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By The Associated Press Star couple Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden say they are “blessed and grateful” to have welcomed a baby boy. They announced…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Politicians, dignataries and celebrities joined members of the public at a state funeral to honor…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Two crew members on a Holland America cruise ship died during an “incident” in the ship’s engineering space.…

SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin museum and an historical group are launching a search for the wreckage of ace pilot Richard Bong’s plane.…

By SAMY MAGDY, AMR NABIL and SAM METZ Associated Press RAFAH CROSSING, Egypt (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres says it’s time…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III always wanted a slimmed-down monarchy. But not like this. The Princess of Wales’…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and REGINA GARCIA CANO MIAMI (AP) — The Associated Press has learned that a former Venezuelan fighter pilot jailed in Venezuela…

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station has blasted off two days after its launch was…

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press Palm Sunday commemorates the Christian belief in the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, when he was…

By ALI SWENSON Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The room sits behind a chain-link fence, then black wrought-iron gates. Guards block the entrance,…

By ALI SWENSON Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The room sits behind a chain-link fence, then black wrought-iron gates. Guards block the entrance,…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Download the mental health chatbot Earkick and you’re greeted by a bandana-wearing panda…

By SYLVIA HUI The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Support poured in from around the world Saturday for Kate, the Princess of Wales, after she…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovaks are heading to the ballots to elect a successor to Zuzana Čaputová, the country’s first female president…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of protesters in India’s capital have taken to the streets for a second day, demanding the immediate release of one of…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to tour the blood-stained classroom building where…

MOSCOW (AP) — The head of Russia’s Federal Security Service told President Vladimir Putin Saturday that 11 people have been detained after gunmen…

By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — India is the world’s largest milk producer, and is home to 80 million dairy farmers who…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Gang violence wracking Haiti has reverberated among the more than 1 million Haitians who…

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press MARWANIEH, Lebanon (AP) — About 60 families are celebrating the Islamic holy month of Ramadan at an abandoned hotel…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — It’s been 15 years since the last fatal crash of a U.S. airliner, but you wouldn’t…

By STEVE McMORRAN AP Sports Writer The presence of an endangered species of dolphins on the race course has prevented sailing on the first day of the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Missouri and Louisiana are holding presidential primaries this weekend. None of the races will offer suspense. President Joe…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department this month found $300 million for weapons for Ukraine,…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Two Chinese coast guard ships fired at a Philippine supply boat with water cannon Saturday…

LONDON (AP) — Speculation about the actor who will be tapped as the next James Bond grew this week with reports that the role would go to Aaron…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a resolution demanding a humanitarian…

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — When Opal Lee was 12, a racist mob, angered that a Black family had moved in, drove her…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Small towns and rural enclaves along the path of April’s total solar eclipse are…

By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian climatologist Núbia Beray Armond for years had been sounding the alarm about…

OSO, Wash. (AP) — The small community of Oso, Washington, on Friday inaugurated a memorial honoring the 43 people killed at the site 10 years ago…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The numbers have been drawn for a nearly $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot offering the prospect of instant riches for a…

CHICAGO (AP) — United Airlines says federal regulators are increasing their oversight of the carrier following a series of recent issues.…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — The president of Brazil’s soccer federation says the rape convictions of former…

LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — Authorities say an inmate was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash soon after his escape from a Hawaii jail. Correctional…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The malnourished and badly bruised son of a parenting advice YouTuber politely asks a…

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of arrests for illegally crossing the U.S. southern border with Mexico nudged…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick will be the only names on…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux is advancing to a May election in California to decide who will complete the remainder of the term…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army says a four-star general has been suspended from his job for allegedly trying to…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. fighter jets from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier struck three…

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago voters have rejected a real estate tax on properties over $1 million to pay for services for homeless people. It’s a loss…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has opened a formal investigation into illegal gambling and theft…

By GENE JOHNSON and MARK THIESSEN Associated Press Authorities are investigating whether the deaths of an 83-year-old man who was walking his dogs…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Public Service Commission is an elected body that’s gone years without having elections…

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition powerhouse Maria Corina Machado has named a substitute to her presidential bid while she fights a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Vice President Kamala Harris; former Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” —…

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Canada’s federal government and the provincial Manitoba government have agreed to spend tens of millions to help search…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s governor on Friday vetoed a bill that would have erected significant barriers…

BASTROP, Texas (AP) — Texas authorities say a school bus with more than 40 prekindergarten students has collided with a concrete truck and rolled…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Certain sexual assaults against a spouse will now be criminalized in West Virginia for the first time under a law signed…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The FBI is telling people who were on board the Boeing 737 Max that lost a panel in midflight that they might be…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice has signed a law that supporters say…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers have wrapped up work on a bill meant to help attract nuclear energy…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Relatives of Tyre Nichols, George Floyd and Eric Garner are expressing frustration with…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says he won’t fight drug cartels on U.S. orders, in the clearest…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s unemployment rate is now the highest in the country. The state’s…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The GOP-led Idaho Legislature has passed a bill that would ban the use of any public funds for gender-affirming care, including…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Education Department says it discovered a calculation error in hundreds of…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Barely six months into the job, House Speaker Mike Johnson is at risk of the same conservative…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON (AP) — The National Guard has joined in fighting wildfires that erupted this week in West Virginia. Two…

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A Texas medical panel has rebuffed calls to list specific exceptions to one of the most restrictive…

CHICAGO (AP) — A pair of juries has found two men guilty of killing a Chicago boy almost nine years ago. The Sun-Times reports jurors on Thursday…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — One of the most famous, photographed and talked-about women in the world is fighting a very personal…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Kate, the Princess of Wales, has disclosed that she has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy — though in a…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana crawfish are in demand despite a shortage of the mudbugs driven by last summer’s…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A former Georgia insurance commissioner is pleading guilty to conspiring to commit health care fraud.…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Democratic state senator in North Dakota has filed paperwork for a campaign to run for…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia has become the 12th state to ban smoking in vehicles with children present.…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Mike Gallagher, a Wisconsin Republican who has spearheaded House pushback against the…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The attorney general for the District of Columbia contends that the NBA’s Washington…

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Atlantic Coast Conference and Florida State squared off in a courtroom for the first time…

LONDON (AP) — Kate, Princess of Wales, has released a statement saying she has been diagnosed with cancer. In it, she said she wanted to thank…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Some of Pennsylvania’s most populous counties are relocating polling places out of…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker in Kentucky says a bill shielding doctors and other health…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Real estate brokerage company Compass Inc. will pay $57.5 million as part of a proposed settlement to resolve…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — As global warming raises temperatures, a California work safety board has approved standards that would require companies to…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged a South Carolina man with carjacking resulting in…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden plans to host Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia…

HOT SPRINGS, Va. (AP) — Virginia State Police have identified the five people killed when a small private jet crashed as it approached a rural…