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By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest public utility pledged to be more transparent after it took…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania will join the majority of states that ban motorists from handling a cell phone…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Several people have been detained by police at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology…

REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new Biden administration rule aims to speed up asylum processing at the southern border,…

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer A new report finds fewer U.S. medical school graduates are applying to residency programs, but the drop is more…

Associated Press One skier was rescued and two remained missing following an avalanche Thursday in the mountains outside of Salt Lake City that…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it found “insufficient evidence”…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber are expecting their first child together. A representative for…

By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — About 24 hours after it was first spotted and with people…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man convicted of killing his 5-year-old daughter and moving her corpse…

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A top former aide to U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and a political and business consultant have…

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Boston Celtics forward Glen “Big Baby” Davis was sentenced to 40 months in a federal prison for his participation in a…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge found Thursday that Beach Boys founder and music luminary Brian Wilson should…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Utilities looking to finish building a high-voltage power line linking Iowa and Wisconsin have completed a contentious land…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Xavier University of Louisiana has reversed course and canceled Saturday’s planned commencement address by U.S. Ambassador to…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Lawmakers in Ohio have failed to come to an agreement on adjusting a state election…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks guard Patrick Beverley was suspended by the NBA on Thursday for four games without pay to begin next season for…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that Hunter Biden’s case on firearms charges should move forward. Thursday’s ruling…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A teenager who video-recorded his mother’s forceful arrest by Louisiana sheriff’s deputies…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former senior White House aide with deep political connections is running for Congress in…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Milwaukee woman who argued she was legally allowed to kill a man because was sexually…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The administration of Mexico’s president has accused the press and volunteer searchers who look for the bodies of missing…

By ISHTIAQ MAHSUD Associated Press DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Police say suspected militants blew up a school for girls in a former…

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State University officials say a postdoctoral research scholar remains on leave as the school investigates his…

By ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States warned on Thursday that Israel will be dealing a strategic…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — High-level meditation talks for South Sudan have been launched in Kenya with African…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A newly released ad promoting Apple’s new iPad Pro has struck quite a nerve…

By AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press Yerevan, ARMENIA (AP) — Thousands of protesters gathered in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, to demand the…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer The NCAA has approved a waiver that will allow men’s and women’s basketball programs to pay for…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has signed a measure to rebuild Baltimore’s historic but antiquated…

NEW YORK (AP) — Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson and Jon Stewart — stars better known for their work onscreen — are delving into the world of…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Johnson’s job isn’t safe yet. In a stunning show of unity in the often…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry has been charged with lying to federal authorities about a foreign billionaire’s illegal $30,000…

DETROIT (AP) — The Chevrolet Malibu, the last midsize car made by a Detroit automaker, is heading for the junkyard. General Motors confirmed…

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Police say a stick shift thwarted a Colorado woman who tried to steal a pickup truck — shortly after she was released from…

By ED WHITE Associated Press Police in Michigan say a startling discovery was made on the roof of a Michigan grocery store: A woman was living inside…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has sided with a music producer in a copyright case, allowing him to…

STRATFORD, Conn. (AP) — Police say a wrong-way crash on Connecticut’s Merritt Parkway has killed all four people in two vehicles. State…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could soon deploy generative artificial intelligence tools to help reduce…

By SYLVIE CORBET and TOM NOUVIAN Associated Press MARSEILLE, France (AP) — A Ukrainian gymnast has led a group of European athletes carrying the…

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York appeals court has ruled that a state commission tasked with investigating ethical…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Cracks are showing in one of the main pillars keeping the economy out of a recession: resilient…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Civil rights and immigrant rights groups are suing Iowa over a new law that makes it a…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The judge who oversaw a landmark trial over abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention center…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court has ruled that authorities do not have to provide a quick hearing when…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Selleck starts his memoir in the middle of a car crash. He is 17 and in the passenger…

By FATMA KHALED Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A leading rights group says attacks by Sudanese paramilitary forces and their allied militias that…

By VASILISA STEPANENKO and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country’s army…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Country star Cindy Walker will be posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein returned to court in New York City as authorities consider an extradition…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Best known as one-half of the country super-duo Florida Georgia Line, Brian Kelley will release a…

By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — A top public relations executive from Chinese technology firm Baidu has apologized after she made…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s biggest trade unions have mounted one of their fiercest challenges to…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators are protesting in Malmo, Sweden against Israel’s…

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The World Video Game Hall of Fame has inducted its 10th class of honorees. The games Asteroids, Myst, Resident Evil, SimCity…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police have cleared out a homeless encampment in a city neighborhood where drug use has been pervasive for years.…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two men who were instrumental in creating a global seed vault designed to safeguard…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India says Canada has informed it about the arrest of three Indian men who have been charged with…

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — The head of a center-right 22-party coalition that emerged victorious in…

By ALMA SOLÍS Associated Press Ramón Fonseca, a partner in the Mossack Fonseca law firm at the center of the “Panama Papers” scandal, has died.…

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Charlotte Hornets have named Charles Lee as their next head coach. The 39-year-old Lee…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Soccer Writer The Philadelphia Union have formally announced that they have signed 14-year-old academy prospect Cavan Sullivan…

By LYNN BERRY, DIDI TANG, JILL COLVIN and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Making future military aid to Ukraine contingent on…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits jumped to its highest level in more than eight months last…

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — One major land crossing into Gaza was shut down after a Hamas rocket attack, another by an…

By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The family of a Black U.S. Air Force airman fatally shot by Florida sheriff’s deputies at his…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press The award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has been sentenced to eight years in prison and lashings ahead…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s defense minister says it is strengthening the metal barrier along its border with Belarus to deter illegal…

NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok says it’s going to start automatically labeling content that’s made by artificial intelligence when it’s uploaded from…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Loaves of bread have been taken off store shelves in Japan after the remains of “a small…

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish investigative magistrate on Thursday provisionally shelved the latest probe into an alleged case of tax fraud by pop star…

BANGKOK (AP) — At least one person has been killed and four others were injured after a huge fire broke out at chemical storage tanks in an…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese defense aircraft carrying eight people made an emergency landing at a commercial airport…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban are warning journalists and experts against working with Afghanistan International TV. It’s the first time…

By BELA SZANDELSZKY Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has received a ceremonial welcome in Hungary’s capital…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England is keeping its main U.K. interest rate at a 16-year high of 5.25% with several…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A shipment of humanitarian aid has left a port in Cyprus and is on its way to the U.S-built pier in Gaza, the first delivery…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Officials in Turkey say 190 passengers and crew have been safely evacuated from a plane after a tire burst during landing at…

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A Boeing 737 plane carrying 85 people skidded off a runway at the airport in Dakar, Senegal’s capital, injuring 10 people.…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Federal investigators say they have “significant safety concerns” about a Ford SUV recall repair…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has urged pro-China Maldives to ease tensions and improve their strained relationship. The…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The rate of guns stolen from cars in the U.S. has tripled over…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stormy Daniels is expected to return to the witness stand in Donald Trump’s hush money trial for a second day of questioning.…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nissan’s profit for the fiscal year through March has jumped 92% to 426.6 billion yen, or $2.7…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Fisheries Agency has proposed a plan to allow catching fin whales in addition to three…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Air Vanuatu has cancelled international flights for four days and is considering bankruptcy protection for the South…