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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two former top officials will repay thousands of dollars to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium after audits found improper…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A proposed U.S. House map that carves up fast-growing, Democratic-leaning Nashville…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Teachers around the U.S. are confronting classrooms where as many as half of students are absent. That’s…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief is warning that millions of Afghans are in grave danger and on…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Outgoing Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring has reversed more than 50 legal…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — ABC News is under fire for how it edited an interview that CDC Director Rochelle Walensky gave to…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Federal authorities say a South Dakota man charged this week with storming the U.S. Capitol last year performed…

By DANICA KIRKA and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Andrew has been stripped of his honorary military roles as allegations of…

NEW YORK (AP) — The Paramount+ streaming service has shut down its “60 Minutes+” spinoff that debuted only last year. The show had its own…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security officials say at least four rockets targeted the U.S. Embassy inside…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Four inmates at a northwest Arkansas jail have filed a lawsuit after they said they…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — An unprecedented, experimental attempt to feed manatees facing starvation in Florida has…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations is forecasting lower global economic growth for 2022 and 2023. It…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Police are treating a fire at the home of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors chair and a prominent labor leader as…

By JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee says it is planning a rules change that would…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Lael Brainard, President Joe Biden’s nominee for the Federal Reserve’s No. 2 spot,…

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — GOP Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says he has no regrets about his response…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police have dispersed hundreds of Bedouin protesters who blocked a desert highway during a demonstration against a…

WESTBROOK, Maine (AP) — A swirling disk of ice on a Maine river is drawing onlookers in the heart of winter once again. The disk has formed in the…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is prolonging economic sanctions against Russia for six months for failing to live up to its commitments to the…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state-run news agency says the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard force has tested the engine for a…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Two U.S. science agencies say 2021 was the sixth hottest year on record globally, part of a long-term warming…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Two brand-new COVID-19 pills that were supposed to be an important weapon against the…

By JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s domestic intelligence service has warned lawmakers that a London-based…

BY JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the prestigious Peace Prize, has issued a…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An investigation has found that Utah police made “several unintentional mistakes”…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch king has ruled out using, for now at least, the royal family’s “Golden…

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man has been arrested after hundreds of pigs died at his farm last month after they went without adequate food and…