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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S.-led airstrikes on Yemen’s Houthi rebels over their attacks on…

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A 17-year-old boy has been charged with killing four members of a neighboring family in central California. The teen made his…

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When the U.S. and U.K. warships launched waves of air, ship and submarine…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The quarterback matchup between Miami’s Tua Tagovailoa and Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes isn’t the only major…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A leading human rights group says people’s rights are being suppressed and…

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis was interrupted three times by as many protesters during a campaign stop in Ames,…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Black woman hired by a northern Utah school district to investigate racial harassment…

TORONTO (AP) — Ed Broadbent, a social democracy stalwart who helped build up Canada’s leftist New Democratic Party, has died. He was 87. His…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report finds the number of police officers who died on the job dropped again last…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Fruit Stripe Gum, something of a childhood icon for many gum chewers over the past five decades, will soon head over the…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, MISS. (AP) — State health officials have told residents in Mississippi’s capital…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — From electric cars to transparent TVs to the latest accessibility tech and virtual assistants backed by artificial intelligence,…

DETROIT (AP) — The top U.S. telecommunications regulator is asking automakers how they plan to protect people from being stalked or harassed by…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and British militaries were bombing more than a dozen sites used by…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley revived some of the debate-stage critiques she leveled…

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s government has inspected a huge copper mine shut down after the country’s Supreme Court ruled in November that the…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — An Airbus plane operated by United Airlines cut short a flight after crews got a door-indicator warning, according to a…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — An FBI agent says investigators who entered a Colorado funeral home where nearly…

BY PHILIP MARCELO and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s hasty pre-storm evacuation of a massive tent shelter for…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The highest court in Massachusetts has raised from 18 to 21 the minimum age at which a person can…

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An appeal by former Michigan State head football coach Mel Tucker of the findings in a sexual harassment case which led…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to end its two-year civil rights investigation…

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man has been convicted on federal hate crime charges after a jury found he attacked his Hispanic neighbor…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that Alabama can begin enforcing a ban outlawing the use…

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) — An attorney for an upstate New York man accused of fatally shooting a 20-year-old woman…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press The basement synagogue that was the scene of a brawl this week between worshippers and New York City police has a…

BALTIMORE (AP) — Reggie Wells, who spent 30 years as Oprah Winfrey’s personal makeup artist, has died in his native Baltimore. He was 76. His…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Several Jewish students have filed a lawsuit against Harvard University, accusing it of becoming…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen, the Finnish stars of Aki Kaurismäki’s tragicomic romance…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Documents released to The Associated Press show that the Wisconsin Judicial Commission this…

By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The mayor of a Texas border city at the center of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee House Republican leaders went on the defensive after surprising people who…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The center-right Greek government’s plans to legalize same-sex civil marriage has received a major boost after the…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Shortfalls in monitoring by American officials mean the U.S. cannot account for more than $1…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Virgin Islands says it will soon build its first artificial reef to protect its coasts and help the U.S.…

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Serbia says the United States has received Kosovo’s request…

By JAVIER CÓRDOBA Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rican officials say that a member of the Nicaraguan opposition has been shot…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem have been captivated by…

DETROIT (AP) — Factory workers at Tesla have been told to expect pay raises this year. That move that comes as the United Auto Workers union tries…

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump reached an estimated 4.3 million viewers during his live town hall on Fox News Wednesday night. The…

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer The 19-year-old daughter of NFL Hall of Famer and “Good Morning America” co-anchor Michael Strahan is undergoing…

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A federal inmate already serving a life sentence has been sentenced to a second life term after pleading guilty to fatally…

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — ESPN has apologized to the organization that administers the Sports Emmy Awards after it was found several on-air…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s statistics agency says the country has registered a monthly inflation rate of 25.5% in December…

By The Associated Press The Bayreuth Festival will have three female conductors this summer, three years after the podium gender barrier was broken…

NEW YORK (AP) — Judy Blume’s latest honor is a new prize named for a former first lady. The Eleanor Roosevelt Center and the Fisher Center at…

By ELOGE WILLY KANEZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Burundi’s internal affairs minister says the country is suspending diplomatic ties…

ROME (AP) — Rome authorities on Thursday inaugurated a new archaeological park and museum in the shadow of the Colosseum that features an original…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press UNION, N.J. (AP) — A top officer of an Italian cargo ship that caught fire last summer in one of America’s…

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian presidential hopeful opposing Moscow’s military action in Ukraine has met with a group of soldiers’ wives who are…

CLEVELAND (AP) — Franz Welser-Möst will retire as music director of the Cleveland Orchestra in June 2027, ending a 25-season tenure that will be…

By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Attorney General Anil Nandlall tells The Associated Press that Guyana’s government…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman who miscarried on a home toilet then left the house will not be criminally…

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Archeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was…

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft needs to find himself a new coach for the first time in almost a quarter…

By TRISHA AHMED and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — St. Paul, Minnesota, has an all-woman city council for the first time…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Investigators long thought a 5-year-old South Carolina boy found strangled in 1989 had been killed by his father…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Federal officials say a preliminary review finds no connection between suicidal thoughts and a new class of…

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press Federal prosecutors in Chicago are recommending a 28-year prison sentence for an American woman who pleaded guilty…

By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America Philadelphia’s two-term elected progressive district attorney is suing to halt the…

OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — The California ski resorts Palisades Tahoe and Alpine Meadows are reopening with a focus on safety a day after an…

By The Associated Press Shohei Ohtani has visited the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. Ambassador Rahm Emanuel presented the new Los Angeles Dodgers superstar…

By STEVE PEOPLES and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan stepped down last month from the…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Online retailer eBay Inc., will pay a $3 million fine to resolve criminal charges over a…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The caretakers of part of one of Maine’s most beloved lighthouses said Thursday…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers have hit an impasse after studying whether the state should forgo…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Federal officials are investigating Boeing’s design of a panel that blew off a jetliner in midflight last…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The first meeting of an After School Satan Club at a Tennessee elementary school drew protesters, but organizers said the…

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala has arrested its former interior minister for allegedly not carrying out his duties when he opted for dialogue with…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Apple TV and Major League Soccer are expanding their collaboration, announcing Thursday…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose for the second time in as many weeks, climbing to…

By KENYA HUNTER AP Health Writer More than 6 million people receive benefits through the nation’s food assistance program for women, infants and…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Hundreds of people have attended a ceremony honoring the memory of renowned Ukrainian poet…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The best CES products pierce through the haze of marketing hype at the Las Vegas gadget show to reveal…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s internal watchdog says he will review the secrecy surrounding Defense Secretary…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Republican member of the Maryland State Board of Elections is resigning after being…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press The trial of a woman charged in the 2019 killing of mother-of-five Jennifer Dulos has begun in a Connecticut…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 75th Emmy Awards will be studded with cast reunions and recreations of classic…

By JILL COLVIN and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — While his rivals contend with snow drifts and frigid temperatures as…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — In the greatest rebuke yet to Pope Francis, the Catholic bishops of Africa and Madagascar…