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By NICK PERRY Associated Press MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — Each February, more than 2,000 players descend on Meredith, New Hampshire, for the three-day…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge has scheduled a hearing on a motion to prohibit Fulton County District Attorney…

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press SEREBRYANSKY FOREST, Ukraine (AP) — As the radio crackles with enemy communications that are hard to decipher, one…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is expected in court Thursday for an important hearing in his…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Thousands of U.S. ride-hailing workers plan to park their cars and picket at major U.S. airports in what…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Lawmakers have begun a debate on a landmark bill to legalize same-sex marriage that would make Greece the first Orthodox…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi will return to Congress to replace scandal-plagued Republican George…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief is warning that climate chaos and food crises are increasing…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Powerful winds have killed a man and brought widespread destruction across…

By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A man wanted in Massachusetts to face murder charges has been arrested, a week after he…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press Two bills being considered by Nebraska lawmakers mirror those seen across the country targeting diversity…

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California cities and counties still don’t know how much they’ll have to pay for Gov. Gavin…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The federal government has finalized two areas for floating offshore wind farms along the…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Officials say two suspected gang members have been arrested in connection with a series of shootings in the Los Angeles area…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says it has detected North Korea firing multiple cruise missiles into waters off its…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A car crashed into a Texas hospital’s emergency room on Tuesday, killing one person and injuring at least 10 others,…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — How did live ammunition find its way onto the set of a film set in which Alec Baldwin fatally…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia Senate committee is advancing a long-stalled proposal aimed at stopping private school…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In pushing Michael Whatley as the next leader of the Republican National Committee, Donald…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A Texas company has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the federal…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Republican-backed measure to limit diversity, equity and inclusion practices at…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A sheriff says the man accused of killing a Tennessee deputy and wounding another during a traffic stop has been taken into…

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Court documents show that criminal charges connected to a domestic violence case against…

By JUAN A. LOZANO and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The shooter who opened fire at a Houston megachurch before being gunned down by…

By REBECCA SANTANA and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities say arrests for illegal crossings on the U.S. border with…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Members of a mental health response team sent to help a man who was having a “psychotic…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee would be the latest state to make it illegal for an adult to help a minor…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig is ending his Republican campaign for an open…

SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) — A police officer serving a trespass warning has been fatally shot in northern Wyoming. Sgt. Nevada Krinkee died at a hospital…

PHOENIX (AP) — A conservative group is challenging parts of Arizona’s election procedures manual. It’s the third lawsuit filed within the last…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers have honored the official charged with maintaining order in the House during two of the chamber’s most tumultuous…

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press Charlotte, a rust-colored stingray the size of a serving platter, has spent much of her life gliding around the…

NEW YORK (AP) — At least six major technology companies are planning to sign an agreement this week that would guide how they try to put a stop to…

CHESTERFIELD, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say three sheriff’s deputies in South Carolina have been arrested after they reported a dead body in what…

By AUDREY MCAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The death toll from the Lahaina wildfire rose to 101 on Tuesday after Maui police confirmed the…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Leaders of Mississippi University for Women are making a new proposal to to shed the…

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Former NBA player Bryn Forbes has been arrested on a family violence charge. Bexar County arrest records show Forbes was jailed…

By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police have made no arrests but say they believe there were three shooters in a…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A recent death has brought new attention to the so-called Alaskapox virus. The bug belongs to a…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A proposal to allow anyone who can legally own a gun in South Carolina to carry their…

By The Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Ibrahim Hasouna was staying with a friend when heard about the Israeli airstrikes near the house…

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a man who fatally stabbed a police officer in southern New Mexico had a record of violent crime…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Two people with knowledge of the agreement say ESPN and the College Football Playoff have agreed to a…

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The independent commission investigating the deadliest shooting in Maine history now has the power to compel witnesses to…

By PHILIP MARCELO and ANNIE MA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Four years after the coronavirus pandemic first sent students and teachers into…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.S. government audit has found that after two devastating hurricanes and a string…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia legislation that limits counties from regulating agricultural operations is…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to be released from Walter Reed…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Less than a year after Tennessee Republicans tried to expel her from the state House,…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Veteran baseball broadcaster Jenny Cavnar is the new primary play-by-play announcer for the Oakland Athletics, hired by NBC…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker in Kentucky has unveiled sweeping legislation that’s meant to…

By CLAIRE RUSH and JENNIFER KANE Associated Press VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is in the Pacific Northwest…

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press A group of Disneyland performers in California are considering joining a union. While most workers at Disney’s…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Rep. Alyce Clarke is the first Black woman elected to the Mississippi…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s foreign minister says a Polish doctor kidnapped in Chad has been freed and is unharmed. Private Polish broadcaster…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Mayor Brandon Johnson says Chicago isn’t renewing its ShotSpotter contract and will stop…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says Donald Trump’s comments calling into question the U.S. commitment to defend its NATO allies from…

Two climate activists have targeted Botticelli’s masterpiece “The Birth of Venus” hanging at Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, attaching images of…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press BAMBERG, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley has made a campaign stop Tuesday in her hometown of Bamberg, a reliably Democratic…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leaving it on the field seemed to be the M.O. for everyone who got the chance to return to…

By RUTH ALONGA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — A group of rebels bombed a displacement camp in eastern Congo’s North Kivu province killing…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pearl Jam ‘s forthcoming album is called “Dark Matter,” its first single of the same title has been released, and the…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The party of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and its allies have announced they…

By VERDA SUBZWARI Associated Press Looking for a last-minute gift for Valentine’s Day? One that’s sustainable, beautiful and meaningful?…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two fired top executives of FirstEnergy Corp. and Ohio’s former top utility regulator…

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has canceled plans to move Paris’ famed second-hand…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A witness has testified at the murder trial of a former Ohio sheriff’s deputy that he saw the man who was killed not long…

By KWIYEON HA and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press OLNEY, England (AP) — For centuries, women in one English town have run a pancake race to mark the…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — No, Jon Stewart really wasn’t sitting at his desk at Comedy Central for the last nine years,…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The family of a Palestinian-American woman arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank…

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press An official says a fake Certificate of Votes was submitted to the U.S. Senate following Michigan’s 2020…

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who managed two forestry projects in Guatemala for a New Hampshire-based investment company has pleaded guilty in…

By STEVE PEOPLES and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is calling for a shakeup at the highest levels of the…

By NINIEK KARMINI and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Millions of Indonesians are choosing a new president as the world’s…

PARIS (AP) — Scaffolding that shrouded the top of Notre Dame cathedral following a devastating fire in April 2019 is being removed, marking a…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Police say a 45-year-old man has been arrested in the theft of a bronze Jackie Robinson statue found…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A stalled marijuana law in the U.S. Virgin Islands has received a big push after an…

By ED WHITE Associated Press An attorney for former Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald wants to move up the trial date in a dispute over his…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge says restrictions on after-hour drop boxes may make it inconvenient to return ballots outside business…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — In a Feb. 6 story about a lawsuit filed by Marion County Record reporter Phyllis Zorn over a police raid on the Kansas…

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A local official in Congo says dozens of people are dead and several are missing after…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer With Arctic sea ice shrinking from climate change, many polar bears have to shift their diets to land during…