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By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the Pentagon is expected to announce that it will provide about $6…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A transitional council tasked with bringing political stability to Haiti has been installed in the capital of Haiti, a…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s GOP-controlled General Assembly has adjourned for the year, concluding…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine has sidelined U.S.-provided Abrams M1A1 battle tanks for now in its fight against Russia,…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Seventeen states are challenging new federal rules entitling workers to time off and…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A former Arkansas mortuary worker has pleaded guilty to charges that she sold 24 boxes of stolen body parts from medical…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico City prosecutors are seeking to downplay the case of a suspected serial killer who kept women’s bones and a saw in…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump on Thursday claimed a 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia was…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The two NASA astronauts assigned to Boeing’s first human spaceflight have…

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — It’s now illegal to sell weight-loss and muscle-building supplements…

By The Associated Press The Palestinian militant group Hamas has said for more than 15 years that it could accept a two-state compromise with Israel…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Attorney Jack Wagoner, who helped successfully challenged Arkansas’ ban on…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s GOP-controlled Statehouse on Thursday gave their final approval to…

By JOHN SEEWER and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Two police officers are on paid leave after the death of an Ohio man who was…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — As Donald Trump seeks a return to the White House, criminal charges are piling up for the people…

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Montana law that appeared to require people to…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Kim Kardashian has joined Vice President Kamala Harris for a roundtable highlighting the…

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There was talk of drone strikes and presidential bribes, of a potential…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Connecticut state police have charged a man in a fiery crash that shut down a major highway bridge for hours and…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Supporters of offshore wind energy projects in New Jersey and New York are trading…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reggie Bush says the return of his Heisman Trophy is the biggest step yet in his fight against…

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press Arkansas authorities say the death of a Missouri doctor who was found 11 months ago in a northwest Arkansas lake has…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR, JULIA FRANKEL and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The construction of a new port in Gaza and a U.S…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says the country’s violent criminal gangs and drug cartels are essentially “respectful…

SEATTLE (AP) — The federal government plans to restore grizzly bears to an area of northwest and north-central Washington. Plans announced this…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Ridley Scott’s “Alien” is back in theaters Friday for its 45th anniversary and to get audiences excited about…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s highest court overturned the 2020 rape conviction of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. The decision Thursday by the…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Special anti-terrorism measures being put in place to safeguard the unprecedented opening ceremony…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Kurdish-led authorities in northeastern Syria have handed over 50 women and children, family members…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. officials say the United States will pull the majority of its troops from Chad and Niger…

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — There’s no place Drake Maye would rather be. When the NFL invited the former North Carolina…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Israel-Hamas war demonstrations that began at Columbia University last week have spawned a…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press Native American tribes and environmentalists want a U.S. appeals court to weigh in on their request to halt…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press United Methodist delegates have overwhelmingly endorsed a constitutional amendment seen by advocates as a way of…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota U.S. John Hoeven has announced that the National Park Service will abandon plans…

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Thousands of Indigenous people, frustrated with President Luiz Inácio Lula da…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Shawn Levy is no novice when it comes to rumors around his projects. Years on “Stranger Things” taught him how to…

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press Authorities in Maryland say a high school athletic director used artificial intelligence to impersonate a principal on…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Shares in U.K.-based mining giant Anglo American have surged after it received a 31 billion-pound ($39…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — BNSF will become the second major freight railroad to allow some of its employees to report…

CONCORD, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania state police say three adults and a pregnant teenager died in a fiery crash as police pursued their vehicle in…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City residents may soon see warning labels next to sugary foods and drinks in chain restaurants and coffee shops. A law…

LONDON (AP) — An asylum seeker from Morocco who went on a vicious rampage following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that triggered the Israel-Hamas war has…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Chipotle says its employees can choose chicken once again. Last week, the chain asked its U.S. and Canadian…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Even amid war, Ukraine finds time for the glittery, pop-filled Eurovision Song Contest.…

By DIDI TANG and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — TikTok is gearing up for a legal fight against a U.S. law that would force the…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The governor of Kansas is blocking an attempt by Republican legislators to help Texas in the…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press A body believed to be that of a missing truck driver has been found in a northwest Iowa field not far from where his…

By LOUISE DIXON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Forty years and 50 million record sales after the Pet Shop Boys rose to fame with “West End…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities investigating New York’s Gilgo Beach killings have launched a sprawling…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed this week to its highest level since late…

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press Anthony Roth Costanzo was hired Thursday as general director and president of Opera Philadelphia. Costanzo will…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new report says circumstantial evidence points to climate change as worsening the deadly deluge that flooded…

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Authorities in Finland say a Chinese container ship remains the focus of an investigation into what…

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Kraken will move their games to an over-the-air broadcaster and have a streaming partnership with Amazon’s Prime Video…

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Will Power says he was unaware of any manipulations to Team Penske’s push-to-power system until after last…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Catch and kill. Checkbook journalism. Secret deals. Friends helping friends. Even by National…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su says workers at southern auto plants should be free to unionize…

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania school district has reversed the cancellation of an appearance by actor and children’s book author…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The French ambassador to Manila says her country and the Philippines will start talks next month on a proposed defense…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Congo’s government is questioning Apple about the tech company’s knowledge of…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The first cargo ship passed through a newly opened deep-water channel in Baltimore after being stuck…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Ariel Henry has resigned as prime minister of Haiti, paving the way for a new government to take power. Henry…

By ANDY WONG and SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press JIUQUAN SATELLITE LAUNCH CENTER, China (AP) — China launched a three-member crew to its orbiting…

NEW CARLISLE, Ind. (AP) — Amazon’s cloud computing unit Amazon Web Services plans to invest $11 billion to build a data center in northern…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzania’s prime minister says flooding caused by weeks of heavy rain has killed…

By MICHAEL SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction,…

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — The first six of 12 Rafale multipurpose fighter jets purchased by Croatia from France have landed at an air force base near…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market continues to hold up despite higher…

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The head of the top security agency in Belarus has claimed that the country has prevented attempted drone strikes from…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian official says more than 100 inmates have escaped from a prison near the capital…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A rapper in Iran who came to fame over his lyrics about the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini and…

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s nationalist prime minister has called for right-wing forces to take power in upcoming European and U.S.…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Moscow court has imposed a 50,000-ruble ($560) fine on a TV presenter and actress who…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German parliament has voted to introduce an annual national “veterans’ day” to honor…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Scottish National Party has ended its three-year power-sharing agreement with the much smaller…

By JILL LAWLESS and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is scrambling to get much-needed new supplies of weapons and…