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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden might not often use the word “abortion” when he talks about the overturning of Roe v.…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of protesters against the war in Gaza converged on Washington on Wednesday to condemn Israeli Prime…

Associated Press CHOCTAW, Miss. (AP) — As the drummers walk onto the field, the players behind them smack their hickory sticks to the beat. The…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged in a scathing speech to Congress on Wednesday to achieve…

Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court has ordered the state to initially count signatures that were collected by…

Associated Press MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Lawyers for the man accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students are urging a judge to move…

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — A necropsy has shown that a polar bear who died after rough play with a fellow bear in a zoo in western Canada drowned…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders are warning party members against using overtly racist and sexist attacks against Vice…

Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Attorneys for the state say an initiative aimed at repealing Alaska’s ranked choice voting system still…

Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that New Mexico can continue to enforce a new, seven-day waiting period on gun…

Associated Press McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — At the start of every work day, construction worker Charles Smith puts on the essentials: hard hat. Safety…

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — State election directors from across the country voiced serious concerns to a top U.S. Postal Service official…

LONDON (AP) — John Mayall, the British blues musician whose influential band the Bluesbreakers was a training ground for Eric Clapton, Mick…

Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Taylor Walls said Tuesday that his Donald Trump-inspired celebration of a hit Sunday was…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A sentencing change by a Louisiana judge assures that the man who fatally shot former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith will…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — San Diego Padres catcher Kyle Higashioka received a replica of the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to his…

Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Firefighters in the West are scrambling as wildfires threaten communities in Oregon, California and…

TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) — The trial in a countersuit brought by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones against a woman who says she’s his daughter and…

RYE, N.H. (AP) — Two fishermen are safe after a whale crashed onto their boat, capsizing it off the New Hampshire shore. The U.S. Coast Guard says…

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Trash carried by at least one North Korean balloon has fallen on the South Korean presidential compound,…

Associated Press The Anti-Defamation League says the Philadelphia school district has failed to protect Jewish students from “a virulent wave of…

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of five people charged with attempting to bribe a Minnesota juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash in…

Religion News Service (RNS) — The Rev. John Parks was taking his first sabbatical in 40 years of ministry when he got a call from his church’s…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Knights of Columbus, the world’s largest Catholic fraternal group, has covered up defining features of the…

Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s only public historically Black university has chosen an interim leader,…

AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The European climate service Copernicus says Earth sizzled to the hottest day ever measured last Sunday.…

Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — British and Spanish maritime officials say a fishing boat carrying 27 people has sunk nearly 200…

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia is refusing to provide state funding for the new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies, so…

NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA All-Star Game drew a record number of viewers with 3.44 million people watching the contest in Phoenix on Saturday night.…

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Three registered voters in North Carolina are suing the State Board of Elections, alleging that it violated…

Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — A group of 2,000 migrants from dozens of countries set out on foot Tuesday through southern Mexico as…

Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A former sheriff’s deputy charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey inside her Illinois…

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — About a thousand people are expected at a gala event this weekend as Wisconsin finally honors a person of…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Darren Walker, the outgoing president of the Ford Foundation, has had a far-reaching and profound impact on the…

Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian factions and bitter foes Hamas and Fatah have signed a declaration in China vowing to form…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is zeroing in on four potential candidates as she races to choose a running mate…

MOSCOW (AP) — One of Russia’s internet pioneers has been sentenced to two years in prison on charges of abuse of office. He rejects the charges…

CLEVELAND (AP) — A federal judge has struck down part of Ohio’s new 2023 election law, which put restrictions on voters with disabilities who…

AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The owners of the NBA’s Chicago Bulls and NHL’s Blackhawks unveiled a $7 billion plan Tuesday to replace the…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York watchdog panel says a judge who engaged in a prolonged, offensive rant after a melee erupted at a high…

Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Among the throngs of tourists in cowboy attire who flock to Nashville’s famed downtown honky-tonks,…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for a small airplane with three people aboard that went missing over…

Associated Press KENITRA, Morocco (AP) — Golden fields of wheat no longer produce the bounty they once did in Morocco. A six-year drought has…

Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Four years ago, a Zoom meeting to build support for Kamala Harris as the Democratic vice presidential nominee…

Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s Forest Service has announced a plan to bring a massive area of Amazon rainforest currently…

Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — As Vice President Kamala Harris works to become the Democratic nominee for U.S. president, reaction across her…

AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Three-time Olympic gold medalist Charlotte Dujardin of Britain has withdrawn from the Paris Games after a video…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s lower house of parliament has passed legislation expanding the reach of a law on declaring foreign-funded organizations…

NEW YORK (AP) — Wiz, a cloud security firm based in New York, has rejected a proposed $23 billion acquisition deal offered by Google parent…