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By MELINA WALLING Associated Press DEERBROOK, Wis. (AP) — This year’s warmer winter temperatures have allowed some maple syrup producers across…

By MELINA WALLING Associated Press EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — For several years now, students have been tracking sap production of maple trees in a…

By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — With an unscripted clash between President Joe Biden and a Georgia congresswoman at Thursday…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has his hopes set that Republican voters in Mississippi and three…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s top prosecutor has taken over the investigation into an alleged arson attack on…

By MARIA SHERMAN and GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Throughout the billion-dollar “Barbie” film, an instrumental…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Emerging from their big wins on Super Tuesday, President Joe Biden and former President Donald…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Security forces are searching large forests in Nigeria’s northwest region for nearly 300…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who was expelled from Congress in December and faces federal charges of defrauding donors to his…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Washington state might put former President Donald Trump over the top in his bid for…

By AYSE WIETING and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Istanbul for talks with Turkish…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hawaii Republicans will hold caucuses Tuesday to cast votes in a presidential nomination contest…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The military has greenlighted its Osprey to return to flight, three months after a part failure led…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian authorities say they are in talks with Russia’s government about the return of…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Thousands of protesters have gathered in central Athens to oppose government plans to introduce privately run universities,…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Theresa May says she will quit as a lawmaker when an election is…

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office says in a report published Friday that the establishment and expansion of Israeli settlements in the…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The divide between China and Europe over the war in Ukraine was on display this week. As a Chinese…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China has reported large increases in arrests and cases of phone and internet scams last year,…

By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Over 230 million women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation, most of whom live in…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A top European Union official is in Cyprus on Friday to inspect preparations to…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A U.N. fact-finding mission says Iran is responsible for the “physical…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Akira Toriyama, the creator of the best-selling Dragon Ball and other popular anime who influenced…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Friday, after U.S. stocks climbed to records, with easier interest…

By MARIAM FAM Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Observant Muslims the world over will soon be united in a ritual of daily fasting from dawn to sunset…

ATLANTA (AP) — Naomi Barber King, a civil rights activist who was married to the younger brother of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., has died at…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Losing an hour of sleep as daylight saving time kicks in can do more than leave you tired…

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Researchers and citizen scientists will observe how animals’ routines at several zoos…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Ten years on, families of Chinese passengers on the missing Malaysian Airline flight still are…

By DAKE KANG and ZEN SOO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s hackers-for-hire take government officials out for lavish banquets, binge…

By DAKE KANG and ZEN SOO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s hacking industry, leaked internal documents reveal, is vast in size and scope…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russians who are too fearful to protest in the streets are finding an outlet for their…

ROME (AP) — Two American men face a new trial Friday in the slaying of an Italian plainclothes police officer during a botched sting operation…

By ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s leaders will use a Napoleon-era press to seal the right to abortion into the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — During the State of the Union address, the House speaker and vice president sit behind the president. But there has been a new…

THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press LEADVILLE, Colo. (AP) — Nick Burri clicks into his ski bindings, squats to stretch his knees and scans the snowy…

By ACACIA CORONADO and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The City of Uvalde has released an independent report into a deadly 2022…

By MOHAMED JAHJOUH, JACK JEFFERY and LEE KEATH Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — After months of warnings over the risk of famine in Gaza…

By HOLLY RAMER and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Brain injury experts are cautioning against drawing conclusions from newly released…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Venezuela’s presidential election so far is a one-horse race for incumbent President…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s economy likely produced another month of healthy hiring in February, once…

By MICHAEL KEALY and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press DUBLIN (AP) — Irish voters will vote in twin referendums on Friday to decide whether to amend…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The charitable wing of the women’s professional tennis tour and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have started a…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s ancient capital of Kyoto, long a popular destination for tourists, is closing off some…

By LISA MASCARO and STEVEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans had demanded it but never expected President Joe Biden to say it…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The State of the Union address is one of the durable set pieces of the…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Karol G made history at the 2024 Billboard Women in Music awards ceremony. “This is the…

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Court of Appeals has denied a request to reconsider its earlier opinion stating that a former Grand Rapids…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s State Land Office will withhold lease sales indefinitely on its most promising…

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Body checking is a thing in the new PWHL women’s hockey league, which is a change from the…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democratic state Sen. Dave Min has advanced to the November general election in California’s competitive 47th…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina top-flight club Vélez Sarsfield has suspended four players after a woman accused them of raping her last…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Police say three people have been shot in a park in Salem, Oregon, and that one of them has died. The Salem Police Department…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Katie Britt will call President Joe Biden a “dithering and diminished leader” in…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers have passed a campaign finance reform bill that limits the amount of money…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida school districts could opt to allow volunteer chaplains in schools under a…

ABBEVILLE, La. (AP) — A rare calf born with two faces is continuing to flourish eight days after its birth at a southwest Louisiana farm. Owners of…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fear of crime on subways and buses is back as a top concern in some big U.S. cities, and so are…

By KANIS LEUNG and ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s new national security bill proposes up to life imprisonment for…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has supervised artillery firing drills aimed at…

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia city official arrested during a traffic stop says she started recording…

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis City Council has passed a measure that would increase wages…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate has voted to expand insurance coverage for people seeking treatment…

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mayor London Breed is pledging even greater improvements under a pair of controversial public…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are drawing sharp distinctions in the classified documents investigations…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — People in Florida will be permitted to kill black bears threatening them on their…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns will host the 2027 NBA All-Star game, giving owner Mat Ishbia a marquee event for…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republicans in Iowa’s House of Representatives have approved a bill that would…

By JONATHAN MATTISE and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Tennessee House lawmakers have advanced a bill to undo the…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Several New York City employees have been arrested for their alleged role in a scheme to steal…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The federal judge who oversaw a New York defamation trial that resulted in an $83.3 million…

By JEFF AMY and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Electric truck maker Rivian says it’s pausing construction of a $5 billion…

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Derrick Henry is back in the gym eager to prove turning 30 is just a number that…

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s governor will decide whether certain statewide elected officials can carry…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Houston’s police chief is pledging to restore public trust in his department following…