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By MAYSOON KHAN and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press New York lawmakers are proposing rules to humanely drive down the population of rats and other…

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s history-making criminal trial is set to start Monday with a simple but extraordinary procedural step that is…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and MARC LEVY Associated Press Former President Donald Trump is endorsing U.S. Senate candidate David McCormick of…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Four people are dead after the vehicle they were traveling in was struck by a train in rural Idaho Saturday, authorities said.…

SYDNEY (AP) — Police have identified the assailant who stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center before he was fatally shot by a…

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California woman with a history of convictions for driving under the influence has been sentenced to 15 years to life in…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler made one last birdie and let out one big exhale Saturday on a wild day of…

NEW YORK (AP) — Artist and award-winning children’s book author Faith Ringgold has died. Her daughter, Barbara Wallace, told the New York Times…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A conservative Utah State Board of Education member who faced calls to resign after lawmakers said she bullied a student on…

JERUSALEM (AP) — An incoming attack by Iranian drones and ballistic missiles poses the latest challenge to Israel’s air defense system, which…

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Local news reports say a small boat full of decomposing corpses has been spotted by fishermen off Brazil’s northeastern…

By GABRIELA MOLINA Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Pope Francis has sided with a group of Peruvian villagers who have complained that…

By The Associated Press Iran launched its first full-scale military attack against Israel on Saturday, sending drones toward Israel. Iran’s…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has launched a one-day blitz to gain access to the…

WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — The sequel has turned out to be just as good for Wrexham. The Welsh team co-owned by actor Ryan Reynolds has clinched…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Southern California Marine accused of having sex with a missing 14-year-old girl found in his Camp Pendleton barracks room last…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus says it’s suspending processing all asylum applications by Syrian…

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Gnomes, those quirky statues that people put in their gardens, are flying off the shelves at…

CERESCO, Neb. (AP) — A veteran Nebraska police officer was killed when his cruiser was struck by another vehicle after he made a traffic stop. The…

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A small earthquake has shaken the Southern California desert near where the Coachella music festival is being held this…

CUSTER, S.D. (AP) — Authorities said they’re investigating a case of domestic violence that ended with a man dead and a woman injured in…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal authorities are asking for the public’s help in tracking down two men seen damaging rock formations at a national…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden is cutting short a weekend stay at his…

By PAT EATON-ROBB and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Thousands of fans lined the streets of Hartford, Connecticut, to…

READING, Pa. (AP) — Conjoined twins Lori and George Schappell, who pursued separate careers, interests and relationships during lives that defied…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The executor of O.J. Simpson’s estate says he will work to prevent a payout of a $33.5 million judgment awarded by a California…

HELSINKI (AP) — The head of Latvia’s government has tapped an experienced diplomat to become the Baltic nation’s new foreign minister after the…

By MALLIKA SEN AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The story of O.J. Simpson’s life was inherently cinematic. What started as fodder for a…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For decades, only three people knew Gloria Johnson had had an…

MICHIGAMME TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a Michigan man and his dog have been rescued from the icy waters of an inland lake in the…

ROME (AP) — The Holy See has formally protested to France after a French court ruled that a former high-ranking Vatican official was liable for…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — No woman has appeared more often before the Supreme Court than Lisa Blatt, who will make her…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Federal authorities say a North Atlantic right whale has been spotted entangled in rope…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press The United Methodist Church lost one-fourth of its U.S. churches in a recent schism, with conservatives departing…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media reports a top ranking official has reaffirmed ties with North Korea during a meeting with the country’s…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army says the body of missing Israeli boy has been found in the occupied West Bank after he was killed in a…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer The first drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s disease hit the U.S. market over a year ago, but sales have lagged, major…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows has grown to affect more than two dozen herds in eight states, just weeks…

WASHBURN, Maine (AP) — Police in Maine say an officer accused of lying about a missing person case has been charged with several crimes, including…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Kremlin-installed official says at least 10 people including children have died in shelling that struck a Russian-occupied…

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press It’s water festival time in Thailand where many are marking the country’s…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh officials say a large group of river barges broke loose and floated down the Ohio River, damaging a marina and causing…

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer The Nico Iamaleava era finally has arrived at Tennessee. The No. 2 quarterback in the 2023 recruiting class…

ISTANBUL (AP) — More than 40 people remain stranded in cable cars high above a mountain in southern Turkey, 19 hours after one pod hit a pole and…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The British military says a vessel may have been boarded by an unknown party near the crucial Strait of Hormuz.…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press BUNKERVILLE, Nev. (AP) — The words “Revolution is Tradition” stenciled in fresh blue and red paint mark a cement…

SYDNEY (AP) — Media reports say multiple people have been stabbed and that the police shot a person at a Sydney shopping center. ABC TV in…

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press O.J. Simpson has died. But his time in a white Ford Bronco during a slow-moving police pursuit on the Los Angeles…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH and KIM CHANDLER Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Democratic President Joe Biden’s campaign is wrangling with…

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press A University of Michigan proposal aimed at deterring disruptions on its Ann Arbor campus after anti-Israel…

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ ban on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in higher education has…

By BECKY BOHRER and MEAD GRUVER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — President Joe Biden looks to nudge further ahead in his party’s…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is holding a rally in northeast Pennsylvania, his last before his criminal hush money…

By DIDI TANG and DAKE KANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The imbalance in the U.S.-China relationship extends beyond trade to the world of…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It was the kind of tawdry tale Donald Trump might’ve shrugged off before his…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Several people on the Hawaiian island of Kauai needed to be rescued from floodwaters…

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Prosecutors in Chile have said they plan to formally request that Venezuela extradite two of its citizens to stand trial for…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Tech executive Elon Musk and Argentine President Javier Milei have sealed their…

HONOLULU (AP) — One person died and multiple people were injured when a shuttle bus collided with pedestrians and concrete barriers at a Honolulu…

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A severe drought has pushed Colombia’s capital to start rationing tap water. Officials in Bogota moved to ration…

By DAVE BRYAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Robert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer…

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani police official says a search is underway for gunmen who killed eight people after abducting them from a bus on…

PHOENIX (AP) — A guilty plea by the leader of an offshoot polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border is at risk of being thrown out due to an…

By GABE STERN and RIO YAMAT Associated Press/Report for America LAS VEGAS (AP) — The mother of a Nevada prisoner who died in custody has filed a…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press WELLINGTON, Fla. (AP) — Prince Harry scored a goal in a charity polo match as his wife, Meghan, and cameras for a…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two New York City police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Kawaski Trawick inside his…

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The governor of Kansas has vetoed a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors, a measure…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The centerpiece sculpture at the Hudson Yards development on Manhattan’s west side will…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Former President Donald Trump is turning to one of his favorite themes, the specter of immigrants improperly…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Delaware has rejected defense efforts to throw…

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California man has been sentenced to 40 years to life for the fatal shooting of a 6-year-old boy who was riding in the…

DALLAS (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Dallas anesthesiologist has been convicted for injecting a nerve-blocking agent and other drugs into bags…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A 33-year-old man has been charged in the slaying of a woman whose leg was found on the beach of a lakefront park near Milwaukee.…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have removed any role for the Democratic governor in…

TORONTO (AP) — Officials say a priest from France who was accused of sexually abusing Inuit children when he served at the mission in their…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit brought by a county outside New York City that has…

By JAKE COYLE and LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writers Eleanor Coppola, who documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic…

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills has signed into law a bill restricting paramilitary training in response to a neo-Nazi who wanted to…