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By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Valentine’s Day is meant to celebrate romance and the depths of feeling we have for loved ones. So it may…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Downtown Kansas City is turning into a sea of red for Valentine’s Day as Chiefs fans prepare to celebrate…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Valentine’s Day is meant to celebrate romance and the depths of feeling we have for loved ones. So it may…

By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians have begun evacuating the main hospital in…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Former captives and relatives of hostages held since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas in…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office says that presumed North Korean hackers breached the personal emails of…

By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF Associated…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ABU MUREIKHA, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a stump speech for his…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency says its new flagship H3 rocket will have a second test flight on Saturday,…

LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. held steady at 4% in January as lower food prices helped offset an increase in energy costs. The reading from…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military says it sank a Russian landing ship in the Black Sea using naval drones, a report that has not been…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony’s profit rose 13% in October-December on…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s interior minister says hundreds of rescuers have been deployed to search for at least nine workers who are…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Shares declined Wednesday in Asia after disappointingly high U.S. inflation data sent stocks…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Explosions have struck a natural gas pipeline in Iran. An Iranian official on…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It turns out there are actually a lot of sharp elbows in the plush toy business.…

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s cybersecurity authorities are accusing a hacker group “sponsored” by the Iranian government of attacking the…

LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) — Love is in the air … and the mail … in the northern Colorado city of Loveland. Every year, tens of thousands of…

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say a truck slammed into passenger vehicles in Egypt’s Mediterranean province of Alexandria, killing at least…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press New Mexico’s Legislature has approved a bill aimed at reducing pollution from cars and trucks by creating financial…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging voters to approve a ballot initiative…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A few months ago, Derek Carrier started seeing someone and became infatuated. He experienced…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislatore are moving to impose tougher prison sentences for harming or killing…

By JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press New York (AP) — The original location of the legendary Barney’s Department store in the Chelsea section of…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly four years after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and sent to prison, New…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — Each February, more than 2,000 players descend on Meredith, New Hampshire, for the three-day…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge has scheduled a hearing on a motion to prohibit Fulton County District Attorney…

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press SEREBRYANSKY FOREST, Ukraine (AP) — As the radio crackles with enemy communications that are hard to decipher, one…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is expected in court Thursday for an important hearing in his…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Thousands of U.S. ride-hailing workers plan to park their cars and picket at major U.S. airports in what…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Lawmakers have begun a debate on a landmark bill to legalize same-sex marriage that would make Greece the first Orthodox…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi will return to Congress to replace scandal-plagued Republican George…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief is warning that climate chaos and food crises are increasing…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Powerful winds have killed a man and brought widespread destruction across…

By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A man wanted in Massachusetts to face murder charges has been arrested, a week after he…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press Two bills being considered by Nebraska lawmakers mirror those seen across the country targeting diversity…

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California cities and counties still don’t know how much they’ll have to pay for Gov. Gavin…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The federal government has finalized two areas for floating offshore wind farms along the…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Officials say two suspected gang members have been arrested in connection with a series of shootings in the Los Angeles area…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says it has detected North Korea firing multiple cruise missiles into waters off its…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A car crashed into a Texas hospital’s emergency room on Tuesday, killing one person and injuring at least 10 others,…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — How did live ammunition find its way onto the set of a film set in which Alec Baldwin fatally…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia Senate committee is advancing a long-stalled proposal aimed at stopping private school…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In pushing Michael Whatley as the next leader of the Republican National Committee, Donald…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A Texas company has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the federal…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Republican-backed measure to limit diversity, equity and inclusion practices at…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A sheriff says the man accused of killing a Tennessee deputy and wounding another during a traffic stop has been taken into…

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Court documents show that criminal charges connected to a domestic violence case against…

By JUAN A. LOZANO and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The shooter who opened fire at a Houston megachurch before being gunned down by…

By REBECCA SANTANA and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities say arrests for illegal crossings on the U.S. border with…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Members of a mental health response team sent to help a man who was having a “psychotic…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee would be the latest state to make it illegal for an adult to help a minor…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig is ending his Republican campaign for an open…

SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) — A police officer serving a trespass warning has been fatally shot in northern Wyoming. Sgt. Nevada Krinkee died at a hospital…

PHOENIX (AP) — A conservative group is challenging parts of Arizona’s election procedures manual. It’s the third lawsuit filed within the last…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers have honored the official charged with maintaining order in the House during two of the chamber’s most tumultuous…

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press Charlotte, a rust-colored stingray the size of a serving platter, has spent much of her life gliding around the…

NEW YORK (AP) — At least six major technology companies are planning to sign an agreement this week that would guide how they try to put a stop to…

CHESTERFIELD, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say three sheriff’s deputies in South Carolina have been arrested after they reported a dead body in what…

By AUDREY MCAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The death toll from the Lahaina wildfire rose to 101 on Tuesday after Maui police confirmed the…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Leaders of Mississippi University for Women are making a new proposal to to shed the…

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Former NBA player Bryn Forbes has been arrested on a family violence charge. Bexar County arrest records show Forbes was jailed…

By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police have made no arrests but say they believe there were three shooters in a…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A recent death has brought new attention to the so-called Alaskapox virus. The bug belongs to a…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A proposal to allow anyone who can legally own a gun in South Carolina to carry their…

By The Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Ibrahim Hasouna was staying with a friend when heard about the Israeli airstrikes near the house…

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a man who fatally stabbed a police officer in southern New Mexico had a record of violent crime…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Two people with knowledge of the agreement say ESPN and the College Football Playoff have agreed to a…

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The independent commission investigating the deadliest shooting in Maine history now has the power to compel witnesses to…

By PHILIP MARCELO and ANNIE MA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Four years after the coronavirus pandemic first sent students and teachers into…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.S. government audit has found that after two devastating hurricanes and a string…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia legislation that limits counties from regulating agricultural operations is…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to be released from Walter Reed…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Less than a year after Tennessee Republicans tried to expel her from the state House,…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Veteran baseball broadcaster Jenny Cavnar is the new primary play-by-play announcer for the Oakland Athletics, hired by NBC…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker in Kentucky has unveiled sweeping legislation that’s meant to…

By CLAIRE RUSH and JENNIFER KANE Associated Press VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is in the Pacific Northwest…

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press A group of Disneyland performers in California are considering joining a union. While most workers at Disney’s…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Rep. Alyce Clarke is the first Black woman elected to the Mississippi…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s foreign minister says a Polish doctor kidnapped in Chad has been freed and is unharmed. Private Polish broadcaster…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Mayor Brandon Johnson says Chicago isn’t renewing its ShotSpotter contract and will stop…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says Donald Trump’s comments calling into question the U.S. commitment to defend its NATO allies from…