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QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s Interior Ministry says armed gunmen have attacked a group of people in the coastal city of Guayaquil, killing…

By MIKE PESOLI and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Crews continue the complicated and meticulous operation of removing the steel…

HOUSTON (AP) — Officials say gunfire at two separate Houston-area birthday parties this weekend resulted in two people being fatally shot and three…

SALLISAW, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma highway has been reopened following its closure for a few hours on Saturday after a bridge over the Arkansas…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says the Israeli leader will undergo surgery on Sunday for a hernia. Netanyahu’s…

PARIS (AP) — French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu said France is going to deliver “hundreds” of armored vehicles by the beginning of next…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s presidential primary this Tuesday will clear the way for a…

By JACQUELYN MARTIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jacquelyn Martin, a photojournalist with The Associated Press in Washington, recalls how she…

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike has hit a tent camp inside a hospital in…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Police in Indianapolis say seven young people between the ages of 12 and 17 were wounded in a shooting outside a downtown…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan says its experts have held talks with Chinese counterparts to try to assuage Beijing’s…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian cruise missile strike on infrastructure in Ukraine’s western Lviv region killed one man, officials said Sunday.…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they…

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III is expected to join the queen and other members of the royal family for an Easter service at Windsor Castle in what…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of people have attended a rally by an alliance of India’s opposition parties that criticized the government of Prime…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis overcame concerns about his health to preside over Easter Sunday Mass, leading tens of…

By BRIAN P. D. HANNON Associated Press Longtime U.S. Rep. William D. Delahunt of Massachusetts has died following a long-term illness. His family…

By STEPHEN McGRATH and VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Romania and Bulgaria partially joined Europe’s Schengen…

BEIRUT (AP) — A car bomb has exploded in a busy market in a northern Syrian town controlled by Turkey-based Syrian opposition fighters, killing at…

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Police in California say two people died when a small airplane crashed in a California town near the Nevada state line. The…

By FARAI MUTSAKA and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press MANGWE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Delicately and with intense concentration, Zanyiwe Ncube poured her…

BEIJING (AP) — Manufacturing in China expanded in March after contracting for five consecutive months. That’s according to an official survey…

By TERRY CHEA and ADAM BEAM Associated Press LIVERMORE, Calif. (AP) — Most fast food workers in California will be paid at least $20 an hour…

By SHARON LURYE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A group of students from a New Orleans high school staged a play they developed on the steps of…

By SUZAN FRASER and CINAR KIPER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The race is on for control of Istanbul and other key cities as Turkey holds…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Generations of Maryland workers — longshoremen, seafarers, steelworkers and crabbers whose…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The numbers have been drawn for an estimated $935 million Powerball jackpot that has been growing since the last winner…

By The Associated Press Actor Chance Perdomo has died at age 27 following a motorcycle crash. He rose to fame as a star of “Chilling Adventures of…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is facing criticism from Donald Trump and religious conservatives for…

By ANUPAM NATH Associated Press GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Anupam Nath has been covering Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Guwahati in…

Associated Press SALLISAW, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma State Patrol says it closed a highway south of Sallisaw after a barge struck a bridge over the…

SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — Three law enforcement officers in northern Nevada were shot and wounded Friday after a traffic stop in the Reno area quickly…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police in Haiti say two men have been hacked to death by a mob who thought they were buying ammunition or guns for…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — President Joe Biden has won North Dakota’s Democratic presidential primary. The state party…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Easter weekend storm has slammed into Southern California, bringing more rain and mountain…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani official says heavy rains have killed eight people, mostly children, and injured 12 in the country’s…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Capitals defenseman John Carlson is on the verge of reaching the 1,000 NHL games…

DALLAS (AP) — AT&T says it has begun notifying millions of customers about the theft of personal data recently discovered online. The…

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Police in Munich say they have stepped up security measures ahead of the Bayern Munich-Borussia Dortmund soccer match on…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — An office manager at a weekly newspaper in Kansas is the latest employee to sue over…

LONDON (AP) — Cambridge has extended its dominant run in the annual Boat Race with victories in the men’s and women’s events on a polluted…

Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, clearly had all the horsepower in a chase captured on bodycam video.…

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard University said it has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th century book about the afterlife that has been…

ROME (AP) — Napoli’s players have taken a knee before their Serie A game against Atalanta in a public show of support for teammate Juan Jesus. It…

NEW YORK (AP) — A procession of New York Police Department officers, on foot and driving motorcycles, have escorted the remains of their slain…

By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military has acknowledged its troops shot dead two Palestinians and wounded a third…

MOSCOW (AP) — Foreign diplomats in Russia have laid flowers at the site of last week’s attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 144…

By ALICE FUNG Associated Press MACAO (AP) — After more than 40 years, Macao’s horse racing track has hosted its final races, bringing an end to…

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A police official says a bomb blast has killed one person and wounded 14 in Pakistan’s southwest, including three…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is campaigning on promises of mass deportations and of pardons for…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican confirmed Pope Francis would preside over the Easter Vigil service on Saturday night,…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The executive board of the International Monetary Fund has confirmed a deal with Egypt to increase its…

By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press ANTIGUA, Guatemala (AP) — Overnight before the Holy Week processions pass in front of his house, Luis…

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press MATANZAS, Cuba (AP) — Proudly wearing a rainbow-colored clergy stole and a rainbow flag in her clerical…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British counterterrorism police are investigating the stabbing of an Iranian television presenter…

By BASSEM MROUE and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Four United Nations military observers have been wounded while patrolling the…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed a longtime aide and several advisers in a continuing reshuffle while…

The apa news agency says 17 passengers were hurt when a Bulgarian river cruise ship lost steering and hit the sides of a lock on the Danube in…

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press STONINGTON, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut has finally launched an early, in-person voting system years after almost…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lottery players will have another shot at a $935 million Powerball jackpot that has been growing larger and larger since…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans are in a sour mood about the economy for one main reason: Prices feel too…

EDE, Netherlands (AP) — Heavily armed police have cordoned off part of a Dutch town and say that multiple people are being held hostage in a…

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press VERSAILLES, France (AP) — Preparations are underway for the gardens of the Versailles Palace to welcome Olympic…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The United States has welcomed the formation of a new Palestinian autonomy government, signaling it is accepting the new lineup as…

Televised images have swept Peru of government agents from an investigative team breaking into the president’s residence with a sledgehammer. The…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lawmakers in more than a dozen states have proposed legislation to allow spiritual…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 15-year volunteer effort is helping identify the fates of thousands of Alaskans who…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court ruling curtailing subsidies for ultra-Orthodox men has rattled…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work just south of Grand Canyon National Park…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work just south of Grand Canyon National Park…

By DAVID A. LIEB and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press The collapse of a Baltimore bridge that got struck by a cargo ship has highlighted the important…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press ENID, Okla. (AP) — Voters in the northwest Oklahoma city of Enid will decide whether to recall a city councilor…

By DAVID A. LIEB, MICHAEL CASEY, JEFF MCMURRAY and CHRISTOPHER KELLER Associated Press Thousands of old bridges across the U.S. are awaiting…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is raising gobs of cash. And it…

By LEA SKENE and BRIAN WITTE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Teams of engineers are now focused on the formidable job of hauling the shattered…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Representatives of two armed groups in Congo signed solemn pledges this week to both their…