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By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A teenage sex trafficking victim who fatally stabbed the man she accused of abusing…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and KEN SWEET Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says he never heard about Jeffrey Epstein until he was…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — City Council members in Portland were considering on Wednesday whether to…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson was led out in handcuffs from a Los…

PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) — An 11-month-old baby died after being left alone in a hot car while her parents were in church services along Florida’s…

By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Roy Kent cries. Nate Shelley apologizes. Rebecca Welton lets her anger go. Trent Crimm finishes…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic wasn’t supposed to be here. Neither was Jimmy Butler, for that matter. Jokic was…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada will soon become the first country in the world where warning labels must appear on…

NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The mayor of a South Florida city has been arrested on illegal voting charges following months of accusations that…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The U.S. Census Bureau says it is once again delaying the release, and narrowing the scope, of some of the most…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The longest-ever walkout in the Oregon Legislature completed its fourth week on Wednesday as…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — John Beasley, the veteran character actor who played a kindly school bus driver on the TV drama “Everwood” and appeared in…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press The Middle Eastern country of Jordan is set to host its biggest royal wedding in years on Thursday as the…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Rapper and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs is suing Diageo, saying the company didn’t make promised…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence will officially launch his widely expected campaign for the…

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Sixteen schoolchildren and one adult have been hospitalized after a fall Wednesday at a popular tourist attraction in the…

By TOM KRISHER and BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Toyota will invest another $2.1 billion in an electric and hybrid vehicle…

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Alex Murdaugh was arraigned Wednesday on federal money laundering and wire fraud charges for indictments saying he stole…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of Adidas’ remaining Yeezy shoes are back on sale — months after the…

Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Jaguar is recalling more than 6,000 I-Pace electric SUVs in the U.S. due to the risk of a battery fire, and…

By JOHN RABY and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Thirteen coal companies owned by the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim…

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart on Wednesday announced plans to resign his Utah seat due to his wife’s…

By TOM KRISHER and ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government’s auto safety agency plans to require that all new…

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — A former limousine company manager was sentenced Wednesday to at least…

By JEFF AMY and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Police on Wednesday arrested three Atlanta organizers who have been aiding protesters…

By CORA LEWIS and ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A three-year pause on student loan payments will end this summer regardless of how…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — It was her brother’s active faith that inspired Carol Black to recommit as an adult to…

MILAN (AP) — Simone Bellotti has been named design director at Bally as part of an effort to rejuvenate the 172-year-old Swiss fashion house.…

LONDON (AP) — The United States and Europe are drawing up a voluntary code of conduct for artificial intelligence, with a draft expected in weeks.…

NEW YORK (AP) — Jonathon Heyward will succeed Louis Langrée as music director of Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Orchestra, which will be given a…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE, TRISHA AHMED and ERIN HOOLEY Associated Press DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Residents of a partially collapsed six-story building in…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA held its first public meeting on UFOs Wednesday a year after launching a study…

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Iran has resolved two outstanding inquiries of the International Atomic Energy Agency.…

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German police say a 15-year-old soccer player has died after suffering severe brain injuries during a post-match brawl…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings rose unexpectedly in April a sign the American labor market remians…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Scandinavian Airlines says travelers will soon be able to book flights on the carrier’s first commercial flights that are due to…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The special Tony Award that honors educators will go this year to a drama teacher in…

By TERRY TANG Associated Press Like a lot of chefs, Aaron Verzosa has been hustling the past three years to get Archipelago, his Filipino restaurant…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted a 34-year-old journalist of violating the country’s…

NEW YORK (AP) — Al Pacino, 83, and 29-year-old Noor Alfallah are expecting a baby, the actor’s representative confirmed Wednesday.…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants the state to purchase massive amounts of renewable…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expected to launch his second campaign for the Republican…

PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A student who says he got goosebumps the first time he played the violin in an orchestra is this year’s recipient of a…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A spokesman for Sudan’s military says it has suspended its participation in talks with a…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government has hailed an era of cheaper Australian wine and New Zealand kiwi fruit as…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany says it has told Russia to close four out of five consulates in Germany in a tit-for-tat…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The supreme leader of the Taliban met in Afghanistan with Qatar’s prime minister this month. The meeting May…

By TREA BRANCH of NerdWallet MBA grads say the investment in their degree was worth it, according to a 2022 survey  by the Graduate Management…

MIR ALI, Pakistan (AP) — Police say gunmen killed one soldier and wounded another when they opened fire on security forces escorting a team of…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s intelligence agency says a retired agent was among four people killed in northern Italy when a sudden storm sank a…

By MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds Designing and producing electric vehicles is a tough business, but some startup companies have already started selling EVs…

BERLIN (AP) — A court in eastern Germany has sentenced a 28-year-old woman to five years and three months in prison for taking part in a series of…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer DENVER (AP) — They were No. 8 seeds. They barely got into the playoffs after up-and-down regular seasons. They…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s foreign ministry has summoned the United States’ deputy ambassador over a…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jury selection in the trial of an ex-sheriff’s deputy charged with failing to…

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Last year was a mixed bag pay-wise for the women who run companies in the S&P 500 —…

The Associated Press For its annual analysis of CEO pay, The Associated Press used data provided by Equilar, an executive data firm. Equilar examined…

By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer After ballooning for years, CEO pay growth is finally slowing. The typical compensation package for chief…

By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Two Palestinian officials say a blast at a military base has killed five militants of a…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Olympic sports bodies are meeting amid ongoing uncertainty about if and how Russian…

By JOHNSON LAI and HIROYUKI KOMAE Associated Press NAHA, Japan (AP) — A weakened Tropical Storm Mawar headed toward Japan’s southern archipelago…