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By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A former researcher accused of concealing work he did in China while employed by the…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has been sworn in as the state’s first Black governor. The…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An attorney for Derek Chauvin has asked an appeals court to throw out the former…

HONG KONG (AP) — China games company NetEase Inc. says it has rejected a proposal from World of Warcraft creator Activision Blizzard to temporarily…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press ZURICH (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met on Wednesday with her Chinese counterpart and pledged an…

SYDNEY (AP) — A Qantas flight traveling from New Zealand to Sydney landed safely on a single engine after it issued a mayday call over the Pacific…

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Attorneys for an adjunct art professor said Tuesday she is suing the Minnesota…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press MACAO (AP) — The founder of Macao’s once-biggest casino junket organizer has been sentenced to 18 years in jail…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov cited his Russian Orthodox religion as the reason he did not…

WALES, Alaska (AP) — A polar bear has attacked and killed two people in a remote village in western Alaska, according to state troopers. Alaska…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa and her news company have been cleared of tax evasion charges she said were among…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is calling for new gun control laws and greater accountability for…

SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state Supreme Court has brushed aside the final remaining legal hurdle in the way of a $4 billion dividend by…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis laid out a vision Tuesday to tackle the state’s…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A deep earthquake has shaken eastern parts of Indonesia, but no serious damage or injuries have been reported. The U.S.…

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The NCAA hopes a federal appeals court will soon block a lawsuit that seeks to treat…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington, D.C., mayor and city council are locked in a public dispute over how to respond…

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who police say fatally shot his wife, her mother and their five kids before turning…

By MICHAEL TARM and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER The Associated Press President Joe Biden campaigned on a pledge to work toward abolishing federal capital…

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A married couple and their son convicted of first-degree premeditated murder in the fatal shooting of a security guard who…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says the rising cost of purchasing or leasing a vessel that can hold…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Residents living in a community just outside Scottsdale, Arizona are feuding with the city they long…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press A staffer on Herschel Walker’s Republican Senate campaign has filed a lawsuit against prominent conservative…

YOAKUM, Texas (AP) — A small plane crash in Texas has left four members of a Tennessee church dead and the lead pastor injured. That’s…

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America Books containing “sexually explicit” content — including depictions of sexual or gender…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina utility says that an electricity substation has been…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has withdrawn from a 32-state voter registration partnership. New Secretary of…

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A grocery store featuring thousands of faux food items made entirely from discarded…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A shooter stood over a 16-year-old mother clutching her 10-month-old baby and pumped bullets…

By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House brushed aside criticism Tuesday of its fragmented disclosures…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia teenager has been sentenced in adult court to life in prison in the killings of four family members. Gavin…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Matteo Messina Denaro’s long record as a killer — turncoat mobsters said he’d…

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana legislature is considering a proposal that would interpret the state’s…

By JAKE BLEIBERG and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press Federal prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for a man accused of fatally shooting nearly…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge has declared that porn performer Ron Jeremy is mentally incompetent…

WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut judge has ruled that a Texas lawyer for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones committed misconduct but will not be…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Officials say video footage of Tyre Nichols’ arrest will be released to the public after…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has run up against its legal borrowing capacity of $31.381 trillion, an…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The attorney general’s office in New Hampshire says a group accused of displaying…

COHASSET, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man already facing a charge of misleading investigators in the search for his missing wife has now been…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Navy reservist who is charged with storming the Capitol on Jan. 6 is going back on…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Randall Park made a pact with himself some years ago that he wouldn’t attend the Sundance Film Festival if he…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills and legislative leaders want to expand access to abortion — allowing…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Jeremy Renner says he is out of the hospital after being treated for serious injuries from a snow plow accident. In…

By RIO YAMAT and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A failed Republican candidate paid $500 to four men to shoot at the…

By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican gubernatorial candidate Ryan Quarles has backed out of a…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Randall Park made a pact with himself some years ago that he wouldn’t attend the Sundance Film Festival if he…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The World Economic Forum says billionaire Elon Musk wasn’t on the guest list for…

By AMANCAI BIRABEN and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A group of South Dakota Republican lawmakers are pushing a bill to…

LOUISIANA, Mo. (AP) — A former police chief in a small northeast Missouri town is charged with second-degree murder after his girlfriend’s…

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Two Illinois paramedics face first-degree murder charges, having been accused of strapping a…

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Peoria police and fire officials are investigating a fire at a central Illinois…

By CARLA BRIDI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Authorities have charged dozens of people accused of rioting in Brazil’s capital to…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has dismissed an open records complaint against a Republican member of the…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will be joined by two of his highest-profile South Carolina…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sally Field will be honored at the 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards with the SAG lifetime achievement award. The actors guild…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Comedian Leslie Jones will be taking a temporary whirl as host of “The Daily Show”…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s migration minister says the number of migrants arriving in Greece has dropped dramatically over the past two…

By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A 30-year-old woman has died following a shooting that broke out between rival gang members during…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Iran’s top diplomat says Tehran welcomes steps toward a reconciliation between Turkey and Syria and is ready to help…

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The men’s basketball game between Iowa and Northwestern scheduled for Wednesday in Iowa City will not be played due to…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Does The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have too much power and influence? The foundation’s CEO Mark Suzman…

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Officials say nearly 250,000 migrants crossed the treacherous Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama in 2022 on their way north.…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities say they unearthed 10 dismembered bodies that had been buried under the floor of an events hall in central Mexico.…

CLEVELAND (AP) — Republican state Sen. Matt Dolan says he’s again running for U.S. Senate as the GOP tries in 2024 to flip the Ohio seat long…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The head of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning World Food Program says support from donors…

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Madonna will “Take a Bow” with a new tour through North America and Europe starting this summer that…

By STEPHEN McGRATH AND ANDREEA ALEXANDRU Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Two of three NATO surveillance planes deployed temporarily to…