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Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — When Massachusetts voters decided to ditch the state’s high school graduation exams on Election Day, they joined a…

ST. HELENS, Ore. (AP) — A school district in northwest Oregon has put its superintendent and high school principal on leave, accepted the school…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran successfully sought a meeting with Elon Musk, according to a U.S. official, one in a series of steps that…

Associated Press UNITED NATiONS (AP) — The United States has stepped up its campaign to transform the Kenya-led multinational force in Haiti into a…

Democratic Rep. Josh Harder won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing California on Friday, defeating Republican Kevin Lincoln. Harder, who…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A climate change activist who dumped red powder on a case containing the original copy of the U.S. Constitution…

Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Incoming Democratic Senator-elect Ruben Gallego of Arizona says building authentic connections with working-class…

DOUGLAS, Ga. (AP) — Officials say 12 decomposing bodies found inside a south Georgia funeral home have been identified. The Georgia Bureau of…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson says that he will “strongly request” that the House Ethics Committee not release…

Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The president of a Kentucky plant that exploded earlier this week says the company is accountable and will…

DETROIT (AP) — A man accused of stealing $44 million from a Detroit nonprofit group has pleaded guilty to financial crimes. William Smith’s…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge has rejected an effort by state regulators to shutter a bitcoin mine over concerns about its…

NEW YORK (AP) — A commercial affiliate of the Major League Baseball Players Association has settled a lawsuit with FanDuel over the alleged…

PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. (AP) — The remains of a 7-year-old boy have been buried in Port Washington, Wisconsin, a solemn last act in a yearlong effort…

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A medieval statue of the Virgin Mary and Child, known as the “Virgin of Paris,” has returned to Notre Dame…

Associated Press MADRID (AP) — The Spanish regional leader under fire for his handling of the catastrophic Valencia floods last month has defied…

Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A battery manufacturer has selected Kentucky for a nearly $712 million project to produce industrial-sized…

Associated Press Ben & Jerry’s has sued its parent company Unilever accusing it of silencing the ice cream maker from making statements in…

Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Efforts to free a Texas woman whose execution was delayed in 2022 amid growing doubts she fatally beat her…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A law enforcement consulting group says the University of California, Los Angeles should develop clear plans and policies,…

Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Friday called on the diocese of Rome to respond to a growing housing crisis in the Eternal City,…

Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African government says it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, his choice to head the…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Rudy Giuliani has relinquished dozens of watches and a Mercedes once owned by movie star Lauren Bacall to two…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A stolen portrait of Winston Churchill that was swapped with a forgery during the pandemic has returned to its rightful…

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military has consistently targeted civilians and their communities as a form of collective punishment in the country’s…

Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Utility regulators in North Dakota have approved part of a carbon dioxide pipeline that would span five…

Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two Missouri police officers were indicted separately this week and accused of similar crimes — pulling over…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Three daughters of Malcolm X have accused the CIA, FBI, the New York Police Department and others in a $100…

AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Payal Kapadia’s “All We Imagine as Light” is about as rich a movie experience as you’ll find this…

Associated Press/Report for America RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A former Virginia lawmaker has pleaded guilty to felony gun and drug charges and been…

Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Last year, Puerto Rican superstar Rauw Alejandro was in outer space with “Playa Saturno.” A year later and he’s…

LONDON (AP) — Four teenagers and a man in his 40s were convicted on Friday by a court in England of the murders of two boys in a case of mistaken…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host who is Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, was accused of…

Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government dominated by hard-right leader Geert Wilders looked survive a government crisis…

SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — Three more students at Salisbury University on Maryland’s Eastern Shore have been charged with hate crimes after police say…

Associated Press ROME (AP) — Students clashed with police during a demonstration in Turin on Friday, as thousands of people took to the streets…

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities have detained over 100 relatives of political prisoners in a new wave of arrests ahead of…

AP Film Writer Juliet Taylor does not give herself credit for Meryl Streep. In her over 40 years as top casting director behind so many classics,…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has lashed out at Moody’s ratings service after it downgraded the Mexican government’s debt outlook…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Residents in northern Serbia have stopped traffic and stood in silence to commemorate the 14 victims of a railway roof…

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norwegian police say the driver of a tram that derailed and crashed into a store last month in downtown Oslo, causing minor…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland says it is reactivating its embassy in the capital of North Korea, becoming the second Western nation after Sweden to…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans ages 18 to 29 swung toward President-elect Donald Trump in this year’s election, but they came to…

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — When Sara first arrived at her rescuers’ home, she was sick, tired, and was covered in ringworms and signs of…

AP National Writer Election victories for Donald Trump and other candidates whose campaigns demeaned transgender people reinforced a widespread…

Associated Press A career archaeologist with the U.S. Forest Service says managers have been engaging in irresponsible and illegal behavior that has…