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By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Reporter SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — On Friday, Elon Musk announced that NBC Universal’s Linda Yaccarino will serve as…

ROYAL OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a dilapidated greenhouse at a Northern California nursery was home to dozens of farmworkers and their…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve governor Philip Jefferson said Friday that inflation remains too high…

DALLAS (AP) — A man who didn’t want his girlfriend to get an abortion fatally shot her during a confrontation in a Dallas parking lot, police…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — A group led by Josh Harris has agreed to buy the NFL’s Washington Commanders from longtime…

By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) — As changing policies, rampant misinformation and exasperated, fearful crowds…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Democratic Minnesota senators held firm despite only a one-vote majority Friday to pass…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A Tennessee company could be heading for a legal battle with U.S. auto safety regulators after…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ Democratic governor has vetoed Republican legislation that would have provided a…

By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A Guatemalan newspaper known for hard-hitting investigations of government corruption and…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The last remaining election misconduct claim by Kari Lake, the 2022 Republican candidate for…

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The spectators were mostly Black kids, ranging from elementary school to high school. The…

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest public utility has released plans to build a new natural gas plant…

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A fourth person has pleaded guilty in a scheme to bribe the head of a Michigan marijuana licensing board. A lobbyist,…

HUDSON, Wis. (AP) — Some 1,500 law enforcement officers from several states were among 3,000 mourners paying final respects Friday to a Wisconsin…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A U.S. judge’s ruling striking down a federal law that bans…

BOSTON (AP) — A Boston man has been accused of working with Chinese government officials to keep tabs on Chinese activists and dissidents in the…

By COLLEEN LONG and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is commending Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez for…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An early May heat wave this weekend could surpass daily records in parts…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON W.Va. (AP) — An off-duty deputy sheriff in West Virginia who struck and killed a 13-year-old girl…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — The head of security for Pittsburgh’s Jewish community says there has been an “uptick in…

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Election officials in Virginia have announced plans to withdraw the…

By DYLAN LOVAN and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s secretary of state has won bipartisan praise during…

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Hodding Carter III, a Mississippi journalist and civil rights activist who as U.S. State Department spokesman informed…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — London’s top police officer has defended the department from complaints of a heavy-handed response…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A boycott by Republican state senators in Oregon threatens to derail hundreds of bills,…

By CALEB JONES Associated Press Renowned Associated Press photojournalist Elise Amendola — a determined, joyous and patient journalist who…

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk is welcoming a veteran ad executive to the helm of Twitter. He says he has hired Linda…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A group of families has won a key court victory in an effort to pin some responsibility on a Michigan…

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Federal authorities have proposed new regulations that would force Minnesota’s iron mining industry to slash its mercury…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jeremy Strong is going from a corporate boardroom on TV to a whistleblower on Broadway. The…

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Gimena Páez could barely pay her bills. Then inflation in Argentina started…

By SIAN WATSON Associated Press After two decades in the spotlight, the Jonas Brothers are still chasing butterflies. Joe, Kevin and Nick Jonas are…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press A Ponca tribe chief whose landmark lawsuit in 1879 established that a Native American is a person under the law…

By ABBY SEWELL and BASSEM MROUE BEIRUT (AP) — Family members of a Lebanese man who died in custody in the United Arab Emirates say local…

BUENA VISTA, Colo. (AP) — Colorado’s wildlife officials said a mountain lion swatted an 11-year-old girl when she went to check the…

BERLIN (AP) — Officials say an explosion at a residential building in Germany that left nine first responders seriously injured appears to have…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Budget Office says this year’s projected federal budget deficit has jumped…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former correctional officer at a federal women’s prison in…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An ex-prosecutor who once oversaw Manhattan’s yearslong investigation of former…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has nominated Philip Jefferson, a member of the Federal…

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The arrest of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan earlier this week has shown how quickly…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Just ahead of what could be a record-breaking summer travel season, pilots from one of the…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — U.S. Army Chief of Staff James McConville has met with Indonesia’s top defense…

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Representatives from 25 Indian Ocean nations are discussing regional economic growth,…

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian military commanders said Friday that their troops had recaptured more territory…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers Elon Musk has confirmed that the new CEO for Twitter, will be NBCUniversal’s…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Supreme Court has upheld the 135-year prison sentence of a British teacher and nanny who created and distributed…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ defense minister says the island nation is working together with Irish…

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dutton and Wrenlee are on the rise but they’re no match for champs Liam and Olivia as the top baby…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — McDonald’s and a franchise holder are at fault after a hot Chicken McNugget from a Happy Meal fell on a little…

BRIENZ, Switzerland (AP) — Stragglers packed up belongings in cars, trucks and a least one pickup truck before a looming deadline on Friday to…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s foreign ministry has summoned the U.S. Ambassador to a meeting…

BERLIN (AP) — A labor union representing more than 200,000 railway workers says it’s going ahead with a planned strike next week after its…

By ELAINE GANLEY PARIS (AP) — France’s foreign minister says two French citizens imprisoned in Iran have been freed. Benjamin Briere and…

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer As Republican-governed states across the nation advance myriad bills targeting transgender young people,…

By JOVANA GEC and DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tens of thousands of people have marched through the Serbian capital,…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Forty years after California condors were on the brink of extinction, aggressive conservation…

By KRISTA LARSON Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A new report from the U.N. Human Rights Office says the death toll from a massacre last…

ZURICH (AP) — A FIFA fund to compensate for unpaid wages helped 225 players in the latest round of payments. The governing body of soccer says 61…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A top Vatican cardinal is defending Pope Francis’ “drastic” leadership firings at the Holy…

BEIJING (AP) — China is sending a special envoy to Ukraine and Russia starting next week in what it calls an effort to help reach a political…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Aaron Rodgers nearly upended the NFL schedule two years ago when he told some within the Green Bay Packers organization…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. Marine veteran who placed an agitated New York City subway…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. economy grew sluggishly during the first three months of the year as double-digit inflation…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Commerce Department is launching the application process for cities to receive a total of $500…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and PAOLO SANTALUCIA Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has joined Italy’s conservative premier in encouraging Italians…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer NIIGATA, Japan (AP) — Financial leaders of the Group of Seven advanced economies are focusing on ways to…