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By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — At the World Wildlife Conference in Panama later this year, discussions are expected to…

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge in Chicago says a defamation lawsuit filed by two brothers who said they took part in a fake hate crime against…

NEW YORK (AP) — The 94th Academy Awards are set to air Sunday. It’s a long awaited return to Hollywood’s glamourous normalcy after a muted…

By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain has declared the beginning of “a new stage” in its strained relations with Morocco. The…

NEW YORK (AP) — A particularly prized copy of the first-ever Marvel comic book has fetched more than $2.4 million in an online auction. It’s…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and JOHN RABY Associated Press A former Virginia police officer has pleaded guilty to storming the U.S. Capitol with another…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s top elections official has paused certain preparations for the May 3 primary in…

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. migration agency estimates that nearly 6.5 million people have now been displaced inside Ukraine, on top of the 3.2 million…

By VANESSA GERA and PAWEL KUCZYNSKI Associated Press BOCHENIEC, Poland (AP) — Among those fleeing war in Ukraine are hundreds of children with…

By MARIA DI MENTO of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy MacKenzie Scott has donated $281 million to Boys & Girls Clubs of…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Rights groups urged Ugandan authorities to free two journalists detained for days over…

By ALI SWENSON Three current and former members of the Tennessee National Guard are safe and accounted for, despite a Russian newspaper’s false…

By JONATHAN DREW Associated Press Republican lawmakers in North Carolina have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to curtail the powers of state courts to…

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press A California man is desperate to get his 2-year-old American-born son out of Ukraine. Cesar Quintana has spent more…

By MARK PRATT Associated Press Lauro F. Cavazos Jr., a Texas ranch foreman’s son who rose to become the first Latino to serve in a presidential…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Everyone’s buzzing about tiny Saint Peter’s University after its stunning NCAA…

By ALEX SANZ Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Friday played down recent comments by the head of Russia’s space…

ST. PAUL, Minn. By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press (AP) — Public defenders are poised to go on strike as early as Tuesday across Minnesota over…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Playing James Taylor’s “Never Die Young” and going back to songs that marked the antiwar…

ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — Albert Ogletree was a name represented by an image of an oak leaf at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New…

By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jury selection in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz is on…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — India is buying discounted Russian oil, allowing it to increase its energy…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — When John Mayer toured with the Dead & Company band, he lost some motivation…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, one of the most influential leaders in Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, has died at the age of…