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By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A shipwreck 260 miles east of Boston has been identified as that of the storied Coast Guard ship U.S.…

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New York man characterized as a leader of the Pagans motorcycle gang was sentenced to 33 months, or more than two and a half…

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — The U.S. State Department says next month’s presidential elections in Nicaragua “have lost all credibility” because…

By The Associated Press Qatar says female soccer players have been evacuated from Afghanistan on a flight to Doha. Qatar’s assistant foreign…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders has raised $2.1 million over the past…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he intends to nominate longtime diplomat Christopher Hill to be ambassador to Serbia. Hill retired from…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Federal meteorologists say there’s another La Nina, which can be bad news for parts of the parched West.…

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A white man serving a life sentence for fatally stabbing a Black college student at a bus stop at the University of Maryland…

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont man is facing up to life in prison after pleading guilty to federal charges that he commissioned a Venezuelan…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The main lawyer for Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi says he has been issued a gag order…

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The title of the new CBS sitcom “Ghosts” seems to be a dead giveaway. But there’s more…

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court is once again allowing Texas to continue banning most abortions. The…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Gary Paulsen, the acclaimed and prolific children’s author who often drew upon his rural…

CHICAGO (AP) — A 24-year-old man has been charged in an August shooting that killed a 7-year-old Chicago girl and seriously wounded her younger…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States has won a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council that former president…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund is warning of rising threats to a global recovery posed…

BANNING, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say police shot and killed a man who was armed with a rifle in Southern California. The man’s name was not…

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A U.S. judge has set a two-week deadline for a Libyan military commander to answer questions in a lawsuit accusing him of…

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A prominent Bill Cosby accuser has filed suit Thursday against the actor over a 1990 hotel…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Greece are expanding a defense cooperation deal that will grant…