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By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah State Board of Education member who is facing pressure from top state leaders to…

TUSTIN, Calif. (AP) — A man has been arrested after allegedly setting off a homemade firework near a Southern California shopping center. Reports…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Republicans are planning dueling presidential nominating conventions that will…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden ’s lawyers suggested Tuesday that claims made by a former FBI informant…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican prosecutor is asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide whether state law…

By RIO YAMAT and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former FBI informant charged with making up a multimillion-dollar bribery…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s First Lady Tammy Murphy, who is running for U.S. Senate, says she opposes…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The attorney for the estranged husband of an American missing in Spain under…

By RALPH D. RUSSO and STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writers The field for the 12-team College Football Playoff beginning next season will comprise five…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man charged with killing his wife has been sentenced to more than three years…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The governing body of the world’s most famous sled dog race has disqualified the 2023…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Influential labor groups now say they are opposing efforts to move two…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press The Southern Baptist Convention’s top administrative body voted Tuesday to oust four congregations — one for…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke’s “Drive-Away Dolls” signifies both the much-awaited return…

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press Divers have recovered the body of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham from a Texas river days after the girl went…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A broad Republican plan for cutting taxes in Kansas is dead. Enough members of the…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Opera has commissioned Huang Ruo to compose “The Monkey King” for a fall 2025 premiere — based on an…

By TRISHA AHMED, ANITA SNOW and JIM SALTER Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two young police officers and a firefighter-paramedic were killed in…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans have become increasingly reliant on their credit cards since the pandemic. So much so…

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — About 40% of small business owners think 2024 will be a “make or break” year for their…

TOOELE, Utah (AP) — A 9-year-old child has been arrested in northern Utah for fatally shooting a family member in the head. Officers from the…

HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush’s speedboat has a new owner. The 38-foot (11.5-meter) “Fidelity V” was auctioned for…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire lawmakers are considering changing the settlement process for those who allege…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The political rivals of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan have announced…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the highly…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — International advocacy organization Global Citizen is turning to Gen Z and millennial leaders in…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The authoritarian leader of Belarus has accused the West of trying to foment protests…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The most stolen books from San Francisco public libraries’ shelves are those about…

By NICK INGRAM and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two men charged with murder in last week’s shooting after the…

By BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A United Airlines cross-country flight was cut short and the jetliner landed in Denver after one…