AP National News

By TOM KRISHER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The global shortage of computer chips is getting worse, forcing automakers to temporarily close…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota legislators are figuring out how to wade through the hundreds of photos,…

The Associated Press The government’s road safety agency reported Thursday that U.S. traffic deaths in the first quarter of 2021 rose by 10.5% over…

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist known for her writing on race is joining with educators in Iowa to launch a free…

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A key player in a North Carolina ballot probe that led to a new congressional election has been sentenced to six months in…

By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal and state agencies say they are responding to reports of oil and chemical spills…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri inmate who has been in prison for more than 40 years for a triple murder many believe he didn’t commit…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Meteorologists say natural and man-made forces made Ida deadly and devastating in the New York and New Jersey…

By The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — ABBA is releasing its first new music in four decades, along with a concert performance that will see the…

SLIDELL, La. (AP) — Sheriff’s officials are still searching for a man whose arm was ripped off during an alligator attack in the floodwaters of…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — An intergovernmental conference has taken early steps toward drawing up an agreement to curb plastic…

By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge is ordering a prominent participant in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S.…

By JAY REEVES Associated Press BELLE CHASSE, La. (AP) — Since Hurricane Ida, life in Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish is a mix of frustration and a…

By JOHN MARSHALL Associated Press The auto industry has raced ahead on an electric wave with more manufacturers joining the race seemingly every day.…

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. — A tornado that ripped through Mullica Hill, New Jersey, on Wednesday evening is believed to have had an EF-3 rating, with winds…

By PAT EATON-ROBB and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A small jet carrying crashed on takeoff Thursday morning from a small airport in central…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Documents obtained by The Associated Press show two senior Olympic officials from Kuwait have been…

By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s president has held talks in Cairo with the King of Jordan and the president of the…

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The South Florida house that gangster Al Capone owned for nearly two decades, and died in, is facing demolition plans. The…

BEIJING (AP) — President Xi Jinping says China will set up its third stock exchange to serve private companies in the capital, Beijing. The step…

By KATHY GANNON, TAMEEM AKHGAR and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Qatar’s top diplomat says that experts are racing to…

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s prime minister has announced his new cabinet in which women form the majority, keeping most of his previous…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has signed a declaration calling for a 30-day state of…

HELSINKI (AP) — Former Finnish President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Martti Ahtisaari is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and has withdrawn…

BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. (AP) — Investigators say twin 20-month-old boys found dead inside a car in the parking lot of a South Carolina daycare had likely…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — Tiffany Haddish may seem like an unconventional choice for a Paul Schrader movie, but…

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Joan MacDonald’s health was in shambles at age 71. She was overweight and on numerous…