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Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has found that Republican Attorney General Dave Yost lacked the authority to reject a…

Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A divided Pennsylvania appeals court says the envelopes voters use to send in mail ballots don’t need…

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s adult mental care facilities are ready to emerge from court oversight after an appointed specialist concluded the…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An ex-FTX executive who testified against the cryptocurrency firm’s founder at his trial last year has been…

Associated Press Voters in two counties in Washington state and Oregon have not received mail-in ballots with less than a week to go before the…

AP Technology Writer Microsoft on Wednesday reported its quarterly sales grew 16% to $65.6 billion as the company sought to assure investors its huge…

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona residents will be able to get recreational marijuana delivered to their homes beginning Friday. Until now, state rules…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Grammys will have a new broadcast home on ABC starting in 2027. The network and the Recording Academy announced Wednesday…

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government is doubling down on its attacks against Brazilian foreign relations officials, accusing them of…

LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Police say eight miners have died after being buried under mounds of earth that collapsed on them in an open-pit copper mine…

Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A military contractor accused of contributing to the abuse of detainees at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison two…

Former skateboarder and Olympic snowboarder Shaun White and actor Nina Dobrev are getting married. White’s publicist Jennifer Peros confirmed the…

Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentuckians on opposite sides of a school choice ballot measure are framing the election as a pivotal moment…

Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a former Louisville police detective’s actions were like “a drive-by…

Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A white former New Hampshire police officer has been accused of a race-motivated assault against a Black bank…

Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina death row inmate Richard Moore has more than 20 people asking the governor to spare his life…

NEW YORK (AP) — A pivotal actor in the meme stock craze the began during the pandemic continues to hold a powerful sway over the movement of shares…

AP Business Writer PepsiCo says it plans to close four U.S. bottling plants and lay off nearly 400 workers as part of its efforts to streamline its…

Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Hundreds of Indigenous people were marching Wednesday in Brazil’s capital, urging Congress to drop a…

NEW YORK (AP) — Two New York Yankees fans who were ejected from Game 4 of the World Series for interfering with Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are in a tight race for the White House, but in…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday that North Korean troops wearing Russian uniforms and carrying…

Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A group of news organizations has asked a Texas appeals court to order the release of state Department of…

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The longtime music director at a northern Michigan church says he was fired just a few months before retirement. Fred…

Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The man suspected of setting fires in ballot drop boxes in Oregon and Washington state is an experienced…

Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Three Massachusetts utilities and a transmission line developer have agreed to pass along $512 million in…

Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Voters in a Southern California city are going to decide this November whether residents who aren’t…

GREENVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A 114-year-old Pennsylvania woman is now believed to be the oldest living person in North America. Naomi Whitehead attained…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 398 firms across Russia, India, China, and more than a dozen other…

Associated Press The owner of New Jersey’s largest newspaper says it will stop publishing a daily print version of the paper early next year, but…

AP Sports Writer VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — The Copa del Rey matches involving Valencia and Levante have been postponed following floods that killed…

Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania judge has sided with Donald Trump’s campaign and agreed to extend an in-person voting…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — United Way Worldwide and Paramount Global have announced they will host a benefit to raise funds for those impacted by…

AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have discovered the oldest-known fossil of a giant tadpole that wriggled around over 160 million years…

Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Three 18-year-old men believed to be involved in an auto theft ring have been charged four months after the fatal…

Associated Press Some are well-worn warnings as familiar as the changing of seasons. Others are slow burns that end with a bang. Still others are…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities say three soldiers and eight militants were killed after security forces backed by military…

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah’s newly named leader Naim Kassem has said in his first public comments that the militant group will keep…

AP Medical Writer People prone to seasonal depression are bracing themselves as winter approaches. Many have found strategies to get through the dark…

NEW YORK (AP) — Reddit has turned a profit for the first time as a public company. The social platform claimed a profit of $29.9 million, or 16…

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The United States and other mediators are ramping up efforts to halt the wars in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip,…

ISTANBUL (AP) — State media say a mayor from Turkey’s main opposition party has been detained on suspicion of being a member of a banned Kurdish…

Associated Press The groups promoting abortion-rights amendments on the ballots in nine states have outraised their opponents by more than 6 to 1 and…

Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The head of the U.N. agency caring for Palestinian refugees says that newly passed Israeli laws…

AP National Writer The bitter nationwide debate over transgender rights is playing out on a very personal level in a federal court lawsuit filed in…

Associated Press The Rev. Arturo Laguna leads a largely immigrant church of about 100 followers in Phoenix. His job as a pastor, he says, gets…

Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Grace United Methodist Church is located just steps from the Pennsylvania State Capitol. Between the two…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police say three suspects in the kidnapping of an American in the country’s south have been arrested and…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is seeking stricter European Union migration policies as it braces for a potential surge in migrants and refugees due…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban government minister says Afghan women are forbidden from praying loudly or reciting the Quran in front of other women.…

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A Paris court is expected to announce its verdict in the trial of a Rwandan former doctor accused of having played a…

MOSCOW (AP) — North Korea’s top diplomat is set to hold talks in Moscow following reports that Pyongyang has sent thousands of troops to support…

BANGKOK (AP) — Opponents of Myanmar’s military government have welcomed the latest sanctions imposed by the European Union, the U.K. and Canada…