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By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in George Floyd’s death has…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister says it has canceled a contract with France for…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The four people on SpaceX’s first private flight are fairly ordinary,…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say an earthquake destroyed homes, killed at least three people and injured dozens in the southwestern province…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The leader of the Canadian province of Alberta is apologizing for his handling of the pandemic and…

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is offering to connect Nicki Minaj with one of the Biden administration’s…

HAVANA, Cuba (AP) — Cuba has released the draft of a new family code that would allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt as well as give children…

MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge has declined to block a ban imposed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to prevent mandating masks for Florida school…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska has reported its highest number of new COVID-19 cases, a day after the state’s…

By BABA AHMED and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — France’s president says the head of the Islamic State in the Greater…

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A California county has paid $11 million to a man who spent two decades in prison after being wrongly convicted of…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said it successfully launched ballistic missiles from a…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed the Little Rock police chief’s lawsuit against the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is considering requiring that international visitors be vaccinated against COVID-19. And it will gather…

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say a U.S. citizen living in Mexico who claimed ties to the Sinaloa cartel faces…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Few Democrats are surprised to see Democratic Gov. Gavin…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The City Council in Portland, Oregon, has scrapped a plan to boycott Texas…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — World leaders will have to be vaccinated against the coronavirus to speak at the U.N.…

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A committee charged with representing the interests of tens of thousands of alleged victims of…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California Republican congressman says a California couple who are both in their 80s and are U.S. citizens has finally left…