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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Nineteen states are now suing to block President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors. One suit…

By BEN FOX Associated Press FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A military jury has imposed a sentence of 26 years on a former Maryland man held at the…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who says financer Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused her has sued another Epstein accuser…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska not to be left alone with any evidence related to charges…

By DIANE JEANTET and TATIANA POLLASTRI Associated Press JUNDIAI, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian and American scientists have performed artificial…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Researchers at the University of Cincinnati say they have more evidence that Chaco…

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — A schoolhouse in Virginia where enslaved and free Black children were taught before the Revolutionary War will once again…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Dutch woman charged seven years ago with raising money for the Somali terrorist group…

By SARAH RANKIN, STEVE PEOPLES and STEVEN SLOAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democrats’ decision to drop a proposal for paid family…

By MATTHEW PERRONE and LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has paved the way for children ages 5…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Traditionalist Catholics have descended on Rome for their annual pilgrimage. They’re hoping…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says Vice President Kamala Harris will receive a COVID-19 booster shot on Saturday. The Biden administration is…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press ROME (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has renewed Britain’s threat to break from part of the Brexit divorce…

By ADAM BEAM and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis will lead California’s…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence agencies say they likely won’t ever be able to conclude whether COVID-19…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and MICHAEL HILL Associated Press CLARKSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A New York sheriff is defending his decision to file a criminal…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. government regulators for the first time will analyze greenhouse gas emissions from…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers have approved the speedy construction of a $402 million barrier on the European Union member’s…

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s police say an explosion at a fuel station in the southern port city of Karachi has killed at least four…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi state media says the kingdom has ordered the Lebanese ambassador to leave the country within…