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By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Two Memphis Fire Department emergency medical technicians who were fired and had their…

By BEN FINLEY and AMY TAXIN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Olivia Duke said she’s been trapped in her home in the snow-plastered mountains…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Attorney General’s Office has approved summary language in a petition to enshrine abortion rights in Ohio’s…

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston police ticketed a man feeding homeless residents outside a public library, provoking outrage from a charitable group and…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces shot dead a teenage boy in the north of the occupied West Bank, the latest in a…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee Republican lawmaker has apologized after asking earlier this week if…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The medical director of anti-abortion pregnancy centers is asking the Arizona Supreme Court to…

By CARLA BRIDI and DAVID BILLER Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s economy contracted in the fourth quarter for the first time in…

By LISA MASCARO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee announced Thursday it is launching an…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — RJ Phipps was hiking up Tuckerman Ravine on Mount Washington over the weekend with his wife when he…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara and three other men have pleaded not guilty in Nevada…

By JOSH FUNK and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Residents who say they’re still suffering from illnesses nearly a month after a train carrying…

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Students and staff are removing countless flowers that have been placed at key campus sites in honor of three students…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Cindy McCain has been appointed head of the U.N. World Food Program, the…

By COLLEEN LONG, MARY CLARE JALONICK and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has told Senate Democrats that…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities have identified the Buffalo firefighter who died in an explosive four-alarm…

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Researchers have found a new moai statue in a dry lake on the Chilean island of Rapa Nui, joining the approximately 1,000…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office has asked for records from a…

By ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press Portland, Oregon received nearly a foot of snow in a single day in what proved to be its second-snowiest…

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump can be sued by injured Capitol Police…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York is doubling the number of licenses it’s awarding for a first round of legal marijuana…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are seeking to demonstrate unity with President Joe Biden’s…

By JAKE COYLE and LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writers Ahead of the 95th Academy Awards on March 12, Associated Press Film Writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland mayor is facing 56 counts of possession and distribution of child pornography. Patrick…

By DANIEL POLITI and ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Gunmen threatened Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump are each headed to Iowa in…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer A three-month investigation has exonerated a five-time Olympian of doping. Katerina Nash is a mountain biker and…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Of all the troubling video made public over a year of crisis at New Mexico State – from…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s opposition has renewed calls for the election result to be overturned a day…

STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Law enforcement officials have revealed more details regarding items seized from the Pennsylvania home where they arrested…

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Detectives in a Northern California community are investigating what prompted a Wednesday fight between three high school…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A painting by Wassily Kandinsky that spent decades in a Dutch museum after its Jewish owner was…

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tremendous rains and snowfall since late last year have freed half of California from drought,…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Norwegian government has apologized to reindeer herders after activists spent a…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The Premier League has been urged to review a legally binding promise made by the owners of English…

By JOSH BOAK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators are accusing the Biden administration of using $39 billion…

By JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press WASHINGTON, DC (AP) — When Joni Mitchell finally took the stage near the end of an all-star tribute concert…

DULLES, Va. (AP) — A Lufthansa flight that experienced “significant turbulence” was diverted to Washington Dulles International Airport and…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An inquiry has found that Britain’s domestic intelligence agency didn’t act swiftly enough on…

By AARON MORRISON AP National Writer CHOWCHILLA, California (AP) — Joseph Sena has spent nearly half his 27 years in prison for manslaughter. For…

By AARON MORRISON AP National Writer CHOWCHILLA, California (AP) — Joseph Sena has spent nearly half his 27 years in prison for manslaughter. For…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers have advanced legislation on certain drag shows on public property…

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Antoine Davis missed his shot at making history. Detroit Mercy’s star guard finished…

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer Georgia defensive tackle Jalen Carter turned himself in to Athens police Wednesday night and was released 16 minutes…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has poured cold water on current premier Rishi Sunak’s…

Oil leaking from a Philippine tanker that sank southwest of the capital has prompted at least seven coastal towns to ban fishing and swimming as…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Spirit Airlines flight from Dallas to Orlando was diverted to a Jacksonville, Florida, airport after a battery on a…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose restrictions on harmful…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — COVID-19 has shot back into the headlines in Britain through the leak of more than 100,000 private…

By ISAAC SCHARF and AMI BENTOV Associated Press YOKNEAM, Israel (AP) — An Israeli-led crowdfunding campaign has raised hundreds of thousands of…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of people applying for unemployment benefits in the U.S. fell for third straight week. That’s good…

By CASSANDRA ALLWOOD, JAMES BROOKS and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The father of the cellphone, China’s Huawei and…

BERLIN (AP) — A German ice cream parlor has expanded its menu with a skin-crawling offering: cricket-flavored scoops with dried brown crickets on…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary is further delaying a vote on ratifying Sweden and Finland’s NATO accession…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A World Health Organization official in Africa is urging more support to countries…

German authorities said Thursday that a 16-year-old boy has died after being shot in the head by an 81-year-old neighbor. Prosecutors said the teen…

By ANDY ROSEN of NerdWallet Unlike a deduction, which decreases the income on which you’ll be taxed, a tax credit reduces your overall tax due. The…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The foreign ministers of India and China have met on the sidelines of a gathering of top…

CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say a 32-year-old Chicago police officer has died after being wounded during a shootout while responding to a call of a…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer NEW DELHI (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke…

By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — A summit on how to protect the world’s largest forests underway in Gabon is set to…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation has eased only slightly in the 20 countries that use the euro currency as…

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called on China to refrain from sending weapons to Russia and instead use its influence to press…

By ERIC TUCKER and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An ambitious new White House cybersecurity strategy calls for bolstering…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press President Joe Biden’s administration is asking Congress to agree to pay more than $1.6 billion to help…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani defense lawyer says a court has released an anti-government retired army general who is a vocal supporter of the…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies say protesters are “anarchists” after they…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is urging India to play a central role in facilitating…

By MAE ANDERSON and TED SHAFFREY The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shoeshines are losing some luster. Once a common practice, the tradition of…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II, whose half-century reign makes her Europe’s longest-serving monarch, has been…