AP National News

HOUSTON (AP) — Atlanta’s 6-2 victory over Houston in World Series Game 1 drew an average of 10,811,000 viewers on Fox, up 17.5% from the record…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California Supreme Court has refused to consider Brad Pitt’s appeal of a court ruling that disqualified the judge in his…

By ADAM BEAM and DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has rolled up his sleeve and received a…

KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — A third person injured when a drag racer veered into a crowd and crashed during a racing event in Central Texas has died. A…

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The former player at the heart of the Chicago Blackhawks assault scandal has come forward publicly.…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO, MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James plans to run…

MONROE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man has been convicted of trying to hire a hit man to kill his ex-wife while he was in jail awaiting trial on sex…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The state of Florida has withheld funding from two school districts over their…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Syria says the Syrian government’s refusal to negotiate on…

REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans is largely ending a mandate requiring residents and visitors wear masks indoors.…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge on Wednesday refused to pause a vaccine mandate set to…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks is raising its U.S. employees’ pay and making other changes to improve working conditions in its…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Twenty-one Republican state attorneys general have sent a letter to President Joe…

PONTOON BEACH, Ill. (AP) — A 31-year-old southern Illinois man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A jury has been seated in a civil trial to determine whether white nationalists who planned the 2017 “Unite the…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A state ethics panel has recommended a sham candidate for the Florida Legislature convicted of participating in a vote…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A federal jury has determined that The GEO Group must pay minimum wage — rather than $1 a day —…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press An early 18th-century painting depicting Yale University’s namesake with an enslaved Black child has been returned…

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A young Saudi man was released from prison after spending nearly a decade behind bars. His case had drawn international…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say three brothers who they allege were abandoned by their mother and her boyfriend…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is responding skeptically after Iran’s chief negotiator announced that Tehran…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The land where the Rhode Island Narragansett tribe survived near-annihilation in a battle with English colonists in 1675…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a settlement between Brown University and student-athletes who had challenged the Ivy…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is enforcing new warnings on breast implants. The federal…

By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A ransomware gang believed to operate out of Russia says it’s hacked the National…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman has received a life sentence for helping her husband plan the 2015 killings of his estranged pregnant…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal appeals court has granted a stay of execution for two Oklahoma inmates who were…