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By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — An appeals court has ruled that the Florida Legislature didn’t violate the state…

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Canada’s First Quantum Minerals Ltd. has announced it will start arbitration proceedings to fight the closure order of an…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The government of Venezuela and a faction of the opposition have agreed on a process…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Olympic gold medalist swimmer Klete Keller has been sentenced to six months of home…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys for the victims of a racist episode of police torture say…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press Friday was a day for speechmaking at the United Nations annual climate conference known as COP28, as heads of…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An alternative California mental health court has received more than 100 petitions…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer A group of female athletes has filed a federal lawsuit against the University of Oregon alleging Title IX…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press An appeals court has paused enforcement of a federal government regulation that allows abortion providers to…

ATLANTA (AP) — A protester is in critical condition after setting themself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta. A security guard who…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press A federal inmate was charged Friday with attempted murder in the Nov. 24 prison stabbing of Derek Chauvin, the…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The International Red Cross has suspended the Belarusian chapter after its chief stirred…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The family of a 22-year-old woman who died in an apartment fire in Kansas’ largest city following mistakes by the 911…

By MATT BROWN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — In wide-ranging interviews with The Associated Press, six sitting Black attorneys general discussed…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned to the Mideast this week…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An attorney for former President Donald Trump says it would amount to “election interference”…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California water agencies serving 27 million people will get 10% of the water they requested from state supplies to start…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that Tennessee’s decades-old aggravated…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia City Council passed legislation to ban ski masks in some public spaces, a measure supporters say will increase…

By STEVE PEOPLES, THOMAS BEAUMONT, and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press The chairman of most powerful independent group supporting Florida Gov. Ron…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Republican lawmakers have approved new voting districts for themselves, but Democrats say…

By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An attorney for former Haitian rebel leader Guy Philippe says he is being held by…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are demanding that Hunter Biden appear this month for a closed-door…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Michigan regulators have approved a $500 million plan to encase in a protective tunnel a portion of an oil pipeline…

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — The International UFO Museum & Research Center in Roswell, New Mexico, is celebrating an out-of-this-world milestone: 5…

By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man has pleaded guilty to firebombing the office of a…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A weeklong cease-fire that brought the exchanges of dozens of hostages held by Hamas for scores…

ARLINGTON, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana coroner has identified the remains of a 17-year-old girl who vanished in June and whose body was found this week…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to increase the number of troops by nearly 170,000 to a total of…

By EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The leader of a doomsday cult in Kenya has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for the…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Flu is picking up steam while RSV lung infections that can hit kids and older people hard may be…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York, will close in May 2024 after years of financial…

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — South Korea has launched its first military spy satellite, a little over a week after rival North Korea…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says state Republican Party Chairman Christian Ziegler…

Police say a dead longhorn cow was found on the lawn of an Oklahoma State University fraternity in Stillwater. The discovery of the dead animal on…

By BETH HARRIS Associated Press PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Audra McDonald will serve as grand marshal of the 135th Rose Parade next year. The actor…

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Authorities have recovered the body of one of two people who had been missing following a deadly landslide last week in the…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Nearly a week after three college students of Palestinian descent were shot and seriously…

By ED WHITE Associated Press An appeals court has upheld the disorderly conduct convictions of actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of staging a…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Regulators voted on Friday that New England’s long-shuttered shrimp business, which…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Developers of a proposed nickel ore processing plant in North Dakota that would supply electric automaker Tesla have reached…

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — For the first time in 11 years, Katie Ledecky has lost a 400-meter freestyle race in an American pool. Canadian teenager…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s King Charles III has caused some raised eyebrows by wearing a tie adorned with a pattern of Greek flags to the COP28…

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Parents of school shooting victims in Tennessee can seek a court order to keep the…

By SARA MELINI Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Three magistrates of Guatemala’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal have left the country, hours…

BEVERLY HILLS, Mich. (AP) — A University of Michigan graduate is suing the state over the loss of his revered “G0BLUE” car license plate.…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation is slowing steadily, but it’s too early to declare victory or to discuss…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police are looking for an inmate who escaped from a Philadelphia jail by walking away from a work detail. It was the fourth…

By DAVID KOENIG and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A teenage girl and her parents are suing American Airlines, saying that a flight…

NEW YORK (AP) — Climate protesters caused a pair of interruptions totaling 22 minutes during the opening night of a revival of Wagner’s…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group has attacked several Israeli army posts along the border and…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Detroit-area businessman Sandy Pensler announced in a campaign video Friday that he will…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press State agriculture officials have confirmed a new case of cattle anthrax in southwest North Dakota, bringing the…

By The Associated Press Sandra Day O’Connor’s influence could best be seen in the Supreme Court’s court’s rulings on abortion. In one…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will head to Los Angeles next week for a big-dollar event that will be his…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s top court is hearing a petition by human rights activists seeking to halt the…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fifty years ago, four young New Yorkers dragged their guitars, amps and drums to a loft on 23rd…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, an unwavering voice of moderate…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court says lawsuits against Donald Trump brought by…

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Gregorian Bivolaru was known by his followers as “Grieg” and their guide through tantra yoga…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says its minimum wage will rise by 20% in 2024, to the equivalent of about $14.25 per day. About…

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Matthew M. Williams will step down early in 2024 as creative director of Givenchy, the renowned…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s spy agency staged two successive explosions on a railroad line in Siberia…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Billionaire vacuum cleaner tycoon James Dyson has lost a libel lawsuit against the Daily Mirror.…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he has told Turkey’s president that “the time has come” to…

By MATT BROWN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The American legal system has never faced greater challenges or demands for reform from people of all…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The New York Times is reporting that Israel knew about Hamas battle plans to attack southern…

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Tens of thousands of people in Romania’s capital have watched a military parade that included troops from NATO allies…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has proposed new rules that could make it harder for electric vehicles…

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A 70-year-old woman in Uganda has given birth to twins after receiving fertility treatment, making her one of the world’s…

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The warm ties India and the United States have built are being tested after US prosecutors…

By WILL WEISSERT and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will face two delicate tasks when she attends a…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press KALAUPAPA, Hawaii (AP) — Kalaupapa beckoned to Kyong Son Toyofuku. She had long prayed to visit the…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press KALAUPAPA, Hawaii (AP) — Kalaupapa beckoned to Kyong Son Toyofuku. She had long prayed to visit the…

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says his…

By KEN MORITSUGU and DIDI TANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Official China called Henry Kissinger “an old friend.” A commentator likened him…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — An official says the Cyprus government and U.S. energy company Chevron have reached…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban’s new ambassador to China has arrived in Beijing. It is the first time Afghanistan’s rulers have…