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CHICAGO (AP) — A judge in Chicago has denied a last-ditch effort to dismiss a criminal case against actor Jussie Smollett. Smollett is accused of…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have added two publishers to their list of foreign agents, in what critics say is an ongoing effort to sideline…

By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Democrats are poised to approve new congressional district maps that would give Democratic…

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A prosecutor has ruled that a police officer who shot and paralyzed a man in downtown Waterloo, Iowa, in April acted legally…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The lawyer for an Afghan commander awaiting trial in Manhattan federal court says it’s…

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — A military judge has issued a reprimand for a Marine lieutenant colonel and ordered him to forfeit $5,000 in pay for his…

By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has ruled in favor of the release of communications between leaders in the…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Police departments that are requiring officers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 are running…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press Three months after creation of a commission to identify cybersecurity risks in state government, Missouri Gov. Mike…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Constitutional Court says it will examine the legality of parliament’s…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Amazon’s audiobook service Audible and phone apps for reading the holy books of Islam and Christianity…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The United Nations refugee agency on Friday expressed deep concern about legislation Poland adopted this week allowing the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts has rejected a Supreme Court stay request from the St. Louis-based natural gas company Spire Inc. to…

SOUTHLAKE, Texas (AP) — A Texas school district administrator told teachers that if they have books about the Holocaust in their classrooms, they…

PRAGUE (AP) — Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis says he wouldn’t accept an offer to try to create a new government after his centrist ANO…

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Customers of Ecuador’s largest bank continue to experience service disruptions following a cyberattack on the institution…

By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost has became only the second woman to lead one of…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The attorneys for prominent South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh have released medical…

BEIJING (AP) — China has sent three astronauts to its space station for a record-setting six-month stay for the country. The spacecraft blasted off…

ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — Investigators say a man on a motorcycle who fired on officers as they tried to pull him over was shot and killed on a South…

By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has taken her fight with the head of the city’s police officers union…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Capitol Police officer has been indicted on obstruction of justice…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge has denied a request by dozens of scientists and others at Los…

BRUSSELS (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Poland’s European Union partners need to step away from confrontation and instead talk to…

By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Charise Castro Smith, the first Latino woman to co-direct a Walt Disney Animation Studios…

ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit woman has been ordered to find another home for her four African caracals after one of the wild cats…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The lawyer for an American journalist detained almost five months in military-ruled Myanmar says he…

By ZEKE MILLER and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — President Joe Biden says he would prefer to slash the length of the new…