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By BRIAN SLODYSKO, ERIC TUCKER and ANTHONY McCARTNEY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI informant who was once held up by Republicans as a…

HELSINKI (AP) — The royal house of Norway says King Harald has been implanted with a temporary pacemaker at a hospital in Malaysia’s resort…

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and JESSIE WARDARSKI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The young crowd at a Nashville nightclub was ready to dance…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Two races for the Arkansas Supreme Court could push a court that’s been targeted…

By STEPHANIE NANO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — There are just a few weeks left to pick your spot to see the total solar eclipse on April 8 in…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says authorities are investigating after Russian state media published a purported recording in…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The driver of a semi-truck was pulled to safety Friday by firefighters following a crash that left the vehicle dangling over…

By SEAN MURPHY and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press STINNETT, Texas (AP) — Firefighters battling the largest wildfire in Texas history face…

By MOHAMMED ZAATARI Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanese officials and media say an Israeli drone strike hit a car in south Lebanon and…

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The chaos punctuated by heavy Israeli fire that killed 115 Palestinians…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Officials say a ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has sunk in the Red…

By ELISE MORTON Associated Press The mother and mother-in-law of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were among mourners who brought flowers to…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African soldier deployed in Congo has shot dead a colleague and then turned the…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three people were killed when a Russian drone hit an apartment block in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa overnight,…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A day after parliamentary election concluded in Iran, hard-liners are leading in initial vote counting in the…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say an “emergency” damaged an apartment building in St. Petersburg. State news agency Tass said that the…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A powerful blizzard is dumping snow in the Sierra Nevada as gusty winds and heavy rain hit lower…

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The only surviving member of the mountaineering expedition that first conquered…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Only 1,100 lucky audience members were there to hear the yet-to-be published short story…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Tycoons from around the world, heads of state, as well as Hollywood and Bollywood stars have…

By BABA AHMED Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — In Senegal’s capital, Nicaragua is a hot ticket among travel agents serving people who…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Iditarod, the annual sled dog race celebrating Alaska’s official state sport,…

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton beat impeachment, and now he wants political revenge. The…

By AYANNA ALEXANDER, GARY D. ROBERTSON and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Super Tuesday ballot…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Republicans are set to hold a nominating convention Saturday in Grand Rapids…

By STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Shortages of ammo and supplies are quickly resulting in Ukraine losing…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press More delegates are up for grabs Saturday as former President Donald Trump looks to get closer to clinching the…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press BETHEL, N.Y. (AP) — An estimated 450,000 people attended the Woodstock festival in August 1969. It was a…

By DAVID KEYTON Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s last war ended in 1814. When the rifles and cannons it aimed at Norway fell silent,…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinians in Gaza returning from wartime detention in Israeli custody are reporting physical…

By JEFF McMURRAY Associated Press Hoboken, New Jersey, recently marked seven consecutive years without a traffic death. Officials there credit their…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Federal officials are opening an investigation into the Oklahoma school district where a nonbinary 16-year-old high school…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A bill recriminalizing the possession of small amounts of drugs was passed by the Oregon Legislature on Friday, undoing a key…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California regulators have authorized Waymo to expand services of its fleet of robotaxis into Los Angeles and to cities on the…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A movie director who was shot by Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal has testified at trial that…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — College athletes in Utah who are looking to profit off their name, image and likeness…

By BETH J. HARPAZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Iris Apfel, a textile expert, interior designer and fashion celebrity known for her eccentric…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Negotiators taking part in a World Trade Organization meeting in the United…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Groups representing Alabama doctors and hospitals are urging the state Supreme Court to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday signed a short-term spending measure that keeps one set of federal agencies operating through March…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Venezuelan man who became the subject of national attention for allegedly kicking a police…

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer The NCAA has told its enforcement staff to halt investigations into booster-backed collectives or other third parties…

By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A bill that would bring millions of dollars to tribes in Washington state to address the opioid…

PHOENIX (AP) — A U.S. district judge has ruled Arizona legislators did not discriminate when they adopted laws requiring counties to verify the…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Native American groups have struggled with mining interests over a decade over Oak Flat, a piece of…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Texas-based writer for a conservative media outlet has surrendered to authorities to face…

ANITA SNOW and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Apache group that has fought to protect land it considers sacred from a copper…

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — At Paris Fashion Week, Loewe presented a serene, green labyrinthine art gallery at Chateau de…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A patient, two psychiatric assistants and a nurse have been indicted on charges stemming from the beating death of another…

By CÉSAR BARRETO Associated Press PIURA, Peru (AP) — Peru is suffering a growing problem of dengue cases. One of the most affected cities is…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Mike Rounds, R-S.D.; World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés.…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has shortened the prison sentence of former Kansas City…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — The Democratic majority in Colorado’s House has pushed forward two bills…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense officials say Gen. Eric Smith is taking steps to return to full duty as commandant…

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s economy grew 2.9% in 2023, beating expectations in the first year of the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula…

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Officials say a United Airlines flight from London to Newark, New Jersey, had to divert to Bangor International Airport…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has vetoed what would have been one of the most…

By RUSS BYNUM and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press Georgia’s largest county is still repairing damage inflicted on its government offices by a…

By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge has declared a mistrial in the latest lawsuit alleging that exposure to the…

By SEAN MURPHY and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press SKELLYTOWN, Texas (AP) — Ranchers in the fire-scarred Texas Panhandle are facing a grim task of…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is standing by a longtime adviser whose properties were raided by…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The first rioter to enter the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack was…

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Family members and victim advocates are mourning the death of 11-year-old Audrii…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James is demanding that a county on Long Island rescind its ban on transgender athletes competing…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press The University of Florida is eliminating its chief diversity officer position, scrapping the program’s staff jobs…

By The Associated Press Thousands of mourners gathered in Moscow to bid farewell to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny two weeks after his…

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University has begun sending documents from its investigation into convicted sexual abuser Larry Nassar…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The latest rail layoffs this week, combined with an investment fund’s ongoing campaign for…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday rejected a Democratic lawsuit that…

ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday announced that the U.S. will begin airdropping sorely…

By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS and MORIAH BALINGIT AP Education Writers Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools and upended child care, the…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press Virginia lawmakers have passed legislation that would legalize skill games, the slots-like betting machines that…

NEW YORK (AP) — A firetruck has plowed through the facade of a furniture store on New York’s Long Island. A Rockville Centre Police…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials tell The Associated Press that the Pentagon will lift the ban…

CANTON, Mich. (AP) — A sport-utility vehicle crashed into a Walmart and injured several people in suburban Detroit. A Canton police statement says…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press Nebraska’s top election official has ruled voters will get to decide whether to repeal a law that pays for…

By KATIE MARIE DAVIES Associated Press The final images of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are tinged with deep despair for many of his…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dutch armed forces have been deployed to the Caribbean to help clean up oil affecting beaches in the island of Bonaire…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky House has passed a bill that would give lawmakers authority over what…

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press A police department in suburban Chicago has released officer body camera footage of the fatal shooting of a…

GENEVA (AP) — Geneva-based commodities trading firm Gunvor said Friday that it has reached $661 million settlement with U.S. and Swiss prosecutors…