AP National News

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.’s special representative for Afghanistan is warning that the country is “on…

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A report says the director of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and…

BY JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix officials agreed Wednesday to pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit over the January 2017…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Search warrants have been unsealed in the investigation into South Dakota billionaire…

By RAMI MUSA Associated Press BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Libya’s influential speaker of parliament has announced that he will be running for…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent review has concluded that the Defense Department and its top leaders acted…

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The massive infrastructure bill that President Joe Biden signed this week includes…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a pilot who crashed while fighting a wildfire near…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers have issued a subpoena to the former head of the state agency at…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s governor says he will posthumously pardon Homer Plessy, whose 1892 arrest  for refusing to leave a…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quentin Tarantino’s attorney says he has every right to create and sell a series of…

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s government has rolled out a new welfare program, temporarily ensuring much…

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A 31-year-old western Montana man who responded to a plume of diesel exhaust with a murderous rage has been sentenced to…

BUFFALO, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say remains found at a southwest Missouri home were those of a missing woman who was photographed partially nude…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s high court says district administrators overreached when they…

By ADRIAN SAINZ and RYAN PEARSON Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say rapper Young Dolph was shot and killed at a cookie shop in…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Pressss ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An unusual alert was issued by volcano scientists Wednesday, warning that an ash cloud…

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal jury has cleared four former coal company officials who were accused of skirting…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press A New York man who went to prison as a teenager for killing a 4-year-old boy told parole officials who granted…

The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan’s district attorney announced Wednesday that he would ask a court to vacate the convictions of two…

NEW YORK (AP) — A man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for setting fire to a car in what authorities say was an attempt to intimidate a…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal health authorities have confirmed the discovery of some frozen vials labeled “Smallpox” in a freezer at a…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Apple is letting some iPhone users fix their own phones, a sharp turnaround for a company that has long…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new lawsuit alleges that Alec Baldwin recklessly fired a gun when it wasn’t called…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Contrary to popular belief, there has been no great migration in the U.S. during the pandemic. New figures…

BOSTON (AP) — An airman from Massachusetts who was shot down over Romania during World War II has been accounted for. The Defense POW/MIA…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Three members of the Sikh community affected by a mass shooting at an Indianapolis FedEx facility in April are seeking…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Parliament has voted to restrict lawmakers’ ability to hold second jobs, in an attempt to stem a slew of damaging…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Officials in Oregon’s largest city have approved of an additional…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A new Republican plan for Georgia’s congressional map pushes Democratic Rep. Lucy McBath into…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of an American humanitarian worker who was kidnapped in Niger five years ago says her…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Adele reached 10.33 million viewers on Sunday for a special that showcased her new songs on CBS.…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Seven women who say they suffered excruciating pain after a nurse stole fentanyl for her…

By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board has voted to recommend clemency for a death row inmate…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News host Maria Bartiromo says that it’s ‘absurd’ to think that she personally…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S.-sponsored show of alliance with Japan and South Korea has stumbled…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Somalia is urging the country’s political leaders to…

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will increase housing payments for troops in key areas and…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrat Beto O’Rourke says he raised more than $2 million after announcing this week that he is running for Texas governor.…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A dispute between the Oklahoma governor and the Pentagon over the COVID-19 vaccine mandate…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Elon Musk is selling more Tesla shares than he needs to pay current tax obligations. Experts say…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The son of a Black man who was fatally shot by Southern California police in 2018 has settled…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press MANKATO, Minnesota (AP) — Right-wing provocateur Charlie Kirk has built a well-funded and growing organization…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Visitors to the latest chic hotel to open in New York’s theater district can easily walk…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s red-hot sports betting industry smashed its own national record in…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Battery-powered vehicles will get top billing at the Los Angeles Auto Show opening this week after a year’s hiatus due to the…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court has ordered a freeze on returning a 6-year-old boy who survived a cable car crash in Italy to his…

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — In a story published November 17, 2021, about an election security probe, The Associated Press erroneously reported in…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been more than two weeks since the Supreme Court’s extraordinarily rushed arguments…

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — India is experiencing its annual spike in air pollution, which relates in part to the…