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By BABACAR DIONE and JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s only female presidential candidate may have little chance of…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two former Mississippi deputies wept in court Wednesday as a…

By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man convicted of killing his former girlfriend three decades ago has been put to…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican attorneys general in two dozen states are pushing back against a proposed…

By KEVIN McGILL and STEPHEN SMITH Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Olin Pickens sat in his wheelchair facing a life-sized image of himself on a…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Dubai sovereign wealth fund that’s the single-largest shareholder in the…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand said Wednesday it will ban disposable e-cigarettes, or vapes, and raise financial penalties for those…

By JEFF McMILLAN Associated Press Legislators in at least two U.S. states are citing a recent decision by England’s public health service to…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden talks to his supporters, he can make the presidential election sound like…

By BECKY BOHRER and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press OSO, Wash. (AP) — Landslides occur around the world and have helped shape the Earth as we know…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The House impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden is all but winding down,…

By ELÉONORE HUGHES and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — As Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s term wound down in the…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press LYNDON, Vt. (AP) — One of Vermont’s historic covered bridges has fallen under threat from modern technology.…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A South Korean tanker has capsized off an island in southwestern Japan. Authorities said the…

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Warnings about deepfakes and disinformation fueled by artificial intelligence. Concerns about…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police said they’ve found no explosives at Seoul’s Gocheok Sky Dome…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials signaled Wednesday that they still expect to cut their key…

By KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Australia has received its most senior Chinese leadership visit in nearly seven years with stability…

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Businessman Dave Taylor has defeated 10 of his fellow Republicans…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that he’d support a national ban on abortions around 15…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A report by a European business group says that uncertainty and “draconian…

By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court late Tuesday again prevented Texas from arresting and deporting…

INDEX, Wash. (AP) — The bodies of two people recovered over the weekend after they fell into the water at a dangerous swimming area in Washington…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina officials are preparing to remove over 1.2 million…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday gave final approval to a bill that would outlaw paid…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Catastrophic hunger is so dire in two world hotspots that famine is imminent in northern Gaza and approaching in…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A strong performance among voters who cast their ballots the day of the election in Ohio has…

Associated Press PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) — A new clerk was chosen Tuesday to oversee elections in a deep-red rural Nevada county that has been roiled by…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A businessman pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring with the leader of an offshoot polygamous…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Officials and residents of a town southeast of Yemen’s capital say nine members of one family…