AP National News

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Groups of thieves ransacked jewelry and high-end clothing stores throughout the San…

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa judge has ruled that 2019 state law passed by Republicans prohibiting Medicaid…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A divided Venezuelan opposition has found itself  on familiar territory, having…

PARIS (AP) — French Prime Minister Jean Castex has tested positive for COVID-19 hours after a visit to neighboring Belgium. The announcement from…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is keeping up pressure on Russia over a Russian pipeline project in Europe that the United States opposes.…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection has issued subpoenas to five…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s final congressional map sprinted through the Legislature last week and was…

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts judge has dismissed criminal neglect charges against two former leaders of a veterans’ home where…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is defending a new law assigning sprawling limits on COVID-19…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press CHACO CULTURE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland met with state and…

By DAVID PORTER Associated Press A New Jersey man who conspired with his girlfriend to concoct a feelgood story about a helpful homeless man and then…

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Aykroyd, an Emmy-nominated actor and writer on “Saturday Night Live” for the 1979-80 season who…

PRAGUE (AP) — Protesters are marching through the Czech capital of Prague to decry the government’s new restrictions on unvaccinated people. The…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, are getting into the holiday…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The regional train system serving the Washington D.C. area will remain on drastically reduced…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida man photographed carrying a lectern belonging to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office at the U.S. Capitol during the…

By MARCOS ALEMAN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The United States’ top diplomat in El Salvador has announced she is leaving…

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A lion has been killed after escaping its enclosure at a zoo and killing its handler in northern Guatemala. The news site…

By JOHN RICE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Fernando González, the head of Caribbean newsgathering for The Associated Press, has died in…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Poet Robert Bly, who authored the men’s movement classic “Iron John,” has died. Bly…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials are proposing more than $160,000 in fines against eight airline passengers over incidents involving alcohol.…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister says he will lead his country’s army…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A formerly homeless man who ended up in a mental institution for more than two years…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Two Fox News Channel contributors have quit, saying “irresponsible” voices have drowned out the…

NEWBURY, Ohio (AP) — A tractor-trailer apparently collided head-on with a van Monday on an Ohio state highway, killing five of the seven people in…

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — More than 100 Afghans believed to have been at risk from the Taliban have been granted temporary shelter in Greece…

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Disney has paused its policy requiring Florida-based employees to take the COVID-19 vaccine following new laws passed…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III received a stern talking-to from a Las Vegas judge but…