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MIAMI (AP) — Already considered a hub for Latin, hip hop and electronic music, now Miami is going country. Tickets for the Country Bay Music…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Ryan Redington on Tuesday won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, bringing his six dogs…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are emerging as leading rivals…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The FBI has arrested two Florida law enforcement officers on charges of involvement with illegal drugs after both had…

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — State lawmakers worry that southern Kansas is vulnerable to oil spills from the Keystone…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed as “sheer nonsense” allegations that…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A former New Orleans police officer has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — It was a mundane, unanimously supported bill on liquor taxation that saw state Sen.…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — In a ruling issued Tuesday, a Baltimore judge granted the Maryland Attorney General’s Office…

By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Supporters gathered Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro to mark five years since the assassination…

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press The city of Wichita has agreed to pay $5 million to the family of a man who was shot and killed by a police…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Health authorities in Mexico say they will use more traditional medicine and more Cuban doctors in the country’s woefully…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A retired Wisconsin detective has lost a defamation lawsuit against streaming giant Netflix over his portrayal in the 2015…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lindsay Lohan is expecting her first child. The “Mean Girls” star announced her pregnancy in an Instagram post on Tuesday,…

By JIM SALTER and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press The U.S. attorney in North Dakota says he will no longer seek the death penalty for Alfonso Rodriguez…

By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Ohio filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern to make sure it pays for the cleanup and environmental damage…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles prosecutors say they will not retry Harvey Weinstein on rape and sexual…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to review a judge’s order that is blocking…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The largest corruption case in Ohio history culminated last week with guilty verdicts…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is facing stinging criticism for missing what…

LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his family were spoken to by a police officer after letting their dog off the leash in London’s…

By SEAN MURPHY and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — A federal judge overseeing a high-stakes case that could threaten access…

DALLAS (AP) — Dallas police say a 14-year-old on horseback was killed and two other teens were injured in a collision between a vehicle and the…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov and acclaimed Guadeloupe-born writer Maryse Condé are among 13…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s leaders, on the defensive after a smugglers’ boat shipwrecked meters…

Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A long-delayed vote in Hungary’s parliament on ratifying the NATO accession bids of Sweden and Finland…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A 38-year-old Canadian man is facing murder charges after a pickup truck rammed into pedestrians,…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The mayor of New Orleans is challenging a court settlement that significantly lowered the…

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — The expanded World Cup in North America has gotten even more supersized. The governing body of soccer increased the size of…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed the first federal…

By VITUS-GREGORY GONDWE and WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — The devastating Tropical Cyclone Freddy which has ripped…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Warsaw court has convicted a women’s rights activist for helping a pregnant victim…

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has hinted strongly that he intends to step down as the country’s long-serving…

By HAVEN DALEY and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press WATSONVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The latest powerful atmospheric river to drench California put nearly…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch man has been convicted of removing his condom during sex without his partner’s consent, in the first trial…

By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden says he plans to deliver the eulogy at the funeral of former President Jimmy…

By VADIM GHIRDA and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — An official says a Romanian court has rejected a bail request from…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In reimagining 40 of their best-known songs, U2 recognized that many fans would experience…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Another major insulin maker has promised steep price cuts, as pressure grows on drugmakers and insurers to trim the…

Associated Press Facebook parent Meta is slashing 10,000 jobs, about as many as the social media company announced late last year in its first round…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and PETROS GIANNAKOURIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — State-employed archaeologists in Greece launched strike action…

By ELIZABETH AYOOLA of NerdWallet It’s the first quarter of the year, and many people may be interested in starting side hustles for extra income…

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Payments of $5 million to every eligible Black adult, the elimination of personal debt and tax…

NEW YORK (AP) — Million-selling author Leigh Bardugo has reached a blockbuster deal with Macmillan Publishers, an eight-figure agreement for more…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For her 100th book club pick, Oprah Winfrey relied on the same instincts she has drawn upon…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch voters are going to the polls Wednesday in local elections with a national…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — FIFA president Gianni Infantino will be re-elected this week to lead a richer-than-ever soccer body…

By BABAR DOGAR and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Clashes between Pakistan’s police and supporters of former Prime…

By AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia’s prime minister has accused a Moscow-dominated security alliance of leaving…

By RODRIQUE NGOWI and KATHY MCCORMACK Associated Press PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A winter storm is dumping heavy, wet snow in parts of the…

HELSINKI (AP) — Sweden’s prime minister has acknowledged that it is likely that neighbor Finland will join NATO before his country does, due to…

By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The City of Light is losing its luster with tons of garbage piling up on Paris sidewalks as…

By KARL RITTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian fighter jet struck the propeller of a U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea on…

NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — A man who racially abused Brentford striker Ivan Toney on social media has been banned from every soccer stadium in…

BEIJING (AP) — China says the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom are traveling “further down the wrong and dangerous path for their…

By ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) — President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday aiming at…

BEIJING (AP) — Reports say Jiang Yanyong, a Chinese military doctor who revealed the full extent of the 2003 SARS outbreak and was later placed…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — South Korean and Japanese leaders will meet in Tokyo this week, hoping to resume…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets rebounded Wednesday after Wall Street stabilized following sharp declines for…

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer Jimmy Garoppolo is finally out of San Francisco, ready to start the next phase of his career wearing the…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China will reopen its borders to tourists and resume issuing all visas Wednesday as it tries to revive…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s defense minister said Tuesday a deal to buy nuclear-powered attack submarines from the United States…

By MATTHEW BROWN and BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Biden administration’s approval of a massive oil development in…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Human rights activists are urging the U.N. Security Council to refer Myanmar’s…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer price increases eased slightly from January to February but still…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse rattled the technology industry that had been the bank’s backbone,…

By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A pioneer for women’s and family rights in Congress, former Colorado Rep. Pat Schroeder,…