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By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOST0N (AP) — An increasing number of municipal, county and state governments are using federal pandemic relief…

By RODRIQUE NGOWI and MARK PRATT Associated Press FALMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — The sheer size of the vessel and the shoes were what struck Robert Ballard…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares edged higher Thursday, cheered by a stronger than expected reading on U.S. retail…

By MEG KINNARD and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Republican Nikki Haley has kicked off her 2024 presidential campaign.…

By AAMER MADHANI and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Support among the American public for providing Ukraine weaponry and direct…

NEW YORK (AP) — Two California-based journalists won $100,000 in the American Mosaic Journalism Prize, announced on Wednesday. The Heising-Simons…

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Thom Browne’s fashion shows are nothing like a typical runway show. Rather, they are…

DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla. (AP) — A guest at an oceanfront hotel in Florida has died after being run over by a forklift working on storm repairs,…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A cyclone that left a devastating wake of extensive flooding and landslides in New Zealand has claimed at least four…

By JOHN FLESHER and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — One student was a fraternity chapter president. Another was a…

GREENFIELD, Ind. (AP) — A former suburban Indianapolis daycare director is facing multiple charges after being accused of giving melatonin gummies…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man who went on a deadly rampage with a U-Haul truck Monday in New…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua province have released photos and…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The community of Parkland, Florida, has gathered to commemorate the fifth anniversary of…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A bill criminalizing gender-affirming healthcare for minors overwhelmingly passed the Idaho…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has expressed support for Iran during a visit by its president as Tehran tries to expand relations with…

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Texas authorities say police in Nevada didn’t inform them when a suspect in a Las Vegas-area stabbing relocated…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A Haitian woman has signed a tentative agreement to plead guilty to weapons charges more than…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer New Mexico State fired basketball coach Greg Heiar on Tuesday in the wake of hazing allegations within the team…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Five men are dead following a shooting attack in a mountain hamlet in Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca. State prosecutors…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is confirming that it will investigate a December flight in which a United Airlines…

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s U.S. senators and several Alaska Native leaders are urging the federal government…

BUENA PARK, Calif. (AP) — From queens to knights, actors at a Southern California medieval-themed dinner theater have left the castle. The Orange…

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man already accused of keeping a woman hidden in the basement of his home…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Belgium man whose wife lost her legs in a terrorist attack on a New York City bike path that…

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Dave Hollis, who left his post as a Disney executive to help his wife run a successful lifestyle…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont legislative committee has unanimously approved a bill that would make the state…

BERLIN (AP) — A German ballet director has issued a public apology for smearing dog feces on the face of a newspaper critic whose reviews he had…

LONDON (AP) — A man who British prosecutors say broke into an industrial park to steal almost 200,000 chocolate Easter eggs has pleaded guilty to…

By BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Naeem Khan celebrated 20 years in fashion Tuesday with a collection of almost 50 looks, with…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is outlining how states and nonprofit groups can apply for $27 billion…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A battle for political control of the Ohio…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Hundred Acre Wood has seen some pretty unsettling things over the years. A honey jar shortage.…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, whose groundbreaking political career shattered gender…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The winner of the largest U.S. lottery jackpot in history is a former student in the…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been ordered to return to a New York courtroom Thursday…

By JOHN SEEWER and PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press Plumes of smoke, questions about dead animals, worries about the drinking water. A train…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A global charity says more than 8,400 Europe-bound migrants perished at sea while attempting to cross…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press The man who took care of Alex Murdaugh’s dogs testified Tuesday during the disgraced attorney’s double murder…

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania has briefly scrambled military jets and neighboring Moldova temporarily closed its air space after authorities in…

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Louis Vuitton has named multitalented singer-songwriter-philanthropist Pharrell Williams as…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Democrat Adam Frisch came within inches of unseating Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert in 2022 and says…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News has lost a bid to shut down a multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuit accusing the…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri judge on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a man who has served nearly 28 years of a…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen are warning of a…

By GISELA SALOMON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — U.S. authorities have arrested four more people in the slaying of Haitian…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Russian millionaire with ties to the Kremlin has been convicted of participating in an…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A convoy of 11 trucks from a United Nations agency has crossed into northern…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla workers in New York are launching a campaign to organize a union with Workers United…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinians say Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian teenager during an army raid…

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A woman accused in a grisly killing and dismemberment case in Wisconsin attacked her attorney Tuesday during a court…

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press Autopsy results show that a former president of the North Carolina branch of the NAACP died by suicide. The autopsy…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A California man has pleaded guilty to using a stun gun to attack a Washington, D.C., police officer who was…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The ungainly yet graceful wood stork, which was on the brink of extinction in 1984,…

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — In a story published Feb. 14, 2023, about a shooting at Michigan State University that left three students dead, The…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief has launched a $397 million appeal to help nearly 5 million…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Gunmen stormed a Syrian hospital that is caring for a baby girl who was born under the rubble of her…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has named Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard as…

By BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Witnesses and victims’ relatives have begun giving testimony as Guinea’s…

By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — A former executive of the only financial institution to be criminally charged in connection…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans assuming new positions of leadership in the House and Senate are not waiting for…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — An official says Taliban intelligence forces killed three Islamic State group militants and arrested one other in an overnight…

The South Carolina Secretary of State says law enforcement agents confiscated over 600 fake championship rings across four major U.S. professional…

The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy As the ranks of America’s super wealthy grow, the roster of major philanthropists is…