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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A south Alabama woman has been sentenced to a year in prison for hanging racially offensive homemade dolls on her Black…

By JAKE BLEIBERG and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A former Texas lawman says he told Attorney General Ken Paxton in 2020…

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s leaders appear to agree with Justice Department findings that state-run…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The pilot of a Florida medical rescue helicopter has told investigators he heard a loud bang before a fire broke out…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s attorney general has concluded there was no criminal conduct when four law…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A fourth man has been charged in connection with threats and vandalism targeting two public…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Investigators say one of the engines on a United Airlines jet broke up over Denver in 2021 because of wear and tear on a fan…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Oregon State and Washington State on Friday filed a complaint in Washington state court against the…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is being asked to reverse an appellate ruling that would cut off mail-order…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill aimed at clearing the way for…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The perjury and mortgage fraud trial of Baltimore’s former top prosecutor is being moved…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Officials say they’ve identified the remains of two people who died in the 9/11 attack on…

By MEG KINNARD and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis pursued charges against roughly half…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The world is far off track on its 2015 pledge to curb global warming. A new United Nations report central to…

PLUM, Pa. (AP) — Investigators say the location of an explosion that killed six people and destroyed three houses near Pittsburgh last month was…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The Kroger Co. has agreed to pay up to $1.4 billion to settle lawsuits over the toll of opioids. The supermarket…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A retired pediatrician from Pittsburgh who helped create the ‘Mr. Yuk’ poison warning for kids has died. Dr. Richard W.…

By EVA VERGARA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — When Augusto Pinochet installed himself as Chile’s dictator in 1973, the age of…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Authorities have upgraded murder charges against the man accused of fatally shooting three University of Virginia…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations has doubled down on its pledge to revive stalled negotiations over the disputed Western Sahara in a visit…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A mother has filed a lawsuit against Peloton over the death of her son, who was killed when his…

By SARA CLINE and KEVIN McGILL Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that incarcerated youths be removed from a…

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Lawyers for two Kentucky men exonerated for a decades-old killing have settled with the city…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis police officer who pleaded guilty to kicking a handcuffed man in the face during a 2021 arrest has been…

By BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press Luxury fashion house Dior has confirmed that longtime former artistic director Marc Bohan has died at 97. The…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin sawmill has agreed to pay about $191,000 and submit to multiple sanctions after…

Associated Press The Federal Aviation Administration is considering requiring that all planes be equipped with technology designed to prevent close…

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama says it will increase deportations and infrastructure in the area of the Darien jungle along its shared border with…

By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Collaboration between art and government sometimes breeds conflict. The postponement of a Mesa,…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday released its draft environmental impact statement of…

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy named Secretary of State Tahesha Way to be the state’s next lieutenant governor, a month after…

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from the theft and sale of human body parts taken from…

By The Associated Press The Russian foreign ministry has summoned the ambassador from longtime ally Armenia to protest upcoming joint military…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will run for reelection to another term…

LONDON (AP) — A main route between England and France was shut for several hours while British Army bomb-disposal experts examined a vehicle near…

MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — Military scientists have identified the remains of a U.S. Army airman from Michigan who died along with 10 other crew…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany pulled off the biggest upset of its basketball existence and hardly anyone back home seemed to notice. The Germans held on to…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia police officer who shot and killed a driver has turned himself in to face criminal charges. An attorney for…

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) — A judge has rejected a bid by the Connecticut State Police Union to temporarily keep secret the names of 130 troopers…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Travelers to Greece’s popular island destinations will face disruptions next week because of a 24-hour strike by ferry…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX must take a series of steps before it can launch its mega rocket again after…

BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-backed Syrian fighters say they detained a senior official with the Islamic State group who was in charge of financing and…

BOSTON (AP) — The heat that has gripped much of the nation has seeped into New England, forcing some schools to close or send kids home early on…

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Oscar-winning actress Michelle Yeoh has been proposed to be a member of the International Olympic Committee. Yeoh won…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MANILA, Philippines (AP) — There will be no gold medal for the U.S. at this World Cup. And for the second…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Samuel Alito is rejecting demands from Senate Democrats that he step aside from an…

VINITA, Okla. (AP) — Country music star Zach Bryan says he was arrested and jailed briefly in northeastern Oklahoma. According to a post on his…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Poet Rita Dove is this year’s winner of an honorary National Book Award for…

By MARK THIESSEN and TOM BRENNER Associated Press AKIACHAK, Alaska (AP) — Sanitation workers Thomas Noatak and Joseph Moses start every workday…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Visiting Chinese Premier Li Qiang has pledged $21.7 billion in new Chinese investment…

HAVANA (AP) — Cuban authorities have arrested 17 people in connection with what they described as a network to recruit Cuban nationals to fight for…

WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — A sprawling botanical garden in Pennsylvania has been closed again after more reports of an escaped murderer on the…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers have approved contentious legislation for the replacement of fossil-fuel heating…

By SIAN WATSON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Beloved British electronic duo the Chemical Brothers released their tenth album on Friday, arriving…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities say they plan to reopen the main commercial crossing to Gaza after it was…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British rail operator has been fined 6.7 million pounds ($8.4 million) after pleading guilty to…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say an employee of Germany’s foreign intelligence service and an acquaintance have…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is launching an effort to crack down on 1,600 millionaires and 75 large business…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese judicial officials say authorities in Beirut have questioned two people at Turkey’s…

FRANKFORT, Ind. (AP) — A man who fatally shot a former girlfriend and her grandmother outside an Indiana automotive seating plant was sentenced to…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Students and teachers are sweltering in public schools across Puerto Rico and…

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Plans are underway for an iconic Miami Beach hotel and bar to be replaced with a high-end restaurant and affordable…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive branch has strongly criticized the bloc’s representative in Austria for accusing the country of…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Fishermen and residents of Fukushima and five other prefectures along Japan’s northeastern coast…

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish state prosecutors have accused Luis Rubiales of sexual assault and coercion for…

BERLIN (AP) — A series of fires has hit railway infrastructure in the German city of Hamburg, causing widespread disruption to trains between…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Australia and the Philippines have elevated their seven-decade ties to a strategic level to broaden an alliance…

By JARI TANNER and JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s center-right government has survived a no-confidence motion from three…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has met with his Indonesian counterpart, Joko…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — With gun salutes and tolling bells, Britain is marking the first anniversary of the death of Queen…