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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Utah-based private prison company has returned $5.1 million to the Mississippi Department of Corrections after an…

By GARY FIELDS and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s decision siding with Black voters in an Alabama…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — ABC will be airing more “Monday Night Football” games than originally planned. An additional 10 games originally set to…

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A couple, their two children and three dogs have been found fatally shot in a suburban Chicago home. Police say Monday that…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — It wasn’t an escapee from the Country Bear Jamboree attraction, but a wild black bear managed to be the star of its own show…

By MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A son of former Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán has pleaded not guilty in…

By SALAR SALIM and ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — An airstrike on a military airport in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region…

By LISA MASCARO and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy is running out of options as he races to come up with…

By STEVE MEGARGEE and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Republican legislators have announced a bill that would devote more than $614…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A long-awaited retrial has been delayed for the man who fatally shot former NFL star Will Smith…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese judicial officials say hearings in the $1 billion lawsuit filed by auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn…

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities have released the names of two California pilots who died in a collision during an air racing event in Reno. The Reno…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Toronto International Film Festival may be over but it’s biggest sale has just gone through.…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is getting some fundraising help…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is starting a U.S. trip in California to talk about technology and artificial…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Maher has delayed returning to his HBO talk show during the ongoing strike by writers…

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press Railroad unions are calling for a review after a worker was crushed to death between two cars over the weekend by a…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A complaint has been filed alleging that Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita violated professional conduct rules in statements…

By VALENTINA PETROVA and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press PERNIK, Bulgaria (AP) — Farmers across Bulgaria protested Monday after the government…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president is defending the participation of a contingent of Russian soldiers in a military parade over the…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A taped package containing several thousand dollars worth of Fentanyl was discovered inside the…

By SARA BURNETT Associated Press Donald Trump is facing political blowback from within his party for his comments about abortion. The former…

Associated Press The auto workers’ strike against Detroit’s Big Three went into its fourth day on Monday with no signs of an early…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kim Petras fans, the wait is over — the Grammy-winning pop star has surprise released her…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — From picket lines in Hollywood to walkouts against Detroit automakers, it’s already been a big year for…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida reptile park has taken in an alligator that lost its nose and upper jaw to a fight or boat propeller. Gatorland…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Since Federal Reserve officials last met in July, the economy has moved in the…

By GHAITH AL-SAYED Associated Press IDLIB, Syria (AP) — Activists say a Kurdish-led force attacked Turkish-backed opposition fighters in northern…

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities are searching near two South Carolina lakes for a military jet that apparently crashed after a Marine…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Planned Parenthood resumed offering abortion services in Wisconsin on Monday after halting them for more than a year since the…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British opposition leader Keir Starmer says he will seek a closer relationship with the European…

By KATHY McCORMACK and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — Marilyn Manson was sentenced to 20 hours of community service and a…

By NICOLE WINFIELD, LORNE COOK and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Italian Cabinet is meeting to adopt new measures to crack down…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Hundreds of soccer fans stormed into a hotel in Tehran on Monday, hoping for a glimpse of star player Cristiano Ronaldo after…

PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) — A person of interest has been detained in the investigation of the fatal shooting of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African authorities say big ocean waves caused by a phenomenon known as “spring tide” crashed into coastal…

The Associated Press DERNA, Libya (AP) — The United Nations Support Mission in Libya has warned that an outbreak of diseases in the country’s…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Northern Virginia Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton says she won’t seek reelection next…

MAYWOOD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities are searching for a former NFL player after his 73–year-old mother’s body was found near a creek behind…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s armed forces have declared three days of national mourning after five members of a military rescue team were…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press Hunter Biden has filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, arguing that two agents violated his…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — U.N.-backed human rights experts say that war crimes continue in Ethiopia despite a peace deal…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus police say the trial of five Israelis accused of gang raping a British woman in a hotel room is scheduled to start…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — State media report that a military drone has crashed during a test flight in northern Iran, wounding two people and damaging…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The same Ohio river valley where the Wright brothers pioneered human flight will soon…

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet When you purchase an immediate annuity, you’re paying a lump sum now in exchange for a stream of payments over a fixed…

By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s prime minister has accused the European Union special…

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Six Ukrainian deputy defense ministers have been fired following the dismissal two weeks ago…

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — The International Committee of the Red Cross says it shipped badly needed flour and medical supplies to an ethnic Armenian…

MIAMI (AP) — A rapidly intensifying storm in the Atlantic has developed into a hurricane. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Nigel is a…

GENEVA (AP) — An expert commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body says in her first report on Russia that the rights situation in the…

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The second phase of the African Union troop withdrawal from Somalia has started, under a…

SANFORD, Maine (AP) — Authorities in Maine say a man who was reported missing has been found trapped in his pickup truck after two days in a muddy,…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A head-on collision between a truck and a bus ferrying workers to a mine in South…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A senior British politician is urging police to investigate sexual assault allegations against…

By PAOLO SANTALUCIA and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Russia’s new ambassador to the Vatican is meeting with Pope Francis…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s leading Roma and Sinti group has presented its first report on discrimination and racism against the minority community.…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish state media says underwater teams are searching a lake for a helicopter that crashed while fighting a forest fire in…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Some $6 billion of Iranian assets once frozen in South Korea is in Qatar, a key…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian lawmakers are sitting in the last session before moving to a new Parliament building and…

MORGANTOWN, Penn. (AP) — Authorities in Pennsylvania have launched a search for nine people who escaped from a juvenile detention facility…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Elon Musk, the head of electric carmaker Tesla, to establish a factory in…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Ukraine’s legal battle against Russia over allegations of genocide used by Moscow…

By CLAIRE RUSH and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon judge will decide whether a gun control…

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Two years after the Taliban banned girls from school beyond sixth grade, Afghanistan is the only…

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press MICHALOVCE, Slovakia (AP) — A populist former prime minister whose party is favored to win Slovakia’s early…

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press MICHALOVCE, Slovakia (AP) — A populist former prime minister whose party is favored to win Slovakia’s early…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s top foreign policy official is heading to Russia for security talks after two days of meetings with U.S. President Joe…

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — The Chevron Corp. says a liquefied natural gas plant in Australia has resumed full production after a fault cut output…

ROME (AP) — A 4.8-magnitude earthquake has rattled parts of Tuscany. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. Italy’s…

By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer The same week his state outlawed racial discrimination based on hairstyles, a Black high school student in…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The commitments were far-reaching and ambitious. Among them: End extreme poverty and…

By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — For two years, it was the coronavirus pandemic. Then, it was Russia’s war in Ukraine.…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — For years, experts had warned that floods posed  a significant danger to two dams protecting nearly…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Clinton Global Initiative will announce the launch of the CGI Ukraine Action Network, as…

By JOHN O’CONNOR and MELISSA PEREZ WINDER Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — For centuries, Europeans carving up the prairie to suit…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares fell Monday in Asia, with Hong Kong’s benchmark pulled lower by property stocks following…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge who rejected efforts by former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has had an unprecedented wildfire season, exacerbated by extreme heat and dry…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republicans who control the North Carolina legislature with veto-proof majorities are…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and GARY ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — In North Carolina and Wisconsin, Republicans are trying to…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s government is telling the online dating industry to improve safety…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan says 103 Chinese warplanes flew toward the island in new daily high in recent times. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry…

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Symphony Orchestra says it agreed to a three-year contract with its musicians union on a deal to replace the agreement…

By MELINA WALLING and KENDRIA LaFLEUR Associated Press CLEBURNE, Texas (AP) — Across the country, more indoor farms are launching or expanding even…