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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Like a scene out of a horror movie, Michelle Lespron returned to her Tucson, Arizona, home to find a snake had set up camp in…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Allusions to book burning and mobster movies arose during a federal court hearing in New…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two dozen Las Vegas police body camera videos show the moment a couple exited a home raided in July…

By ALI SWENSON The Federal Election Commission has begun a process to potentially regulate AI-generated deepfakes in political ads ahead of the 2024…

By JIM HEINTZ and EMMA BURROWS Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A rocket carrying a lunar landing craft has blasted off on Russia’s first…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever, according…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Many people are looking for ways to help the response to the deadly wildfires that swept through the Hawaiian island…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that drug users shouldn’t automatically be banned from…

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia and Libya have taken back 276 sub-Saharan migrants stranded…

By The Associated Press Iran has transferred five Iranian-Americans from prison to house arrest, part of a possible deal over billions of dollars of…

WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — A self-proclaimed white supremacist has been arrested on charges that he made online threats toward the jury and witnesses…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The guild that represents striking film and television screenwriters says negotiations with major studios and streaming services…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators have sent a team to investigate a fatal crash in Virginia involving a…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press Prosecutors with special counsel Jack Smith’s team asked a judge on Thursday to set a Jan. 2 trial…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Prosecutors in Sicily are investigating the capsizing of a boat that left 41 migrants…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council will hold its first open meeting on North Korea’s dire human…

By ROBERT BADENDIECK Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s defense ministry says a spate of attacks by Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq…

By JON GAMBRELL and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has moved five Iranian-Americans from prison to house…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press For generations, the banyan tree along Lahaina town’s historic Front Street served as…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s largest school system has cancelled the second and third day of school after a disastrous overhaul of the…

By LISA MASCARO and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is asking Congress to provide more than $13 billion in…

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese-Australian journalist who worked for China’s state broadcaster and was convicted on murky espionage charges has spoken…

By GABRIELA MOLINA and MEGAN JANETSKY QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The Ecuadorian presidential candidate who was fatally shot at a political rally was…

NEW YORK (AP) — Lincoln Center will present about 60 performances from September through late February, including the U.S. premiere of Les Arts…

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has fired most of the governors in the occupied West Bank. The move follows…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Phil Mickelson has wagered more than $1 billion over the last three decades and wanted to place a $400,000 bet on the…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court says it will not remove former NFL quarterback Brett…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — The time Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat, has spent helping disaster-stricken…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered an indefinite suspension of 22 major…

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and BRITTANY PETERSON and CAMILLE FASSETT Associated Press LUDLOW, Vermont (AP) — Across the U.S., municipal water systems and…

By SAM METZ Associated Press DUCHESNE, Utah (AP) — On plateaus overlooking the Uinta Basin’s hills of sandstone and sagebrush, pumpjacks bob…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The lawyer of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan says he was allowed a brief…

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A recreational vehicle blew a tire on an interstate highway in Pennsylvania, crossed the median and collided head-on with…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits jumped last week, but not enough to cause concern about a…

NEW YORK (AP) — With apologies to Nathaniel Hawthorne and admirers of “The Scarlet Letter,” Dav Pilkey has a name for the next installment of…

By AHMED El-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Security officials and an eyewitness say they suspect an al-Qaida attack in southern Yemen…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and MARCIA DUNN Associated Press TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (AP) — Virgin Galactic rocketed to the edge of space with its…

By NICK EL HAJJ Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Officials in Kuwait and Lebanon have moved to ban “Barbie” as the film is…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tapestry, parent company of luxury handbag and accessories retailer Coach, is buying the…