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By JENNA EBBERS AND CASSIDEY KAVATHAS, News21 CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — The sanctuary in Grace Covenant Reformed Church was packed. People stood shoulder…

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Rangers have hired Hockey Hall of Famer Angela Ruggiero as a hockey operations adviser. The team announced the…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday questioned whether living in poverty would be enough to qualify someone…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s lunar rover is continuing its walk on the moon after the historic touch-down of…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Estonia’s strongly pro-Ukrainian prime minister is under increasing pressure to resign, after Estonian media revealed…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Court records show convicted murderer and former attorney Alex Murdaugh has agreed to…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s top security official says she hopes prosecutors will find sufficient evidence to indict whomever carried out an ttack on…

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — Police say an infant has died after being left in a car on a scorching day in South Dakota. Police say the baby was found…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The government of the Bahamas has unveiled several bills aimed at legalizing marijuana for medical and religious…

LAKE TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — Police performing a welfare check at an Ohio home found five family members dead inside. Authorities say the family died…

NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for the family of a Marine killed in Afghanistan said Thursday that a new version of a lawsuit accusing actor Alec Baldwin…

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a New York man to serve three months in prison for making threatening phone calls to Republican…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Niger’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the French ambassador has been asked to leave…

By YOUCEF BOUNAB Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris booksellers who work on the banks of the River Seine for decades are refusing to leave during…

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two-time Grammy winner Jason Mraz released his latest album “Mystical Magical Rhythmical…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Open Society Foundations plan to significantly curtail their work in Europe and lay off much of their staff there.…

By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press POTTER, Neb. (AP) — When Reed Cammack hears the first meadowlark of spring, he knows his family has made it…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Marine Corps pilot has died in the crash of combat jet near a San Diego military base. The service says in statement Friday that…

McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — A Texas prosecutor says he will not seek the death penalty for a man convicted of killing two elderly women and suspected of…

Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish customs agents and National Police said they confiscated the country’s biggest cocaine haul to date of 9.5…

By COREY WILLIAMS and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — At least seven tornadoes touched down in Michigan as part of…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s internal security officers are searching for the source of an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease which…

By KEN MILLER and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press Fire broke out Friday morning at a state prison in Texas, forcing more than 650 inmates to evacuate…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s far-right national security minister lashed out at supermodel Bella Hadid on…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats are accusing big tax preparation firms including Intuit and H&R…

By REBECCA BOONE, BEATRICE DUPUY, GENE JOHNSON and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Within a day of Maui County releasing…

PARIS (AP) — French investigative magistrates have ordered former president Nicolas Sarkozy and 12 others to go on trial on charges that his 2007…