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By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Fort Lauderdale’s 25 inches of rain is a case of a strong thunderstorm not knowing when to say when.…

By JOE McDONALD and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Stocks are opening flat on Wall Street Friday as strong earnings from some big banks are offset by…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, COLLEEN LONG, CHRIS MEGERIAN and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press BALLINA, Ireland (AP) — President Joe Biden ended his trip to…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — The scent of the Mississippi Delta’s soil took hold of…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The trip by Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to Beijing…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Andre Blount has been serving food to dignitaries at World Bank headquarters for nearly 10…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China sanctioned a United States lawmaker Thursday for his visit to Taiwan, saying he…

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — They’re the biggest of brands. But with no logos. And that’s the whole point. Call it…

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL AP Science Writer SURGUJA, India (AP) — Poonam Gond is learning to describe her pain by numbers. Zero means no pain and 10 is…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A bus carrying Israeli tourists fell on its side on a road in southern South Korea, killing one woman and injuring 34…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press SAINT-LOUIS, Senegal (AP) — When the gas rig arrived off the coast of Saint-Louis, residents of this seaside…

By FOSTER KLUG Associated Press KARUIZAWA, Japan (AP) — Russian threats to nuke Ukraine. China’s belligerent military moves around rival…

By LEKSHMI GOPALAKRISHNAN, Press Trust of India KOCHI, India (AP) — Nearly two years ago, Mary Sebastian was hoisted on a chair and carried by a…

A Moscow court on Thursday again fined Wikipedia for a Russian-language article it refused to remove about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the…

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Two U.N. groups said Thursday that the number of migrants crossing the dangerous Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama could…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s most powerful tropical cyclone in eight years lashed its northwest coast…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill approved by the…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will soon no longer require unanimous jury recommendations for judges to…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative mega-donor Harlan Crow purchased three properties belonging to Supreme Court…

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A rapid spring snowmelt after an unusually wet winter is unleashing flooding from the Southwest to the Rockies, causing…

By SUMMER BALLENTINE and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press COLUMBIA. Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s attorney general has announced new restrictions…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Environment Department promised to do more to protect the endangered vaquita marina porpoise Thursday, to head…

By MATT O’BRIEN and HALELUYA HADERO PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The chatting app Discord is one of the most popular ways gamers communicate…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida man has been sentenced to eight months in federal prison for his role in the insurrection and storming of the U.S.…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies are accused of violating the civil rights…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police leaders hope to show that crime reduction and police reform aren’t mutually…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The judge who oversaw the sentencing of the Parkland massacre gunman won’t be able to oversee proceedings in another…

By MARIA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican prosecutors say the head of the country’s immigration agency is scheduled to make an…

By JAVIER COLÓN DÁVILA Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Two cousins of Puerto Rico’s Gov. Pedro Pierluisi have pleaded guilty for…

By ROB MAADDI and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writers Two people with knowledge of the situation tell The Associated Press that a group led by Josh…

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — It’s start of questioning for potential jurors in the defamation trial involving…

DETROIT (AP) — An Ohio doctor acquitted in the deaths of 14 patients who died after being given painkillers has filed suit against a Catholic…

By ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press A startup business that places small turbines in irrigation canals to generate electricity has raised…

By LAURA UNGAR and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press Doctors, clinics and telehealth providers across the country are scrambling to figure out how they…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In trying to identify who was behind a major breach of classified U.S. documents, federal…

By DICK SCANLON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays tied Major League Baseball’s post-1900 record for 13…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A former Colombian rebel leader who now heads a political party has addressed the U.N.…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s monthslong absence from the Senate to recover in California…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A tech consultant was arrested and charged with murder Thursday in the…

By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Law enforcement officials say while there are no known threats to this year’s Boston Marathon, on…

By AARON MORRISON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner made a surprise appearance Thursday at a women’s empowerment…

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Peruvian judge has convicted retired army general and conservative politician Daniel…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press The city of Minneapolis agreed Thursday to pay nearly $9 million to settle lawsuits filed by two people who said…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Martin Scorsese was knee-deep in preparation for “Killers of the Flower Moon” when Mara Hennessey…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Airlines has canceled about two dozen flights in Alaska because of an ash cloud from a Russian Volcano. The…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study finds that climate change is making droughts faster and more furious — and especially one…