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Religion News Service (RNS) — This past Sunday, worshippers returned to Biltmore Church, a megachurch in Asheville, North Carolina, for the first…

Associated Press LEWISVILLE, Texas (AP) — Two neighboring Texas cities illustrate the divide in American politics between the diverse, potential…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A funeral home in Poland is apologizing after a corpse that it was transporting fell out of a hearse and into traffic. Polish…

AP Entertainment Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Hollywood stars Julia Roberts and Zendaya bookended Saturday’s inductions into the Rock & Roll Hall…

AP Education Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Before 19-year-old Davontez Johnson found himself in a preschool classroom at Dorothy I. Heights Elementary,…

Associated Press For more than 10,000 years, Native Americans have been living along California’s central coast. Now the area will soon be part of…

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters will have to make another choice after casting their ballots for president in November —…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One is the longest-serving woman in congressional history. The other is dean of the Republican delegation from…

Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert is trying to become Washington’s first GOP governor in 40 years. He’s a…

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart says it has reached a proposed settlement pact related to three lawsuits filed by shareholders on behalf…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Govs. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Mich., Josh Shapiro, D-Pa., Tony Evers, D-Wis., and Chris Sununu, R-N.H.…

Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to expand the arms embargo in Haiti to all types of weapons…

ASSOCIATED PRESS/REPORT FOR AMERICA TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A decision by a Florida jury is paving the way for the surviving members of 2 Live…

AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall will be activated and make his NFL debut…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Demonstrators who blame the Indian government for a murder-for-hire scheme targeting a Sikh separatist leader…

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Authorities in Virginia say the death of a man who was restrained by officers in a jail has been ruled a homicide. The…

AP Media Writer Fox News anchor Bret Baier says he “made a mistake” during his interview with Kamala Harris in not airing video of a…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Brooklyn man who served 27 years in prison for robbery and drug charges has been granted early release by the…

AP Baseball Writer The online auction for Shohei Ohtani’s 50th home run ball has just four days remaining, with the highest bid now at $1.8…

Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — One of Central America’s longest rivers will be the primary beneficiary of El Salvador’s deal…

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Both major parties are contesting all 14 of Georgia’s congressional districts, where Republicans currently hold a…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A judge has ordered Florida’s surgeon general from making further threats against TV stations over an…

Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump’s energy level emerged as a flashpoint as the Republican nominee and Democrat Kamala…

Associated Press HELEN ISLAND, Palau (AP) — Helen Reef, a 40-square-mile atoll at the southern edge of Palau, is one of Earth’s most remote…

NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel who is facing drug trafficking charges in a U.S. court appeared for the first time…

WOODLAND, Maine (AP) — Law enforcement officials say a Maine man dropped homemade explosives from drones near homes in a dispute rooted in local…

Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix wrapped up its annual six-month warm season this week after the Southwest broiled through an unprecedented…

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has appointed to his Cabinet a close ally who was pardoned by U.S. President Joe…

Associated Press Oregon election officials are screening phone and email messages after receiving a barrage of out-of-town calls from people…

Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of protesters have gathered in the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah demanding the release of activists arrested…

DONALDSONVILLE, La. (AP) — Seventeen cars of a train have derailed in south Louisiana. Officials say several cars have leaked a chemical used to…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have accused four Kentucky men of plotting to smuggle dozens of handguns to Iraq inside the panels of…

Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Assyrian Americans got an influx of attention when former President Donald Trump mangled the word “Assyrian”…

AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge has delayed an order requiring Google to open up its Android app store to more…

Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The father of former One Direction star Liam Payne has arrived in Buenos Aires to arrange for the…

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Police say an off-duty dispatcher for a Long Island police department accidentally shot himself in the hand while he was…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of Republican lawmakers is demanding a federal investigation into the U.S. consulting firm McKinsey over…

Associated Press One of the largest solar projects in the U.S. opened in Texas on Friday backed by what Google said is the largest solar electricity…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A yearslong investigation of New York City’s $4 billion homeless shelter system has found widespread…

Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A judge is pressing the U.S. government to explain why a portion of the memo authorizing Special Counsel…

M. Night Shyamalan’s thrilling “Trap” and albums from pop princess Halsey and country-pop star Kelsea Ballerini are some of this week’s…

Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Two days after Israeli forces killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza, families of the hostages taken last year…

Associated Press Former President Donald Trump said that rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 are being treated like Japanese…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case made public Friday a heavily redacted…

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — More North Carolina residents turned out to cast ballots on the first day of early voting this year than in…