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By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jada Pinkett Smith is feeling free these days. She’s no longer hiding that she has been…

By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The sudden resignation of a Guatemalan cabinet minister appears to signal a division…

By JESSE BEDAYN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The remains of at least 189 decaying bodies were found and removed from a Colorado…

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Within hours of the horrific attack by Hamas, the U.S. began moving warships…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has released footage of some of the more than 180 intercepts of U.S. warplanes by…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Defending champion LSU is ranked No. 1 in the women’s preseason AP Top 25 college basketball poll for the…

PHOENIX (AP) — A federal appeals court has tossed out a lawsuit brought by former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake that challenged the use…

By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal jury has convicted two senior employees at a Wisconsin corn…

By COLLEEN LONG, AAMER MADHANI and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s efforts to tamp down tensions in the…

MIAMI (AP) — Lolita, an orca whale held captive for more than a half-century, died from old age and multiple chronic illnesses, according to a…

BOSTON (AP) — A police officer who shot a man who gunned down two Black people moments earlier in the Boston suburb of Winthrop in 2021 used…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Norma has formed off Mexico’s western Pacific coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Tuesday that…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two Alaska Wildlife Troopers wound up playing the role of rescuers last week while…

By RUSS BYNUM and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Leonard Cure was trying to make up for lost time in the three years since his…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An attorney for the mother of an Alabama teen who disappeared in Aruba said that a possible plea deal with a suspect in an…

By JONATHAN MATTISE and MARIA SHERMAN Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Maren Morris has filed for divorce from her husband Ryan Hurd,…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Jim Jordan is facing strong opposition to his speakership bid after more than a dozen…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Jurors on Tuesday delivered split verdicts in a case that stemmed from the search…

By RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana coroner says authorities have identified an Indianapolis man as the ninth presumed…

By ARON HELLER Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Former Associated Press videojournalist Yaniv Zohar was killed in his home along with his…

By The Associated Press Britney Spears wrote that she had an abortion while dating Justin Timberlake more than 20 years ago. That’s according…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Jurors have convicted four members of an extended family in New Mexico on federal…

WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — An email exchange made public this week shows that a prison guard had warned convicted murderer Danilo Cavalcante was…

By JIM SALTER and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The estimated future cost to clean up 19 sites contaminated by nuclear waste…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A prosecutor says a Tennessee sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a 21-year-old man during a traffic stop won’t be…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Republican candidate for governor of Michigan has been sentenced to two months…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas police officer was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in federal prison for stealing nearly…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Another federal lawsuit has been filed challenging provisions in a new North Carolina…

By LAURIE KELLMAN, DANICA KIRKA, JOCELYN NOVECK AND LORI HINNANT Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The families of Israel’s dead are holding…

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press The mayor of Connecticut’s largest city has denied under oath ever discussing absentee ballots with the campaign…

By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Senate have voted to fire eight…

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A draft congressional report on Brazil’s Jan. 8 riots has accused ex-President Jair…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Special prosecutors said Tuesday they are seeking to recharge actor Alec Baldwin with…

MILAN (AP) — Stellantis has said it will be canceling its participation in next year’s CES technology show in Las Vegas due to the “mounting”…

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A wildlife official in Uganda says two foreign tourists and their Ugandan guide have been killed in an attack by unknown…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS plans to invite a select group of taxpayers across 13 states to try out the agency’s…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Two brothers and another man are facing federal charges after a kidnapping that took some bizarre twists. Federal…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The leader of the Universities of Wisconsin has decided to close two more branch campuses…

By ANTHONY IZAGURRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been using artificial intelligence to make robocalls…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press The main north-south highway in Colorado is expected to remain closed several more days as work crews clear debris…

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press DEIR al-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Even the “safe zones” of Gaza aren’t safe for…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press The war between Israel and Hamas is raising fears about rising hostility across the United States. Experts say crimes…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The Oscars are enlisting a group of live television veterans to oversee its 96th show in March. Raj Kapoor will serve…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A white former detective in Missouri who shot and killed a Black man in 2019 has lost an appeal of his conviction. An…

