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ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country’s first astronaut will travel to the International Space Station by…

By JUAN A. LOZANO and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — The search for a Texas man who allegedly shot his neighbors after they…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Pope Francis plunged into both sides of Russia’s war with…

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — At the end of a hearing for a bill that would further expand coverage…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — No big tax cuts are coming for Kansas residents even though the state treasury is bulging…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A former U.S. national security adviser called for deeper interaction between his country and Taiwan during a visit Saturday…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A massive fire erupted at an oil depot in Crimea after it was hit by two of Ukraine’s…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — When Oklahoma’s newly elected Republican head of public schools campaigned for the job last…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are touting their debt limit package as a first step toward fiscal…

By MATTHEW BROWN and SAM METZ Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The banishment of transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr from Montana’s…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press BUFORD, Ga. (AP) — A slate of Georgia Republicans led by Gov. Brian Kemp handily won reelection last year over…

By JAMES POLLARD and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, officials in several…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press More than a year after OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma reached a tentative settlement over the toll of opioids that…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kansas who say parents need alternatives to public schools couldn’t…

By MICHAEL WARREN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter tried like no president ever had to put human rights at the center of American…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 31 people convicted of nonviolent drug crimes…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Hugh Evans highlighted a staggering new statistic to explain why this year’s Global Citizen…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jack is back. Los Angeles Lakers superfan Jack Nicholson was watching at courtside for the…

Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Time to say goodbye. Seven lions, a bear, a camel and even a porcupine left Puerto Rico’s lone…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis police officer has been shot and wounded during a mental health-related welfare check at an apartment complex. Police…

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man accused of killing three teenage boys by intentionally ramming their car after they played a…

By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press Outspoken abortion provider LeRoy “Lee” Carhart has died. Clinics for Abortions & Reproductive Excellence in…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The sister of a woman killed in what prosecutors say was a doomsday-focused plot told jurors…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korea’s leader says her country would stage more…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors say the mother charged in a triple murder case took part in a complex conspiracy…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada’s government has made a new contract offer to the country’s biggest public workers union as thousands of federal…

MIAMI (AP) — An Arizona man was charged in South Florida with illegally smuggling diamonds into the United States. Guilherme Cipriani, 41, of…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some engineers for the Federal Aviation Administration wanted to ground the Boeing 737 Max soon after a second deadly crash, but…

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media say Suspected Israeli airstrikes have targeted the Syrian province of Homs. Syria’s state news agency, SANA,…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada and the United States have agreed to share more information on the smuggling of guns and drugs across their shared…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Why did 2,500 sheep cross the road? Because the grass was greener on the other side. In Idaho, it’s not unusual to see…

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana became the latest state to ban or restrict gender-affirming medical care for…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say three people have been killed and another wounded in a shooting in a Philadelphia residential neighborhood. It…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ongoing jury selection in the case of the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre is reviving the…

By MARGERY A. BECK and JAMES POLLARD Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Abortion bans in Nebraska and South Carolina fell short of advancing in…

By CÉSAR BARRETO y MARTÍN MEJÍA Associated Press TACNA, Peru (AP) — Stranded for five days under the scorching desert sun alongside a highway,…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The NBA’s Phoenix Suns and WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury announced a media rights deal on…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press With measures to protect abortion access becoming law in two states, a ban in a third state and court action…

Associated Press BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Workers seeking to unionize at a Ben & Jerry’s retail shop in the city where the ice cream brand was…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press As transgender people have increasingly gained acceptance and visibility, conservative lawmakers have zeroed in…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden awarded the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy to the Air Force Academy for winning football…

By HAVEN DALEY and AMY TAXIN Associated Press TWIN BRIDGES, Calif. (AP) — After winter storms dumped massive amounts of snow on California’s…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Crews have secured two container cars that floated away in the Mississippi River after a freight train derailed in…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s office says a special lawmaking session dedicated to…