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By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Parties in a lawsuit involving dams on the Columbia and Snake river system are…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than 40 mainly Western countries are criticizing China for the reported torture and…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II spent a night in a hospital after being advised by her…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Police say a mural honoring Black tennis legend and Richmond, Virginia, native Arthur Ashe has been defaced with insignias…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press A man who pleaded guilty to writing threatening social media posts in connection with the riot at the U.S.…

HOUSTON (AP) — Investigators say the private jet that crashed through an airport fence and burst into flames at a Texas airport had not been flown…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The conservative Texas Republican leader who pledged bounties to those who prove fraud at the polls has paid a liberal poll…

By ASTRID SUAREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in his first official visit to South America, is…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican experts say they have detected the ruins of almost 2,500 pre-Hispanic structures and 80 burial sites on just one-sixth…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Federal prosecutors have unveiled criminal charges against an alleged corruption ring accused of…

By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is facing more defections from the broad base of support she…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to return to Virginia for his second campaign stop with fellow Democrat Terry McAuliffe as the…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A police superintendent in Jamaica has told The Associated Press that authorities…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal authorities say a North Dakota man is charged with second-degree murder in the decapitation killing this month of…

BUNN, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina town finds itself under siege by buzzards, and nothing local leaders do to scare them off seems to be working.…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican leaders in Oklahoma are expressing outrage after learning the State Department of…

By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The indictment of U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry could have a big impact on the Republican’s…

NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Pinkney, a prize-winning children’s book illustrator known for his richly textured images of Black life, fables and fairy…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — At least 30 students abducted in northwest Nigeria have regained their freedom, a…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A drug bust by federal agents and San Francisco police netted 12.5 pounds (5.7 kilograms) of the deadly narcotic fentanyl and…