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By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America For Shelly Savoie, time is running out at the Motel 6 in Bossier City, Louisiana. So are…

By KEVIN MCGILL, CHEVEL JOHNSON and MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana communities battered by Hurricane Ida are now…

By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Lawmakers in Thailand have begun a no-confidence debate targeting Prime Minister…

By TOM VERDIN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Caldor Fire near Lake Tahoe can be measured in more than acres burned. While it has…

By JAY REEVES and STACEY PLAISANCE Associated Press CROWN POINT, La. (AP) — New Orleans largely escaped catastrophic flooding during Hurricane Ida,…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press CALIPATRIA, Calif. (AP) — Demand for electric vehicles has shifted investments into high gear to extract lithium…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press CALIPATRIA, Calif. (AP) — Demand for electric vehicles has shifted investments into high gear to extract lithium…

By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden still faces daunting challenges born of the hasty end of…

By KATHY GANNON, TAMEEM AKHGAR and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban are reveling in their victory after the…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the final five U.S. military transport aircraft lifted off out of…

By AAMER MADHANI and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is defending the way the U.S. ended its 20-year…

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska residents don’t know how much money they might get from the state’s oil wealth…

By SOPHIA EPPOLITO Associated Press/Report for America SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Members of the faith widely known as the Mormon church remain deeply…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SITES, Calif. (AP) — It’s been seven years since California voters agreed to borrow billions of dollars to…

By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Democrats were poised to set new legislative boundaries over objections from Republicans…

WEST MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida deputy was wounded, and the man who shot him was killed during a traffic stop. Brevard County…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Federal prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty for a 22-year-old former nursing student charged in a deadly shooting…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature has voted to guarantee people can call out their bosses publicly…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry is in Tokyo meeting Japan’s foreign minister to discuss efforts…

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska residents don’t know how much money they might get from the state’s oil wealth…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The mayor of Honolulu says the city will soon require patrons of restaurants, bars, museums,…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida state education officials have begun to make good on threats to withhold funding from local school districts that…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is asking…

A federal grand jury has indicted a defrocked American priest on charges of having sex with minors while running a children’s shelter in a remote…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the final five U.S. military transport aircraft lifted off out of…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press BERKELEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey authorities say a young lifeguard was killed and seven other people…