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Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has put inmate Freddie Owens to death in the state’s first execution in more than a decade.…

Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The African health agency says that Rwanda has started a vaccination campaign against mpox with 1,000 doses…

Associated Press FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris looked for a boost with persuadable and less-motivated voters as she…

Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service’s leader is expressing frustration with ongoing criticism of how it handles mail…

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of California board of regents has approved UCLA police’s request for additional non-lethal…

Associated Press An anti-abortion group’s lawsuit to invalidate an abortion rights measure appearing on South Dakota’s statewide ballot…

Associated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — Students as young as five demanded stricter gun laws Thursday at the Georgia Capitol, weeks…

BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) — Nike Inc. has named Elliott Hill as its president and CEO effective, replacing John Donahoe, who will retire next month.…

Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Prosecutors are declining to charge a Hawaii man who was arrested on suspicion of murder after shooting a neighbor…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina trial judge has refused to block students and employees at the state’s flagship public university from…

AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants seemingly have found an offensive line that can get the job done so far this…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has lashed out at House Republicans over a subpoena for testimony about the U.S. withdrawal…

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A broad group of civil rights organizations are calling on the CEOs and board members of major companies to…

Associated Press The city of Burlington, Vermont, has paid $215,000 to settle a lawsuit accusing a police officer of using excessive force by…

Associated Press EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (AP) — A pro-Palestinian protester has been charged with violating a suburban New York City county’s new law…

Associated Press CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has blamed the United States in part for the surge in…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Before they were household names, many top U.S. designers got their start at The Council of Fashion Designers of…

Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff’s department…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Police say that one person has been killed and another seriously wounded in a stabbing incident in central Rotterdam.…

DALLAS (AP) — A judge has denied a effort by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to halt the recently announced ban on guns at the State Fair of…

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson has vowed to remain in his race despite a CNN…

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The state that handed former President Donald Trump one of his narrowest losses four years ago is immersed in…

Associated Press Since the #MeToo movement took off, a multitude of male celebrities have been accused of sexual misconduct, but only a handful of…

AP Technology Writer Apple is giving more people the chance to test a software update that will implant artificial intelligence into its virtual…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is celebrating the Federal Reserve’s decision to lower interest rates by saying it shows…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Honduras say that an attempted prison break left two inmates dead and three injured. Officials said 72 prisoners…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When the FBI said this week that Iran had tried to provide Democrats with material stolen from Donald Trump’s…

Associated Press The Hulu series “Tell Me Lies” is about a toxic relationship between two college students, played by Grace Van Patten and…

Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The judge who will decide whether Google holds a monopoly over technology that matches buyers and sellers…

Associated Press DEER PARK, Texas (AP) — A fire that burned for four days after a pipeline explosion in the Houston suburbs burned out Thursday…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is using a new land use law to propose rural land for a semiconductor facility. Oregon Public…

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden will be sentenced on felony firearms charges in December after the judge agreed Thursday to a delay requested…

NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 138,000 platform beds sold at major retailers including Amazon and Walmart are being recalled across the U.S. and Canada…

Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A federal law enforcement agency confirmed it’s opened an investigation into Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after…

AP Pro Football Writer Falcons wide receiver Drake London was penalized after catching a touchdown pass in the final minute of Atlanta’s 22-21…

Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Officials in Pakistan say police have shot dead a blasphemy suspect during an alleged shootout with armed…

AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas coach Steve Sarkisian says freshman quarterback Arch Manning will get his first career start Saturday…

AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — Scientists searching for the origins of COVID-19 have zeroed in on a short list of animals that possibly helped…

AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Milan designers are challenging the notion that a collection should dictate how one dresses, offering instead…

HIGHLAND MILLS, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a suspect in a stabbing at a Brooklyn laundromat was fatally shot by state troopers after he crashed a…

Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A charred transformer from one of Ukraine’s severely damaged power plants has come to a square in Kyiv’s…

Associated Press The deaths of two women in Georgia have been tied to a state law that bans most abortions after roughly six weeks. The news…

Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is pushing a new initiative to connect with Polish American voters. It’s…

Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The state of North Dakota is asking a judge to pause his ruling from last week that struck down North…

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court has ordered a six-month suspension of former state Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg’s law…

AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — “Who’s that girl?” was a common refrain from Sundance Film Festival goers walking out of “ My Old…

Associated Press ROME (AP) — Canadian and Italian dignitaries on Thursday marked the successful recovery of a photo portrait of Winston Churchill…

Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Members of a Senate committee looking into the bankruptcy of Texas-based Steward Health Care have adopted two…

AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Live from New York! It’s 50 seasons later for “SNL.” The landmark NBC sketch comedy show…

Associated Press Electronic pagers that were status symbols in the 1990s are used for communication precisely because they are old school. The…

AP National Political Writer FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A series of unnerving developments has crystalized the volatility coursing through the country in…

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Lions coach Dan Campbell is selling his suburban Detroit home to get more privacy. “There’s plenty of space,…

JetBlue Airways plans to open its first airport lounges as part of a plan to get more business from premium travelers. The airline said Thursday it…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio election officials have approved ballot language that will describe this fall’s Issue 1 as requiring gerrymandering…

Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania state senator and former Republican gubernatorial candidate whose support for Donald Trump…

AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in August to the slowest annual pace in nearly a year even as…

AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Decades into one of the most consistent careers in contemporary country music, and you’d think Keith Urban has…

LANCASTER, Mass. (AP) — A spokesperson says two correctional officers were stabbed by inmates and three others were injured at a Massachusetts…