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By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A couple of major earthquakes in Oklahoma in recent weeks have raised concerns after years of…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery announced plans on Tuesday to launch a sports streaming platform in the fall that…

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A former top prosecutor for the city of Baltimore has been convicted on one count of mortgage fraud for lying on a loan…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Audubon has changed its name to the “Bird Alliance of Oregon,” in the latest example of a local chapter to…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Two Democratic lawmakers have introduced a resolution condemning an op-ed piece that…

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — When rainstorms like this week’s powerful atmospheric river hit California, the earth begins…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A judge has waived to adult court a 16-year-old boy charged in a shooting after a Juneteenth celebration last year that left six…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Virginia bank that is seeking to recover more longstanding unpaid business loans to the…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon believes it has identified the mechanical failure in an Osprey aircraft that led to a…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Gina Carano has sued Lucasfilm and its parent The Walt Disney Co. over her 2021…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Fifteen years ago, bourbon barons poured whiskey out on the Kentucky Capitol steps to…

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Authorities in northern Italy have culled a brown bear they deemed dangerous to humans, drawing…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press The Postal Service says a mix of environmental initiatives and cost-cutting business practices are going to reduce…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is teaming up with predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton next month…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Officials in Ecuador have named a likely source of contaminated ground cinnamon used in fruit pouches tied more…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — All of Georgia’s members of Congress have signed a letter that supports studying another…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee legislative staffer has been placed on leave after Democratic state Rep.…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press A man accused of faking his own death and fleeing the U.S. to avoid rape charges continued to deny he is the man…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators have confirmed a veteran of U.S.-Asian engagement and security as the State…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — R&B icon Usher has announced a new North American tour. After two years of his popular Las…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Football coaches from South Carolina’s three major school have joined together at…

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — Captains of a Hawaii high school football team whose town was destroyed by a deadly wildfire are going to Super Bowl in Las…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A bill to require cash bail for 30 additional crimes is headed to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s desk…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Red Solo cups – a staple of barbecues and beer pong – are usually synonymous with good times. But on…

STUDIO CITY, Calif. (AP) — A crewmember who was working on the Marvel Studios series “Wonder Man” has died following an accident on set. The…

LUTSEN, Minn. (AP) — An overnight fire has destroyed the historic Lutsen Lodge on Lake Superior in northern Minnesota. The only staffer present…

VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — Sebastián Piñera, the two-time former president of Chile, who in his second term faced a social upheaval followed by…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III’s cancer diagnosis heaps more pressure on the British monarchy, which is still…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Bolts that helped secure a panel to the frame of a Boeing 737 Max 9 were missing before the panel blew off the…

SYDNEY, Nova Scotia (AP) — Some residents in the Canadian Atlantic city of Cape Breton were anxiously awaiting rescue after a huge dump of heavy,…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A federal judge has approved an agreement between two tribes and an eastern Nebraska county that gives Native American voters a…

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a deputy shot and killed a man after he took people hostage and claimed to have a bomb at a Florida bank.…

By The Associated Press The world premiere stage adaptation of Prince’s film and album “Purple Rain” is set for spring 2025 at an appropriate…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS says it expects to collect hundreds of billions of dollars more in overdue and unpaid…

By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A former rebel leader has made a surprise appearance in Haiti’s capital amid large…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A South African court has upheld a ban on leaders of a boisterous opposition party…

NEW YORK (AP) — Novels by James McBride and Alice McDermott and a short story collection by Jamel Brinkley are among the 10 books on the longlist…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Build more border wall. Reinstate tough Trump-era immigration policies. Or simply shut it down.…

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officials have identified the two Omaha police officers who shot and killed two men while working…

CHICAGO (AP) — Actor Jussie Smollett has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to intervene in his yearslong legal battle stemming from charges that he…

By CHINEDU ASADU and BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — West Africa’s regional bloc says authorities in Senegal should hold the…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Facebook and Instagram users will start seeing labels on AI-generated images that appear on their social…

REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House of Representatives is gearing up to decide whether to impeach Homeland Security…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz’s campaign manager says a…

