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STERLING, Va. (AP) — One firefighter is dead after an explosion in a Washington, D.C., suburb leveled a home. Nine firefighters were injured where…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer MUNICH (AP) — The State Department says the top U.S. and Chinese diplomats held a “candid and constructive”…

CHICAGO (AP) — The cause of death for a 5-year-old Venezuelan boy who died in December after becoming ill at a temporary shelter for migrants in…

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seven of nine Los Angeles firefighters injured when a truck’s fuel tank exploded have been…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s legal debts might now exceed a half-billion dollars. A New York judge ordered…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s flagship H3 rocket reached orbit and released two small observation satellites in a…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Northern California judge is under investigation by a state agency for alleged ethical…

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The driver of a stolen tow truck has led police on a chase through Maryland, using the vehicle to break through a…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say they saw a huge increase in the number of migrants from Africa and Venezuela entering the country in…

COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a Compton man who may have been breeding pit bulls has been mauled to death in a backyard. Investigators say…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A jury has awarded $10 million to a Detroit-area man who spent nearly six years in prison for the…

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice says a Ukrainian man has pleaded guilty to involvement in two separate malware schemes,…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada regulators have issued the first license to operate a lounge where cannabis can be consumed recreationally. The state…

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s government has shut down the country’s scouting organization and seven other nongovernmental…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A Venezuelan businessman who helped hide almost $17 million in bribe payments by an ally of…

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Frankie Muniz was running late. Or so he thought. The 38-year-old…

By JENNIFER PELTZ and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump suffered a big blow Friday as a New York judge ordered the…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada is suing the county that includes Las Vegas over its…

WINSLOW TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A southern New Jersey school district will pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit brought by two students who claim they…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley, a Republican presidential candidate; Gov. Josh…

NEW YORK (AP) — A naturalized U.S. citizen from Minnesota is charged with providing material support to a terrorist organization. Federal…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Amazon is arguing in a legal filing that the 88-year-old National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional,…

GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) — Officials say a science experiment gone wrong at a Tennessee elementary school sent 18 students and a teacher to the…

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — City crews have taken a first step toward securing an unfinished complex of downtown Los…

SCOTTVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a 21-year-old Tennessee man traveled to Michigan and tried to enroll at a high school after meeting a…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Researchers are finding that record hot seawater killed more than three-quarters of human-cultivated coral that…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Four major gambling revenue records were smashed in New Jersey in January. Internet…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A television station in Portland, Oregon, says it deeply regrets inadvertently showing a racist image during a program aimed…

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer NBA champion and “Survivor” contestant Scot Pollard is “awake and feeling great” a day after a heart…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official was sentenced to more than two years…