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By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has called for greater war fighting capabilities…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bill that will undo efforts in Kentucky’s two largest cities to ban landlords from…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers have sent Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis a bill to ban or…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — In his victory speech Tuesday, former president Donald Trump echoed false statements on social…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s public schools superintendent and some state legislators won’t be…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A retired professional wrestler and former congressional candidate is being sought in the death of a man injured last year at a…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer The head of the National Transportation Safety Board told Congress Wednesday that the decision to blow open five tank…

In Hollywood, actor Kevin Bacon is a big star. In Wisconsin’s Kenosha County, Kevin Bacon is one big pig! The 450-pound porker wandered away from…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal airport security officials have unveiled a passenger self-screening checkpoint at Harry…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty-five Republican-led states have joined lawsuits challenging a new Biden administration…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts House lawmakers have approved a proposal that would limit how long homeless people…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Constitution spells it out clearly in Article II, Section 3: The president “shall from time to time give to the…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new forever postage stamp bearing the portrait of former U.S. First Lady Betty Ford was…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Abortion clinics in Maryland could pay for enhanced security and greater access through a…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Some Georgia senators want to punish cities and counties that they say are illegally harboring…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police are undergoing fresh training on handling large-scale protests and First Amendment…

Associated Press A Southern Baptist Convention leader said Wednesday the U.S. Department of Justice has ended its investigation of the…

By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press MCALLEN, TX (AP) — SpaceX is set to acquire public land from Texas after the Texas Parks and Wildlife…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The lawyer who initiated the effort to remove Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference…

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Republican primary saw more than a dozen incumbents defeated or forced into…

By the Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — MAX, the streaming service owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and formerly known as HBO Max, is ready to…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer A study raises more questions than it answers about how tiny specks of plastic might affect the heart. We…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia House Republicans are backing a bill that would require every eligible police and sheriff’s…

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago voters will get the chance this month to decide on a ballot measure that would levy a…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore man has been convicted of first-degree murder in the 2021 deadly shooting ambush of a…

By STAN CHOE and KEN SWEET AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Embattled New York Community Bancorp is getting a lifeline of more than $1 billion…

By ADAM BEAM Associated PRess SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A wealthy campaign donor of California Gov. Gavin Newsom said his Panera Bread restaurants…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Luck struck twice for a Kentucky couple who thought they lost a winning Powerball ticket. The Kentucky Lottery said in a…

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge has banned a Florida gun retailer from selling certain gun…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After only a year in the Senate, Katie Britt of Alabama is wielding her influence and…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says a former software  engineer at Google has been charged with stealing…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Navy says one of its helicopters crashed into the Pacific shortly after taking off from the deck of a patrol…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Reporter Ground cinnamon sold in U.S. discount stores is contaminated with high levels of lead and should be discarded.…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — With just a few days to go until the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday, the show’s producers are…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Citing “widespread starvation” in Gaza, South Africa is urging the United…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Amid a crawfish shortage in Louisiana, Gov. Jeff Landry has issued a disaster declaration…

By AMY TAXIN and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The seven U.S. states that draw water from the Colorado River basin…

By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A jury has been seated in the trial of a man whose son killed four students at a Michigan school…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have invited Hunter Biden and his former business associates to appear at a…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Mourners in Poland have paid tribute to a young Belarusian woman who died after being…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Rights activists and members of LGBTQ+ community in Serbia have held a protest following a reported case of police…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has offered his “deepest sympathy” to the family of a 5-year-old girl who was seriously…

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — To businesses that rely on social media platforms for advertising, client communication or…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Texas man has been arrested on accusations that he schemed to dupe disgraced former…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A jury will soon weigh whether a movie weapons supervisor should be held to blame in the fatal…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press The Rev. Mark Harris has won the Republican nomination for a U.S. House seat in North Carolina, giving the pastor…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the U.S. navigates involvement in the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, few…

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A male bastion from its founding in 1842 until 1997, the Vienna Philharmonic has 24 female players…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Workers had expressed concerns about bending or bowed beams and structural issues before a steel airport hangar under…

By TOM GOULD and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Aid agencies and local authorities say a surge of new attacks by an…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish military authorities say that a soldier seriously injured during a training exercise has died. The death raises the…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry is struggling to stay in power as he tries to return home, where gang attacks…

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s health department has named a physician to address ways to lessen the effects of extreme heat in the arid…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will ban thousands of homeless people from setting up camp or sleeping on…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has heard arguments on whether a law passed last year…

By TIA GOLDENBERG and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Efforts to get desperately needed humanitarian aid to war-wracked…

By WILL WEISSERT and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota ended his long-shot 2024 Democratic…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The Justice Department says a former sheriff’s deputy in central Kentucky has been convicted in federal court of violating…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is expected to vote to keep money flowing to scores of federal agencies before a…

COLDSPRING, Texas (AP) — A Texas sheriff whose office drew national scrutiny and an FBI investigation following a shooting last year in which a man…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With Rhode Island this week becoming the seventh U.S. state to launch internet gambling, industry…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Eight years after Donald Trump outlasted a crowded field of Republican presidential…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has signed a bill that authorizes spending nearly $700 million on Universities of Wisconsin…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press An employee of a rural Missouri boarding school is accused of bloodying a boy’s face while boxing. The man is the…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Protesters have commandeered a pickup truck and used it to ram down the wooden doors of Mexico City’s National Palace.…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Boeing has refused to disclose who worked on the door plug that blew off a jetliner in January, according to the…

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The European Union and Germany say they will give Albania nearly $88 million to turn the three main bus lines in the capital…

By EVENS SANON and BERT WILKINSON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian politicians started pursuing new alliances Wednesday,…

By ALBERT STUMM For the Associated Press Sleeper trains are regaining momentum in Europe thanks to travelers who are concerned about climate change…

By ALBERT STUMM Associated Press A growing number of climate-conscious Europeans want to give up flying in favor of long-haul trains, especially…

By MARLON GONZÁLEZ and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Hondurans call it the “Trial of the Century,” but it’s…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced plans Wednesday to deploy the National Guard to the…

By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to electing a woman president, the ceiling holds. Nikki Haley’s exit from…

By SUSIE BLANN and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The sound of a large explosion reverberated around the Ukrainian port of…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A county executive in the New York City suburbs has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings barely changed in January but remained at a high level, suggesting that the…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has endorsed Donald Trump for president.…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say a passenger shot aboard a bus in Philadelphia has died from his wounds, marking the third time in three days that…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors abruptly dropped their criminal case midtrial Wednesday against three men…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A 34-year-old Royal Caribbean cruise employee is accused of hiding cameras inside bathrooms of passenger cabins to spy…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway has reached an agreement with the Sami people, ending a nearly three-year dispute over Europe’s largest onshore…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A visit from a rare, fine-feathered tourist has interrupted one of Las Vegas’ prominent shows. The Bellagio said in a social…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s activists and pro-government media say Islamic State militants have killed at least 18…

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has weakened a proposed climate disclosure rule…

LONDON (AP) — A Cabinet minister in Britain has apologized and paid damages to an academic she had accused of expressing sympathy for Hamas.…

By The Associated Press Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s widow has called on his supporters to join a protest of this month’s…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. migration agency says more than 8,500 migrants died on land and sea routes worldwide last…