AP National News

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The effort to feed thousands of pounds of lettuce to starving manatees in Florida has…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Wednesday swept aside the Democratic governor’s…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer A congressional hearing Wednesday targeting “NIL chaos” in college sports drifted into the…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Manhattan grand jury investigating hush money paid on Donald Trump’s behalf is scheduled…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press The judge who presided over Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial in South Carolina told his law school he wasn’t…

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A Vermont deputy sheriff who was involved in a gunfight in upstate New York…

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A career criminal whose rap sheet includes bank robberies and a murder conspiracy was sentenced to 16 years for killing a New…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Are tech companies moving too fast in rolling out powerful artificial intelligence technology that could…

By ADRIAN SAINZ, KRISTIN M. HALL, HOLLY MEYER and BEN FINLEY Associated Press NASHVILLE (AP) — Details from the rich, full lives of the three…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ justice minister has unveiled a host of measures to combat fan violence…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says Pedro Castillo remains “the legal and legitimate president” of Peru and that he was jailed as…

HINGHAM, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man whose SUV crashed through the glass storefront of an Apple store, killing one man and injuring nearly two…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican lawmakers accused top bank regulators of dawdling as Silicon Valley Bank hurtled…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has voted to repeal the decades-old congressional measure that greenlighted…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — A founding member of Pope Francis’ child protection advisory board has resigned. In an…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis’ elected prosecutor says she will run for reelection in 2024, even as she tries to fend…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is taking another look at creating a new no-fly list for unruly passengers. It’s an idea that was floated last…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer HOUSTON (AP) — A toxic cauldron on social media is one of the minefields players in the NCAA Tournament must…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A business group in Uganda including corporate giants such as Google says it opposes the…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI informant who marched to the U.S. Capitol with fellow Proud Boys members has…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Indonesia was stripped of hosting rights for the Under-20 World Cup on Wednesday only eight weeks…

By ISABELLA O’MALLEY and DANA BELTAJI Associated Press The countries of the United Nations led by the island nation of Vanuatu adopted what…

SENECA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — The National Women’s Hall of Fame has announced a new group of inductees. Among the honorees are social justice…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican says Pope Francis will be hospitalized for several days for treatment of a…

By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet The Flight Compensation Regulation in the European Union requires airlines to compensate passengers an amount from 250…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina residents can now buy a handgun without getting a…

NEW YORK (AP) — One of literature’s most famous whistleblowers, attorney Mitch McDeere of John Grisham’s “The Firm,” will soon be…

By JULIE PACE and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press ON A TRAIN FROM SUMY TO KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president invited his powerful…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish police say a 23-year-old man has formally been charged with murder and attempted murder for allegedly opening…

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press The U.S. Energy Department said Wednesday it has a new strategy to help meet the nation’s goals to vastly…

By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro says both South Korea and the United States have formally requested…

By KEVIN McGILL and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Oil companies offered a combined $264 million for drilling rights in federal…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling the leading version of naloxone without a…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Crews were working Wednesday to remove three remaining barges that got loose on the Ohio River, including one carrying…

PRAGUE (AP) — Czech labor unions have joined opposition parties to protest the government’s proposed bid to raise the retirement age by four…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Thursday following a rally on Wall Street as worries over banks following…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say police are continuing searches in Athens and other parts of the…

GENEVA (AP) — U.S. lawmakers said Wednesday that Credit Suisse kept allowing wealthy Americans to dodge tax payments, finding after a two-year…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police have launched a manhunt for convicted rapist and murderer Thabo…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission says a top EU transport official who accepted free flights and accommodation in Qatar has been transferred…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An oil tanker owned by a major U.S.-traded transportation company appears to be…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press DNIPRO, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the U.N.’s atomic energy watchdog has returned to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Russia’s ambassador after Moscow’s…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — WWE’s WrestleMania, the Super Bowl for the sports entertainment company, arrives this…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Police say a man in the United Arab Emirates’ sheikhdom of Sharjah jumped off a balcony to his death after…

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press Madrid (AP) — A Spanish Supreme Court judge has ordered the release of Clara Ponsatí, a Euro MP and a former…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s constitutional court ruled Wednesday that a law banning child marriages needs to be amended because it removes the…

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The leader of California’s first-in-the-nation reparations task force on Wednesday said it…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian diplomat says Moscow has suspended sharing any information about its nuclear forces…