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By THOMAS PEIPERT and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Thousands in Colorado were without power as authorities closed highways and…

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer CASEY, Ill. (AP) — Former state Sen. Darren Bailey is challenging five-term Rep. Mike Bost in the March…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Going into this election year, the United States is slogging through a housing affordability…

By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump dominated the Republican presidential primaries on his way to a third…

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia has announced it will restore funding to the United Nations relief agency for Palestinians. Several weeks ago, the agency…

SEATTLE (AP) — More passengers aboard an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 jet when part of its fuselage blew out in January are suing — including one…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Defense attorneys for Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge to dismiss a grand jury indictment…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Seventy-eight protesters have been ordered to do five hours of community service and pay restitution to avoid criminal…

Associated Press GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — A driver who said his pickup’s steering locked up right before he hit a group of bicyclists near Phoenix…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press A new series on Apple TV+, premiering Friday, tells the lesser-known aspects of the assassination of Abraham…

NEW YORK (AP) — A man was shot multiple times and left critically wounded on a New York City subway train as it arrived at a Brooklyn station,…

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — A swarm of bees forced a nearly two-hour disruption to the quarterfinal match between Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO and AARON KESSLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For Republicans eager to regain the Senate majority this year, Ohio offers a…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge has rejected Sen. Bob Menendez’s attempt to toss out four charges…

By NICK INGRAM and JIM SALTER Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people are expected at this weekend’s St.…

MAMMOTH, Wyo. (AP) — Actor Pierce Brosnan, who pleaded guilty Thursday to stepping off a trail in a thermal area during a November visit to…

By BABACAR DIONE and JESSICA DONATI DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s top opposition leader was released from jail late, just ahead of the…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Lyft and Uber say they will cease operations in Minneapolis after the city’s council voted Thursday to override a mayoral veto…

By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. government has started requiring migrants without passports to submit to facial…

RESERVE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana truck driver has been charged with negligent homicide for his role in a fiery highway pileup that left eight dead…

By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Doctors at Kenya’s public hospitals began a nationwide strike, accusing the government of…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A new plan to rebuild Baltimore’s storied but deteriorating Pimlico Race Course is making a…

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani has revealed the identity of his new wife with a photo of the couple on social media. She is Mamiko Tanaka, a…

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes have the green light to bid on a tract of land in north Phoenix in their yearslong bid to build a new arena. The…

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two hotels and residents of San Francisco’s troubled Tenderloin district have sued San…

MADISON, Ind. (AP) — Authorities says severe storms with suspected tornadoes have raked southern Indiana and northern Kentucky, damaging dozens of…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — They’re wriggly, they’re gross and they’re worth more than $2,000 a…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Republican-led Tennessee House has advanced a proposal that would require law…

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press Connecticut lawmakers are considering banning the use of legacy and donor preferences in admissions to all colleges…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans are taking aim at a new federal courts policy aimed at curbing “judge…

By MARCO UGARTE Associated Press VALLE DE BRAVO, Mexico (AP) — Once a glittering weekend getaway for wealthy residents of Mexico City, Valle de…

PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a former jail officer in Phoenix has been sentenced to two years in prison for smuggling drugs into the detention…

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A Purple Heart recipient who lost Nevada’s 2022 GOP Senate primary has filed his formal candidacy for the seat held by…

By MARLON GONZÁLEZ Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras’ former first lady Ana García de Hernández says her decision to seek…

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration says it’s investigating an incident in which an American Airlines plane flying…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press Voters are heading to the polls in Russia for a three-day presidential election that is all but certain to extend…

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — Environmental officials are monitoring the air quality in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C. after several oil tanks…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press NORTON, Zimbabwe (AP) — A man claiming to be a prophet has been charged in a Zimbabwean court after police raided…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee says a critical bridge that was partially shut down over safety concerns in December…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — It’s a scenario that plays out over and over again at American crime scenes: The investigation…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a network of supporters has helped fugitives from Florida avoid…

ATLANTA (AP) — Former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines was among more than a dozen college athletes who filed a lawsuit against the NCAA, accusing it…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press A trailblazing Southern woman who worked as a speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter after covering the civil rights…

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has reiterated his position that sending Western troops into…

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The Somali extremist group al-Shabab says its fighters have attacked a hotel in the…

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — Two suburban Detroit police officers are under investigation after police video of officers arresting a Black man…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors said Thursday they’re open to delaying the start of Donald Trump’s New…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republicans have powered a voucher plan funding private school tuition and home schooling…

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators are close to banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors in…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The leaders of Poland’s influential Catholic Church have chosen moderate Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda to be their new…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A major deadline under the half-century-old War Powers Resolution came this week for…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Frida Kahlo used her own experiences to inform her art. In that spirit, Kahlo’s personal writings are used to help…

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press Calixto Bieito added an element to “The Exterminating Angel” that Luis Buñuel and Thomas Adès left out:…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In Oregon, two Republican state senators barred from reelection after last year’s record-long walkout are seeking…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The League of Women Voters filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to prevent those who sent…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Esa-Pekka Salonen will leave the San Francisco Symphony following the 2024-25 season, just his fifth as music director,…

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed his longtime economic adviser to be the next prime minister. The…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey residents may soon get the chance to vote on whether they have the right to a clean…

By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A senior U.S. official has said he was “very concerned” that…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi police officer was set to plead guilty to federal civil rights charge…

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — UFC Hall of Famer and former champion Mark Coleman called himself “the happiest man in the world” as he embraced members of…

WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — “Duty, Honor, Country” has been the motto of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point for 126 years. The motto isn’t…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A plane carrying British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps had its satellite signal jammed as it flew…

BOSTON (AP) — The National Labor Relations Board has certified a union to represent Dartmouth basketball players after the deadline passed for the…

By BERT WILKINSON AND PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Caribbean officials say a plan to create a transitional…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is imposing stricter limits on a chemical used to sterilize…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A dozen countries across Africa have suffered a major internet outage as multiple undersea…

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Lawmakers in the European Parliament have adopted a non-binding resolution saying Russia should return gold and other…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal authorities say a woman has been charged with illegally buying guns used in the…

By YURAS KARMANAU and EMMA BURROWS Associated Press Ukrainians living in regions illegally annexed by Russia are being coerced to vote in the…

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen says athletic director Trev Alberts’ sudden decision to take the same job at…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s president has urged security agencies not to pay ransoms to rescue nearly 300…

ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press Intense storms that swept through Kansas and Missouri on Wednesday brought whipping winds, possible…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN & MATT LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has imposed sanctions on a group of three extremist Israeli West Bank…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A young Belarusian woman who died after being attacked and raped in central Warsaw has been…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has praised the progress made by the 14 countries in the…

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The jury is deliberating in the involuntary manslaughter trial of the Michigan father of a teenage boy who killed four…

By BARBARA SURK Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — An independent French body in charge of a reparation program for victims of child sexual abuse…