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By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers delivered another healthy month of hiring in February, adding a…

By MICHAEL KEALY and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press DUBLIN (AP) — Irish voters are voting in twin referendums to decide whether to amend the…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The charitable wing of the women’s professional tennis tour and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have started a…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s ancient capital of Kyoto, long a popular destination for tourists, is closing off some…

By LISA MASCARO and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans had demanded but never expected President Joe Biden to say the…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The State of the Union address is one of the durable set pieces of the…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Karol G made history at Wednesday night’s Billboard Women in Music awards ceremony.…

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Court of Appeals has denied a request to reconsider its earlier opinion stating that a former Grand Rapids…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s State Land Office will withhold lease sales indefinitely on its most…

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Body checking is a thing in the new PWHL women’s hockey league, which is a change from the…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democratic state Sen. Dave Min and Republican Scott Baugh will face off this November in California’s competitive 47th…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina top-flight club Vélez Sarsfield has suspended four players after a woman accused them of raping her last…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Police say three people have been shot in a park in Salem, Oregon, and that one of them has died. The Salem Police Department…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sitting at her kitchen table in Alabama, Sen. Katie Britt called President Joe Biden a…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers have passed a campaign finance reform bill that limits the amount of money…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida school districts could opt to allow volunteer chaplains in schools under a…

ABBEVILLE, La. (AP) — A rare calf born with two faces is continuing to flourish eight days after its birth at a southwest Louisiana farm. Owners of…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fear of crime on subways and buses is back as a top concern in some U.S. cities, and so are…

By KANIS LEUNG and ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong has proposed a law that threatens life imprisonment for residents who…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has supervised artillery firing drills aimed at…

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia city official arrested during a traffic stop says she started recording…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate has voted to expand insurance coverage for people seeking treatment…

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis City Council has passed a measure that would increase wages…

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mayor London Breed is pledging even greater improvements under a pair of controversial public…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are drawing sharp distinctions in the classified documents investigations…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — So long as they don’t eat them, stuff them or turn them into hats for the…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns will host the 2027 NBA All-Star game, the league announced Thursday, giving owner…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republicans in Iowa’s House of Representatives have approved a bill that would…

By JONATHAN MATTISE and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Tennessee House lawmakers have advanced a bill to undo the…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The federal judge who oversaw a New York defamation trial that resulted in an $83.3 million…