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By ED WHITE Associated Press A Michigan school official told jurors that he had no grounds to search the backpack of a teenager before the boy killed…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin’s wife and a colleague of hers have both been hospitalized following a car crash in Alabama.…

NEWTON, Mass. (AP) — A teachers strike in a Boston suburb entered its eighth day Tuesday with both sides still unable to agree on salaries and…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Authorities say fire crews found the burned bronze remnants of a prized statue of Jackie Robinson that was…

By TERESA M. WALKER and RALPH D. RUSSO AP Sports Writers Tennessee has been in contact with NCAA investigators and a person with direct knowledge of…

Associated Press ARDMORE, Ala. (AP) — A Greyhound bus and a car have collided on a northern Alabama road, killing a man and injuring the bus driver…

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press U.S. and Mideast mediators appeared optimistic in recent days that they are closing in on a deal for a two-month…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is investigating whether Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri misused…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press Another sports gambling bill is moving forward in Georgia. Supporters say they can legally set up betting under the…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. attorney’s office says two current and two former Massachusetts State Police troopers…

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s new prime minister is vowing to boost employment, restore authority in schools and…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A military veteran who shot and killed a handcuffed civilian in Iraq nearly 20 years ago…

By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has spoken with the families of the three American service…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press Federal authorities say a rare whale found dead off Massachusetts shows potential evidence of injury from…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency will pair artists with federal officials overseeing…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police say two officers had their weapons holstered before a scuffle with a man inside a corner deli when one of…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed a redistricting proposal that the…

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — A man charged in the fatal 2021 shootings of three men whose bodies were found outside a Wisconsin quarry has been sentenced…

BERLIN, Germany (AP) — The foreign minister in Poland’s new pro-European Union government says he would like Germany’s leaders to think in a…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The city of Memphis Tennessee has released hours of more video in the case of five former police officers charged with the…

By TERRY TANG and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press A majority of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States call their personal…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four Mexican tourists have died after a boat carrying 19 people capsized or swamped between Cancun and Isla Mujeres. Authorities…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwe opposition figure who spent nearly two years in pretrial detention is set be…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — With four young children and a fifth on the way, Kristina Stadelman was ecstatic after…

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Federal investigators say a local want ad for a yoga instructor in Costa Rica helped them…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The National Science Foundation has given a consortium of Great Lakes-area universities and tech companies $15 million to…

ISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish Parliament has stripped an imprisoned opposition lawmaker of his parliamentary status, defying a ruling made by the…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia Ports Authority says it handled a record number of automobiles on its docks last…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Residents have been evacuated from small coastal towns near Cape Town in South…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A collision between a passenger bus and a freight truck on a highway in northern Mexico has left at least 19 people dead and 18…

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Like a moth to flame, many scientists and poets have long assumed that flying insects were…

By LORNE COOK and JARI TANNER Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Parliament has opened an investigation into news reports that a Latvian…

By KRYSTA FAURIA and MARIA SHERMAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The second chapter in Olivia Rodrigo’s musical story began similar to the…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The planned auction of dozens of items that belonged to Nelson Mandela has been suspended…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund’s chief economist has advised the U.K. government to avoid further…

By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan police say a man wanted for allegedly killing his girlfriend and leaving her body in a…

KEENESBURG At least two people were hospitalized after an Amtrak train derailed when it hit a truck carrying milk in a rural area in northeastern…

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Dave Canales is ready to begin his journey as head coach of the Carolina Panthers just 16…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is considering additional measures against Venezuelan…

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — The local organizing committee for the 2026 Winter Olympics has decided to move forward with…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers posted 9 million job openings in December, an increase from November…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and LAURA UNGAR NEW YORK (AP) — According to Elon Musk, the first human received an implant from his computer-brain…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer American consumers, fresh off strong holiday spending, are feeling more confident than they have in two years. The…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian journalist has been sentenced to three years in prison on charges related…

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Payroll payments per small business moderated as 2023 came to a close, according to new data…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Members of a rock band that has been critical of Moscow’s war in Ukraine remain locked up in a Thai…

LONDON (AP) — Italian regulators say they informed OpenAI that its ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot has violated European Union’s…

ROME (AP) — Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner has returned to Italy amid great fanfare with RAI state TV broadcasting his arrival at the…

By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The first United Arab Emirates ambassador to Damascus in nearly 13 years has taken up his…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press EUREKA, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is pledging to fast-track more than half a dozen projects to…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Award-winning musician Branford Marsalis is taking on a new job in his hometown of New Orleans. Marsalis was to be named Tuesday…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse an opposition protest in the island nation facing its…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its outlook for the world economy this year,…

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s president says the country is considering the reintroduction of…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The songwriters who gave us “Your Song,” “Tiny Dancer” and “Rocket Man” will…

By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Only one-third of men correctly estimated how long a 60-year-old man in the U.S. could expect to live, according to a…

CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s lower house of Parliament is to debate and vote on an hugely divisive amnesty law that…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — American and Chinese officials met Tuesday to discuss joint efforts to stem the flow of fentanyl…

LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk’s social media platform X has restored searches for Taylor Swift after temporarily blocking users from seeing some…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and ZEN SOO AP Business Writers BANGKOK (AP) — A Hong Kong court’s order to liquidate the world’s most heavily…

LONDON (AP) — UK regulators say HSBC has been fined $72.8 million for failing to adequately protect customer deposits in the event the bank…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Only a small fraction of needy people in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region are…

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have arrested two people after finding a large weapons cache in their home. Police say the man and…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A United Nations official says her experience in negotiating an end to decades of…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — In the past 15 months, no one has been more responsible for safety on the nation’s roads than Ann…

By MARK LEWIS Associated Press STAVANGER (AP) — Norway’s oil fund saw the largest annual return in its history in 2023 led by a strong…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Lawyers of prominent Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr., who is serving…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer Police officers deployed during the Paris Olympics will receive bonuses of up to 1,900 euros. French Interior…

LONDON (AP) — London police say they fatally shot a man reportedly armed with a crossbow who broke into a home and threatened the occupants. The…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe’s economy failed to expand at the end of 2023. The stagnation has now lasted…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is on a two-day state visit in Stockholm during which he will meet Swedish Prime Minister Ulf…

ROME (AP) — Moschino has named Adrian Appiolaza as the new creative director of the Milan-based fashion house. The company said Tuesday that he…

By LISA MASCARO and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are moving swiftly toward impeaching Homeland Security…

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s weather agency has confirmed a reading of 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 degrees Fahrenheit) in Sicily two years ago as the…

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Despite the disqualification of Kamila Valieva in a doping case, her Russia figure skating team will still get bronze…

PARIS (AP) — France’s government is preparing more concessions to calm the anger of protesting farmers camped out around Paris. Attention is…

By AREF TUFAHA and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JENIN, West Bank (AP) — Israeli undercover forces dressed as women and medical workers have…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union nations have decided to approve an outline deal that would keep in reserve the…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court on Tuesday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and one of his party deputies to 10 years in prison each,…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Tuesday, with Hong Kong and Shanghai leading declines, ahead of a…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s oil giant Saudi Aramco says it will not try to increase its maximum daily oil production to 13…