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AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The red-cockaded woodpecker, an iconic bird in southeastern forests, has recovered enough of its population to…

COVINGTON, La. (AP) — It’s taken 38 years, but Louisiana authorities have finally identified a woman whose body was found floating in Lake…

Associated Press A western Nebraska school superintendent who wanted a student to remove his cowboy hat is facing a felony charge after the boy fell…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Kristy has strengthened into a Category 5 storm. Forecasters say the major hurricane is expected to remain far from…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The former finance director for a city in a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, has pleaded guilty to embezzling nearly $1…

Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden will apologize on behalf of the U.S. government Friday for its…

Associated Press Since going on strike last month, Boeing factory workers repeated one theme from their picket lines: They want their pensions back.…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court in New York says a recent Supreme Court decision does not alter its conclusion that New…

ST. CHARLES, Ill. (AP) — Investigators have determined that a skull discovered in the wall of an Illinois home in 1978 was that of an Indiana…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s police raided the Buenos Aires hotel where ex-One Direction singer Liam Payne stayed before dying…

AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials said Thursday that there’s no evidence bird flu is spreading between people after…

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The unions representing more than 7,000 CVS workers in Southern California have reached a tentative agreement…

NEW YORK (AP) — A pilot program testing AI-powered weapons scanners inside some New York City subway stations this summer did not detect any…

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty in a shooting that wounded one person inside an Indiana shopping mall last year has been sentenced…

Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s former Prime Minister Hama Amadou has died in a hospital in the country’s capital, Niamey. He had…

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — An elections board is deadlocked about whether a Democratic member of Congress from Ohio resides in her Akron district.…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A nurse who worked at an Alabama jail is the sixth person to agree to plead guilty in connection with the death of a…

Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — For the first time under President Joe Biden, a federal permit for a new lithium-boron mine has been approved…

CHICAGO (AP) — Federal investigators say the operator of a Chicago commuter train that crashed almost a year ago had alcohol in his system. The…

AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In the upcoming “See Her Be Her” documentary, sports photographer Jean Fruth and her team chronicle…

Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Online sports betting is bringing in new revenue for New Jersey, but it is also creating concerns over…

Associated Press ACAMBARO, Mexico (AP) — A car bomb left outside a police station in western Mexico has wounded three people. Prosecutors in the…

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors recommended Thursday Erik and Lyle Menendez be resentenced for the 1989 killings of their parents…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida is suing to force the Justice Department to stop blocking the state’s investigation into the second…

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Republican official in Georgia is appealing a judge’s order that she and other election leaders in the…

BOLOGNA, Italy (AP) — AC Milan’s weekend match at Bologna in Italy’s top soccer league has been postponed. Bologna officials made the…

Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will significantly reduce the number of new immigrants in the country…

Associated Press SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Democrats trying to win control of the House on Election Day might have their best chance of flipping a seat…

AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The undead, Medieval-themed suburban restaurants, the mall. Druidism, decapitated chickens, rebirth. Church, sheep…

Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will lead his Liberal Party into the next election, dismissing a request by…

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Two former Penn State football players facing felony rape charges are free on bond while they await their next hearing.…

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia secretary of state’s office said it acted quickly earlier this month to thwart an attempt to…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An American cryptocurrency executive held in Nigeria for the past eight months has been released after…

AP Health Writer From Boar’s Head deli meat and waffles to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders, this year’s illness outbreaks — some…

Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Beyoncé is expected to appear Friday in her hometown of Houston at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris,…

Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs on Thursday opened fire and hit a U.N. helicopter, forcing it to land in Port-au-Prince in the…

Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Congo’s President announced a national commission will be set up next year to draft a new constitution for…

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic has signed a treaty over its relations with the Vatican, becoming one of the last European Union countries to do…

Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan man has been released from prison after 22 years after Detroit-area prosecutors acknowledged that his…

AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Most people have accumulated a pile of data — selfies, emails, videos and more — on their social media and…

Associated Press Desserts and sweets are a traditional part of the South Asian holiday Diwali. For some, it marks the start of the Hindu New Year,…

CLEVELAND (AP) — Federal agents searched the Ohio home of a prominent real estate developer who owns affordable housing properties and senior…

Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Relations between Israel and the United Nations have long been tense. They have sunk to a low ebb following…

Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — African playwright and actor Oliva Ouedraogo’s “Queen” depicts the fictional journey of a girl who…

AP Science Writer The world is on a path to get 1.8 degrees Celsius (3.2 Fahrenheit) warmer than it is now, a United Nations report said Thursday.…

AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The world economy, buffeted by conflict and growing geopolitical rivalries, is in danger of getting stuck in…

Associated Press LETICIA, Colombia (AP) — The severe drought of the Amazon River has caused Indigenous communities who live beside it to struggle…

AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Louis McCartney who starred in the play “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” in London will reprise his…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Imprisoned former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak issued a rare apology over the looting of a state investment…

Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Since the war in Ukraine began, Yaroslav Pyzh, a Baptist pastor in Lviv, has worn many hats. He runs the…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The wife of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan was released from a high-security prison in the garrison city…

AP Business Writer The parent company of WWE and UFC is buying Professional Bull Riders, On Location, and IMG from Endeavor Group in an all-stock…

Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike on a school where displaced people were sheltering in the central Gaza Strip…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Taliban officials in Afghanistan’s south have banned all media from showing images of living things to comply with the…

AP Business Writer Switching jobs can be a great way to increase your pay, but make sure it doesn’t hurt your retirement savings. After…

Associated Press For baseball fans, “Fernandomania” marked a flash of pitching brilliance, the emergence of a unique talent in the history of one…

LONDON (AP) — Chipmaker Intel has won a fresh victory in a long-running battle against European Union competition watchdogs after the bloc’s top…