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By RAF CASERT Associated Press LEDEGEM, Belgium (AP) — Farmers have always lived by the whim of nature, but fickle regulation they find more…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s vaunted independent voters are becoming scarcer as Super Tuesday approaches.…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer MUNICH (AP) — Long regarded as a celebration of the U.S.-led post-World War II international order, the Munich…

By STEPHEN GROVES and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate’s border proposal was one of the toughest bipartisan…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s parliament is set to legalize same-sex civil marriage. That would be a first for an Orthodox Christian…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is expected to be back in a New York court Thursday for a hearing that could…

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Thom Browne, ever the master showman of American fashion, closed out New York Fashion Week on…

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An unknown number of sacred statues of Hindu deities were stolen and smuggled abroad…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s House of Representatives has ramped up pressure on the United States and…

By MEG KINNARD and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is defending saying he “would…

EVANSVILLE, Wis. (AP) — Officials say the first tornadoes ever recorded in Wisconsin in the usually frigid month of February caused more than $2.4…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROGUE, La. (AP) — In Louisiana, around 60 people currently sit on death row, but an execution hasn’t…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia and China accused the United States and Britain of illegally attacking military…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government says it will draft 60,000 young men and women yearly for military…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Senate voted Wednesday to put a politically appointed board in control of the…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan has slipped to the world’s fourth-largest economy as government data showed it fell behind…

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a 13-year-old southern Illinois girl who suffered a gunshot wound to her head while standing on a porch…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s Democrat-led House of Representatives has rejected a bill that would have…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters will decide on a statewide ballot measure that Gov. Gavin Newson…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea state media says leader Kim Jong Un has supervised a test of new…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. safety investigators are looking into what caused last week’s helicopter crash…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s former White House adviser and his son-in-law, is defending…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A United Nations-backed expert on food security is urging Venezuela’s government…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Republican Nebraska lawmaker has given top priority to a bill that would allow abortions…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Green has announced that he won’t run for a…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The National Republican Committee says it would recognize former Congressman Pete…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that lawmakers illegally blocked…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press New York City, its schools and public hospital system are suing the tech giants that run Facebook, Instagram,…

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge warned attorneys she will not consider any other motions as the court prepares for the involuntary…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A longshot bid to temporarily double a $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions for most…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — With this year’s Super Bowl being played in Las Vegas, the nation’s gambling…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The president of MIT has suspended a student group that has held demonstrations against…

A recent decline in arrests for illegal crossings on the U.S. border with Mexico may prove only temporary. The drop in January reflects how the…

MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin says that Russia would prefer to see President Joe Biden win a second term, describing him as more…

By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith has urged the U.S. Supreme…

ATLANTA (AP) — Officials say four students have been shot and wounded outside an Atlanta high school. Shortly after dismissal Wednesday afternoon,…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Both a Minnesota man testing a snowmobile for his employer and the company have been…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Internet networking pioneer Cisco Systems is jettisoning more than 4,000 employees.…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has announced that Palestinians living in the U.S. will be shielded from…

By RICHA KARMARKAR, Religion News Service NEW YORK (RNS) — At a Sunday morning service on Sunday (Feb. 4), a priest gave a sermon, a choir sang…

By COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden avoided criminal charges around his handling of…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal judges targeted by threats have more than doubled over the last three years amid a…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Tinder, Hinge and other dating apps are designed with addictive features that encourage compulsive use.…

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas hospital official says a large aquarium in the lobby of an emergency room likely saved…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a New York City man who admitted to smuggling three Burmese pythons in his pants through a…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Officials in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, said they will declare a state of emergency Wednesday evening…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Archives building and galleries were evacuated after two protestors dumped powder…

By ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Last year, the Federal Trade Commission received over 64,000 romance scams reports that…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti’s government has announced that it is working on an official agreement with Kenyan officials to secure the…

By BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated Press The New York City Ballet’s principal dancer Tiler Peck has choreographed her first ballet, “Concerto for…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Republican-led House of Delegates has overwhelmingly passed legislation to…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A fiery debate over public health and personal rights has gripped Puerto Rico as legislators clash with medical…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A conservative group that claimed to uncover a ballot stuffing scheme in Georgia has told a…

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A man convicted for a 2015 killing in western New York has been freed and his indictment has been dismissed, solely because…

DANA POINT, Calif. (AP) — A massive landslide on a coastal bluff has left a Southern California mansion on the edge of a cliff. But authorities…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A bust of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass was unveiled in the Massachusetts Senate Chamber on…

By JUAN A. LOZANO and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A shooter’s motive for opening fire in celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT AP Business Writer ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Real estate data firm CoStar Group is moving its headquarters from Washington, D.C., to…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An avalanche on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula killed one backcountry skier and injured two…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A lawmaker has resumed his push to limit a Kentucky governor’s pardon powers.…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has set an execution date for David Hosier, who is on death row for killing a Jefferson City…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The family of imprisoned Belarusian opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova says it…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has imposed sanctions on three people and four firms — across Iran, the United Arab…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal lawsuit claims inmates at a Mississippi prison were forced…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House has given key approval to a bill allowing liquor stores to open…

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Prosecutors in the murder trial of a former…

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The signs are all around downtown Indianapolis now. NBA All-Star weekend has finally arrived.…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A former Philadelphia police inspector has been acquitted of assault in the use of a baton during an encounter with a protester…

By BASSEM MROUE and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The slow-simmering cross-border conflict between Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for a series of carjackings, including one in which a high school…

By CARLOS MUREITHI Associated Press A team of scientists says extreme wind and rain may contribute to bigger and worse desert locust outbreaks. A…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The 29-year-old filmmaker Sean Wang can’t believe it, himself, but he’s going to the…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Federal authorities announced they have charged over 40 gang members in Boston with a range of…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Estonia’s foreign minister says NATO has about three or four years to strengthen its…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Representatives of nearly 10 human rights organizations have held a press…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the House Intelligence Committee says he has information about a serious…

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s parliament speaker has formally set early parliamentary and presidential elections in the…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A GOP legislative effort to prevent Virginia children from using the video-sharing app TikTok…

By MATT BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Black History Month was celebrated in the nation’s capital with dueling events on Tuesday…