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JEFF AMY Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi judge will decide whether a death row inmate is competent to waive all his appeals…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has hit Iran with a fresh set of sanctions as President Joe Biden prepares for a key weekend meeting with…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II has been advised to rest for at least the next two weeks.…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — In a story published Dec. 13, 2018, about a death row inmate who said he wanted to be executed, The Associated Press…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man found not guilty of attempted murder after firing at Minneapolis police during the unrest that followed George Floyd’s…

PINK, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say an Oklahoma deputy sheriff was shot several times while responding to reports of a domestic disturbance on the…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers have voted to continue work on legislation dubbed “Stop LGBT,” which would ban pride parades and…

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed into law a bill that allows Iowa workers to seek medical and…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors have asked a judge to order California lawyer Michael Avenatti to begin…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) —  A former Republican congressman from Staten Island is making a bid to return to elected…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Canada and the Netherlands are counting on the weekend Group of 20 summit in Rome to make significant progress toward…

ALBERTO ARCE Associated Press VALBUENA, Spain (AP) — Police in Spain are investigating the robbery of 45 valuable bottles of wine from an upscale…

ATLANTA (AP) — Longtime Atlanta news anchor Jovita Moore has died after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. She was 54.…

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) — Toyota says it is investing $461 million into its first U.S. plant to add new technology, increase production flexibility…

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A state appeals court says Louisiana’s largest health system can’t fire or…

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Musician Zayn Malik has pleaded no contest to charges that he harassed his girlfriend — supermodel Gigi Hadid — and her…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press KENOVA, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia was at the forefront of U.S. state rollouts when coronavirus vaccines became…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Witches and warlocks, ghosts and ghouls can breathe a little easier this…

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s anti-crime agency said Friday that four people have been detained on suspicion of stealing 22…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarus has forced the closure of the U.S. Embassy’s Public Diplomacy and USAID offices…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin on a movie set has put a microscope on an often-unseen corner of…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has extended the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the disputed…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is challenging  G-20 leaders to overcome…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — One of several legal challenges to North Carolina’s contentious voter ID law is on…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Puneeth Rajkumar, a leading star of southern Indian regional cinema, has died after a massive…

By LISA MASCARO and SARA BURNETT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois says he will not seek reelection…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer Attorneys for Hannah Gutierrez Reed, who was in charge of weapons on the movie set where Alec Baldwin fatally shot…

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Merriam-Webster has added 455 new words to its venerable dictionary. The list includes a number of abbreviations and…

By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s annual investment forum has drawn over a thousand participants, with…

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Four weeks after an oil spill off Southern California’s coast, surfers have been…