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By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Attorneys will begin arguments Wednesday over whether the man accused of…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press Republican Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson is poised to formally announce at a Wednesday night rally that he is…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is headed to the first significant revamp of its congressional map in three…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Poland’s hard-right Confederation party opened its electoral campaign convention as if…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is due in court to answer to federal…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press As his Republican rivals gather onstage in California for their second primary debate, former President Donald Trump…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Six Portuguese young adults and children between 11 and 24 years of age are at the…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s Supreme Court is expected to consider whether an Atlantic City casino can get…

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — A growing sense of urgency looms over the Republican Party’s second…

By WILL WEISSERT and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press SIMI VALLEY, Calf. (AP) — Republicans are meeting for their second presidential debate as top…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police and witnesses say groups of teenagers swarmed into stores in Philadelphia’s Central City on Tuesday night, stuffing…

By AUDREY McAVOY and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Among the first families to return to the burn zone in Lahaina is that of…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said Tuesday she has directed state police to launch new strategies aimed at disrupting the fentanyl…

By DANIEL SHAILER The Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Counting upwards in chant, bereaved families marched through Mexico City in remembrance…

By JOHN O’CONNOR Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has obtained an original 1858…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has suspended most non-humanitarian aid to Gabon after a military takeover in the country last month…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean judge has denied an arrest warrant for the country’s opposition…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska man facing murder charges in state court has now also been indicted on federal charges of cyberstalking and…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former House Speaker Paul Ryan says that Republicans will lose the presidential election if…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A suspended New York City police officer who had been accused of spying for China — and…

SWARTZ CREEK, Mich. (AP) — Police say about five people were struck by a vehicle while picketing in the United Auto Workers strike outside a…

BAGHDAD (AP) — A fire at a wedding hall in northern Iraq killed at least 100 people and injured 150 others, authorities said Wednesday. The fire…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who spent nearly 30 years in prison for kidnapping, robbery and rape has been exonerated and freed. Los Angeles County…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cuba’s ambassador to the United States says an incident in which at least one incendiary device was thrown into the Cuban…

Associated Press Landmark net neutrality rules rescinded under former President Donald Trump could return under a new push by U.S. Federal…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.’s most powerful body is being asked to support governments seeking to legally…

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A jury has convicted an Oregon man of murder in the fatal shooting of a sheriff’s deputy in Washington state. The Clark…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The National Park Service has turned to the public to help decide whether the famous wild horses in North Dakota’s Theodore…

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian prosecutors say former fashion mogul Peter Nygard leveraged his wealth, assets and status over several years to lure young…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Salt water flowing from the Gulf of Mexico into the drought-stricken Mississippi River is…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican mother bravely shielded her son after a bear leapt on a picnic table and devoured the tacos and enchiladas meant for…

OKEECHOBEE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against a Florida man accused of murdering a Lyft driver whose car he…

By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nearly all the world’s on stage, and all the men and but 20 women merely players.…

BALTIMORE (AP) — The founder of a successful Baltimore tech startup was discovered dead after being reported missing on Monday. Baltimore police…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ’s dog Commander has bitten another U.S. Secret Service employee. A uniformed division officer was bitten…

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers have approved $150,000 for an election monitor for Bridgeport. The…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man with ties to the “boogaloo” extremist movement has been convicted of murder and attempted murder by a federal jury…

By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Togo’s foreign minister wasn’t having any of it. He talked of an accelerating…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus has known for over a year when he planned to retire and who would be his successor. On…

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia police officer has arrested two people for selling nitrous oxide, or laughing gas. An Athens-Clarke County officer…

By DAVID GINSBURG Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson, whose deft glovework and folksy manner made him one…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan Republican who is accused of taking part in a fake elector scheme filed a…

By BRIAN WITTE and LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland’s attorney general has released a less-redacted version of its report on…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Target says it’s closing nine stores in four states, including one in New York…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press The second Republican presidential debate is drawing near with a smaller on-stage lineup than last month’s…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — As many as a dozen bodies have been found scattered around the northern Mexico industrial hub of Monterrey and its suburbs.…

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican attorney general is suing a school district for secretly…

BOSTON (AP) — Officials say the crew of a fishing boat recovered a man who had fallen overboard from a tanker and began CPR before the Coast Guard…

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Donatella Versace slammed the Italian government for what she described as anti-gay policies in a…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Lawyers representing Black voters told a three-judge federal panel that Republican…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma City Council has set a citywide vote for Dec. 12 on a proposed 1% sales tax for six years to help fund a new $900…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has ruled that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate…

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tens of thousands of hospitality workers in Las Vegas are set to vote on whether to authorize a strike that could…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A coalition of anti-abortion organizations is urging two Wisconsin prosecutors to pursue…

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman convicted of killing and dismembering a former boyfriend and scattering his body parts at various…

ATLANTA (AP) — Herschel Walker’s wife is seeking to sell the Atlanta house that the football great listed as his residence when he ran for U.S.…

LEBANON, Ind. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a central Indiana man to 195 years in prison on his convictions of three counts of murder in the 2021…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Vatican’s top diplomat is urging world leaders to put a pause on lethal…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A teenager accused of intentionally driving a stolen vehicle into a bicyclist in Las Vegas, killing…

BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) — A judge has revoked bail for a man who has been on home confinement while awaiting trial for driving his SUV into a…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond is running for governor in 2026. If elected, he would be…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The top state prosecutor in Memphis says no criminal charges will be brought against a…

By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge in Atlanta is allowing a venture capital firm to continue offering a grant…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Officials say the Amazon rainforest in Brazil is facing a severe drought that may affect around 500,000 people by the end of…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a 14-year-old is involved in the weekend shooting that killed three teenagers and wounded a fourth in South…

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Luzineide Marques da Silva knows the location of each of the 748 rubber trees in the…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A California man whom prosecutors say was fixated on arresting Democratic leaders and training for combat with…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer It’s highly unlikely any player other than Lionel Messi could have brought Prince Harry, Selena Gomez and…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Records show that Mississippi announced financial incentives for a shipbuilder in…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Visitors to the White House now have new art to feast their eyes on. Jill Biden has…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Unions representing Nigeria’s government workers have announced they will go on strike…

DELPHI, Ind. (AP) — The prosecutor overseeing the case against a northern Indiana man charged in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls has…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer WNBA player Chiney Ogwumike has been named to the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement…