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By JIM SALTER Associated Press The city of Minneapolis agreed Thursday to pay nearly $9 million to settle lawsuits filed by two people who said…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Martin Scorsese was knee-deep in preparation for “Killers of the Flower Moon” when Mara Hennessey…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ government says it’s looking into how a number of Cypriot nationals were included in new round of U.S. and…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say they’ve arrested a suspect who made threats against…

DIMMITT, Texas (AP) — An explosion at a dairy farm in the Texas Panhandle that critically injured one person and killed an estimated 18,000 head of…

By ADAM PEMBLE Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s foreign minister says his country won’t budge from its demand that Russia…

By ARLEIGH RODGERS and MICHAEL CONROY Associated Press RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — Schools in an Indiana city are closed for a second day while crews…

CINCINNATI (AP) — A pitcher with the Philadelphia Phillies is criticizing some Major League Baseball teams for extending alcohol sales with games…

BY DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it’s investing $177 million to create 17…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jared “Drake” Bell, an actor best known as a star of the Nickelodeon television show “Drake & Josh,” was…

By ROB MAADDI and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writers A person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press that a group led by Josh Harris…

By AMY BETH HANSON and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana lawmakers were expected to take a big step forward Thursday on…

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jury selection began behind closed doors Thursday in a defamation lawsuit seeking to hold…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A tech consultant was arrested and charged with murder Thursday in the…

MANCHESTER, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a fire that tore through 6 square miles of New Jersey’s Pine Barrens this week has now ben fully…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A U.S. Capitol police officer who tried to help a Virginia fisherman avoid criminal charges for joining the…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation that will enact safe storage…

WEST LIBERTY, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say two former correctional officers at an eastern Kentucky prison have pleaded guilty to charges related to…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany has approved Poland’s request to transfer five Soviet-designed fighter jets to Ukraine. The permission was needed because…

By ERIC TUCKER, TARA COPP and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Massachusetts Air National Guard member was arrested Thursday in…

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews will not return to the team next year, ending a wildly successful…

MUNICH (AP) — Rally driver Craig Breen was killed in an accident Thursday during a test event ahead of a world championship race in Croatia, his…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The first quarterback-specific helmet designed to help reduce concussions has been approved for use by the NFL…

By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Peess NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon CEO Andy Jassy signaled confidence the company will get costs under control in his…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers have advanced a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for minors,…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The man accused of firebombing a prominent Wisconsin anti-abortion group’s office has pleaded not guilty. Investigators…

LONDON (AP) — Premier League clubs have agreed to ban sponsorship from gambling companies on the front of their shirts. The league’s 20 clubs…

By GERALD IMRAY and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A man serving a life sentence for murder and rape who escaped…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The head of Slovakia’s central bank has been convicted of bribery and fined 100,000 euros. A spokesperson for the…

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Mary Quant, the visionary fashion designer whose colorful, sexy miniskirts…

By JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Colman Domingo believes in paying it forward, literally, so he joined the producer team of the…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s opposition has announced that anti-government protests will resume after the…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In Louisiana, a Republican lawmaker has filed legislation that would make all adult criminal…

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Catholics remain the largest religious group among Latinos in the United States, but the…

LONDON (AP) — American and British boxing officials are among the leaders of a breakaway group which hopes to save boxing’s place at the…

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — In the decade since the Boston Marathon bombing, the streets and sidewalks have been repaired, and…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale prices fell last month, a sign that inflationary pressures in the economy are…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press DUBLIN (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday said while he was concerned that sensitive…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer The women’s professional tennis tour is ending its suspension of tournaments in China that was initiated in…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press FORT MAGSAYSAY, Philippines (AP) — U.S. and Filipino forces have blasted vehicles with anti-tank missiles in…

By FREIDA FRISARO, DANIEL KOZIN and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The water was rising around her car, and Amanda…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s local maritime authorities have issued a warning for possible rocket debris in…

BERLIN (AP) — Official figures show that Germany’s imports from Russia fell by more than 90% in the first year of Moscow’s war in Ukraine,…

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese judge has rescinded a travel ban she had placed on the country’s embattled central bank…

MOSCOW (AP) — A top Russian diplomat says Moscow might be willing to discuss a potential prisoner swap involving jailed Wall Street Journal…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, COLLEEN LONG and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press DUBLIN (AP) — Holding up his family history as an example, President Joe…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s constitution is caught in a tug-of-war. With an effort to enshrine abortion…

By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The first image of a black hole captured four years ago revealed a fuzzy, fiery…

PARIS (AP) — New films by Wes Anderson, Wim Wenders and Ken Loach are in the lineup for the 76th Cannes Film Festival. Anderson’s sci-fi homage…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s government says it’s expelling 15 Russian diplomats from the country…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban’s supreme leader says Afghanistan will be ruined without justice, in a rare audio message shared on…

By ELAINE GANLEY and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Protesters opposed to President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular plan to raise…

BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say they have determined that climate protesters weren’t responsible for the death in October of a cyclist after…

By ZEKE MILLER, AMANDA SEITZ and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Thursday that hundreds of…

By JENNIFER O’MAHONY and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — The main Spanish farmers’ association says drought now affects…

LONDON (AP) — A 74-year-old man extradited from Pakistan has appeared in a London court to face a murder charge in the death of a police officer…

By ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The deadline to file your taxes is Tuesday, which is just around the corner. Filing U.S. tax…

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is closing out a three-week push to highlight the benefits…

BEIJING (AP) — Many areas in northern China were blanketed with floating sand and dust on Thursday, and a sandstorm was expected to sweep through…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of the Roman Catholic Church in the Holy Land has warned in an interview that the rise…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Friday after U.S. inflation eased in March and…

By PAUL J. WEBER and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department said Thursday that it will again go to the Supreme…

By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — The incoming president of the World Bank was born in India and forged his early business…

By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s military has warned about potential clashes with the country’s powerful…

BEIJING (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was in the Chinese financial hub of Shanghai on Thursday as he looks to boost ties…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s exports rebounded unexpectedly to growth in March despite a decline in U.S. and…

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syria and Saudi Arabia say they have started procedures to reopen embassies and resume flights…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump answered questions for nearly seven hours Thursday during his…

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say four firefighters have died and nearly a dozen others were injured after a massive fire broke out in a…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A tropical cyclone nearing Australia is forecast to be the most powerful storm in eight…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Gulf nations of Bahrain and Qatar have agreed to restore diplomatic relations. Bahrain had been the last…