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NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City couple has been indicted in the death of their 4-year-old son. Prosecutors say  Jah’Meik Modlin was starved…

Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Voters in Portland, Oregon, have elected political outsider Keith Wilson as their next mayor. Wilson, a…

Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mayor of Mississippi’s capital city, the top prosecutor in the state’s largest county and a Jackson…

Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday he is re-establishing a special Cabinet committee on…

DETROIT (AP) — About 1,100 workers at the Stellantis Jeep factory in Toledo, Ohio, are facing layoffs early next year as the company takes further…

STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Officials say a portion of Interstate 16 in southeast Georgia has been closed by flooding as heavy rains have left many…

ALBION, Ill. (AP) — The wife of a southern Illinois judge fatally shot earlier this week has been charged in connection with his death. State…

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A man from Mexico has been sentenced to 39 years in a Michigan prison for killing his girlfriend and leaving her body…

AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders projected confidence Thursday that they will keep control of the U.S. House as…

NEW YORK (AP) — Police in New York City are searching for a man who they say shot another man on a Manhattan street and then fled into the city’s…

Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s catastrophic floods have left behind staggering devastation and despair. But the numbers associated with…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has directed the military to carry out a smooth transition to President-elect…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican David McCormick cut into Democratic Sen. Bob Casey’s support in Philadelphia and its populous…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An independent review has found the Church of England covered up “horrific’ abuse by a lawyer who volunteered at…

Associated Press/Report for America RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas (AP) — Jorge Bazán’s family has lived on the U.S.-Mexico border for generations…

Republican David McCormick won a Senate seat in Pennsylvania on Thursday, defeating Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and padding the GOP’s Senate…

Associated Press ST. JOHN’S, Antigua (AP) — The government of Antigua and Barbuda is seeking help from authorities in London to solve the killing…

AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “The Handmaid’s Tale” is selling again. Since President-elect Trump clinched his return to the White…

Democratic Rep. Susie Lee won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Nevada on Thursday. Lee first won this Clark County seat in 2018,…

Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s governor declared an emergency Thursday after a powerful winter storm left tens of…

The Associated Press/Report For America MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Amazon workers in Alabama will have the opportunity decide whether to unionize for…

ATLANTA (AP) — Certain voters in Georgia’s third-largest county who received their absentee ballots late will have their votes counted as long as…

AP Business Writer The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. rose for the sixth straight week, returning to its highest level since early…

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian police have arrested the head of the country’s soccer federation as part of an investigation into fraud, extortion,…

Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Democratic Rep. Jared Golden, a moderate known for defying his party, is in a tight race to keep his seat…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The French foreign ministry says armed Israeli police forced their way into a French-owned church compound in the contested city…

AP Sports Writer The woman who told police she was the ex-girlfriend of Georgia wide receiver Colbie Young has retracted statements which led to his…

Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison in an investigation of a sinister online community…

Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans have knocked off Democrats in two perennially contested U.S. House seats in eastern…

Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian activists are demanding that other countries temporarily stop deportations to their country…

Associated Press After former President Donald Trump gave his victory speech early Wednesday, at the Palm Beach Convention Center, dozens of his…

Democratic Rep. Kim Schrier won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Washington on Thursday. She defeated Republican Carmen Goers, who works…

Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice appointed his wife to the state school board this week. First Lady Cathy…

Associated Press Chuck and Cathie Baldwin were driving in the dark early on Election Day to work a shift at their polling place in rural Missouri…

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man was convicted Thursday in the killing of his girlfriend. Madeline Kingsbury’s 2023 disappearance…

Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former health care worker who illegally accessed the health records of Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg…

AP Health Writer Federal health officials are calling for more testing and treatment of workers on farms with bird flu. The new guidance comes after…

Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Thousands are protesting in Mozambique’s capital and police are responding by firing tear gas and…

PLYMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Officials say state police fatally shot a man armed with a rifle who had barricaded himself inside a New Hampshire…

Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The collapse of Germany’s governing coalition and President-elect Donald Trump’s imminent return to the…

NEW YORK (AP) — A car influencer who posted YouTube videos of drag races on New York City streets died when he crashed his speeding BMW into a…

Republican Jeffrey Hurd won election to a U.S. House seat representing Colorado on Thursday, maintaining Republican control of the 3rd District seat…

Democratic Rep. Dina Titus won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Nevada on Thursday. The Las Vegas district picked up Republican-leaning…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Judges at the International Criminal Court have unsealed an arrest warrant for an alleged rebel from the Central…

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin pledged to work with President-elect Donald Trump when possible…

Associated Press Forty-three monkeys escaped from a compound used for medical research in South Carolina but the nearby police chief said there is…

AP Science Writer Carbon pollution from private jets has soared in the past five years, with most of those small planes spewing more heat-trapping…

AP Science Writer When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for…

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Two Kentucky police officers who were injured in a shooting fatally shot a suspect when he gained control of an…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in the southern Mexico state of Guerrero have found 11 bodies, including two of minors, dumped by a highway. The…

Democratic Rep. Val Hoyle won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Oregon on Thursday. Hoyle, a first-term congresswoman, defeated Republican…

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — For the last six years, Mexico bragged about its oft-questioned policy of “hugs, not bullets,” in which the…

Independent Sen. Angus King won a third term in the U.S. Senate representing Maine on Thursday, turning back challenges from a former Republican…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Two Swedish teenagers who were arrested in connection with last month’s predawn explosions near the Israeli…

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral, whose historic bells were silenced following 2019’s devastating fire, will soon…