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WAVERLY, Tenn. (AP) — Two 7-month-old twins were torn from their father’s arms during devastating Tennessee floods that also claimed the…

NEW YORK (AP) — Plans for a Rudy Giuliani associate to plead guilty in an illegal campaign contribution prosecution have been postponed. A…

By DON BABWIN and GARANCE BURKE Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s watchdog agency has concluded in a scathing report that the gunshot…

HOUSTON (AP) — The National Rifle Association has announced it has canceled its annual meeting, which had been set to be held next month in…

SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state tech executive has been sentenced to two years in prison after fraudulently obtaining nearly $1.8 million in…

By MARCOS MARTÍNEZ CHACÓN Associated Press MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Ten years after Zetas cartel gunmen stormed into a casino in northern Mexico…

By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An inspector general’s report says U.S. Capitol Police did not properly…

DETROIT (AP) — One of Detroit’s iconic landmarks is on the market and in search of a new owner. Co-owner The Platform says Tuesday that the…

By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina Senate committee has advanced a measure that would…

DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — A small airplane has made an emergency landing on Interstate 5 north of San Diego after clipping cars and causing several…

By PAUL WISEMAN and JOSEPH PISANI AP Business Writers From Walt Disney World to Goldman Sachs, a flurry of private and public employers are requiring…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky state lawmaker who is facing criminal charges for allegedly choking a woman…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A sham candidate for the Florida Legislature pleaded guilty to being part of a vote…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s new prime minister set out for Washington on his first state visit overseas since taking office. Prime Minister…

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California judge has declared a mistrial in the embezzlement trial of attorney Michael Avenatti, who is charged with…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he’s “doing fairly well” and receiving good care for…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The county with jurisdiction over the Las Vegas Strip has joined a legal fight to try to collect…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque’s municipal zoo says a 48-year-old female gorilla has died after being stricken by a bacterial infection.…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 55-year-old Indiana man is in stable condition at a Fairbanks hospital after being attacked by a grizzly bear in…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court is weighing whether to unseal a search warrant and affidavits…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Indigenous leader from New Mexico and former U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — If California voters recall Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, they could replace him…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Federal officials are taking another look at the safety climate inside aircraft maker Boeing. The Federal Aviation…

By The Associated Press Rock ‘n’ roll royalty are among those mourning the death of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts. The word “great”…

By SAM METZ and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Ash is raining down on Lake Tahoe and thick yellow wildfire smoke is…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel is vowing that her party will fight for a good result in…

NEW YORK (AP) — Hours after leaving office, scandal-tainted former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo suffered another defeat: losing the special Emmy…

By SARAH BLAKE MORGAN Associated Press SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A hospital in northwestern Louisiana thought the COVID-19 pandemic was letting up.…

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Two former top officials at a Massachusetts veterans home where nearly 80 residents died in one of the country’s…

PHOENIX (AP) — Cyber Ninjas will not need to imminently release records of their review of the 2020 vote count in Maricopa County. Arizona Supreme…

By JILL LAWLESS and GREGORY KATZ Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has died at the age of 80. Publicist Bernard…

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera reached a four-year agreement with the union for its orchestra, the last major deal…

By JILL LAWLESS and GREGORY KATZ Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has died at the age of 80. Publicist Bernard…

By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer Updated diabetes guidance says overweight and obese Americans should start getting screened earlier, at age 35…

By LAURIE KELLMAN and ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases each day in Israel is nearing the…

BY CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and EVENS SANON Associated Press LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — More than a week after Haiti’s devastating 7.2-magnitude…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A white Louisiana man has received a life sentence for the apparently random killing of a Black man in a park. He also is…

BRANCHBURG, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey has increased penalties for hazing under a new law name for a resident and Penn State student who died in 2017.…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The chief executive officer of a California liquor distribution company has agreed to plead…

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria has formally broken off diplomatic relations with neighboring Morocco, with the foreign minister citing a series of…

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut woman who had a package stolen from her front step discovered the culprit was a black bear. Kristin Levine, of…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The coronavirus is disrupting more classrooms in Florida, while lawyers for Gov. Ron…

ELY, Minn. (AP) — Ely is typically teeming this time of year with visitors heading out on or returning from excursions into the Boundary Waters…

BELFAST, Maine (AP) — A 25-foot inflatable duck named Joy has disappeared after bringing days of delight to a seaside Maine community. Belfast…

NEW YORK (AP) — Dorothy Parker’s headstone has been unveiled at a New York cemetery where the ashes of the author and humorist who died in…

By PAOLO SANTALUCIA Associated Press ROME (AP) — To get their Afghan workers and their families into Kabul’s chaotic airport for evacuation,…

RACINE, Wis. (AP) — A Missouri man who died after rescuing two young relatives from the choppy waters of Lake Michigan is the fourth person to…

SEATAC, Wash. (AP) — The cellphone of a passenger on an Alaska Airlines jet caught fire after the plane landed at the  Seattle–Tacoma…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A few weeks into the new school year, growing numbers of U.S. districts have halted in-person learning…