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By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three months after an arson fire at a state-leased storage space shut down a major Los…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Members of the Guardian Angels roughed up a man they’d misidentified as a “migrant”…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department special counsel investigating President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents has completed…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI says a contract worker stole an agent’s car from the bureau headquarters in…

BOSTON (AP) — The lawyer for a former Massachusetts State Police trooper who was allegedly part of a scheme to take bribes for giving passing…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disney has reported stronger-than-expected earnings in the final three months of 2023.…

By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police in Haiti have killed at least four armed environmental protection agents during…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Since before Charlie Chaplin made bread rolls dance in “The Gold Rush,” cinema and cuisine have…

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police officer says he heard gunshots but did not witness…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge who presided over the trial that resulted in an $83 million award to writer E. Jean…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press Two Ohio departments have backed off proposed rules that would have made the state just the…

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The long road of bringing the World Cup in cross country skiing back to the U.S. has hit one…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas was not, in fact, impeached by the House. A…

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast’s seemingly miraculous progression to the Africa Cup of Nations…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Asian American assistant chief has been named interim chief of the Los Angeles Police…

By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The mother of a Michigan school shooter is the first parent in the U.S. to be found criminally…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man scheduled to be executed at the end of the month is asking a federal court to put his lethal injection on hold and…

EAST LANSDOWNE, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say two officers have been wounded by gunfire at a home in southeastern Pennsylvania that later became…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Some Kentucky lawmakers shared a meal of fried chicken and green beans with people who…

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police have detained a man who scaled the exterior of the massive Sphere venue. Authorities say he…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Austin police say the stabbing of a 23-year-old Palestinian American who advocates say was attacked near the University of…

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A man can move forward with his lawsuit against police in Buffalo, New York, who ticketed him for shouting at an officer to…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Maura Healey has nominated a former romantic partner to fill an open seat on the state’s…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota regulators said Wednesday that an historic lodge destroyed in a fire had three unresolved violations from a recent…

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s high court has decriminalized euthanasia and ordered lawmakers and health officials to draft rules and…

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has given an upbeat assessment of the state and its finances. He…

By LAURA UNGAR and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press A medical journal has retracted studies claiming to show the harms of the leading abortion pill.…

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Santa Anita has postponed Friday’s nine-race card to give time for horses to return to a normal routine after training was…

By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A medical examiner has classified the death of a Georgia couple’s baby that was decapitated…

By STEPHEN GROVES and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan border package Wednesday,…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA BAGHDAD (AP) — Militia officials say a  drone strike has hit a car in the Iraqi capital and killed three members of the…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is allowing one of the nation’s largest wholesale drug…

By GRAHAM BREWER and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press For the second time as governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem has been banished from the Pine Ridge…

GREENCASTLE, Ind. (AP) — DePauw University says it has received $200 million in donations, representing the largest gift in the western Indiana…

By PATRICIA LUNA Associated Press VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — Chilean prosecutors have released more details about the death of former President…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota has reached a settlement with Eli Lilly and Co. in a price gouging lawsuit…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ highest court has closed out a nearly 13-year-old lawsuit that repeatedly forced…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Budget Office says it expects the federal budget deficit to…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has voiced skepticism about the possibility of the…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Dozens of pieces of gun-related legislation that advocates say will bolster public safety are…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Experts say the number of endangered monarch butterflies at their wintering areas in Mexico…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jacob Assaraf lost a bet, so he had to go through classes at Hebrew Academy on…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in more than two decades, Mexico last year surpassed China as the leading…

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A robber at a Florida bank took hostages after law enforcement arrived and was killed by a sheriff’s sniper as he…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — When writer-director Laura Chinn was a teenager in 2005, her mother moved her and her…

By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — ExxonMobil says it plans to explore for oil and gas in a disputed area off South…

LONDON (AP) — London’s famous criminal courthouse was evacuated after an electrical fire that sparked a loud bang in a nearby substation. The…

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been 12 years since a pair of conservative writers compared a prominent climate…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In his bid for U.S. Senate in Ohio, Trump-endorsed Republican Bernie Moreno casts…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — The new chief of the World Meteorological Organization says the rate of human-caused climate…

By The Associated Press For some people with COVID-19, antiviral pills that can be taken at home can lessen the chances of winding up in the…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of New York Community Bancorp fell another 10.5% Wednesday after the bank’s credit…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry flew more than 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometers) to see his father after King Charles III…

By KENYA HUNTER AP Health Writer Tens of thousands of Americans are hospitalized with COVID-19 every week. Thousands die from it every month. And…

By AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is sending several senior aides to Michigan to meet with…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — As Puerto Rico struggles with chronic power outages and a decaying electric grid,…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Las Vegas will be flooded with so many pre- Super Bowl events that Shaquille…

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — Italian sprinter Marcell Jacobs still feels like he has something to prove as he prepares to defend…

LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say the locomotive of a cargo train has derailed in northern Colorado, spilling hundreds of gallons of diesel.…

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press Federal investigators say they will determine the cause of last year’s fiery Norfolk Southern derailment in eastern…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Brittany Howard’s second solo album, the 12-track “What Now,” is a thrilling mix…

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Carnegie Hall’s 2024-25 season will feature a festival celebrating Latin music titled “Nuestros Sonidos…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, NICK INGRAM and MARK VANCLEAVE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Merchandise commemorating the romance of pop…

By RUTH ALONGA and JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Residents say one of eastern Congo’s most active rebel groups is…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A judge has sentenced a former senior intelligence official in Canada’s national police force to 14 years in prison for…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s Cabinet has agreed to back a move in Parliament to abolish the death…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have found the best evidence yet of a vast, young ocean beneath the icy…

By GABE STERN and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Even without Donald Trump on Nevada’s Republican ballot, Nikki Haley…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia lawyer stands accused of trying to file an unauthorized civil lawsuit on behalf of the father of a 12-year-old…

By TERRY TANG and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press About half of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the United States believe…

NEW YORK (AP) — The Boston Red Sox will be the focus of a pair of new Netflix shows. The streaming service will follow the team through the 2024…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Crews were searching for a Marine Corps helicopter carrying five troops from Nevada to California that was reported overdue early…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A court in western Japan has approved a transgender man’s request to have his gender changed in…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing criticism after seeking to mock the position of the Labour…

COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating after a police officer fatally shot a 17-year-old boy. It happened Tuesday…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s attorney general is expected to ask the state Supreme Court to keep an…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The annual “Puppy Bowl” turns 20 this year, well over middle age in dog years. There…

BEIJING (AP) — Beijing has replaced the head of the China Securities Regulatory Commission in an apparent effort to restore confidence in the stock…

By KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Often in popular culture, witchcraft is associated with a kind of feminist reclamation of…