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By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The constitutional right of equal treatment under the law is at the center of a…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader John Lee on Tuesday praised the 27.5% voter turnout in the city’s weekend…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida school board is scheduled to consider whether to seek the resignation of a…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has renewed his oath of office in a ceremony at the state…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — No votes have been cast in the 2024 presidential race yet. But journalists have recently shifted…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation this week that repealed a law…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors and lawyers for Donald Trump have signaled their desire to invoke the 2016…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — This year’s steady slowdown in U.S. inflation likely continued in November, though…

By JON GAMBRELL, JAMEY KEATEN, SIBI ARASU and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Hopes for finishing a critical…

By GABRIELA SELSER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The director of the Miss Nicaragua pageant, Karen Celebertti, has announced her retirement…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar, already wracked by a brutal civil war, has regained the unenviable title of world’s…

By LINDSEY WASSON and AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — The heart of the historic town of Lahaina that burned in a deadly…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — NBA star Ja Morant testified in court Monday that a teenager hit him in the face with a…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Palestinians are hoping that a vote in the U.N. General Assembly on a nonbinding…

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press FORT CALHOUN, Neb. (AP) — The fatal weekend stabbing of a Catholic priest inside the church rectory where he lived is…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Private intelligence firms say a ship off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea has been attacked. The attack on the…

By ANDREW DeMILLO and AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Progressive advocacy groups in Arkansas are asking a full federal…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A new federal charge has been filed against a man accused of firing a shotgun into the air outside a synagogue in upstate New…

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A prosecutor trying three Tacoma, Washington, police officers in the death of Manuel Ellis…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The top U.N. official in Congo is warning the Security Council that tensions between…

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Boeing is promoting a woman to one of its top jobs, putting her in the discussion about possible successors to current CEO…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press Prosecutors say in a court filing that former U.S. Rep. George Santos is in plea negotiations to settle his…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels from LSU was one of seven players in either their fifth or sixth…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping will arrive in Vietnam on Tuesday seeking to further deepen ties with…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Toy maker Hasbro is cutting about 1,100 jobs, or 20% of its workforce. The job cuts…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden is pushing back against gun charges filed against him, challenging the case…

By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Texas prosecutors have dropped murder charges against two people in the fatal stabbing of a…

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A person briefly hung a Palestinian flag from a Hanukkah menorah in a public area in Connecticut, prompting widespread…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A judge has formally dismissed misdemeanor charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder in the…

By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana woman who police say repeatedly drove through a group of…

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press Three Chilean nationals have been arrested in connection with a series of burglaries of mansions and other…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is bracing for the possibility that a bonanza in oil income for the nation’s…

NEW YORK (AP) — A six-story corner of a Bronx apartment building has collapsed, leaving apartments exposed like a stack of shelves. There’s…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former New Hampshire state senator is fighting allegations that he fraudulently obtained a…

HOUSTON (AP) — Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has announced she’ll seek reelection to Congress in 2024. The Democrat announced Monday…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico could become an early political testing ground for an unconventional proposal to…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic attorney general promises to defend a potential Donald Trump victory next year in the swing…

By JONATHAN MATTISE, HOLLY MEYER and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In March 2020, a tornado destroyed the Rev. Jacques…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A brain sample from a gunman who killed 18 people in Maine has been sent to a lab in…

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Democrats say the state will spend $1 billion to expand research…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A third family says they recently discovered a relative was buried in…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man recently cleared in the gruesome 1995 killing of a subway token booth clerk is suing New…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press When the U.S. Supreme Court undid the nationwide right to abortion last year, it did not remove the issue from…

By GISELA SALOMON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration says it will impose visa restrictions on nearly 300 Guatemalan lawmakers,…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — As lawmakers and donors push for the ouster of Harvard President Claudine Gay, hundreds of…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president wants to eliminate almost all remaining government oversight and regulatory agencies before he leaves…

ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities say one of the five co-defendants on trial with rapper Young Thug has been stabbed at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta,…

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A pregnant Texas woman who sought court permission for an abortion in an unprecedented…

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America Waukegan, Ill. (AP) — The man accused of killing seven people at a Fourth of July parade in…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A group of lawmakers from New England and Alaska says a federal program that protects…

PARIS (AP) — French opposition lawmakers have rejected an immigration bill without debating it. Monday’s move comes as a major blow to…

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say they charged a New Hampshire with threatening to kill a presidential candidate ahead of a scheduled…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A Black man filmed swinging a folding chair during an Alabama riverfront brawl has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor…

LONDON (AP) — The Princess of Wales and her three children are shown packing gift bags for kids in need this holiday season in a new video…

NEW YORK (AP) — SmileDirectClub is shutting down — just months after the struggling teeth-straightening company filed for bankruptcy. That leaves…

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The mother of convicted drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has died in the northern state of Sinaloa,…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force has disciplined 15 personnel in connection with the massive classified documents leak…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Abraham Lincoln’s top hat is missing from a bronze sculpture along the Ohio River in Louisville, Kentucky. Sculptor Ed…

By MARK SHERMAN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith is asking the Supreme Court to take up and rule…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 52-foot-long dead fin whale washed up on a San Diego beach over the weekend and officials said there was no obvious sign of the…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press The International Union for Conservation of Nature, the leading tracker of global biodiversity, released their…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A report by a professors’ group says academic freedom and independent governance have been under political and…

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A court in Romania has rejected a request by influencer Andrew Tate to return assets that were seized during…

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A former top Democratic lawmaker has announced that he’s running for governor of New…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European Union officials worked into the late hours last week hammering out an agreement on…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s top Republican lawmaker says he is finished negotiating with the Universities of…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A judge has ordered Prince Harry to pay nearly 50,000 pounds or more than $60,000 in legal fees to…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge has set aside the murder conviction of a man who was sent to prison for the 2004 killing of a man in a…

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The United Nations has ended its 10-year peacekeeping mission in Mali following the…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has confirmed it’s been holding talks, brokered by China, with…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Early awards in Hollywood’s unfurling awards season have gone to films like Celine Song’s tender…

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address U.S. military officers at…

LEONARDTOWN, Md. (AP) — Authorities in Maryland say a horse and buggy collided with a pickup truck at an intersection, seriously injuring the…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The leaders of Guyana and Venezuela will meet this week to address an escalating dispute over the Essequibo region that…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A man charged with terrorism and other offenses over a 2022 fire that badly damaged…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic secretary of state is calling for a Republican who served as a fake…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has refused to take up a case about whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Organizers of the Paris Olympics say work will resume this week to prepare the surfing venue in…