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By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Conspiracy theories seem to be everywhere these days. They’re found in American politics…

LONDON (AP) — British police are hunting for a suspect after several people were injured with a corrosive substance in London. The Metropolitan…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi could start providing Medicaid coverage earlier in pregnancy in a bid to…

By MELISSA GOLDIN Associated Press The budding love story featuring music superstar Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce took…

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The first of two back-to-back atmospheric rivers is pushing into California, triggering…

HONOLULU (AP) — A surge of earthquakes at Kilauea’s summit is prompting scientists to raise the alert level for the Hawaiian volcano. But any…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a roughly $79 billion tax cut package expanding the child tax credit for…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled Californians don’t have to pay for and pass a background…

BERLIN (AP) — A union has called on security staff at most of Germany’s major airports to stage a one-day strike on Thursday as it steps up…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A review of Kentucky’s juvenile justice system has found continuing use of force issues in its detention centers and a lack…

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Fans have been wondering for days whether Taylor Swift will make it to the Super Bowl next week…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Donations poured in Wednesday to replace a destroyed statue of Jackie Robinson on what would have been the…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s City Council narrowly approved a resolution Wednesday calling for a permanent…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A defense attorney who has alleged that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has had an…

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer Cal Ripken Jr. and Grant Hill are part of the investor group that has agreed to buy the Baltimore Orioles. So are…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers have declined to advance a bill that would have stripped “gender…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Even before pornographic and violent deepfake images of Taylor Swift began widely circulating in the past few…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Boston doctor was found not guilty Wednesday on a charge of lewd acts near a 14-year-old girl on…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Abortion-rights supporters are mounting another push to restore abortion access in…

NEW YORK (AP) — Melinda Ledbetter Wilson, the longtime wife and manager of Brian Wilson whom the Beach Boys co-founder often credited for…

By ALEXANDRA OLSON and DAVID FISCHER Associated Press Writers MIAMI (AP) — A small venture capital firm faced tough questions from conservative…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — After facing fierce criticism, the head of Oklahoma’s public schools now says his…

By COLLEEN LONG and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White House senior adviser John Podesta will replace John Kerry as the top U.S.…

SEBRING, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a sheriff’s deputy in central Florida took his own life outside the agency’s headquarters. The Highlands…

By JENNIFER PELTZ.. Associated Press For about 15 years, Uriel Rincon told authorities he didn’t recognize the gunman who killed…

By STEPHEN GROVES, LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With time slipping to bolster Ukraine’s defenses,…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Travis Kelce is happy to have Taylor Swift on the Kansas City Chiefs bandwagon heading to…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed Disney’s free speech lawsuit against Florida…

By SUSAN HAIGH and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A challenger to the mayor of Connecticut’s largest city says he’s staying in…

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Minutes after beating Baltimore 17-10 on Sunday to clinch a spot in the Super Bowl, Travis Kelce…