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Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The number of people killed and missing remains unclear two days after a magnitude 7.3 earthquake…

Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Before Christa McAuliffe was an astronaut, she was a vibrant teacher in New England keen on showing her…

AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. life expectancy jumped last year, and preliminary data suggests there may be another — much smaller —…

Associated Press ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — After more than a decade as a refugee in Turkey, Ahmed al-Kassem decided to bring his family back home to…

Associated Press The Justice Department has unsealed a civil complaint alleging CVS Pharmacy Inc. and various subsidiaries filled unlawful…

NEW YORK (AP) — As Donald Trump fights to overturn his hush money criminal conviction, the one New York Democrat with authority to grant him a…

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A trailing candidate in a very close election last month for the North Carolina Supreme Court has asked that…

Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Alberta’s premier responded to President-elect Donald Trump’s trolling of Canada by saying the trade deficit…

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — For more than a decade, farmers in parts of southwest Georgia haven’t been able to drill new irrigation wells to…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump delivered a likely death blow to bipartisan congressional budget negotiations on…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors are using a 9/11-era anti-terrorism law in their case against the man charged with gunning…

Associated Press Arizona’s governor wants to repeal the state law requiring an annual abortion report. Democrat Katie Hobbs says it can…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown, instead…

Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The brother of the late New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has pleaded guilty to threatening to…

MONTREAL (AP) — An arson attack is suspected to have targeted a synagogue in a Montreal suburb, the second time it was hit by an incendiary device…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z’s lawyers are asking a judge to speedily extract the rapper from a lawsuit in which a woman alleges she…

Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — An appeals court says New Jersey’s top law enforcement official overstepped his authority last year when he…

TOWSON, Md. (AP) — Investigators in Baltimore County are looking into whether a shooting and related vehicle crash that left one person dead and…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaire author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott acknowledged another $2 billion in donations in a blog post…

ROCKVILLE, Conn. (AP) — A man accused of stalking and harassing UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers has pleaded guilty to a stalking charge. A…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Fred Lorenzen, a NASCAR Hall of Famer and the 1965 Daytona champion, died Wednesday. He was 89. NASCAR released a statement…

MIAMI (AP) — A friend of brothers who are prominent in luxury real estate in Florida and New York and are charged with sex trafficking and assault…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge who presided over the seditious conspiracy case against Oath Keepers members said Wednesday…

Associated Press A 22-year-old man has admitted to a plot intended to kill multiple people at a political party headquarters in Michigan and at a…

Associated Press The Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte is reeling from Cyclone Chido, the most intense storm to hit the French territory in 90…

SCOTCHTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Scholars are hailing the discovery of a fossilized mastodon jaw discovered by a man who spotted two giant teeth while…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed legislation requiring more oversight of youth residential treatment facilities. The vote Wednesday is a feat…

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has unveiled a bilingual “hymn” to Mexican migrants living in the United States,…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s third interest rate cut of the year will likely have consequences for debt, savings, auto…

AP Sports Writer CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The Ivy League has announced its football programs will compete in the FCS playoffs beginning next season.…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan resident has pleaded guilty to helping establish a secret police station in New York City on behalf of…

Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small has been indicted on a witness tampering charge for allegedly asking…

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The shooter who killed a student and teacher at a religious school in Wisconsin brought two guns to the…

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A judge has declined to throw out statements made by a man charged with a mass shooting at a parade in suburban Chicago in…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will consider South Carolina’s move to cut off Medicaid funding to…

Associated Press Five people were found dead in a Utah home after a man apparently shot his wife and four children before killing himself, police…

NEW YORK (AP) — The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sold for more than $5 million at an auction on Wednesday.…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — During the transition period between President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump, there has been at…

Associated Press/Report for America NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A judge sentenced a 93-year-old former Catholic priest Wednesday to spend the rest of his…

CHICAGO (AP) — Demolition has begun on a historic downtown building two decades after a stampede at the dance club it housed left 21 dead and…

Associated Press Two endangered whales have been spotted entangled in fishing gear off Massachusetts, and one is likely to die from its injuries, the…

CAIRO (AP) — A government spokesperson says Egypt’s prime minister was forced to briefly pause a news conference after experiencing some…

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Vermont military contractor will pay nearly half a million dollars to settle allegations that it…

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jacob Elordi is suddenly everywhere in Hollywood, so much so that he thinks he must be dreaming. Amid a…

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark’s No. 22 will be retired in a ceremony Feb. 2 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Clark finished her…

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who said he will go to the European Court of Human Rights, after his…

Associated Press BEIJING, China (AP) — China and India have agreed to work toward a solution to their long-running border dispute in the Himalayas…

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans will still be in charge when the Wisconsin Legislature returns to work in January but will have…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Six-time Grammy winner Jacob Collier took an unexpected approach to the final installment of his four-part…

The U.S. market gained more than 25% for the year to date through mid-December 2024. That’s a healthy showing by any measure. It doesn’t seem…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government says it still plans to hand over a contested Indian Ocean archipelago, which is home to a…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has transferred two Malaysian detainees at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. military prison to their home…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A former Alabama police sergeant has been sentenced to over a year in federal prison after pleading guilty in August to…