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ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania have signed an agreement to jointly tackle rogue sea mines that have threatened Black Sea shipping…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is awarding $623 million in grants to help build an electric vehicle…

By NASSER KARIMI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s intelligence ministry has identified a top suspect, described as ringleader and…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s right-wing opposition is urging supporters to protest against moves by the new pro-European Union government to…

By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer Google says it has laid off hundreds of employees working on its hardware, voice assistance and engineering teams as…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares advanced Thursday on the back of Wall Street’s climb to a near-record high, as…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — An industry association reports that China’s auto exports surged 63.7% in 2023 while sales at…

PARIS (AP) — A former France basketball player serving as an ambassador for the Paris 2024 Olympics has been forced to quit her role because of a…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Estonia for meetings with the country’s…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A ship in the Gulf of Oman has been boarded by “unauthorized” people. That’s according to an advisory…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer A consumer advocacy group filed a lawsuit against Starbucks Wednesday, saying the company’s claim that its…

By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — The amount of renewable energy installed around the world last year grew at its fastest rate…

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — The Papua New Guinea government worked to restore order Thursday after at least 15 people were reportedly…

PHOENIX (AP) — Former Arizona prisons chief Charles Ryan is scheduled to be sentenced on a disorderly conduct charge after pleading no contest in a…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — There will be at least $100 million left in the estate of the so-called last Hawaiian…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press The rapper G Herbo could face just over a year in jail after pleading guilty to his role in a scheme that used…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Beijing’s threat to use force to claim the self-governed island of Taiwan isn’t…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son is headed back to court for an arraignment on federal tax charges…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The secrecy surrounding Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalizations due to prostate…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Barely two weeks after he was released from prison in 1990, Nelson Mandela flew to…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Speaker Mike Johnson gathered House Republicans behind closed doors Wednesday to sell the…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court opens hearings Thursday into South Africa’s…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump ’s New York civil fraud trial is back in session Thursday…

By HOLLY RAMER, NICK PERRY and DAVID SHARP Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Sean Hodgson watched and worried as his best friend of nearly…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he will introduce measures to reverse the convictions of…

By ANDREW DeMILLO and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press Republican-led state legislatures are again considering bills restricting medical care for…

By SIMINA MISTREANU and JOHNSON LAI Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A nonconformist candidate is resonating with Taiwan’s youth ahead…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is expected to report that underlying inflationary pressures eased further in…

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — One of Taiwan’s leading opposition party candidates in Saturday’s presidential…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — While GOP presidential candidates Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley met in a sharp CNN debate that…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States, Ukraine and six allies are accusing Russia of using North Korean…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in the northern Mexico border state of Sonora say a local Cucapah Indigenous leader, Aronia Wilson, has been found…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Only two Republicans were facing off at the GOP’s fifth presidential debate stage — former South…

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By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it will send an unofficial delegation comprised of former senior…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A federal lawsuit alleges that the bodies of two men who died while incarcerated in Alabama prisons were missing organs…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York building officials have issued emergency work orders to stabilize buildings around a…

LABELLE, Fla. (AP) — Wildlife officials have reported the first endangered Florida panther death of 2024. The Florida Fish and Wildlife…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly renewed her call to expand Medicaid and countered an anticipated single-rate…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly renewed her call to expand Medicaid and countered an anticipated single-rate…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America A woman on South Carolina’s Hilton Head Island who drew national attention from such stars…

By SOPHIE AUSTIN and JANIE HAR Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has released his proposed budget for the…

By OHAD ZWIGENBERG Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military said Wednesday it has found evidence that hostages were…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A federal appeals court has directed a lower federal court to consider the merits of a…

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A judge has rejected several claims lodged by Delaware’s attorney general in a lawsuit…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of campaigning, the Republican candidates vying to unseat President Joe Biden in…

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s elections administrator says No Labels, a political group laying the groundwork for a possible third-party…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutor Damian Williams in New York says his office is busy with lots of crimes but…

PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. (AP) — Voters decided to remove a small-town Nebraska school board member from office after she tried to have dozens of books…

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer Nick Saban’s coaching reign has come to an end. His dominance over college football, however, will forever…

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Police in Texas have arrested a third person in connection to the December killings of an 18-year-old pregnant woman and her…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Montana fire chief who lost a previous job over a coronavirus vaccine mandate has been…

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit may move forward against a Florida Panhandle school district over its removal of…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Republican-run Tennessee House has capped how long lawmakers can debate bills and…

By JACK DURA Associated Press A North Dakota Republican lawmaker has been removed from a legislative committee following a traffic stop in December.…

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Republican-dominated Ohio House has voted to override GOP…

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Pete Carroll is out after 14 seasons as the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, responsible for…

By The Associated Press Canadian ice dancing champion Nikolaj Sorensen, who is under investigation for alleged sexual assault, and his skating…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Local lawmakers in the nation’s capital are introducing public safety legislation aiming to…

By JACK DURA Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Two of nine tribal nations within South Dakota’s boundaries presented their flags on…

By the Associated Press German software giant SAP will pay more than $220 million in fines to resolve U.S. bribery allegations involving payments to…

By STEVE PEOPLES and JILL COLVIN Associated Press Republican presidential contender Chris Christie has notified key allies that he plans to make a…

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal appeals panel says a Missouri lawsuit accusing China of hoarding masks…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Court records show the owner of the Houston Texans is fighting efforts by one of her sons to have…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Aaron Rodgers’ Tuesday appearances on “The Pat McAfee Show” are over for the rest of this NFL season, possibly…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico lawmakers are searching for solutions to dwindling water supplies, violent crime,…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer A barrage of high-profile lawsuits in a New York federal court will test the future of ChatGPT and other…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Backers of former President Donald Trump have filed a petition seeking to recall Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s small Citizen’s Movement party has nominated a youthful, little-known congressman to run for president in the June…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — State environment officials will be offering residents in eastern New Mexico and…

NEW YORK (AP) — A subway train derailed Wednesday in Coney Island, causing service delays, but no apparent injuries, officials said. Wheels on an F…

By R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A racketeering trial in Georgia is again being delayed for the first defendant indicted in protests…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Christopher Nolan, Greta Gerwig and Martin Scorsese have been nominated by the Directors Guild for its…

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A judge has postponed the trial of an Illinois man accused of killing…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The longest currently serving state senator in the U.S. doesn’t plan to run for office…

ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities said a man who was being held at the problem-plagued Fulton County Jail in Atlanta has died at a hospital after he was…

OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Search teams were deployed following an avalanche Wednesday at a California ski resort near Lake Tahoe, officials…

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says 20 million people have enrolled for health insurance through the…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The SXSW Film & TV Festival will open with premiere of “3 Body Problem,” the anticipated Netflix series from “Game…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. regulators are soon expected to decide whether to approve the first bitcoin exchange-traded…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bill banning transgender medical care for minors is heading to the…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Alaska Airlines is canceling through Saturday all flights on Boeing 737 Max 9 planes like the one that suffered an…