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By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Peru’s capital and were met with volleys…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A senior Australian government minister said Wednesday that rapper Ye, formerly known as…

By ED DAVEY Associated Press An independent investigation into logging in the Liberian rainforest found illegal operations “on a significant…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Scott Rolen sat with his son in the parking lot outside Indiana’s Bloomington South High…

BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) — The former mayor of a Portland, Oregon, suburb has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for possessing child…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A nod for a nonagenarian and a surge of first-time acting honorees are among the…

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A new federal lawsuit contends that Illinois’ two-week-old ban on…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy is reiterating that he will block Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric…

JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — A former University of Wisconsin football player has been convicted of two counts of first degree homicide and other…

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Families of the 21 victims killed in a Texas elementary school shooting last May gathered…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Mississippi are advancing a bill that would…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Twenty states with GOP attorneys general are suing the Biden administration over a major change in immigration policy. The…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ships searching in wind-whipped waters between South Korea and…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled that the armed forces do not have to advise civilian police when they make an arrest. The…

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer Georgia has made its most extensive comments on the car crash that killed football player Devin Willock and a…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Canada — the two countries most often mentioned as possible…

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The case of the stolen scooter has been solved. Cleveland police recovered Guardians manager Terry…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says his country wants a big chunk of money from former Mexican security official Genaro Garcia Luna.…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Police located the suspect in the random killing of three people at a convenience store in Yakima,…

By TERRY TANG, OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) — California is reeling from three major mass…

By ALEX SANZ Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Carter Center said Tuesday that only 13 human cases of Guinea worm disease were reported worldwide…

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s Legislature has taken a critical step toward adopting a…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The month before the riot at the U.S. Capitol, members of the Proud Boys were growing…

ENFIELD, Conn. (AP) — The Lego Group has announced that it will move its North American headquarters from Connecticut to Boston by the end of 2026.…

By TERRY TANG, DEEPA BHARATH and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) — For those who made their way to the Star Ballroom over…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A woman has filed a lawsuit accusing former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson of raping her…

By DAVID PHILLIP and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press PASADENA, Texas (AP) — A powerful storm system took aim at the Gulf Coast on Tuesday, spawning a…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers are drafting a sweeping ban on most semiautomatic firearms. If…

By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The first-grade teacher from Virginia who was shot and seriously wounded by a 6-year-old…

By NARDOS HAILE Associated Press The nominations to the 95th Academy Awards are now out. But where can you watch the heavy hitters? Replete with…

By LISA MASCARO and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host the Democratic congressional leaders at the…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System officials say they will prohibit the use of TikTok on system devices. System spokesman Mark…

LONDON (AP) — A family statement says two British volunteers who had been reported missing in eastern Ukraine have been killed. Andrew Bagshaw, 48,…

NEW YORK (AP) — The American Library Association has received a $5.5 million grant from the Mellon Foundation that it will use in part to counter…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s highest criminal appeals court has agreed to slow the pace of executions at…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — A FirstEnergy Corp. executive says an arm of the utility was “bleeding cash” as it…

SINCLAIR, Wyo. (AP) — A series of crashes caused by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 80 killed five people and seriously injured others in…

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press A series of rampages across the U.S. in the first weeks of 2023 have Americans again asking what can be done. In…

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona judge says she won’t compel Scottsdale to resume an arrangement that allowed residents of a neighboring community to…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan All-America running back Blake Corum reported his car stolen earlier this month in Ann Arbor. Police records show…

MADRID (AP) — A German man accused of organized crime activities while allegedly leading the Mallorca chapter of the Hells Angels motorcycle club…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — One of Mardi Gras’ signature carnival krewes will be led this year by actor and comedian Adam Devine. Devine, of Waterloo,…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY, ERIC TUCKER and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department and eight states have filed an antitrust…

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, along with the state’s Republican attorney general, say the state will prosecute pharmacists…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy will be allowed to stand until a hearing before the state…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A gynecologist who molested some of his patients during a decadeslong career has been…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the specter of nuclear weapon use, Earth crept its…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says in a letter to congressional leaders that she’s…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Documents with classified markings were discovered in former Vice President Mike Pence ‘s…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk returned to federal court to defend himself against a class-action lawsuit…

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The World Health Organization’s director-general says an employee of the U.N. agency has…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer Mikaela Shiffrin has done quite a lot in only 12 years. Shiffrin raced to a record-breaking 83rd win on Tuesday in…

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Jennifer Coolidge, who saw a career resurgence following her Emmy-winning turn as Tanya McQuoid-Hunt in the acclaimed HBO…

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The United States has slapped sanctions on a high-profile Lebanese economist alleged to be a…

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Oil drilling has begun in a Chinese-operated field in Uganda and the East African country expects to start production by…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer CBS Sports is gearing up for its 66th consecutive year covering the PGA Tour and one of its busiest seasons. The…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government says scores of children who arrived in Britain as asylum-seekers have…

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — More than 50 people have died in ongoing street protests in the weeks since Peru’s…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Sooner or later, either Wall Street or the Federal Reserve has to blink.…

BERLIN (AP) — Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have placed a replica of the tiny “punishment cell” he has…

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris is rushing to finish construction work in time for the 2024 Olympics with just 18 months to…

NEW YORK (AP) — Nurses who went on strike this month at two major New York City hospitals have ratified the contracts that were hammered out to end…

By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Killings of journalists around the world jumped by 50% in 2022 compared to the…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Senators grilled Ticketmaster Tuesday, questioning whether the company’s dominance in the ticketing industry…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has told Pope Francis in a letter that war with China is “not an option” and said…

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer Mikaela Shiffrin’s record 83rd World Cup victory is only the latest exploit by an American team that has been…

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A popular online chatbot powered by artificial intelligence is proving to be adept at creating…

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Art returned to a glittering Chanel couture universe Tuesday with monumental animal sculptures…