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into possible civil rights violations by the police department in New…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Hamas and Israel have both been accused of breaking international law during their latest conflict.…

PARIS (AP) — A trial has opened in Paris of 19 people suspected of playing critical roles in a smuggling operation that went awry and sent 39…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An appeals court in South Carolina is allowing Alex Murdaugh to ask a judge to throw out…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden has reported partial damage to an undersea telecom cable in the Baltic Sea running to Estonia. Authorities believe it…

By The Associated Press Athletics reliever Trevor May ripped Oakland owner John Fisher and implored him to sell the franchise while announcing his…

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The United Nations says its peacekeepers have started departing from two bases in northern Mali…

ROME (AP) — Juventus midfielder Nicolò Fagioli has been banned for seven months by the Italian soccer federation for betting violations. Fagioli…

NEW YORK (AP) — Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders has counted the ways to success. The Gallery Books imprint 13a announced Tuesday that Sanders’…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Rite Aid’s plan to close more stores as part of its bankruptcy process could hurt access to medicine and care,…

By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature are withholding pay…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man who brought a loaded handgun into the Wisconsin Capitol, demanding to see Gov. Tony Evers, and returned hours later with…

By JUSTIN SPIKE and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has held talks with Vladimir Putin,…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Killers of the Flower Moon,” a $200-million, 206-minute epic produced by Apple that’s in…

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A volleyball shoe startup is bringing attention to colleges’ multi-million-dollar…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. official says the longer-range ballistic missiles long sought by Ukraine have been…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Killers of the Flower Moon” is an audacious big swing by Martin Scorsese to continue his kind of…

By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press Eleven days after 57-year-old Anthony Talotta arrived at a Pittsburgh jail, he died from what his family says was a…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin state Assembly is set to approve a plan to spend more than half-a-billion…

HOLYOKE, Mass. (AP) — Two more people have been charged in connection with a shooting investigation in Holyoke, Massachusetts, during which a…

By SARAH RANKIN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Speculation that Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin might jump in the race…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s voters delivered a clear verdict. After eight years of rule…

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — Health ministers in the Western Pacific has nominated a surgeon from Tonga to lead the World Health…

By RAF CASERT and LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union leaders are holding a virtual summit to try overcome different…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gender-affirming surgery for minors would be banned in Wisconsin under a Republican-sponsored bill up for final approval in…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Are 3D mammograms better than standard 2D imaging for catching advanced cancers? A clinical trial is recruiting…

LONDON (AP) — Greta Thunberg has been detained by British police alongside other climate activists who gathered outside a central London hotel to…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans showed their steadfast resilience and kept spending in September even as they…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — They are playfully called the “forgotten five”: A handful of toys — the pogo…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Commerce Department has updated and broadened its export controls to stop China from acquiring…

Associated Press Choice Hotels International is asking shareholders of rival chain Wyndham Hotels & Resorts to sign off on a buyout worth nearly…

PARIS (AP) — France’s anti-terror prosecutor says a suspected Islamic extremist declared allegiance to the Islamic State group before fatally…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Fiji’s prime minister says he hopes Australia’s acquisition of a fleet of submarines…

By AMI BENTOV and AMY TEIBEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The mother of a young Israeli woman held by Hamas has appealed for her release,…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The upcoming season of “Sesame Street” features an octopus as a chef, an exploration of…

HELSINKI (AP) — The Swedish security police has arrested two people suspected of gross unauthorized possession of secret information following an…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The battle for the throne of South Africa’s ethnic Zulu nation has reached the courts as…

PARIS (AP) — The Palace of Versailles, one of France’s most visited tourist attractions, is being evacuated for a security scare. It’s the…

Jet engine maker Rolls-Royce says it’s cutting up to 2,500 jobs globally as part of a corporate overhaul that its new CEO is carrying out. The…