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By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has ruled tha tprosecutors will be allowed to use rap lyrics as evidence when rapper Young…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A Black riverboat co-captain at the center of an Alabama riverfront brawl that drew national attention has been accused of…

LEXINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina judge has sentenced the wife of an Irish businessman and her father to additional prison time after their…

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee college student who was hit by a stray bullet while walking near campus has…

By ASTRID SUÁREZ and MARKO ÁLVAREZ Associated Press BARRANCAS, Colombia (AP) — The father of Liverpool striker Luis Díaz was released Thursday…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Tens of thousands of health care workers have ratified a new four-year contract with industry giant Kaiser Permanente…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Britney Spears’ “The Woman in Me” remained the country’s top-selling book in its second week of…

Associated Press Amazon is taking another shot at becoming a regular health care source for customers with the launch of a service centered on…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis police lieutenant who was placed on paid leave for more than a year for forwarding a racist email has been…

By ZEKE MILLER, ELLEN KNICKMEYER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel has agreed to put in place four-hour daily…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The Census Bureau is predicting an older and more diverse America in the coming decades, along with other…

NEW YORK (AP) — Omegle, a video chat service that connects users with strangers at random, is shutting down after 14 years following ample misuse…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press SHENGJIN, Albania (AP) — Some in the Western Balkans country saw it as reciprocation when the leaders of Albania…

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY, GENE JOHNSON and ED KOMENDA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities were hunting Thursday for whoever sent…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Surgeons have performed the world’s first transplant of an entire human eye, an…

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — The nation’s first openly gay governor is looking to re-enter politics nearly 20 years after he left. Former New Jersey…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press In 2015 Heather McDonald launched her podcast “Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald” as a way to promote her…

By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says he will sign a bill that would…

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and VICTOR CAIVANO Associated Press FORT MCMURRAY, Canada (AP) — During a May wildfire that scorched a vast swath of spruce and…

By ALICIA LEÓN, JOSEPH WILSON and ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — A Spanish right-wing politician is recovering in a hospital after…

MOSCOW (AP) — An economic grouping that includes several ex-Soviet nations along with Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey has held a summit in…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Partnerships between two- and four-year colleges and universities could help more community college students go…