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By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s government says over 2,000 migrants were kidnapped by smuggling gangs and drug…

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Friday that authorities…

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A spectator was taken to a trauma center after falling over a protective railing and into the…

MOULTRIE, Ga. (AP) — A man in Georgia who, police said, killed his workplace manager, mother and grandmother before taking his own life, had been…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press The Justice Department is seeking 25 years in prison for Stewart Rhodes, the Oath Keepers founder convicted…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A video recording of former President Donald Trump being questioned about the rape allegations…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Three Colombian nationals are facing U.S. charges accusing them of drugging two…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The potential criminal charges against a U.S. Marine veteran who put Jordan Neely in a fatal…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge known for his care and cautiousness in presiding over litigation in the aftermath of…

By BERENICE BAUTISTA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Years ago, Mexican chef Elena Reygadas of the restaurant Rosetta wondered why Mexican…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The prosecutor investigating possible illegal meddling in the 2020 election in Georgia has agreed…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio wasn’t even in…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen; Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” —…

By JUAN LOZANO and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Fire erupted at a petrochemical plant in the Houston area Friday, sending nine…

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a dog has fatally attacked a 9-month-old baby and seriously injured the child’s grandmother at an Iowa…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An anthropology professor at the University of California, Berkeley, whose identity as…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Britain has pledged to give about $100 million to the Brazilian government’s fund to…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lower-income new mothers could gain a full year of Medicaid health-care coverage in…

By EVA VERGARA and MAURICIO CUEVAS Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile will vote Sunday to choose 50 delegates to a council that will…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan agency that investigates complaints against lawyers is taking action against nine attorneys…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations is seeking yet again to reassure the Afghan people that it won’t…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers have pushed a bill to the governor’s desk that would give…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Now that Kim Gardner is stepping down as the chief prosecutor in St. Louis, Missouri’s governor…

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas hospital’s care for transgender minors is being investigated by state Attorney…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb this week signed into a law a requirement that schools notify a parent when their…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press ASWAN, Egypt (AP) — Sudan’s two warring generals sent their envoys on Friday to Saudi Arabia for talks aimed at…

By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The cast of characters for the 149th Kentucky Derby was rewritten in the days before the…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Native Americans whose relatives have gone missing or been killed wore red on…

PHOENIX (AP) — Maricopa County officials have chosen not to send expelled Republican lawmaker Liz Harris back to the Arizona House of…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ed Sheeran will put his new album on full display with the help of Apple Music.…

DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska (AP) — Officials in Alaska say a Denali National Park and Preserve employee died when he was caught in an…

By MARK SHERMAN and SEAN MURPHY WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday blocked Oklahoma from executing death row inmate Richard Glossip for…

OLD BRIDGE, N.J. (AP) — Authorities in a central New Jersey town say they’re no longer noodling over the mystery of how hundreds of pounds of…

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Legislature has passed a bill that requires a 72-hour waiting period for the purchase of guns, as well as other…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Moscow court has ordered pretrial detention for a theater director facing charges of…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A historical marker dedicated to a New Hampshire labor activist who championed women’s…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — A 21-year-old former college student pleaded not guilty to murder charges in connection…

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization downgraded its assessment of the coronavirus pandemic on Friday,…

MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — The National Weather Service says a record May snowfall buried parts of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula under more than 2 feet…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The popular television western “Yellowstone” with Kevin Costner will end this fall and be…

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to announce Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. to…

PARIS (AP) — Lionel Messi has apologized to Paris Saint-Germain and his teammates for going to Saudi Arabia on an unauthorized trip that resulted…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Russian ambassador in protest after a…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer Stargazers in Asia and Australia had the best seats for the year’s first lunar eclipse. The four-hour…

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Tens of thousands of spectators have turned out to watch the opening ceremony for…

Ford Motor Co. is recalling certain 2004 to 2006 Ranger vehicles because replacement front passenger air bag inflators may have been installed…

NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (AP) — The Massachusetts pharmaceutical plant where a powerful blast killed a worker is in the cleanup phase. Firefighters…

By MARIA CHENG and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global…

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Rebels fighting against Indian rule in disputed Kashmir have triggered an explosive device…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Greg Brockman, the president and co-founder of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, was recently extolling the…

By JENNIFER O’MAHONY and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Record-breaking April temperatures in Spain, Portugal and northern…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian media say the country has expelled four diplomats from neighboring Azerbaijan amid ongoing tensions between two…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has offered support to African countries to get a permanent…

By NICOLAE DUMITRACHE Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Soldiers from the International Legion of Ukraine said farewell Friday to an American…

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A local official in Congo says rescue efforts are underway after flooding and…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian officials say they are working to rescue dozens of their nationals who were…

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators are investigating possible electrical problems in older Dodge Journeys after a woman was trapped and died…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press A port regulation adopted by Peru to combat illegal fishing by Chinese squid vessels appears to have driven the…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is seeking to encourage his embattled child protection advisory board following weeks…