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By R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A man believed to be one of the opponents of a planned police and firefighter training facility in…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Enbridge energy company is trying to persuade a federal appeals court to allow a pipeline to…

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A U.S. strike in Baghdad that killed a commander with the powerful Kataib Hezbollah paramilitary…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A new lawsuit alleging child sexual abuse inside Maryland juvenile detention facilities brings the…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A study finds that a new, higher-dose nasal spray for reversing opioid overdoses didn’t save…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A former Olympian and longtime track coach is expected to plead guilty to charges of sexually…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — From Wall Street traders to car dealers to home buyers, Americans are eager for the…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Silent Donor is flourishing just as the privacy debate for contributors heats up, especially for…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Casting directors are some of the most important creatives in Hollywood but have never been celebrated as such on…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Biden administration officials are meeting with Arab American and…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Will Lester, a longtime reporter and editor for The Associated Press who played a critical…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese officials say Chinese coast guard vessels have been passing by Japanese-claimed waters for…

EMPIRE, Mich. (AP) — A man accused of diverting a national park river to ease boat access to Lake Michigan has been convicted of two misdemeanors.…

CHORLEY, England (AP) — Chorley could be the next soccer club from the English non-leagues to be given a sprinkle of celebrity stardust. The…

By STEPHEN GROVES, MARY CLARE JALONICK, and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is making a last-gasp push toward approving…

By ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will not seek any redactions in a report by the Justice…

Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say they’re collecting reports from Floridians who felt shaking from a 4.0 magnitude…

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The EU has announced 210 million euros to help the coastal nation of Mauritania combat irregular migration, as the number…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland judges could shield personal information online to prevent hostile people from…

LONDON (AP) — Northern Irish prosecutors say a former British soldier will be prosecuted for the killing of a man in Belfast during sectarian…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Dozens of speakers have condemned a bill in the West Virginia Legislature that would narrow…

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian authorities say 13 Sudanese migrants died and 27 others are believed missing after their small metal boat sank off…

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI and JERRY HARMER Associated Press MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — Thailand’s foreign minister says it expects to open up a…

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man who drugged his wife’s drinks in an attempt to induce an abortion was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 10 years on…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The family of two American brothers trapped in Gaza says Israeli forces have detained the…

By ALI SWENSON Associated Press The Federal Communications Commission is outlawing robocalls that contain voices generated by artificial…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A near-total abortion ban has been rejected by lawmakers in the Virginia House of Delegates. The Richmond Times-Dispatch…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Bangladesh’s foreign minister says 340 members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police and soldiers have fled into Bangladesh…

CAIRO (AP) — A leading human rights group has dismissed the conviction of a prominent Egyptian political activist as an act of retaliation for his…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — What does Usher have planned for his upcoming Super Bowl halftime performance? Some details may emerge Thursday when the Grammy…

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press GREEN RIVER, Utah (AP) — A plan to extract lithium — the lustrous, white metal used in…

By RON TODT and MATT ROURKE Associated Press EAST LANSDOWNE, Pa. (AP) — Authorities are expected to search the charred remains of a suburban…

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic’s central bank has cut its key interest rate for the second straight time in an effort to help the struggling…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Visitors to Boston this summer will get a treat: A stage show that reunites singer-actor…

BOSTON (AP) — A spokesperson at Boston Logan International Airport in Boston says two JetBlue planes made contact at the airport with one wingtip…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans filing for jobless claims fell last week despite more layoff announcements from high-profile…

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police are investigating several top allies of former President Jair Bolsonaro…

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s government says that it will extend the closure of the country’s border with…

By MATT BROWN and JAMES POLLARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — To hear some conservatives on cable news or on social media tell it, Taylor…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Pressure is mounting on Hungary’s head of state to resign after it was revealed she…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Rescuers have dug out more bodies from a landslide-hit southern Philippine village, bringing the death toll to 11 as the…

By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press On Feb. 10, Asian American communities around the U.S. will ring in the Year of the Dragon with community…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — More than 15,000 protesters have gathered in central Athens to oppose plans by Greece’s conservative government to allow…

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces are claiming they shot down a Russian attack helicopter in eastern Ukraine…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has introduced a free artificial intelligence app that will implant the…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Colombian singer-songwriter Karol G has earned the title of Billboard’s 2024 Woman of the…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley is launching a bus tour before South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India says it will replace its military personnel in Maldives with civilian technical staff who…

BERLIN (AP) — A German Navy frigate has set sail toward the Red Sea, where Berlin plans to have it take part in an EU mission to defend cargo ships…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers are calling for an independent investigation into allegations of…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A panel of U.N.-backed experts that focuses on children’s human rights is calling on Russia to…

PITTSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say 10 cars of a cargo train carrying plastic pellets and cooking oil derailed in upstate New York, with two…

By NAJIB JOBAIN, WAFAA SHURAFA and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes killed over a dozen people…

By ROSALIE MURPHY of NerdWallet People who make money on the side usually declare self-employment income. They’re running businesses, even if…

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Warships from the U.S., Australia and Japan have held joint drills in the South China…

By AYSE WIETING Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s new central bank chief says the work to tame inflation — namely through…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pushed for further U.S. and European aid for Ukraine as he set off…

By SIBI ARASU and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has urged more than a thousand Indian…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There will be no cameras in the courtroom when the Supreme Court hears arguments over whether…

Millions of Americans will find something to be excited about when it comes to Super Bowl Sunday. That’s before even factoring in the influence of…

By AIDA SULTANOVA Associated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — The Ukrainian and Russian presidents have congratulated Azerbaijan’s President…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci has a memoir coming out in June, a look back at his long career as an…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado funeral home owner who authorities say abandoned nearly 200 bodies in a building…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nissan has reported its profit sank in October-December to about half of what it earned in the…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has chosen a longtime aide and close adviser to be a White House…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank Group has returned to profitability after four straight…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares have risen in China after Beijing ousted its top stock market regulator and announced…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a dozen sports leagues and players associations have promised the White House…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior officials for President Joe Biden’s reelection effort will meet with House Democrats…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s main election authority has refused to allow a politician opposing Moscow’s military action in Ukraine on the ballot for…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — When they make history at the Paris Games, Olympic medalists will take a bit of France and its…

BERLIN (AP) — The Berlin Zoo is mourning Ingo the Flamingo, its oldest resident, who died at what is thought to be 75 years of age. He had lived…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken left the Middle East on Thursday with public…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Honda has reported its profit rose 3.5% in the October-December quarter from a year earlier on the…

LONDON (AP) — Iceland’s Meteorological Office says a volcano is erupting in the southwestern part of the country, sending semi-molten rock…

By DÁNICA COTO and PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Prime Minister Ariel Henry urged calm in a public address…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Share were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday after the S&P 500 neared the 5,000 level…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press Highly radioactive water leaked from a treatment machine at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant,…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s newest climate satellite has blasted off to survey the world’s…

SYDNEY (AP) — Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has become the first Pacific leader to address Australia’s parliament. He vowed…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is set to nearly double state legislators’ pay at the start of next year. That will…