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By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer The Department of Energy and several other federal agencies were compromised in a Russian cyber-extortion…

By JIM GOMEZ AND AARON FAVILA Associated Press MALILIPOT, Philippines (AP) — Nearly 20,000 people have fled from an erupting Philippine volcano and…

By DAVID ERICKSON and ROBERT JABLON Associated Press PERRYTON, Texas (AP) — A tornado tore through the Texas Panhandle town of Perryton on…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Less than four hours before Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final was set to begin Tuesday on the Las…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo signed into law Thursday a $380 million public financing package to…

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Legal Affairs Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A group of women who accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault and were dismayed when he had…

BERLIN (AP) — Worldwide temperatures briefly exceeded a key warming threshold earlier this month, a hint of heat and its harms to come, scientists…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is hoping that Julie Su’s role in brokering a deal between…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in Mexico’s Baja California Sur state say autopsies on two Americans found dead in their luxury hotel room suggest…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a man who put an agitated New York City subway…

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A Buffalo teenager who was driving a stolen SUV involved in a high-speed crash that killed four passengers has pleaded guilty.…

By AMANCAI BIRABEN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles should add more city council members, create two new independent redistricting…

By MARLON GONZÁLEZ Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — An environmental activist has been reported killed by unidentified gunmen in…

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Archeologists have found a pre-Hispanic mummy surrounded by coca leaves on top of a hill in…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press The Justice Department has begun to examine an agreement between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabian…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking highly classified military documents has been indicted on federal…

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA, Cuba (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has met with Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel in Havana,…

DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit bus driver is facing a criminal charge after fatally striking a pedestrian. It’s the second death linked to…

MIAMI (AP) — The NBA and the Miami Heat are investigating an allegation that former UFC champion Conor McGregor sexually assaulted a woman inside…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Critics of Georgia’s plan to wait until after next year’s presidential election to install a…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An official says workers safely escaped a Kansas City wood-pallet warehouse fire but three firefighters have been…

BOSTON (AP) — Climate change protesters dropped their pants at the Massachusetts Statehouse during a debate on a proposed tax relief package…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the Crown Act on Thursday, which will outlaw…

A woman accused of abandoning her newborn infant in a box beside a South Carolina highway will serve four years in prison. Thursday’s…

NEW YORK (AP) — In a story published June 15, 2023, about an ethics board ordering former New York Mayor Bill de Blasio to pay $475,000 for…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A bus carrying seniors to a casino collided with a semi-trailer truck at a highway intersection in a…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Supreme Court has preserved a federal law giving preference to Native American families when it…

By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wake up early this weekend to catch a celestial sight: Five planets will line up in the sky…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Experts in Mexico say that the warming Pacific ocean currents known as El Niño, not avian flu, were responsible for the deaths…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press Attorney General Merrick Garland is heading to Minneapolis to make an announcement in “a civil rights…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball will start a months-long approval process for the Oakland Athletics’…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press “Outlander” returns for its seventh season on Starz and Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan say they’re…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing for big changes in the state’s building and…

By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The swimming pool deck of a beachfront South Florida condominium that collapsed two years ago,…

LAKE BARRINGTON, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man is facing firearm charges after he told officers he accidentally shot himself in the leg while…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Bayer has agreed to pay $6.9 million to settle allegations by New York’s attorney general that it made…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried may face two criminal trials after a federal judge on Thursday…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Ending a walkout that held up key bills for six weeks, Republicans showed up for work in the…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A federal judge in Argentina has called on Interpol to detain four Lebanese citizens so they can be questioned for…

By CLAUDIA LAUER The Associated Press Federal authorities have announced charges against nine people for thefts of millions of dollars worth of…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida sheriff’s deputy didn’t follow his extensive training…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has slammed Pakistan’s government over its proposal for the new…

By MARGARET STAFFORD and JOHN HANNA Associated Press CASSVILLE, Mo. (AP) — John Forsyth was known as a hard-working doctor who cared deeply for his…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press With roughly a year and a half until the 2024 presidential contest, the field of candidates is largely set. Former…

BEIJING (AP) — Lionel Messi got hugged by a fan who ran onto the field wearing a No. 10 Argentina shirt during a 2-0 friendly win over Australia in…

By JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Performing in a fairy tale musical with songs by the Princess of Pop can be both magical…

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI investigators who searched Harold Martin’s Maryland…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles is changing its name to Peacock Theater and the open-air plaza next to it will be…

By LISA RATHKE and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press The Vermont man charged with killing his mother off the coast of New England in a scheme to inherit…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has imposed sanctions on a North Korean husband and wife living in China for their…

By ELISE RYAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Singer-songwriter Noah Kahan’s “Stick Season” is about New England — a topic the Vermont…

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A songwriter and music industry entrepreneur from Atlanta has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has reported record tobacco sales as the southern African nation reestablishes…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR and STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writers Sweden is moving closer to a bid to host the Winter Olympics for the first time in what is…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog is visiting Europe’s largest atomic power…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers The COVID-19 vaccines are on track for a big recipe change this fall. Today’s vaccines still…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press The European Union’s ambition to lead the way on ecological issues has avoided a major setback. The…

By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Confidence in the scientific community declined among U.S. adults in 2022, a major survey…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The head of the United Nations attacked fossil fuel companies Thursday, accusing them of betraying…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A U.K. parliamentary committee has issued a damning report concluding that former Prime Minister Boris…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans increased their spending at retailers last month despite pressure from…

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer Suspected state-backed Chinese hackers used a security hole in a popular email security appliance to break into…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits remained elevated last week, a possible sign that the…

By GEIR MOULSON and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — An American man has been arrested over the death of one U.S. tourist and an…