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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse have recently entered the public domain, making it…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The first criminal trial facing former President Donald Trump is…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In Salman Rushdie’s first book since the 2022 stabbing that hospitalized him and left him…

HONG KONG (AP) — China’s economy beat expectations in the first quarter of the year with help from policies and an increase in demand. The…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is rejecting a long-shot effort from House Republicans to get President Joe…

By JILL COLVIN and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump began his day as a criminal defendant lashing…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A long-awaited audit on a $19,000 lectern bought for Republican Arkansas Gov. Sarah…

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A former U.S. Marine has been sentenced to nine years in prison for firebombing a Southern California Planned Parenthood…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former detainee at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison described to jurors in Virginia the…

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Ken Holtzman, MLB’s winningest Jewish pitcher who threw two no-hitters for the Chicago Cubs…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Caitlin Clark was selected with the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever on…

By MAYSOON KHAN and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced the framework of a $237 billion…

By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee would join the ranks of states where public school…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis judge has awarded nearly $23.5 million to a former police officer who was beaten by colleagues while working…

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A judge has ordered a psychiatric evaluation for a northern Illinois man charged with killing four people and injuring seven…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Former college coach and administrator Steve Sloan, who played quarterback and served as athletic director at Alabama, has…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Boeing is defending the integrity of the fuselages on two of its largest planes. Boeing engineering executives…

NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — NASA says it determined that an object that crashed through the roof of a Florida home last month was a chunk of space junk…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Republican-led Legislature has unanimously passed a bill that would…

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia and Ukraine are trading blame before the United Nations Security Council for…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities and relatives say a Las Vegas lawyer and his wife were fighting to win custody of her…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Paris Hilton joined California state lawmakers Monday to push for legislation aimed at…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine is joining a multistate effort to elect the president by popular vote with the…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press The one thing 9-year-old Cal Clifford wanted more than anything since he was a toddler was a pet octopus. The…

By HAVEN DALEY and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Wildlife experts are bringing butterflies back to the Presidio National…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Patients suffering from pain have limited options when it comes to medication. For decades,…

By DARREN SANDS Associated Press A search committee previously sued for gender discrimination over its hiring process has announced its pick for the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth while lawsuits over the law…

NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees radio broadcaster John Sterling announced his immediate retirement Monday at age 85, a few weeks into his 34th season in…

By STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is leaving uncertain his plan for advancing…

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — California has filed a lawsuit challenging a voter identification law passed at the…

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The mayor of Colombia’s capital has announced new measures to reduce water consumption…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — An endangered Bornean orangutan baby has been welcomed into the world at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Florida. The baby orangutan…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden called on the House to immediately take up the Senate-passed supplemental legislation for Ukraine and Israel…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Tens of millions of Americans stretching from Lincoln, Nebraska, to Baltimore could face strong thunderstorms…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — Jurors deciding whether to hold the state of New Hampshire accountable for alleged abuse at…

By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The dying words of an Oregon man who had an asbestos-linked cancer are…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The biggest moments for many of this generation’s Olympic athletes came in front of mostly…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Monday that wide receiver Rashee Rice would participate in the team’s voluntary…

By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Lawmakers in Georgia’s legislature have scuffled as the parliament started…

DALLAS (AP) — The pilots union at American Airlines says there’s been a significant spike in safety and maintenance issues at the airline.…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small and his wife LaQuetta have been charged with endangering…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A political prisoner in Belarus has shed light on the country’s brutal prison system…

By TERRY TANG Associated Press For decades, Vietnamese people often been relegated to the background in popular cinematic depictions of the Vietnam…

By JESSE BEDAYN and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Attorney office in Colorado have indicted the owners…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The retrial of a former Ohio sheriff’s deputy charged with murder in the killing of a 23-year-old Black man is scheduled…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military chief says Israel will respond to Iran’s weekend missile strike, but has not immediately elaborated on when…

By CLAIRE SAVAGE and ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Workers are entitled to workplace accommodations for abortions under the…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The union that represents a Pittsburgh newspaper’s truck drivers, one of five unions that have been on strike for 18 months,…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press The federal Bureau of Prisons said Monday it will close a women’s prison in California…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked a freeway leading to three Chicago O’Hare International…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The director of Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign in Wisconsin who pushed…

NEW YORK (AP) — The stock price for Donald Trump’s social media company is sliding again. Trump Media & Technology Group was down 16.8% in…

By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cardi B, Queen Latifah and The Roots will headline concerts celebrating the return of the BET Experience…

MOSCOW (AP) — A U.S. citizen arrested on drug charges in Moscow amid soaring Russia-U.S. tensions has appeared in court. Robert Woodland Romanov is…

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tayhlor Coleman grew up with a love for country music. She says she’d always hoped…

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry’s fight for police protection in the U.K. has received another setback. A judge on Monday rejected his request to…

By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli court has ordered the eviction of Palestinian family in a deeply contested…

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fashion, most would surely agree, is meant to be seen. Not heard, and certainly not smelled.…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A stretch of the Ohio River near Pittsburgh remains closed to maritime traffic as crews equipped with sonar look…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister is leading a high-level delegation on a two-day visit to Pakistan, which is seeking help in…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — General Motors and real estate firm Bedrock will jointly study how to redevelop the automaker’s huge…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Heavy rainfall has caused flash flooding in Oman on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula and killed at…

By ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press Reef scientists say coral reefs around the world are experiencing global bleaching for the fourth time due to…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The U.S. secretary of state has assured allies bordering the Black Sea they can depend on his country’s support to…

By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer That coffee you slurped this morning? It’s 600,000 years old. Using genes from coffee plants around the…

DETROIT (AP) — After reporting dismal first-quarter sales, Tesla is planning to lay off about a tenth of its workforce as it tries to cut costs,…

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump arrived Monday at a New York court for the start of jury selection in his hush money trial,…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities say one person was killed and 11 others injured in a shooting in New Orleans’ Warehouse District. New Orleans…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is absent from the court Monday with no explanation. The 75-year-old Thomas also is not…

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Authorities in North Macedonia say 17 police officers serving at a prison in the country’s capital Skopje have…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing a lawsuit to go forward against a Black Lives Matter activist who led a protest in Louisiana in…

By AARON FAVILA Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president says his administration has no plan to give the U.S. military…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The operator of the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says it has obtained permission…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans increased their spending pace in March at a better-than-expected pace from…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — April 17 marks the 100 days countdown to the Paris Olympics ambitious opening ceremony. The first…

By ERIC TUCKER and SARAH BRUMFIELD Associated Press The FBI is conducting a criminal investigation into the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis…

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer HOPKINTON, Mass. (AP) — A group Massachusetts National Guard members early Monday crossed the Boston Marathon start…

SYDNEY (AP) — Police say a man has been arrested after reportedly stabbing a bishop and churchgoers in Sydney. There are no life-threatening…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The European Union has disbursed 6.3 billion euros (about $6.7 billion) to Poland as a part of the 27-nation bloc’s…

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A local official in eastern Congo says extremist-linked rebels attacked villages over…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new review says the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed…