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By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Prosecutors on Wednesday urged jurors to convict a former Colorado sheriff’s deputy of…

By ERICK KAGLAN Associated Press LOME, Togo (AP) — Amnesty International says authorities in Togo have repressed the media and prevented civilians…

By AMANDA SEITZ, REBECCA BOONE and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court heard its first test on Wednesday of…

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears unveiled a nearly $5 billion proposal for an enclosed stadium next door to…

DALLAS (AP) — Flight attendants at Southwest Airlines have ratified a contract that includes pay raises totaling more than 33% over four years, as…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Democratic governor in Kansas has vetoed a broad package of tax cuts for the second time…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden has used the launch of the Wounded Warrior Project’s annual Soldier Ride from…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Connecticut city alderman has been sentenced to 10 days behind bars for joining a mob’s assault on the U.S. Capitol…

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story published April 24, 2024, about a U.S. law that allows the Biden administration to seize Russian state assets located…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A fired minor league umpire sued Major League Baseball on Wednesday, claiming he was sexually…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. resolution sponsored by the United States and Japan…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Relatives of imprisoned Belarusian opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova say it’s…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A company started by a Texas billionaire oilman announced a deal Wednesday with Venezuela’s…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s signing of legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S. runs counter…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A state investigator in Michigan says he considers former President Donald Trump and some key allies to…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas panel has prohibited election officials from accepting voter registration forms signed with an electronic…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The FBI has determined that a young Black man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a rural…

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda says it’s ready to receive migrants from the United Kingdom after British…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A federal aviation official says one of the two pilots of an airplane that was laden…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse’s top official has taken the first steps toward removing a faculty member who was…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Some public school teachers in Tennessee could gain new powers to carry concealed guns into the classroom, a year…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Botswana’s foreign minister says his country was approached by the U.K. to take…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A jury has rejected a woman’s lawsuit seeking tens of millions of dollars against…

By STEPHEN GROVES and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Mike…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The North America’s Building Trades Unions has endorsed President Joe…

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Arizona doctors could give their patients abortions in California…

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Officials say U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. of New Jersey has died after a heart attack this month that left him hospitalized.…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER, JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a longtime U.S. Drug Enforcement…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican-led states are rushing to give broader powers to local police and impose criminal…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A man accused of fatally shooting a 9-year-old girl when he was robbed at a Houston ATM in 2022…