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By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some social media users are calling out celebrities for what they say is inaction in the face of…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — After 30 years of dominating South African politics, the ruling African National…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Mexican citizens were among those going to work at a Florida watermelon…

By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — YouTube has blocked access to videos of a protest song in Hong Kong, days after court approved an…

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — First-year students at the U.S. Naval Academy are taking part in the annual Herndon Monument Climb, a ritual that marks the…

By ANNIE MA AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Seventy years ago this week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled separating children in schools by race…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A Utah woman who authorities say fatally poisoned her husband, then published a…

By JULIA DIAS CARNEIRO and DIARLEI RODRIGUES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The passinho is a Brazilian dance style created in the 2000s by…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press When it was Shawnna Bolick’s turn to speak, the words tumbled out of her for 20 minutes. The conservative lawmaker…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s perhaps the biggest question swirling around the U.S. economy right now: Is…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A flotilla of about 100 fishing boats led by Filipino activists has sailed to a disputed…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor is facing demands for speedy action…

By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press MERIDA, Mexico (AP) — Authorities in Mexico say 11 people have been killed by shootings in a small town in…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidential primary may be decided, but election season marches on. Voters in several…

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore’s deputy leader Lawrence Wong is set to be sworn in as the nation’s…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker railed against Pride month, working women, President Biden’s leadership during…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The sun isn’t done yet. That’s the message from the National Oceanic and…

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Steven Bradbury is back in the news for another good reason more than 20 years after winning an unlikely gold medal in…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Topping the list of contests in this week’s primaries in four states is a U.S. Senate race…

By SEUNG MIN KIM, ELLEN KNICKMEYER and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it is sending…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers are questioning a sheriff’s decision to allow a Netflix…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer FIFA’s gravest crisis erupted with police raids at its annual meeting in 2015. Nine years later soccer’s 211…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday the state will make $3.3 billion…

By DAVID KOENIG and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has determined that Boeing violated a settlement…

NEW YORK (AP) — Jason Kelce is officially a member of ESPN’s “Monday Night Countdown” team. ESPN announced Kelce had signed a multiyear…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors say a 29-year-old man accused of shooting and wounding two Jewish men as they left synagogues in Los Angeles last…

MICHAEL R. SISAK, ERIC TUCKER, MICHELLE L. PRICE and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s defense attorneys have…

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas public university leaders say hundreds of positions and programs across state…

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — For a second consecutive year, the Avalanche are on the brink of elimination with Valeri Nichushkin,…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The city of Colorado Springs has agreed to pay $2.1 million to settle a federal lawsuit brought by…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Westminster Kennel Club dog show is gearing up to award its coveted best in show prize. By…

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press A New York bankruptcy judge has denied Rudy Giuliani a chance to pursue an appeal of a $148 million defamation…

By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Sizzling heat across Asia and the Middle East in late April that echoed last year’s…

HOUSTON (AP) — The Rev. William “Bill” Lawson, a longtime pastor and civil rights leader who helped desegregate Houston, Texas, and worked with…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Serena Williams is returning to the sports spotlight to host The ESPYS in July. The retired 23-time major tournament winner will…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Welcome to Cannes. The annual film festival is always a spectacle, but 2024’s edition may be…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says he will spend more than $500,000 from his political committee to help a…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers say a planet that’s bigger than Jupiter is surprisingly as fluffy…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press The Vermont legislature has passed one of the strongest data privacy measures in the country, aimed at cracking down…

By LEA SKENE and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Investigators probing the March collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The U.S. drug czar sent a pointed letter to world anti-doping officials, saying leaders in governments across the…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — GameStop and other meme stocks are roaring once again, surging to dizzying heights suddenly and…

By MIKE CATALINI and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has told prospective jurors at the corruption trial of Sen.…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — The Cannes Film Festival is hallowed ground in cinema but understanding its unique landscape can…

By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in North Carolina have proposed a bill that would enhance penalties…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is suggesting the possibility that new penalties could be put in place if…

By MICHAEL CASEY and STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Anti-war protesters have taken down their tents in Harvard Yard after…

By JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration supervisor has been sentenced to…

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agencies are warning that foreign terrorist organizations or their supporters might…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Government data in Argentina shows that the country’s monthly inflation rate has eased sharply to a single-digit…

NEW LENOX, Ill. (AP) — A baby girl who weighed just over one pound when she was born prematurely has beaten the odds and gone home with her parents…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Eight TikTok content creators sued the U.S. government on Tuesday, issuing another challenge to the new federal…

By VASILISA STEPANENKO and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine (AP) — From the sky, the Ukrainian drone unit commander had a…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press BEDFORD, Massachusetts (AP) — A military hearing officer is deciding whether to recommend a court-martial for…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — More people are being told to leave an area of western Canada at threat from a nearby wildfire that has grown…

ABBEVILLE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana diocese says parishioners subdued a teenager with a gun during a church service for dozens of young children.…

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Times publisher and CEO Frank Blethen has announced he will step down at the end of next year after four decades leading the…

MIAMI (AP) — Investigators believe they’ve found the boat that struck a 15-year-old girl off a South Florida beach. The Florida Fish and Wildlife…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Eight watches belonging to auto racing icon Michael Schumacher sold Tuesday for nearly 4 million…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered what they believe is the biggest known batch of…

CHICAGO (AP) — Dorothy Jean Tillman’s participation in Arizona State University’s May 6 commencement was the latest step on a…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google has rolled out a retooled search engine that will frequently favor…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III unveiled his first completed portrait since the coronation, a vivid image in reds…

By CLAUDIA LAUER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A federal judge in Delaware has denied a request by Hunter…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has approved legislation allowing the death penalty in child…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer Kathleen Hana’s bands, Bikini Kill, the Julie Ruin and Le Tigre, have long been celebrated for their candor,…

DETROIT (AP) — Federal auto safety regulators are warning people not to stick decals on their steering wheels because they can be hurled at drivers…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who posted a Snapchat video last year threatening to shoot up a New Hampshire high…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A judge says the remaining wrongful death lawsuit filed after 10 people were killed during a…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Melinda French Gates is already one of the biggest philanthropic supporters of gender equity in…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — The first star to arrive on the red carpet at the 77th Cannes Film Festival came on four legs.…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant who became one of the world’s most esteemed…

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s Independence Day is normally a raucous affair, celebrated with day…

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A movie weapons armorer is appealing her conviction for involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer…

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press The U.S. government has a specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors that the EPA brags is always ready to deploy…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the central bank is unlikely to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new FBI report shows the rate of assaults on American law enforcement reached a 10-year high in 2023, with more than 79,000…

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that a Georgia county illegally discriminated against a sheriff’s…

OCALA, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Highway Patrol says a bus carrying farmworkers in central Florida has overturned, killing eight people and injuring…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson has become the highest-level Republican to attend court with Donald Trump for his…

NEW YORK (AP) — David Sanborn, the Grammy-winning saxophonist who played lively solos on such hits as David Bowie’s “Young Americans” and…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An anti-abortion activist who led others on an invasion and blockade of a reproductive…

By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE (AP) — The University of Amsterdam has canceled classes and shut buildings for two days after the latest…

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Following the ramming of a small boat by an orca in the Strait of Gibraltar, authorities…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study finds that the broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A coalition that includes entrepreneur and philanthropist Daniel Lubetzky, actor Liev Schreiber,…