The Associated Press
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The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business.
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A lawyer for Donald Trump said Thursday he’s been told that the former president has been indicted in New York on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter.
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Floridians will be able to carry concealed guns without a permit under a bill the Legislature sent to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. The governor, who is considering a presidential run, has said the issue is one of his priorities.
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The high-stakes gambler who opened fire on a concert crowd on the Las Vegas Strip, killing 60 and injuring hundreds more, was angry over how the casinos were treating him despite his high-roller status, according to FBI documents made public this week.
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The president tweeted a photo of him with Hamlin in the Oval Office and said it was an honor to meet Hamlin and his family.
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One person was wounded in a shooting that sparked an hourslong lockdown at a North Carolina community college on Thursday, police said.
Updated: 39 minutes ago
|By The Associated Press and NICOLE WINFIELD
The 86-year-old pope, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, ate breakfast, read the newspapers and was working from his hospital room at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, according to a statement from spokesman Matteo Bruni.
Updated: 43 minutes ago
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Weeks after the failure of two banks, President Joe Biden called Thursday for independent regulatory agencies to impose tighter rules on the financial system, telling them that they can act under current law without additional steps taken by Congress.
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Terry Sanderson, 76, is suing Paltrow, claiming she skied out of control and crashed into him.
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Former President Jair Bolsonaro returned Thursday to Brazil after a three-month stint in Florida following his election loss, and the right-wing populist told supporters he doesn’t think leftists will be in power in Brazil for long.
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Human remains found in a storage unit have been identified as those of a former police chief.
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|By The Associated Press and PAUL J. WEBER
It's a decision that opponents say could jeopardize preventive screenings for millions of Americans.
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Overall, the Deep South state saw one of the steepest population drops in the country.
Updated: 2 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and KIMBERLEE KRUESI and TRAVIS LOLLER
One caller told a dispatcher that she could hear gunshots as she hid in the closet of the The Covenant School’s art room.
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Russian media says a court in Moscow ordered a Wall Street Journal reporter to remain behind bars pending an investigation on spying charges.
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This latest derailment in Raymond, Minnesota, happened as the nation has been increasingly focused on railroad safety.
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|By The Associated Press and FREIDA FRISARO
Officials say the plan is to transport Lolita by plane to Pacific waters off Washington state, where she will initially swim inside a large net while trainers and veterinarians teach her how to catch fish.
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The Maryland base was locked down after the person was reportedly seen near the base’s housing area, according to the base’s Facebook page.
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A Pentagon spokesman said the six were in addition to the death of an American contractor and the wounding of six troops and another contractor in the two separate attacks.
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U.S. authorities on Thursday said they arrested a Washington state man who made more than 20 “swatting” calls around the country and in Canada, prompting real emergency responses to his fake reports of bombs, shootings or other threats.
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The country’s gun violence problem was thrust into the national conversation again this week after a shooter killed 3 children and 3 adults at a Christian school in Tennessee; nobody who was shot survived.
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It’s the latest accusation that Russia, desperate for weaponry and restricted by sanctions and export controls, is turning to “rogue” nations to help it continue to prosecute the 13-month-old war.
Updated: 5 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and NICOLE WINFIELD
The Vatican repudiates the Doctrine of Discovery theory that, backed by papal decree, legitimized the colonial seizure of Native land.
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House Republicans on Thursday approved a sprawling energy package that seeks to undo virtually all of President Joe Biden’s agenda to address climate change.
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The court’s judgments are final and legally binding.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin suspended the country's participation in the New START treaty last month.
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One expert expects the average list price for used cars to continue to rise through at least the summer.
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The confidence and spending of consumers, who fuel the bulk of U.S. economic growth, remains relatively solid.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and SEUNG MIN KIM and LISA MASCARO
It marks the second time in the new Congress that the Biden administration has signaled opposition to a Republican measure, only to soften his stance and let the legislation eventually become law.
Updated: 17 hours ago
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The man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” and was freed by Rwanda last week from a terrorism sentence is set to arrive Wednesday in the United States, where will reunite with his family after being held for more than two years, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Updated: 17 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer
The legislation would let the TSA ban people convicted or fined for assaulting or interfering with airline crew members.
Updated: 19 hours ago
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Last week, Gwyneth Paltrow took the stand and insisted the ski collision wasn’t her fault.
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Immigration authorities said they released 15 women when the fire broke out, but have not explained why no men were let out.
Updated: 20 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and TRAVIS LOLLER, KIMBERLEE KRUESI and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press
Hundreds of people have gathered at a candlelight vigil to mourn the three children and three adults slain in a school shooting in Nashville.
Updated: 21 hours ago
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West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday signed a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors, joining at least 10 other states that have enacted laws restricting or outlawing medically supported treatments for transgender youth.
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In a statement, Disney said all agreements were above board and took place in public.
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Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Wednesday swept aside the Democratic governor’s veto of a bill regulating some of the most personal aspects of life for transgender young people — from banning access to gender-affirming health care to restricting the bathrooms they can use.
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China threatened retaliation on Wednesday if U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets with Taiwan’s president during her upcoming trip through Los Angeles.
Updated: 22 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and MARY CLARE JALONICK
The bill would block and prohibit U.S. transactions with TikTok’s parent company, Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd., within 30 days.
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The White House said the president would reaffirm the administration’s commitment to support the people of Mississippi for “as long as it takes.”
Updated: 23 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and JANIE HAR
It could cost California more than $800 billion to compensate Black residents for generations of over-policing, disproportionate incarceration and housing discrimination, economists have told a state panel considering reparations.
Updated: 23 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and KEVIN McGILL and MATTHEW BROWN
The auction was the first in the Gulf in more than a year and drew interest from industry giants including ExxonMobil, Shell and Chevron.
Updated: 23 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
The informant, who identified himself in court only as “Aaron," was a defense witness at the trial of former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants.
Updated: 23 hours ago
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Prosecutors charged seven California Highway Patrol officers and a nurse with involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday in connection with the 2020 death of a man who screamed “I can’t breathe” while multiple officers restrained him as they tried to take a blood sample.
Updated: 24 hours ago
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The children slain at The Covenant School were Hallie Scruggs, described by an aunt as “always on the go”; Evelyn Dieckhaus, her family's “shining light”; and William Kinney, whose family has said little publicly so far.
Updated: 24 hours ago
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Since the current storm-naming system was adopted in 1953, a total of 96 names have been retired from the Atlantic basin list.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2023 at 4:45 PM CDT
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Opening his second democracy summit, Biden looked to spotlight hopeful advancements over the past year.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2023 at 4:31 PM CDT
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At least 293 of Starbucks’ 9,000 company-owned U.S. Starbucks stores have voted to unionize since late 2021, according to the National Labor Relations Board.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2023 at 4:26 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press and JOHN RABY Associated Press
Within about four minutes after police arrived on campus, the shooter was taken down.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2023 at 4:26 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press and MARC LEVY
Fetterman has been in treatment for clinical depression after suffering a strok last May.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2023 at 3:43 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press and MICHAEL R. SISAK
The break, which was scheduled in advance when the panel was convened in January, coincides with Passover, Easter and spring break for the New York City public school system.
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