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By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is criticizing House Republicans on…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Republicans want to unseat Maine’s secretary of state for barring former President…

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois landlord charged with murder, attempted murder and a hate…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kevin Hines regretted jumping off San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge the moment his…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri city will pay nearly $3 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it and six other St. Louis…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped the last remaining charge against a northern Virginia elections…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard University is trying to move past the firestorm brought on by the plagiarism…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The runway fire in Tokyo is providing a key test of the safety of carbon-composite material on planes. Composite…

By The Associated Press Iranian officials said that at least 95 people were killed Wednesday after back-to-back explosions at an event commemorating…

By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Dominican prosecutors investigating Wander Franco amid…

By RISDEL KASASIRA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A well-known gay rights activist in Uganda has been stabbed by unknown assailants, and…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A California man accused of firing dozens of gunshots from a high-rise condo near the Las Vegas…

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Hamas and Hezbollah have accused Israel of carrying out an airstrike that killed a top…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — The New Jersey man charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie is allowed to seek…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The lethal injection of an Oklahoma man set to die next month has been paused for 100 days so…

LONDON (AP) — A sign directed the animals to line up to be counted and several of the 74 Humboldt penguins did just that, waiting patiently…

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press BLAIR, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska judge has agreed that the fact that the suspect was found lying on top of a badly…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina has arrested three men under suspicion of belonging to a terror cell as the country hosts a major Jewish…

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Firefighters were battling a fire at the home of Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill on Wednesday afternoon, according…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press Michigan state Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet has announced that she will seek a U.S. House seat in Michigan being…

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press Authorities in western Michigan are looking into missing persons cases and unsolved homicides after interviewing a…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she will push for schools to reemphasize phonics in…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s policymakers concluded last month that inflationary pressures were…

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press Forest rangers have rescued an upstate New York hiker who survived a wet wintry night trapped above a cliff on a…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has squashed an attempt to release more records…

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The killing of a top Hamas commander in an apparent Israeli airstrike on a Beirut…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has once again renewed taxpayer-funded protection for former…

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — The body of a woman who went missing 12 years ago appears to have been found last week in a minivan submerged in a central…

By MEGAN JAENTSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in central Mexico say a drug cartel set up its own makeshift internet antennas…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A judge says a North Carolina law that makes it a serious crime for someone to vote…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer TORONTO (AP) — The Associated Press went behind the scenes to capture what former tennis star and gender equality…

By DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Social media has been rife in recent weeks with posts speculating that a judge is about to…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities are searching for 31 migrants from five countries who were abducted from a bus near the Texas border over…

By KEMO CHAM Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone’s government says former President Ernest Bai Koroma has been charged…

By VALERIE GONZALEZ and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson is leading about 60 fellow…

By RISDEL KASASIRA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s military says an attack helicopter being used in the fight against…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A widely used slogan by the office of Puerto Rico’s governor that sparked heavy criticism across the U.S. territory…

NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Yankees center fielder Bernie Williams will make his New York Philharmonic debut on April 24 when future music…

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey imam was shot and critically wounded outside a mosque in the state’s largest city early Wednesday. Newark Public…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Coco Jones went from being a Disney child star to reshaping her image and…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Multiple state capitols have received threats that led to evacuations or lockdowns as police investigated, but no evidence of…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that a law that could make it harder to remove Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from office…

BUCARAMANGA, Colombia (AP) — One soldier has been killed and 12 injured in an attack with explosives on a military unit in northwestern Colombia…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press Prosecutors in Kansas are asking a judge to drop three felony charges related to accusations that Jackson Mahomes —…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas sheriff’s deputy has been fatally shot and a suspect is in custody. Arkansas State Police said Tuesday…

TOKYO (AP) — Police in Japan have arrested a woman who wielded a knife and injured four passengers inside a train that stopped at Tokyo’s…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Fighters from an ethnic minority group battling Myanmar’s military government say they shot down a…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — In the wake of Hamas’ brutal Oct. 7 attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s days…

ARLINGTON, Mass. (AP) — Rayner Pike, a retired reporter for The Associated Press for over four decades, has died. He was 90. Surrounded by family…

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press For the first time in the United States, turbines are sending electricity to the grid from the sites of two…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers posted 8.8 million jobs openings in November, down slightly from…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) — Two decades ago, Michael Blowen’s love for horses spurred him into a mid-life career…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A new joint currency will be launched this year for the Dutch Caribbean islands of Curacao and St. Maarten more than a…

SOMERS, Conn. (AP) — Four children have died in a fire that broke out in a two-family home in the northeastern Connecticut town of Somers. Fire and…

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO says it will help buy up to 1,000 Patriot missiles so allies can better protect their territory as Russia ramps up its air…

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Honoring victims, survivors and first responders following the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history is the first order of…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says China sent four balloons over the island, three of which passed near to a key air force…

By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press HANAPEPE, Hawaii (AP) — The process of making salt from sea water is a lengthy and laborious one that requires…

By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press HANAPEPE, Hawaii (AP) — On a warm summer afternoon, Tina Taniguchi was on her hands and knees scraping dirt off…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A lawyer says a Pakistani court has indicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a contempt case for allegedly insulting election…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A small, rare herding dog called the Lancashire heeler is the latest breed recognized by the…

By BETH J. HARPAZ Associated Press Planning a trip this winter? Yes, it’s tempting to look for sunny spots where you can lie on a beach or play…

By DAN FRIO Edmunds Most of us struggle with making those New Year’s resolutions stick. This year, add some fuel — or even electricity — to…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — The PGA Tour season starts at Kapalua and there’s a different feeling this year.…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV is reporting that two explosions have occurred in the central city of Kerman during the fourth death…

By SAM KEMMIS of NerdWallet Remote working has led to so-called “bleisure” travel, where employees mix work and leisure on the same trip. This…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer DENVER (AP) — For 20 months, a teenage swimmer has been awaiting a decision about accusations filed against him…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has imposed sanctions on the world’s biggest diamond mining company and its chief executive officer as part of…

By FADI TAWIL and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israel was on high alert for an escalation with Hezbollah on Wednesday after one of the…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Temperatures have fallen below minus 40 degrees Celsius in the Nordic region for a second day in a row, breaking a…

By WILL WEISSERT and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is starting the campaign year by evoking the Revolutionary…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Prosecutors have alleged that Hong Kong activist and publisher Jimmy Lai had encouraged the city’s…

The Russian military said Wednesday it shot down 12 Ukrainian missiles over Russia’s southern Belgorod region bordering Ukraine, as Kyiv’s forces…

LONDON (AP) — Thousands of doctors have walked off the job in Britain, the start of a six-day strike that’s set to be the longest in the…

By HIRO KOMAE and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press SUZU, Japan (AP) — The powerful earthquake that shattered the peace of New Year’s Day in…

By FOSTER KLUG and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Transport officials and police have begun separate investigations at Tokyo’s…

By The Associated Press Asian shares dropped Wednesday after Wall Street started 2024 with a slump, giving back some of its powerful gains from last…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police have raided the residence and office of a man who stabbed the…