National-World

By EDNA TARIGAN and VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press PENAJAM PASER UTARA, Indonesia (AP) — Orange-red ground has been broken in the jungle of East…

By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s ruling party says it will withdraw a bill that opponents warned would…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower Friday ahead of an update on United States…

By STEPHEN GROVES and JOSH FUNK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Norfolk Southern’s CEO is apologizing to Congress and pledging millions of…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Chaim Topol, a leading Israeli actor who charmed generations of theatergoers and movie-watchers with his portrayal of Tevye, the…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and DAVID BAUDER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of pages of documents in a recent lawsuit show that Fox…

By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas has executed an inmate for the drug-related killings of four…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Maine vegan whose custom license plate contains the word “tofu” is one of the motorists…

By ODED BALILTY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli police say a Palestinian gunman opened fire on a crowded street in central Tel…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell suffered a concussion after a…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) — When he looked to the future, Grayson Hart always saw a college degree. He was a good…

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — The Australian prime minister is starting his four-day visit to India by inaugurating a cricket test match in the western…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has approved a resolution renewing an arms embargo and other…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescue workers have recovered more bodies buried under tons of mud following a landslide that crashed onto a hilly…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Six men sit alongside Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the ruling Communist Party’s…

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Former Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has been questioned by anti-graft officials over alleged corruption in…

By HANNA ARHIROVA and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A barrage of more than 80 Russian missiles and a smaller number of…

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal court in New York has authorized the seizure of a $25 million Boeing 737 owned by a Russian energy company, citing U.S.…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The pro-business track record of the man poised to become China’s top economic official will…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s Democratic-led House approved legislation Wednesday that would repeal…

By MARCIO SANCHEZ and AMY TAXIN Associated Press LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif. (AP) — After a blizzard swept through Southern California mountains,…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Kevin Durant’s home debut with the Phoenix Suns will have to wait a little longer. The…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press The license of a Rochester, New York, concert venue has been revoked while authorities investigate the…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase sued its former executive Jes Staley on Wednesday, alleging that he aided in hiding…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s top Republican says that a plan put forward by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automaker Nissan is revving up its electrification shift and slashing costs by using the…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Brittney Griner’s return to the WNBA will tip off ESPN’s coverage of the league’s 27th…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Saudi man long held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as a suspected…

By JAMES POLLARD, JAKE BLEIBERG and JULIE WATSON Associated Press/Report for America LAKE CITY, S.C. (AP) — The frantic effort to rescue four…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials have informed members of the House and Senate and their staffs that hackers may have gained access to their sensitive…

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Body camera footage released Wednesday by a suburban police department in Utah shows five…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A swarm of earthquakes occurring over the past few weeks has intensified at a remote…

NEW YORK (AP) — An 82-year-old Colorado man has been charged with selling and trading fake Michael Jordan basketball cards. Prosecutors in New York…

By LAÍS MARTINS Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has announced proposals to promote and protect…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge Wednesday ordered the Biden administration to end the expedited…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fresh revelations flowing from a major defamation lawsuit are shedding light on what was happening…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Active-service members and veterans provided firsthand testimony…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas was still heavily segregated in 1946 when Herman Moody became the city’s first Black…

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Two freshwater mussel species are getting federal protection. The U.S. Fish and…

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama star Brandon Miller talked publicly for the first time since police said he was at the scene of a fatal shooting.…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Police say Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant won’t face charges in Colorado related to the livestreamed…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The Boston City Council has overwhelmingly approved a proposal from the mayor to cap rent prices as…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The theme park parent company of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter and The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man is getting a new…

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department found Louisville police have engaged in a pattern of violating…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer The Academy Awards are Sunday, but did last year’s Oscars ever really end? When Hollywood reconvenes at the Dolby…

By MEHMET GUZEL and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Women have braved an official ban on an International Women’s Day march in…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has brought together state lawmakers, federal officials and others for a…

STUART, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods’ girlfriend wants to nullify a nondisclosure agreement following a six-year relationship with the…

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Police in Georgia’s capital have fired water cannons and tear gas to disperse demonstrators around the parliament…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Justice Department announced Wednesday that it will review the Memphis police department…

By KATHY McCORMACK and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Riders on an Amtrak train that runs from Maine to Boston can continue…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Voters in Oklahoma have rejected a ballot measure that would have made the state the 22nd in the U.S. to legalize…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press A woman born to a severely disabled resident of a New York state facility in 1986 has filed a lawsuit saying her…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. and Israeli officials say Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been forced to change the…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a major international mystery with global consequences: Who was behind the explosions…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister has stepped in to defend the good name of St. John Paul II, a “great fellow-countryman,”…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Doctors Without Borders says it has been forced to temporarily close its hospital in Cite Soleil given a sharp rise in…

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Over the past 10 years, Czech President Milos Zeman has courted controversy. He sought a referendum…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former executive utility who gave rosy projections on the progress of two nuclear power…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania state lawmaker is quitting the Legislature, a week after a union lobbyist…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — When four Americans were kidnapped in the border city of Matamoros, authorities rescued the…

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s center-right Reform Party has started talks with two smaller parties about forming a…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The first meeting of the new board of Walt Disney World’s government —…

NABLUS, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian security forces have fired tear gas canisters and flash grenades at angry Palestinian protesters during a…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Airport police say federal agents confiscated a loaded gun found in the hand luggage of actor and comedian Mike Epps, who was…

By JESSICA DAMIANO Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The nine-day Philadelphia Flower Show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, billed as the…

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization has fired its top official in the Western Pacific. The Associated…