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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Regulators say California will provide 100% of the water requested by cities and farms for the first time in years thanks…

By ADAM BEAM and TOM KRISHER Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Attorneys general in 17 states on Thursday urged the federal government to…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — After almost 4 1/2 years of trying, Mexico’s president said Thursday he has finally sold the unwanted presidential jet — to…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press HENNIKER, N.H. (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie delivered his opening arguments against Donald Trump on…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ Democratic governor has vetoed a sweeping set of anti-transgender measures that…

By SARA BURNETT Associated Press Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder, who sought to replace the California governor in a failed 2021 recall…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A man has been shot to death at a Starbucks coffee shop in an upscale neighborhood of Mexico City, and police say he apparently…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and FRANCESCO STATI Associated Press ROME (AP) — A Texas-born princess piled her four yapping bichon frise dogs into a taxi…

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A transgender Montana lawmaker was silenced for a second day Friday as her Republican…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A major anti-abortion group blasted former President Donald Trump on the issue Thursday,…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Family members of those killed and wounded during a 2018 attack on a Texas high school…

DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Investigators on Thursday charged a sixth person with reckless murder in connection with a deadly shooting at a Sweet 16…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A cargo container with gold and other items worth over $20 million Canadian (US$14.8 million) was…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities have identified a longtime employee of a New York City parking garage that…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Airport officials in Austin, Texas, say an American Airlines worker has died after being injured on the ramp area just outside…

By TIM SULLIVAN and AARON MORRISON Associated Press In suburban Detroit, it was a lost 14-year-old looking for directions. In Kansas City, it was a…

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Texas man who agreed to surrender on charges of taking part in the…

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will formally announce his 2024 reelection campaign as soon as…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A prohibition on transgender girls playing on female sports teams in North Carolina…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press ROCKVILLE, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for a vicious and random sword…

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont says the state has paused all prison commutations. The announcement Thursday comes in the wake…

DETROIT (AP) — The number of people killed on U.S. roadways decreased slightly last year, but government officials said the 42,795 people who died…

By The Associated Press Fighting in Sudan between forces loyal to two top generals has put that nation at risk of collapse and could have…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Presss JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Companies run by a former professional wrestler received “sham contracts” in…

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Assembly has voted to advance a bill to protect…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Panelists at a major casino industry conference in Atlantic City say the construction of…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s first full-service abortion clinic in years defiantly opened Thursay nearly one…

By ANDREW DALTON and MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors said Thursday they will dismiss an involuntary manslaughter…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland correctional officers say a severe staffing shortage is creating dangerous conditions for…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The family of a man who died in a bedbug-infested cell in a Georgia jail’s psychiatric wing is…

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Three transgender children and their parents have sued Tennessee over a new law that bans…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The family of a man shot and killed by police in northwestern New Mexico after…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer This time it’s for real. Many of Twitter’s high-profile users are losing the blue checks that helped…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nominated a minister known for inflammatory…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s Democratic lawmakers have killed an ambitious bill that would have…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has refused to sign into law a controversial new…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice John Roberts is being asked to testify to Congress as scrutiny mounts…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The birth of an endangered seal at one of Hawaii’s most popular tourism hubs is…

By JOHN ANTCZAK and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Riordan, a wealthy Republican businessman who served two terms as…

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday condemned U.S. sanctions against Cuba, as he…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Large parts of the Muslim world marked the end of the fasting month of Ramadan…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Thursday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when cannabis fans gather in clouds of…

By SEAN MURPHY and JAKE BLEIBERG IDABEL, Oklahoma (AP) — The widow of an Oklahoma man has sued a sheriff and deputies in the state’s southeast…

By SEAN MURPHY and KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma appeals court has upheld the murder conviction of death row inmate…

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Robin Thede says the fourth season of her hit HBO series “A Black Lady Sketch Show” is…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican airline Viva Aerobus says one of its planes suffered an engine failure while covering a domestic route, but that the…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Todd Haimes, who led the Roundabout Theatre Company from an off-off-Broadway company…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has struck a conciliatory tone while talking about strained…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in March and prices edged lower for the second…

DETROIT (AP) — Michelin is recalling more than 542,000 light truck tires in the U.S. because they don’t have enough traction to work in all…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Yellow daffodils are everywhere in Warsaw this week, a symbol of remembrance of the 1943…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House passed a bill Thursday that would bar federally supported schools and…

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — The Indian military says five soldiers were killed when rebels fighting against Indian rule ambushed a military vehicle in…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An IRS special agent is seeking whistleblower protection to disclose information about what…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has transferred Guantanamo detainee Said bin Brahim bin Umran Bakush back to his home…

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America North Dakota’s Republican Gov. Doug Burgum has signed a veto-proof bill into law that restricts…

LONDON (AP) — Police say they shot and killed a runaway bull that charged through an English village as children were being dropped off at school.…

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Karl Lagerfeld, the subject of this year’s Met Gala, transformed Chanel from frumpy to…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked House Republicans from…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Badminton has upheld its ban on Russian and Belarusian players in international competitions on the eve of the start…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark says it is lifting a sailing ban in the area of the Baltic Sea around the gas leaks caused by explosions that…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week but remains low by…