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By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors on Thursday urged a judge to start Donald Trump’s hush money criminal…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Opponents of online sports betting in Florida have lost their latest fight against a…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s anti-corruption crusader Arvind Kejriwal has been arrested by a federal agency that…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The heads of leading U.S. airlines want to meet with Boeing and hear the aircraft manufacturer’s strategy for…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers kept pressing an appellate court Thursday to…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” George Miller’s eagerly awaited follow-up to “Mad Max: Fury Road,” will make its…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed back to nearly 7% this week, pushing up…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Colorado man who helped other rioters drag a police officer into a mob storming the U.S.…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are dismissing an immigration-related bill pushed by Democratic senators and…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers introduced a $1.2 trillion spending package Thursday that sets the stage for avoiding…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought against the state of New Hampshire after…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,” in theaters everywhere March 29, is a sequel to “Godzilla vs. Kong,” the…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has defrocked a notorious Belgian bishop who admitted 14 years ago that he sexually…

West Virginia state police say a 15-year-old boy shot and killed his father in self-defense after the man fired a shotgun at the boy’s mother and…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are being urged to show the same respect for international law in Gaza as…

By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The U.S. has announced more than $47 million in humanitarian aid for war-torn Sudan and two…

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A family member has been arraigned in the fatal shooting of a Michigan congressman’s brother. Timothy J. Kildee is accused of…

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — Three people in a hot air balloon in Minnesota escaped largely unscathed after their basket clipped a power line, fell to…

JEANNETTE, Pa. (AP) — Investigators are searching for the cause of a fire that tore through a house in the Pittsburgh suburbs, killing a man and…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A dramatic story of survival and rescue off Indonesia’s west coast is a reminder of the plight of…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s fundraising picked up last month but his political…

By ELENA BECATOROS and LEFTERIS PITARAKIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have presented new plans for tackling wildfires…

PARIS (AP) — France’s sports minister says that more than 300 French coaches, teachers and sports officials have been accused of sexual abuse…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — The owner of a firearms training center in Vermont has pleaded not guilty to felony aggravated…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota police officer will not be charged for fatally shooting a 65-year-old man who was armed with a knife. The…

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A legal adviser to the European Union’s top court has recommended that it annul Europe’s fishing agreement with…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, LINDSAY WHITEHURST, FRANK BAJAK and MIKE BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders have agreed in principle to open membership negotiations with…

LURAY, Va. (AP) — Officials say crews are battling scores of wildfires around Virginia, including a fire affecting hundreds of acres at Shenandoah…

By STEPHEN WADE and TONG-HYUNG KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is referred to in Japan as “kanpeki no hito” —…