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By JACK DURA and RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has emerged as a serious contender to be…

By RICHARD LARDNER and JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is one of Donald Trump’s most visible and…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump won’t be alone at Thursday’s debate. Moderators Dana Bash…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Forensic and other experts are combing through the charred ruins of a factory building…

By DASHA LITVINOVA and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — One was a journalist on a reporting trip. Another was attending a…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster are on opposite…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It could be a well-rehearsed zinger or an offhand, too-loud sigh. Notable moments from past…

By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press TILA, Mexico (AP) — It was night when residents began hearing gunshots in the remote southern Mexico town of Tila.…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Aleksander Barkov put his hands at either end of the Stanley Cup and began skating away to…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — There was no collapse. The Florida Panthers are Stanley Cup champions for the first time, and…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The jury in the class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers against the NFL is…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Rescue workers are combing through the charred ruins of a factory building near South…

NEWBERN, Ala. (AP) — The first Black mayor of a small Alabama town, who said white city officials blocked him from taking office, will return to…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas has sued two pharmacy benefit managers, accusing them of enabling the opioid…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Senate staffer has testified at a bribery trial that planning for Sen. Bob Menendez’s…

Associated Press If you think airports are crowded this summer, it’s not your imagination. The TSA says it screened a record number of…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press As residents return to a fire-ravaged village in the mountains of southern New Mexico, the mayor on Monday…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee state Democratic lawmaker and reproductive rights activist have filed a…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The liberal majority of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court says taxpayers will pay half of the…

CHICAGO (AP) — The longest-serving City Council member in Chicago history has been sentenced to two years in prison for corruption. That was far…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After months of casting President Joe Biden as a shell of a man incapable of putting two sentences…

BY HOLLY RAMER Associated Press Brentwood, N.H. (AP) — Both sides in a landmark trial over abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention center were…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Associated Press says a tightly contested race in Virginia between one of America’s most conservative congressmen and a…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief has launched global principles to combat online hate and lies…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court is reinstating an agency rule that prohibits residents from…

TORONTO (AP) — A fourth teenage girl accused in the fatal stabbing of a Toronto homeless man two years ago has pleaded guilty. The girl was 14 at…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The leader of a notoriously violent gang in Haiti linked to the kidnapping of 16 U.S.…

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Police say Iowa receiver Kaleb Brown was arrested for operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A former North Dakota lawmaker who was one of the most powerful members of the Legislature has…