PRESTON, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota woman is accused of trying to deceive authorities into believing her identical twin sister was the driver who hit…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Facing growing backlash, the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday paused plans to change how it asks people about…

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A federal appeals court shot down claims Monday that New Jersey residents’ refusal to…

By HOLLY RAMER and ALI SWENSON Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Authorities are issuing cease-and-desist orders against two Texas companies…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial is demanding more information after a key…

By JACK DURA Associated Press South Dakota has apologized and will pay $300,000 under a settlement with a transgender advocacy group that sued Gov.…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Killer Mike says an “over-zealous” security guard contributed to the…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A California cheese and dairy company is the source of a decade-long outbreak of listeria food poisoning that…

VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — The death toll from wildfires that ravaged central Chile for several days increased to 131 on Tuesday, and more than…

By ALBERT STUMM The Associated Press Rather than spending on store-bought chocolates for Valentine’s Day, why not make your own this year? Many…

LONDON (AP) — Former Irish Prime Minister John Bruton, who played a key role in bringing peace to Northern Ireland, has died at the age of 76.…

By CODY JACKSON and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An adorable, furry baby Hoffman’s two-toed sloth has made its…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Carole Baskin, who became a pop culture sensation due to Netflix’s docuseries “Tiger King,” has asked the Florida…

LONDON (AP) — A former Royal Air Forces pilot has taken to the skies in a Spitfire at 102 years old. Jack Hemmings, an ex-squadron leader with…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal prosecutor says 70 corrupt employees of the nation’s largest public housing…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press McLEAN, Va. (AP) — A Virginia Senate committee has rejected legislation that would have allowed a referendum on…

By MELINA WALLING Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Ashley Prince and her family have been chasing “normal” for years now. Two years ago,…

By STEPHEN GROVES and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan Senate deal intended to curb illegal crossings at the…

By MELINA WALLING Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Ashley Prince and her family have been chasing “normal” for years now. Two years ago,…

Associated Press BEAUFORT, N.C. (AP) — The pilot of a small plane that crashed off North Carolina’s coast, killing all eight people on board, was…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are pushing to prevent the Biden administration from bypassing Congress when…

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Dani Alves sat in silence and listened to a stream of witnesses give testimony during the…

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (AP) — A professional bowler from Ohio was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service while he was competing in a tournament in…

MILAN (AP) — A 16-year-old boy has been stabbed by another teen at a high school near Milan. It was the second school stabbing in as many days in…

A Texas firefighter was critically injured and three others suffered lesser injuries when the firetruck they were in rolled over while responding to…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — She’s everywhere, and the world is merely her backup band. This is Taylor…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Athens say residents of the Greek island of Aegina have been without drinkable water running in their homes…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration is warning against raising the mandatory retirement age for airline pilots. The FAA says it…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan Cabinet minister has resigned after being arrested in a scandal…

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Small business acquisition rates were up and down last year, reflecting the increase in interest…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Jury selection has started for a New Hampshire man accused of killing his 5-year-old…

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals panel ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump can face trial…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s authorities have called for caution over what they described as “veiled…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Norwegian newspaper says a Russian man who reportedly defected from a high-ranking position in the Wagner Group has…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The news of King Charles III’s cancer diagnosis has refocused attention on the responsibilities of…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Since most Americans last voted for Congress, thousands of people have been added to certain voting districts —…

ROME (AP) — Emperor Constantine now has a reconstructed statue befitting his larger-than-life role in history. Rome authorities on Tuesday unveiled…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Cancer patients and doctors have ignited a movement to radically change how new cancer drugs are tested to make…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) — Christopher Nolan has, by any account, had a banner year with “Oppenheimer.” But…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer The popular diabetes treatment Mounjaro pushed Eli Lilly past fourth-quarter forecasts, and the drugmaker expects 2024…

By MUNIR AHMED AND JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations top human rights body expressed concern over the “pattern of…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — GoFundMe crowdfunding campaigns have generated $30 billion since 2010, the fundraising platform…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) — Christopher Nolan has, by any account, had a banner year with “Oppenheimer.” But…

By JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press Black History Month begins each year on the first day of February. Considered one of the nation’s oldest…