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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Alberta officials say a wildfire in western Canada that forced thousands of residents from their homes in the…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Critics of a new Louisiana law, which makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet (7.6…

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Human remains found at the base of Mount Elden in Flagstaff nearly five years ago have been identified as a Phoenix man…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s statewide police union is calling for what it calls “real…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee is opening an investigation into Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, after his indictment earlier this month…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press As the school year drew to a close, Daken Kramer worried about children who owed money for meals at his school. So the…

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A man accused of killing his Michigan girlfriend after returning to the U.S. following deportation has been ordered to…

RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) — U.S. National Park Service officials say an unoccupied house has collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean along North Carolina’s…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Melinda French Gates ‘ has a long history of supporting the women’s movement, but it’s her new eye-popping…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An international law enforcement team has arrested a Chinese national and disrupted a major botnet that…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities say a human skull found padlocked to an exercise dumbbell has been fished out of a New Orleans waterway, leaving…

By BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — When Achyut Ethiraj’s final appearance in the Scripps National Spelling Bee ended far…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Despite a long string of recalls that began more than two decades ago, about 6.2 million vehicles with…

Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A criminal court in Argentina has postponed to Oct. 1 the start of a trial in a criminal negligence…

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Buck Leonard. Charlie “Chino” Smith. Turkey Stearnes. Baseball players and fans alike are…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A nurse was fired by a New York City hospital after she referred to Israel’s war in Gaza…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After nearly two dozen witnesses, 16 days of testimony and hours of lawyers’ closing…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Samuel Alito is rejecting calls to step aside from Supreme Court cases involving former…

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball said Tuesday that it has incorporated records for more than 2,300 Negro Leagues players following a…

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Criminal charges against Scottie Scheffler have been dismissed, ending a legal saga that…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Yale University has named its 24th president. Maurie McInnis will take over on July 1 and succeed Peter Salovey, who…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore are assessing the country’s bridges after the…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Heat-related howler monkeys deaths in Mexico have been recorded in a total of four states, environmental authorities said. The…

NEW YORK (AP) — Three Black men are suing American Airlines, claiming they were discriminated against when ordered to leave a plane in January. The…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Jacqueline Stewart is leaving her post leading the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures to return to the University of…

By MATTHEW LEE and VADIM GHIRDA Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has pledged $135 million in aid to…

MIDDLETON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say two people died when a house exploded and caught fire in southern Wisconsin. One person was found dead in…

By TIA GOLDENBERG, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military said Wednesday it seized control of a…

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a massive explosion killed a bank employee, injured several other people and left an apartment building…

By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil withdrew its ambassador to Israel on Wednesday after months of tensions between…