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By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will soon no longer require unanimous jury recommendations for judges to…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press DAISETTA, Texas (AP) — When the massive sinkhole first appeared in Daisetta in May 2008, some residents had…

By MATT O’BRIEN and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The chatting app Discord is one of the most popular ways gamers…

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Peruvian judge has convicted retired army general and conservative politician Daniel…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it successfully test-launched a new…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In trying to identify who was behind a major breach of classified U.S. documents, federal…

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A rapid spring snowmelt after an unusually wet winter is unleashing flooding from the Southwest to the Rockies, causing…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press Funerals are set for most of the five bank employees who were fatally shot by a co-worker this week in Louisville,…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The judge who oversaw the sentencing of the Parkland massacre gunman won’t be able to oversee proceedings in another…

By MARIA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican prosecutors say the head of the country’s immigration agency is scheduled to make an…

By JAVIER COLÓN DÁVILA Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Two cousins of Puerto Rico’s Gov. Pedro Pierluisi have pleaded guilty for…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s most powerful tropical cyclone in eight years lashed its northwest coast…

By ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press A startup business that places small turbines in irrigation canals to generate electricity has raised…

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher in Virginia has been formally arrested on charges of child…

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant has filed a countersuit against the Memphis teenager suing the two-time…

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian authorities say at least 25 African migrants died and 15 are missing after a boat carrying them toward Europe sank…

BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (AP) — A federal lawsuit alleges that a man with a history of mental illness died after 20 days locked away, naked, in a…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Federal officials say they have asked the FBI to consider criminal charges against more than 250 unruly airline…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge says a civil rape trial for former President Donald Trump will begin as…

By SUMMER BALLENTINE and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press COLUMBIA. Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s attorney general has announced new restrictions…

By LAURA UNGAR and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press Doctors, clinics and telehealth providers across the country are scrambling to figure out how they…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s monthslong absence from the Senate to recover in California…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press The city of Minneapolis agreed Thursday to pay nearly $9 million to settle lawsuits filed by two people who said…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Martin Scorsese was knee-deep in preparation for “Killers of the Flower Moon” when Mara Hennessey…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ government says it’s looking into how a number of Cypriot nationals were included in new round of U.S. and…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say they’ve arrested a suspect who made threats against…

DIMMITT, Texas (AP) — An explosion at a dairy farm in the Texas Panhandle that critically injured one person and killed an estimated 18,000 head of…

By ADAM PEMBLE Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s foreign minister says his country won’t budge from its demand that Russia…

By ARLEIGH RODGERS and MICHAEL CONROY Associated Press RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — Schools in an Indiana city are closed for a second day while crews…

CINCINNATI (AP) — A pitcher with the Philadelphia Phillies is criticizing some Major League Baseball teams for extending alcohol sales with games…

BY DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it’s investing $177 million to create 17…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jared “Drake” Bell, an actor best known as a star of the Nickelodeon television show “Drake & Josh,” was…

By ROB MAADDI and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writers A person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press that a group led by Josh Harris…

By AMY BETH HANSON and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana lawmakers were expected to take a big step forward Thursday on…

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jury selection began behind closed doors Thursday in a defamation lawsuit seeking to hold…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A tech consultant was arrested and charged with murder Thursday in the…

MANCHESTER, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a fire that tore through 6 square miles of New Jersey’s Pine Barrens this week has now ben fully…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A U.S. Capitol police officer who tried to help a Virginia fisherman avoid criminal charges for joining the…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation that will enact safe storage…

WEST LIBERTY, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say two former correctional officers at an eastern Kentucky prison have pleaded guilty to charges related to…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany has approved Poland’s request to transfer five Soviet-designed fighter jets to Ukraine. The permission was needed because…

By ERIC TUCKER, TARA COPP and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Massachusetts Air National Guard member was arrested Thursday in…

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews will not return to the team next year, ending a wildly successful…

MUNICH (AP) — Rally driver Craig Breen was killed in an accident Thursday during a test event ahead of a world championship race in Croatia, his…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The first quarterback-specific helmet designed to help reduce concussions has been approved for use by the NFL…

By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Peess NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon CEO Andy Jassy signaled confidence the company will get costs under control in his…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers have advanced a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for minors,…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The man accused of firebombing a prominent Wisconsin anti-abortion group’s office has pleaded not guilty. Investigators…

LONDON (AP) — Premier League clubs have agreed to ban sponsorship from gambling companies on the front of their shirts. The league’s 20 clubs…

By GERALD IMRAY and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A man serving a life sentence for murder and rape who escaped…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The head of Slovakia’s central bank has been convicted of bribery and fined 100,000 euros. A spokesperson for the…

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Mary Quant, the visionary fashion designer whose colorful, sexy miniskirts…

By JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Colman Domingo believes in paying it forward, literally, so he joined the producer team of the…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s opposition has announced that anti-government protests will resume after the…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In Louisiana, a Republican lawmaker has filed legislation that would make all adult criminal…

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Catholics remain the largest religious group among Latinos in the United States, but the…

LONDON (AP) — American and British boxing officials are among the leaders of a breakaway group which hopes to save boxing’s place at the…

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — In the decade since the Boston Marathon bombing, the streets and sidewalks have been repaired, and…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale prices fell last month, a sign that inflationary pressures in the economy are…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press DUBLIN (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday said while he was concerned that sensitive…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer The women’s professional tennis tour is ending its suspension of tournaments in China that was initiated in…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press FORT MAGSAYSAY, Philippines (AP) — U.S. and Filipino forces have blasted vehicles with anti-tank missiles in…

By FREIDA FRISARO, DANIEL KOZIN and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The water was rising around her car, and Amanda…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s local maritime authorities have issued a warning for possible rocket debris in…

BERLIN (AP) — Official figures show that Germany’s imports from Russia fell by more than 90% in the first year of Moscow’s war in Ukraine,…

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese judge has rescinded a travel ban she had placed on the country’s embattled central bank…

MOSCOW (AP) — A top Russian diplomat says Moscow might be willing to discuss a potential prisoner swap involving jailed Wall Street Journal…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, COLLEEN LONG and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press DUBLIN (AP) — Holding up his family history as an example, President Joe…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s constitution is caught in a tug-of-war. With an effort to enshrine abortion…

By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The first image of a black hole captured four years ago revealed a fuzzy, fiery…

PARIS (AP) — New films by Wes Anderson, Wim Wenders and Ken Loach are in the lineup for the 76th Cannes Film Festival. Anderson’s sci-fi homage…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s government says it’s expelling 15 Russian diplomats from the country…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban’s supreme leader says Afghanistan will be ruined without justice, in a rare audio message shared on…

By ELAINE GANLEY and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Protesters opposed to President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular plan to raise…

BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say they have determined that climate protesters weren’t responsible for the death in October of a cyclist after…

By ZEKE MILLER, AMANDA SEITZ and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Thursday that hundreds of…

By JENNIFER O’MAHONY and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — The main Spanish farmers’ association says drought now affects…

LONDON (AP) — A 74-year-old man extradited from Pakistan has appeared in a London court to face a murder charge in the death of a police officer…

By ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The deadline to file your taxes is Tuesday, which is just around the corner. Filing U.S. tax…