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Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s highest court rejected on Wednesday a challenge by Monsanto Co. to $86.2 million in damages to…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines says Chinese coast guard ships have blocked and sprayed a powerful stream…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The winner of this year’s National Book Award for fiction is Jason Mott’s “Hell of a…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX is aiming to launch its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship to orbit in…

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it is extending through May a timeline to decide how or whether to proceed with…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.’s special representative for Afghanistan is warning that the country is “on…

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A report says the director of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and…

BY JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix officials agreed Wednesday to pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit over the January 2017…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Search warrants have been unsealed in the investigation into South Dakota billionaire…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Republicans have approved a sweeping bill to hobble coronavirus vaccine…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent review has concluded that the Defense Department and its top leaders acted…

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The massive infrastructure bill that President Joe Biden signed this week includes…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers have issued a subpoena to the former head of the state agency at…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s governor says he will posthumously pardon Homer Plessy, whose 1892 arrest  for refusing to leave a…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quentin Tarantino’s attorney says he has every right to create and sell a series of…

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s government has rolled out a new welfare program, temporarily ensuring much…

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A 31-year-old western Montana man who responded to a plume of diesel exhaust with a murderous rage has been sentenced to…

BUFFALO, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say remains found at a southwest Missouri home were those of a missing woman who was photographed partially nude…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press MANKATO, Minnesota (AP) — Right-wing provocateur Charlie Kirk has built a well-funded and growing organization…

By RAMI MUSA Associated Press BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Libya’s influential speaker of parliament has announced that he will be running for…