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By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An 88-year-old Australian doctor held captive by Islamic extremists in West Africa for…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The executive committee of Minnesota’s Democratic Farmer Labor Party gave initial approval to bylaws that will permanently…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press Hundreds of measures targeting transgender people have been proposed in statehouses this year, and several have…

ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — Seven people were killed and multiple others hurt in a crash involving several vehicles Thursday on Interstate 5 in an…

By TERRY TANG and JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The trial for Kari Lake’s only remaining legal claim in her challenge to…

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers blocked two big environmental bills Thursday:…

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has overestimated the value of the weapons it has sent to Ukraine…

WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota man pleaded guilty to manslaughter after he hit and ran over an 18-year-old at a street dance. Shannon Brandt,…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The union that represents railroad engineers has finally secured its first deal for paid sick…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Police say Thursday that two suspects have been arrested in the death of a 6-year-old boy nearly two weeks…

ALPENA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A 13-year-old Michigan boy who used a slingshot to save his 8-year-old sister from an attempted kidnapping said he…

By LESLIE AMBRIZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pierce Brosnan has attempted to write about himself many times, but it’s through painting…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Navy investigation prompted by a spate of suicides is recommending widespread improvements…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Five major U.S. cities and the state of California will receive federal help to get…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top prosecutor says caregivers tortured a 38-year-old…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A first-of-its-kind RSV vaccine for pregnant women guards their newborns against the scary…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The son of a key federal witness who officials gunned down decades ago during a major…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee says he is pausing an effort to hold…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — St. Paul police say they have arrested a 42-year-old suspect in an arson that extensively damaged a mosque and a community…

By MORGAN LEE, SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and ANITA SNOW Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Videos released Thursday of this week’s deadly rampage…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 5.1 has shaken the southern island of Crete. There were no…

WOODBINE, Ga. (AP) — A grand jury in Georgia has indicted three former sheriff’s officers in the beating of a Black jail detainee that was…

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s Constitutional Court has rejected multiple challenges that sought to invalidate President Guillermo Lasso…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press A group led by a Nebraska state lawmaker plans to again try to put the question of legalizing medical marijuana…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are pushing to keep AM radio in the nation’s cars. A…

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. announced Thursday that it was scrapping plans to build a new campus in central Florida and…