect in the Maine mass…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is trying to move past questions over a $19,000…

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — There has been a Travis Kelce sighting at the World Series. Two of them, actually. No sign of Taylor Swift, though. The…

By JULHAS ALAM and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s main opposition party plans to hold a mass rally on…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press Hundreds of law enforcement officers descended on southern Maine this week in search of the sole suspect in two…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s trip to China, with the stated goal of working together to fight…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Two white boaters charged in an Alabama riverfront brawl that drew nationwide attention have pleaded guilty to misdemeanor…

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Former President George W. Bush had a little bounce with his ceremonial first pitch to former Texas Rangers catcher Iván…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A new study shows that most New Mexico families with infants exposed to illicit drugs,…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — In one sense, there was a feeling of closure as survivors of the deadliest antisemitic attack in…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Authorities say a Canadian fishing boat has rescued an American man one day after the U.S. Coast Guard ended its…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Groups of angry, desperate residents began blocking the only entrances to the hurricane…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Jurors at the criminal trial of a founder of the classified site Backpage.com heard opposite…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — To be announced. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Moll, a character actor who found lasting fame as an eccentric but gentle giant…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Shawn Levy made the decision to direct the new Netflix limited series “All the Light We Cannot See” when he…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The latest Israel-Hamas war has quickly become the deadliest and most destructive in the long…

By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge says the state Senate’s vote to fire a top elections official last…

CLINTON, N.C. (AP) — A sheriff’s office in southeast North Carolina has released the names of five people found fatally shot in a home earlier…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press FALMOUTH, Maine (AP) — Maine’s close-knit community of deaf and hard of hearing people is grieving in the…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has removed himself from the Young Dolph murder case Friday. The judge was ordered…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration has designated four tracts of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico off…

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Author Salman Rushdie could take the stand against the man accused of repeatedly stabbing him when the defendant goes on…

By The Associated Press Arizona defenseman Travis Dermott recently defied an NHL edict on supporting social causes before games. The NHL announced in…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia school district has passed a policy mandating annual religious freedom…

By TOM GOULD Associated Press MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — A corruption watchdog group in Mozambique says a police officer and a civilian have been…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney says Walt Disney World’s governing district made up of Florida Gov. Ron…

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two members of the Korn Ferry Tour have been suspended for three-to-six months for placing bets on PGA Tour…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Misinformation targeting a reproductive rights measure on…

COALINGA, Calif. (AP) — California officials say an inmate accused of attacking Paul Flores this summer, shortly after Flores reported to prison to…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York City is intensifying efforts to transport migrants out of the city as its…

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The COVID-19 treatments millions of have taken for free from the federal government will enter…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — There’s Mark Tuan, the K-pop musician. And then there’s “Digital Mark.” The…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration has identified nearly 3,400 voters who were…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A former model for Abercrombie & Fitch has sued the fashion retailer, alleging it…

By MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR (AP) — El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has registered to run for reelection next year.…

NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy is recalling nearly 1 million pressure cookers and separate inner pots due to a defect that can cause hot foods to spew…

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho judge on Thursday declined to dismiss a grand jury indictment against a man accused of fatally stabbing four…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has led a special prayer service in St. Peter’s Basilica for a…

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Three sea turtles are back in their natural habitats after being rehabilitated at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has scheduled a vote on a nonbinding resolution calling for a…

By GISELA SALOMON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge in Miami sentences a retired Colombian army officer to life in prison for his role…

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s first official probe of sex abuse by clergy members or people connected to the Catholic…

NEW YORK (AP) — The number of catalytic converter theft claims dropped in the first half of this year, the first time that’s happened since 2019,…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Police have recaptured a murder suspect who escaped custody in September, forcing an hours-long…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The authoritarian president of Belarus has invited Hungary’s prime minister to visit…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands is warning people on the island of St. Croix that they should not drink…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — An alliance of ethnic rebel groups has launched a coordinated offensive in northeastern Myanmar to…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Six of nine deputies have pleaded not guilty to charges ranging from second-degree murder to…