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By NICK EL HAJJ Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — First, it was the banana-randomberry-wheat grass smoothies. Then the cold brew,…

By The Associated Press The Mega Millions top prize has grown again to an estimated $640 million after there was no winner of the lottery’s latest…

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Efforts to deceive the public about voting and elections remain a top concern for state…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is waging an unprecedented campaign to…

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press GUALEGUAYCHÚ, Argentina (AP) — On a recent cross-border shopping trip, four friends from Fray Bentos,…

By JILL COLVIN and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — He’s been indicted twice. Found liable for sexual abuse. And he’s…

By KATHY McCORMACK and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press The Marshfield Village Store, which sits at the junction of two country highways in a tiny…

TEXICO, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors say two women in eastern New Mexico have been sentenced to prison in a case in which they were accused of beating…

MORENO VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters in Southern California are battling three separate brush fires that started Friday afternoon amid the…

By JACK DURA and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — One police officer died and two others were critically injured in a shooting…

By MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press A U.S. appeals court has rejected a bid by federal regulators to block Microsoft from closing its $68.7…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former head of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has been found guilty of federal fraud charges. Harlan Kelly is…

By KEN RITTER and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Visitors to Las Vegas on Friday stepped out momentarily to snap photos and were…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida woman has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for attacking police officers during the insurrection at the…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The General Services Administration has announced changes in criteria for choosing a location…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — National security adviser Jake Sullivan; former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican…

By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s ban on gender-affirming care for young transgender people…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — In a reversal that marks a significant victory for conservationists, federal officials have…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Brazil is urging a 10-year precautionary pause on deep sea mining in international…

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Central America is experiencing a wave of unrest that is remarkable even for a region whose…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The publisher of The Charlotte Observer for over two decades has died. Rolfe Neill was a longtime newspaperman and editor…

By JIM SALTER and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Big rig driver David Cherno was hauling Jimmy Dean sausages on Interstate…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal jury convicted a Las Vegas police officer Friday on all counts of stealing nearly $165,000…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Thirteen state attorneys general – all Republicans – sent a…

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Brittney Griner didn’t know what to expect when the WNBA season began and how she would…

By ALBERT STUMM Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Desperate times may call for desperate measures. But shelling out $150 for a bottle of hot…

By GARY FIELDS, CLAIRE SAVAGE and TERESA CRAWFORD Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to step down from leading the…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has set a trial date for two men charged with killing rapper Young Dolph in a…

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The second of two firefighters who were fatally injured while battling a massive fire aboard a cargo ship docked in New Jersey…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court Friday temporarily paused a lower court’s order limiting executive…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press AMBLER, Pa. (AP) — Convenience stores are swamped as the Powerball and Mega…