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By GIANFRANCO STARA Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis met Saturday with thousands of refugees and charity groups hosting them in…

By GONZALO SOLANO Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A strong earthquake shook southern Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, killing at least…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina school district said a ninth grader walking in a hallway was stopped…

By KEN MILLER Associated Press A federal judge is giving Oklahoma and nearly a dozen poultry companies, including the world’s largest poultry…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and GABRIELA SELSER Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican said Saturday it had closed its embassy in Nicaragua after…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Republicans who are seeking to lead their party in the 2024 presidential race…

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Soon after a train derailed and spilled toxic chemicals in Ohio last month, anonymous…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Bills were filed, hearings were planned and blame was cast as Congress reacted this past week…

By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s National Security Service has released the remaining journalists who had…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press The bright lights of Philadelphia’s famous Boathouse Row — long one of the city’s signature nighttime…

By THOMAS ADAMSON and NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A smattering of protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of the Black Sea peninsula’s annexation…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday held the first…

By BABAR DOGAR Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Police in Pakistan have stormed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s residence in the…

By FLORENT BAJRAMI Associated Press OHRID, North Macedonia (AP) — EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo have…

CORONADO, Calif. (AP) — A California military base has been put in lockdown after a vehicle went through the facility’s main gate without…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Millions of Nigerians have headed back to the polls for gubernatorial elections following a…

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — One by one, the presenters inside the crowded hotel ballroom shared their computer…

By GISELA SALOMON and FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Yecenia Lazcano Soriano left behind a 4-year-old daughter in her home…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors investigating the potential mishandling of classified documents at former…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska board of education has unanimously approved a resolution that urges the state to limit the participation of…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS and AMANCAI BIRABEN Associated Press Minnesota regulators knew four months ago that radioactive waste had leaked from a nuclear…

HOUSTON (AP) — Tejano musician Fito Olivares, known for songs that were wedding and quinceanera mainstays including the hit “Juana La Cubana,”…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A coalition of advocates dedicated to stemming the tide of violence…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s governor has signed legislation that calls for banning the…

MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico legislators are racing against a deadline to advance proposals to safeguard abortion…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Former Vice President Mike Pence; Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” —…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has returned to Facebook after a more than two-year ban. “I’M…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will be holding the first rally of his 2024 campaign later this month…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida man has been sentenced to four years and seven months in federal prison for three felony charges related to the…

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama has buried the last 13 unclaimed bodies from a Feb. 15 bus crash that killed over three dozen migrants from several…

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Canadian police say a 16-year-old killed two police officers in the hall of his apartment, then struggled with his mother…

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press New York (AP) — KANGDANIEL is one of K-pop’s brightest stars, but at just 26 years old, he’s already…

By The Associated Press Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Tennessee state senator accused of violating federal campaign finance laws is…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers are considering legislation that would reduce barriers for…

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press The Kansas Court of Appeals has reinstated a lawsuit challenging a law that opponents say restricts…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas bill banning transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports has been vetoed…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on Friday made what might be her final…

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s attorney general has released hours of police body-camera footage in the…

By COLLEEN LONG and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Law enforcement officials in New York are making security preparations for the…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The parents of a Black man who was having a psychotic episode and died in custody last…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping’s plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in…

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State Police are appealing to the public to share information and help solve the fatal shootings of three men…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three police officers and one suspect are dead and seven suspected drug cartel members have been arrested following a dramatic…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana couple has run afoul of state law by keeping a 22-pound nutria as a pet. A nutria is a rat-tailed, orange-toothed…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says troops shot a Palestinian who approached soldiers and pulled a knife near the city of Ramallah in the…

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press Irvo Otieno had realized his passion: making hip-hop. He could write a song in less than five minutes. And he was…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press After playing the con-artist attorney Saul Goodman for six seasons on “Better Call Saul,” Bob Odenkirk is…

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Election officials from states enrolled in a bipartisan effort to…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Man, the Washington State women’s basketball team has felt like big winners since they…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Friday that U.S. families were to blame for the fentanyl overdose crisis because they don’t hug…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A report from a House committee’s Democrats says Donald Trump’s White House has…

By SCOTT BAUER and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic Secretary of State Doug La Follette has resigned,…

By FRANCIS KOKUTSE Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana’s president was among hundreds of mourners who paid their last respects at the…

BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The Southern Nevada Water Authority on Thursday voted to accept a $2.4 million grant from the U.S.…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — A second high-ranking Vatican official has said Pope Francis authorized spending hundreds…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina teenager is in good condition after sustaining life-threatening injuries when he was struck by a Tesla.…

By JUWON PARK Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Producer Code Kunst arguably one of the most well-known artists in South Korea’s…

By MIKE CORDER and RAF CASERT Associated Press THE HAGUE (AP) — The International Criminal Court says it has issued an arrest warrant for Russian…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Lawyers for Prince Harry asked a judge Friday to rule that a tabloid newspaper libeled the British…