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By MICHAEL R. SISAK, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime head of the National Rifle Association said…

By JOHN ANTCZAK and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was felt widely across the nation’s second…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The flu season in the U.S. is getting worse with 38 states reporting high or very high levels for…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A new federal study finds that people taking popular diabetes and obesity drugs Ozempic and Wegovy had a lower risk…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press A former Alabama police officer has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Black man in front of his…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A petition initiative that would enshrine abortion rights in the Florida constitution has…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s former energy minister is quitting the Conservative Party and stepping down as a lawmaker over the government’s…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has named a former Colombian foreign…

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The former teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in a Virginia classroom said she still worries about the other…

HOUSTON (AP) — A pair of strays have landed in the doghouse after being caught on video causing more than a quarter-million dollars’ worth of…

By The Associated Press Millions of people across the eastern U.S. are preparing for a wintry mix of precipitation as a potent storm system looks to…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in St. Vincent and the Grenadines say U.S. actor Christian Oliver and his two daughters died in a plane crash…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 500 gun purchases have been blocked since a new gun law requiring stricter…

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — The man charged with killing seven people at a Fourth of July parade in…

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press Actor Shia LaBeouf, known for his off-screen troubles as well as his film roles, has converted to Catholicism…

By ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A new online application designed to make applying for federal student aid easier went live this…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York state lawyers increased their request for penalties to over $370 million Friday in…

DALLAS (AP) — A man accused of punching a flight attendant later kicked a police officer in the groin and spit on officers who were removing him…

By BASSEM MROUE, WAFAA SHURAFA and NAJIB JOBAIN Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of the Lebanese militia Hezbollah said Friday that his…

By SIBI ARASU Associated Press Azerbaijan’s ecology minister has been named to lead the United Nations’ annual climate talks later this year.…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say a man involved in a fight at a Philadelphia train station was killed when he fell onto the tracks and was…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 61-year-old man with schizophrenia is still missing three weeks after the St. Louis nursing home…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An advisory council says California Gov. Gavin Newsom should slash by at least a third…

By BRIAN MELLEY and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A U.S. fugitive known as Nicholas Rossi, who is accused of faking his…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press Missouri Republican U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer will not seek reelection, though his departure in what is considered…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Flooding from heavy rains has swamped parts of England, France and the Netherlands, and officials…

By KAREN MATTHEWS and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal transit safety investigators will be reviewing all of New York…