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By BARBARA SURK and DANIEL COLE Associated Press MENTON, France (AP) — When the French Riviera town of Menton prepares to host its lemon festival…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A candidate for mayor of a violence-wracked city in Mexico has been killed just as she began…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge has refused to toss out a tax case against Hunter Biden, moving the case closer to…

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Pressure keeps mounting against Peru President Dina Boluarte as lawmakers have submitted to Parliament a request to remove her…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Inmates in New York are suing the state corrections department over the decision to lock down…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has posted a $175 million bond in his New York civil fraud…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal case has expanded the former president’s…

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that lawyers representing migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard nearly two years ago by Florida Gov. Ron…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The leader of an offshoot polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border has pleaded guilty to…

MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — Authorities say multiple people have been hurt in a vehicle pileup at an intersection south of Midland, Texas. The crash came…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama inmate seeking to block the state’s plans to make him the second person…

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The wife of a northwestern Iowa county supervisor has been sentenced to four months in jail in a scheme to stuff the ballot…

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE and SALEH MWANAMILONGO Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo…

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — An attorney for Kansas City Chiefs player Rashee Rice says the wide receiver is cooperating with…

By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran of the epic wire service rivalry between The Associated Press and United Press…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press The Vermont Legislature is advancing legislation requiring big fossil fuel companies pay a share of the damage caused…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says it has detected that North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile toward waters off its…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court issued rulings Monday allowing the…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has signed into law a bill that recriminalizes the possession of small amounts of drugs. The new law…

By PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Heavy gunfire erupted in the downtown area of Haiti’s capital as police…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has agreed to purge billions of records containing personal information…

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A weekly central Kansas newspaper and its publisher have filed a federal lawsuit over police…

Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — On Monday, the Israeli military withdrew from its second devastating raid on Gaza’s largest hospital, Shifa,…

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Sami Michael, an award-winning and Iraqi-born Israeli author who was known for writing…

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The mayor of Colombia’s second largest city has issued a six-month ban on prostitution…

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America Ohio’s Republican Attorney General Dave Yost says a 2019 law banning most abortions…

NEW YORK (AP) — Two men have been charged with providing the fentanyl-laced heroin that in February killed prominent New York City transgender…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court on Monday upheld the state’s ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer North America is on the verge of another masking of the sun during a total solar eclipse. This one will last…

ATLANTA (AP) — The FBI says a driver rammed a vehicle into the front gate of its Atlanta office on Monday. The federal agency said in an email that…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to shut down Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel,…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon confirms that a senior Defense Department official who attended last year’s NATO…

By BOB THOMAS AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Barbara Rush, who co-starred in films with Frank Sinatra, Paul Newman and other leading…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press The owner and manager of a cargo ship that rammed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge…

REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft will stop packaging its Teams videoconferencing app with its Office software after the practice attracted antitrust…

By DEVNA BOSE AP Health Writer New federal guidance says hospitals must obtain written informed consent from patients before subjecting them to…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded and sank during the Japanese…

By SARAH RANKIN and MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The collapse of a proposal to relocate the Washington NBA and NHL teams…

SOUTHWEST RANCHES, Fla. (AP) — Former NFL cornerback Vontae Davis has been found dead in his South Florida home. Police in the Fort Lauderdale…

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say an Arizona officer died after a driver crashed into a patrol car that had its siren on and lights flashing.…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer The NCAA said Monday one of the 3-point lines on the court used for the women’s basketball regionals…

SEATTLE (AP) — Federal researchers indicate the gray whale population along the West Coast is showing signs of recovery five years after hundreds…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small says a search of his home last week by prosecutors…

BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) — Motorists crept along one lane of a scenic stretch of California’s iconic Highway 1 after a giant chunk of the highway…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer ATLANTA (AP) — A person in Texas has been diagnosed with bird flu — an infection tied to the recent discovery of…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Conservationists in Maine want lawmakers to ask voters whether to approve millions of…

NEW YORK (AP) — Less than a week after a flashy stock market debut, Donald Trump’s social media company is disclosing that it lost nearly $58.2…

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina and Colombia have agreed to end a diplomatic spat that escalated over right-wing Argentine President Javier Milei’s…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state media says an Israeli airstrike has destroyed the consular…

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. highway safety regulators say traffic deaths fell 3.6% last year, but still, almost 41,000 people were killed on the nation’s…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Bands who play the thumping tuba-and-drums songs of northern Mexico on beaches in the resort city of Mazatlan appear to have…

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Monday ordered a detained Russian-American journalist to be held in jail for two more months pending investigation…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A bill in Iowa that would allow the state to arrest and deport some migrants is…

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer says the arrest in recent days of a former Austrian…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Center for SafeSport has announced 10 changes to the way it operates in a move it says is…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Officials on the Greek island of Rhodes have opened a vacation visa terminal for Turkish…

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — American and Israeli officials are planning talks to discuss the potential expansion…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Thunder and lightning delayed the start of the Easter egg roll at the White House for 90…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The periodical cicadas that are about to infest two parts of the United States aren’t just plentiful,…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Trillions of evolution’s bizarro wonders, red-eyed periodical cicadas that have pumps in their heads and…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A nearly $1 billion Powerball jackpot will tempt lottery players who think they just might hit it rich after three months…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say dozens of migrants found in a wooden boat on the Mediterranean Sea between northern Africa and southern…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top security agency said Monday it has broken up what it called a “terrorist cell” in southern Russia…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A woman has died and a child has been injured in southern Poland when strong winds toppled trees. A spokesman for…

BEIJING (AP) — Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto pledged to continue his country’s “friendly policy” toward China as he met with…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A contentious new law against hate speech has come into force in Scotland. It’s being praised…

By LEA SKENE and TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard is preparing a temporary, alternate channel for…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou is visiting China to help build social and cultural links on a trip that might…

NEW YORK (AP) — James Patterson is launching a true crime series on the streaming service Fox Nation. “Unsolved With James Patterson,” hosted…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Who do you have winning your college basketball bracket? The head of AT&T’s marketing is…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say a Pakistani appeals court has suspended a 14-year prison sentence for former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife…

By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Only about 1 in 8 adults know when they’ll be eligible for full retirement benefits through Social Security,…