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WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin; South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, a Republican presidential candidate;…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The teachers union in Portland, Oregon, has voted to go on strike. The Portland Association of Teachers announced the vote…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has won new certification of its financial health. Standard & Poor’s has become the first of the three major…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer No. 2 Michigan has suspended a low-level football program employee a day after disclosing that it is…

ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s new health plan for low-income adults has enrolled only 1,343…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The battle over how to teach reading has landed in court. With…

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A pilot from France who disappeared while hiking California’s towering Mount Whitney was found dead after…

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — A Marine killed in a shooting at Camp Lejeune has been identified by officials as a 19-year-old lance corporal from North…

By CLAIRE SAVAGE, MELISSA PEREZ WINDER and LISA BAUMANN Associated Press EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and others were reacting…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press Donald Trump’s lawyers have asked a federal judge to lift a narrow gag order imposed on him in his 2020…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A jury in New Hampshire ended its first day of deliberations without issuing a verdict in…

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Deputies in central Florida investigating a woman who had jumped to her death later found her 5-year-old twins dead at her…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The former Florida lawmaker who sponsored the controversial law critics call “Don’t Say Gay” will serve six-months…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it will indefinitely block a lower court order curbing Biden…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Officials say an external investigation of the events surrounding the shooting that killed…

By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — According to documents released by the administration late Friday…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is keeping a Missouri law on hold that bars police from enforcing federal gun laws, rejecting an emergency…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis has suspended a youth football team whose coach was shot allegedly by an upset parent in front of players. The…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Presidential candidate and Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will bring lawmakers back to Tallahassee for a special…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press The U.S. is warning other democracies that Russia appears to be opening up a new front in its covert campaign…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium’s justice minister resigned on Friday over what he described as a “monumental error”…

Associated Press Spirit Airlines canceled about 100 flights on Friday after pulling some planes out of service for inspections, and the airline…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A U.S. district judge in New Mexico has unsealed a plea agreement for one of the…

By ÁLVARO BARRIENTOS and CIARÁN GILES Associated Press OVIEDO, Spain (AP) — Spain’s royal family have presided over the presentation of…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With three months to go before the Iowa caucuses that he has staked his campaign on, former Vice…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the music video for “Por La Familia,” a new track from Carín León and BorderKid, León…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — The federal judge overseeing the Florida classified documents case…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Appointees of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on the board of Walt Disney World’s governing district are asking a state judge…

By MOSHE EDRI Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — There’s a saying among us video journalists: May the news stay far from your home. But on…

LONGMEADOW, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts prosecutor says Thursday that two juveniles have been charged after several slides at a park were doused…

CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey father has filed a federal lawsuit to block a state policy that prevents schools from outing transgender…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Federal law that prohibits insurers from denying healthcare based on preexisting…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America Three men who each spent 36 years in prison for a high-profile killing they did not commit are…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An employee with the Illinois comptroller’s office has been fired after she posted antisemitic comments on social media…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Many Nigerians are remembering the victims of the historic protests in 2020 against police…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Police in Brazil conducted searches and made two arrests in an investigation targeting members of the country’s…

By DANIEL POLITI and DAVID BILLER BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Politicians usually talk about belt tightening, or trimming spending with…

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — More than 4,200 people have been displaced from villages in south Lebanon by clashes on the…

By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The European Commission says it’s discussing with Bulgaria its introduction of a…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — There isn’t much Cher hasn’t done in her career. She’s achieved EGOT status,…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial judge threatened Friday to hold the former president in…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The special counsel overseeing the Hunter Biden investigation is…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man has been found guilty of murdering his wife after a dispute over whether they should appear together on a…

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Museum of Art has sued New York City authorities over their seizure of a headless bronze statue believed to depict…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Haydn Gwynne, a versatile and acclaimed performer on British stage and screen, has died. She was 66…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Friday released a sweeping set of proposals to bolster Israel and Ukraine…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union says President Shawn Fain will update members on progress in contract…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has reached the one-month mark…

By IGNACIO MARTINEZ Associated Press CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Norma has weakened slightly but remains a major storm off Mexico’s…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Estonian officials say damage to an undersea gas pipeline and telecom cable connecting Finland and Estonia was caused by…

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas judge has ruled that Infowars host Alex Jones cannot use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying more than $1.1 billion to…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Angry protesters in Cape Town have confronted the king and queen of the Netherlands…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine says it has recovered 14 archaeological items allegedly stolen by a Russian man who…

Associated Press CVS Health is pulling from its drugstore shelves some cough-and-cold treatments that contain an ingredient that has been deemed…

By The Associated Press A Russian-American journalist was ordered Friday to be detained for another three days on charges of failing to register as a…

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany needs to start deporting “on a large scale” migrants who don’t have the right to stay in…

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — The Eagles and the NFL might still be the sports favorites at Calvary Baptist Church,…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A new documentary “Uncharitable,” from “Paris Trout” and “Losing Isaiah” director…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dove Cameron’s new single starts with the sound of maniacal laughter and then a piano…

BEIJING (AP) — China has sent an envoy to the Middle East to push for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in the latest sign of its ambition to…

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) — Two San Antonio police officers have been shot and seriously wounded while trying to stop a man from burning a home…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Authorities say a stampede in Kenya during celebrations to mark an annual public holiday killed at least four people on…

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — U.N. funding cuts to refugees living in Rwanda is threatening the right to education for…

By ANDI JATMIKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Protesters have marched from several mosques to the heavily guarded U.S. Embassy in…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government has decided against canceling a Chinese company’s 99-year…

By ALFIAN KARTONO Associated Press JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua province have killed a construction worker and…

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he spoke by phone with U.S. President Joe Biden…

By ISABEL DEBRE and NAJIB JOBAIN Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Many Palestinians in Gaza who heeded the Israeli military’s…

By GARANCE BURKE and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hospitals and health care systems are increasingly turning to…

ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has announced that she is separating from her partner and the father of her young daughter after nearly…

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press OVIEDO, Spain (AP) — Japanese author Haruki Murakami says he is torn by the conflict in Israel since he has…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Authorities across northern Europe are urging vigilance as the region braces for heavy rain and gale-force winds from…

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Australian miner Lynas Rare Earths says it will temporarily shut down most of its…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine defense chief has ordered all defense personnel and the 163,000-member military to refrain from using…

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares retreated Friday as the prospect of a 5% yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury for the…

By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMYA KULLAB and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel bombarded Gaza early Friday, hitting areas…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s main opposition Labour Party has decisively won two special elections. They snatched…

By PATRICIA LUNA and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The National Stadium in Santiago will host the opening ceremony of…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Rolling Stones celebrated the release of their first collection of new original songs…

By MATTHEW DALY, DAVID McHUGH and STAN CHOE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Fifty years after the 1973 Arab oil embargo, the current crisis in…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Saddled with a dysfunctional Congress, President Joe Biden has the task of assuring European Union…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Jury selection is set to begin Friday for the first defendant to go to trial in the Georgia case…