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By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer DENVER (AP) — Earth’s fever persisted last year, not quite spiking to a record high but still in the top…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Democrat Brandon Presley has announced that he’s running for Mississippi…

COLLEGEDALE, Tenn. (AP) — The driver of a semi-truck involved in a Tennessee train derailment has been charged. News outlets reported on Wednesday…

By ZEKE MILLER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday appointed a special counsel to…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — In one of his first acts as Nebraska’s governor, Republican Jim Pillen has named…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal prosecutor says former Proud Boys…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s Parliament is demanding that the country’s government renegotiate the energy part of an EU-funded…

LONDON (AP) — Virgin Orbit said Thursday its first attempt to launch satellites into orbit from the U.K. failed after its rocket’s upper…

By DAVID KOENIG and TOM KRISHER AP Business Writers U.S. air travel has returned mostly to normal, a day after a computer system that sends safety…

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Love her or loathe her, Barbie has been transformed again, this time into a version for children…

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A human rights group says an opposition politician who ran against authoritarian Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell last week to their lowest level in 15 weeks as…

BY MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — David Byrne’s “American Utopia” may have gone from Broadway but the Talking Heads…

By BOBBY ROSS Jr. Associated Press COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — A year ago, Jeff Cohen and three others survived a hostage standoff at their Reform…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has kicked off her reelection campaign. The…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A little over a year after being celebrated at the Kennedy Center, Joni Mitchell will return to Washington for another lifetime…

By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia says its forces are edging closer to capturing a salt-mining town in eastern…

MACCLESFIELD, England (AP) — A soccer team in England’s eighth tier has granted its main striker a period of leave so he can appear on the new…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press KIRUNA, Sweden (AP) — The beginning of the end of Europe’s dependency on China for precious rare earth…

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, is set to visit Poland and…

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish judge has dropped sedition charges against former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont for his role in the region’s…