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By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Voters have approved a tax on mansions to pay for affordable housing initiatives in New…

By ACACIA CORONADO and ELLIOT SPAGAT AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Eight people died Wednesday when the driver of a car suspected of carrying smuggled…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials say it now takes less than half the time it took to process rape…

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Residents in a Brazilian community descended from runaway slaves ini Rio de Janeiro have…

PELLA, Iowa (AP) — Voters in a small Iowa city have narrowly decided not to support giving their City Council more power over their local library.…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A federal court jury has found a man not guilty of assaulting a woman at a U.S.…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu didn’t elaborate when he said this week that Israel…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Joe Buck and Troy Aikman were nicknamed “The A Team” when they joined Cris Collinsworth to form Fox’s top NFL…

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — More than 400 earthquakes have been detected beneath Washington’s Mount St. Helens in recent months, though there are no…

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Senate has approved lifting a 36-year-old moratorium on new…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has set a January execution date for what could be the nation’s first death…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will stay on the Minnesota primary…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels hired Ron Washington to be their new manager Wednesday, turning to a…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The physical pain of nearly dying when shrapnel from a roadside bomb in Iraq tore through his head…

By ÉDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — About 3,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti have blocked traffic…

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit police say a suspect is in custody in the fatal stabbing of a Detroit synagogue leader. Samantha Woll’s death has…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The deputy director of the new gun violence prevention office at the White House has been in…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The day that panda lovers have been dreading has finally come. The National Zoo’s three…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The family of a prominent Palestinian activist is fighting Israel’s arrest of the young…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of Democratic lawmakers are urging President Joe Biden to take steps to protect…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Wednesday for a united and…

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Nashville district attorney is calling on the Tennessee legislature to make it easier…

By JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal jury convicted two longtime U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration…

By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press A Russian news agency is reporting that the country is preparing to send a battalion of Ukrainian prisoners of war…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams defended members of his campaign staff while addressing a room…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Democratic group of governors led by Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer have joined…