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DENVER (AP) — Former Colorado state senator Mike Johnston claimed victory as opponent Kelly Brough conceded Tuesday night in a runoff election to…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard will resign his position next week to dedicate himself to seeking the…

By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — As shelling from Russia’s war on Ukraine echoed overhead, dozens of evacuees on an…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Democratic lawmakers stood on the steps of the state Capitol Tuesday and implored…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House conservatives staged a mini-revolt Tuesday in retaliation for Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s…

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Attorneys for Delaware’s largest county and three police officers are asking a federal…

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Françoise Gilot, a prolific and acclaimed painter who produced art for well more than a…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — One passenger was a caretaker from Jamaica known for her generous portions of…

By SARAH RANKIN and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Seven people were shot, two fatally, when gunfire rang out Tuesday outside…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A woman who received a desperate text from her husband indicating he had been taken hostage said…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The promotion of certain beliefs that some North Carolina lawmakers…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two former executives of a company known for offering “orgasmic meditation” sessions have…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The PGA Tour’s merger with rival LIV Golf has reignited a debate over sportswashing and drawn critics ranging…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Once rivals in court, the PGA Tour and LIV Golf are now partners in business. The PGA Tour, Europe tour and Saudi…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida law banning transgender youth from getting medical treatment is temporarily on hold after a surprise decision…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan’s top prosecutor has disavowed over 300 convictions tied to New York City police…

BY BEN FINLEY Associated Press The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in Virginia is now facing federal charges that she used marijuana…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Researchers at California State University, Long Beach, used drones to study juvenile white…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers are scheduled to introduce bipartisan legislation that would give…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A conservative American think tank says the past drug use that Prince Harry detailed in…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request to block a new Washington state law banning the sale…

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Peruvian judge has affirmed this week’s planned extradition to the U.S. of the main suspect in the unsolved 2005…

By CURT ANDERSON and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities came under pressure Tuesday to arrest and charge a white woman…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the…

By ADRIAN SAINZ and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Questions remain over how a law designed to limit drag shows in…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Abortion providers have sued Kansas over what they are required to tell patients before a…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Black man who was shot in the mouth by a Mississippi…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In an election that reflected strong global opposition to Russia’s war against…

By The Associated Press It was almost a year ago to the day that Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf teed off for the first time as the PGA Tour’s…

LONDON (AP) — A British police motorcyclist is facing a criminal investigation over the death of a woman who was struck in a collision with the…

ROME (AP) — Italian state television and other media have reported that prosecutors based in Naples are investigating a former premier and some…

UNION, Mo. (AP) — A 67-year-old man has pleaded guilty to strangling a woman in Missouri and leaving her bound body in the woods three decades ago,…

By TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is considering whether to join the 2024 Republican…

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski expressed relief that two of his defensive players were…

By TARA COPP Associated Press AMERICAN CEMETERY, Normandy, France (AP) — U.S. Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Mark Milley says fighting in Ukraine has…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico lowered the alert level on the Popocatepetl volcano Tuesday after more than two weeks of its eruptions of gas and ash had…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An official with Poland’s state broadcasting authority says it has received multiple…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A top aide to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is joining Daniel Cameron’s…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge temporarily blocked portions of a new Florida law championed by…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is weighing in on the controversy over Pink Floyd co-founder Roger…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal magistrate ruled Tuesday to make public the names of the cosigners on indicted Rep.…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer The PGA Tour ended its expensive fight with Saudi Arabia’s golf venture and now is joining forces with it, making a…

By COURTNEY BONNELL and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The collapse of a major dam in southern Ukraine sent global…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press MILLBURN, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s Canoe Brook Water Treatment plant produces 14 millions gallons of drinking…

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai state enterprise that has been exporting electricity to neighboring Myanmar has cut…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The European Union is urging Afghan authorities to follow up on the poisoning of schoolgirls in the country’s…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Vegas Golden Knights and Florida Panthers didn’t have much of a joint…

MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court has set the date for a new trial of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny that could keep him in prison…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sanctioning a network of people and firms from Iran, China and Hong Kong…

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — World War II veteran Jake Larson, a 100-year-old American best known on social media under the name “Papa…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Merck is suing the federal government over a plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices, calling the program a sham…

By The Associated Press New Jersey voters will cast ballots in 21 primaries for state legislature on Tuesday. Democrats hold majorities in both…

By SARAH BRUMFIELD, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and BEN FINLEY Associated Press Only minutes into a doomed journey that ended on a remote Virginia mountain, the…

By PAUL WISEMAN and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The global economy is likely slowing sharply this year, hobbled by high…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America The Human Rights Campaign declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. on…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Maria Sherman has been named The Associated Press’ music writer, a key position responsible for delivering news on a beat of…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s parliament has formally approved the new government proposed by two main political rivals — the GERB party of…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s royal family is taking part in ceremonies Tuesday marking 500 years since…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer, songwriter and entertainer whose off-hand,…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Supreme Court has overturned a contentious presidential pardon of a top government official and three subordinates…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A report by five international organizations says up to 2.3 billion people around the world are still using polluting fuels…

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart…

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An American-based aid group says at least $900,000 was stolen from it’s Congo programs by…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Foo Fighters, Fall Out Boy, Kelly Clarkson, Kane Brown and Lil Wayne are among the…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Legal officials in Myanmar say the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a special appeal of ousted leader…

By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 struck southern…