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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. chief says in a new report that gang violence in Haiti is escalating and…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors have presented detailed testimony about the final moments of a toddler…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The Hong Kong stock exchanges says share trading of heavily indebted Chinese property developer China…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Seven Republican presidential hopefuls gathered at the Reagan Library in California on…

By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s armed forces sent troops, vehicle convoys and soldiers into remote…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for an exponential increase in production…

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — ExxonMobil has lost a court bid to truck millions of gallons of crude oil through central California — a crucial…

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A man who climbed the platform at a campaign event in western New York last year and grappled with Republican gubernatorial…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Facing backlash, Walt Disney World’s governing district will pay a stipend to employees…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and RIO YAMAT Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Chinese immigrant workers allege they were lured to northern New…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s representative in Congress, Jenniffer González, says she will run for governor of the U.S. territory.…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia is accusing the United States of promoting Israel’s normalization of relations…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For more than a year, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been busing migrants from the southern U.S.…

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — One of six men charged in Texas over 53 migrants who died last year in a sweltering tractor-trailer has pleaded guilty to…

By REBECCA SANTANA and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is expected to keep the cap on refugees admitted to…

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press A group of pharmacists frustrated with overwhelming workloads didn’t show up for work last week in at least a…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Republicans are stepping up their criticism of the rhetoric being used by their…

LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Searchers have found the remains of a woman who was reported missing on Mother’s Day in 2020 after she did not return from…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law protecting doctors and pharmacists who mail…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Burkina Faso’s junta says the country’s intelligence and security services have…

By DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Homeless shelters in Argentina’s capital are seeing demand soar as more people…

By BECKY BOHRER and MARK THIESSEN Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Federal transportation investigators say the probable cause of a…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health advisers have voted overwhelmingly against recommending approval of an…

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tenor Jonas Kaufmann, recovered from a multi-drug resistant germ infection, is appearing in…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A new federal rule threatens to cut federal money to college programs that consistently…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan says she won’t recuse herself from…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two migrants from Honduras and El Salvador have died after trying to board a moving train in Mexico near the Texas border.…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Activists in Mississippi’s majority-Black capital city are…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After a 148-day strike, Hollywood screenwriters secured significant guardrails against the use of…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Barbara Bush never got to any of the NBA championship celebrations held at the White House when her grandfather…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The University of Nevada’s basketball team could have a new off-campus home by 2026 under an…

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Terry Francona won’t be riding off on his beloved scooter after all. Just hours before his final…

By The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum is moving up festivities for the former president’s 99th birthday…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Police say a murder suspect who was mistakenly released two weeks ago from jail in Indianapolis was captured Wednesday by the…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With gridlock persisting in Washington, a government shutdown is looking more and…

By ANGELA CHARLTON and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The French government is promising a series of measures to curb bullying in…

By COLLEEN LONG and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden is raising campaign cash in San Francisco while seven…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer Industry leaders are defending and praising the work of the Horseracing Safety and Integrity Authority in the…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The family of a West Virginia 13-year-old who was struck and killed by an off-duty…

BOSTON (AP) — A man who was rescued by the crew of a commercial fishing boat after he fell overboard from a tanker has died, the Suffolk County…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida school district has ordered the removal of almost all books with gay…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Loved ones are remembering a slain Baltimore tech entrepreneur for her compassion and dedication to…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Lifelong residents of a tiny Georgia island who are descended from slaves are pushing to give…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The number of spots reserved for conference champions when the College Football Playoff expands to 12…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is apologizing for Parliament’s recognition of a man who…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Does a judge’s fraud finding spell the end of Donald Trump’s real estate empire? The…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A Microsoft executive says Apple gets Google to pay more to be the default search engine on…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s National Crime Agency says officers have arrested a man as part of an investigation into the death of a woman thought…

WINDHAM, Maine (AP) — An AR-15-style rifle manufacturer in Maine that was launched by the founder of Bushmaster Firearms is going out of business.…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies have made a habit of celebrating big clinching victories and…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quincy Jones will receive the inaugural Peace Through Music Award at a launch event for the…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge’s ruling that Donald Trump committed fraud for years as he…

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union says it will announce on Friday how it plans to expand its strike against Detroit’s three…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shai Reshef, president and founder of the online, tuition-free University of the People, and…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — On Tuesday night, the elusive pop producer Jai Paul opened his tour leg at the Los…

TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say a Massachusetts man who sped away during a traffic stop led police on a chase that ended with him crashing…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say three people died when a car being chased by police in Indianapolis collided with another vehicle minutes after…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Supreme Court justices have questioned the state’s lawyer about a legal strategy…

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Former Spain women’s national team coach Jorge Vilda has been summoned to appear before a judge in…

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Prosecutors say DNA from Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect Rex Heuermann’s cheek swab matches the DNA that authorities…

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer Michigan State has fired Mel Tucker, saying the suspended football coach failed to present adequate reasons why he…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Two defendants accused of participating in a fake elector scheme in Michigan following…

MOUNT LAUEL, N.J. (AP) — A man serving a prison sentence for attacking and seriously injuring his parents more than two decades ago remains…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has vetoed Republican-sponsored bills intended to undo federal protections…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s 2023 tour will be postponed until 2024, citing…

By The Associated Press Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce calls Taylor Swift’s appearance at the Chiefs’ victory over the Chicago Bears…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s oldest film festival has been thrown into turmoil after jury members resigned and filmmakers withdrew their work over…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says that Sri Lanka has so far failed to make enough progress in boosting tax collection…

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana state judge has blocked enforcement of a law to ban gender-affirming medical…