Associated Press
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The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business.
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The fire’s impact on giant sequoia groves was mixed. Most saw low- to medium-intensity fire behavior that the sequoias have evolved to survive.
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The Atlanta Braves finished off the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers with a 4-2 win, capturing the series four games to two.
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A driver lost control during a Texas drag racing event and slammed into a crowd of spectators, killing two children and injuring eight other people Saturday, authorities said.
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Negotiations were expected to continue into the weekend, all sides indicating just a few issues remained unsettled in the sweeping package of social services and climate change strategies.
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The defiant workers make up a small fraction of the overall workforce, with many cities, states and businesses reporting that more than 9 out of 10 of their workers are complying with mandates.
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Here are some of the productions that experienced industry-altering accidents.
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García and Alvarez, both 24 and ascending, and 72-year-old manager Dusty Baker will open the World Series on Tuesday night.
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The U.S. strike came two days after a U.S. military outpost in southern Syria was hit by a coordinated attack that included drones and rockets.
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Democrats have set an informal goal of having the party’s progressives and moderates reach agreement on an outline of the plan by the end of this week.
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The contaminated spray is labeled “Better Homes & Gardens Lavender & Chamomile Essential Oil Infused Aromatherapy Room Spray with Gemstones,” the CDC said.
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Tacoma police rushed to the scene and found two females and a male dead. A fourth person died at a hospital.
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The annual total breaks a previous high set in 2000 and is the highest since the Border Patrol was created in 1924. The numbers aren’t directly comparable because pandemic rules in effect since March 2020 encourage repeat attempts.
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A New York jury convicted a former associate of Rudy Giuliani on Friday of charges that he made illegal campaign contributions to influence U.S. politicians and advance his business interests.
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Two officers were wounded in a shooting in front of the Doral headquarters of the Miami-Dade Police, according to multiple media sources.
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Robert Durst, 78, was sentenced last week to life in prison without parole for murdering a confidante whom prosecutors say helped him cover up Kathie Durst’s killing.
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In states that cut off the $300 check, the workforce — the number of people who either have a job or are looking for one — has risen no more than it has in the states that maintained the payment.
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The annual runoff from the mountains is getting smaller, mostly because it’s getting hotter and drier, not just because it’s raining less.
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The FBI on Thursday identified human remain found a day earlier in a Florida nature preserve as those of Brian Laundrie.
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The Food and Drug Administration authorized both steps Wednesday, as part of a federal push to broaden booster access for the U.S. public.
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The FBI has confirmed that the remains found at the T. Mabry Carlton, Jr. Memorial Reserve and Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park are those of Brian Laundrie.
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Buckingham Palace said Thursday that Queen Elizabeth II spent a night in a hospital for checks after being advised by her doctor this week to rest.
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Jerry Pinkney, a prize-winning children’s book illustrator, has died at 81.
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Hoover-Moore, 57, was convicted at trial the following year based on a coroner’s assessment that the child, Samaisha Benson, had shaken baby syndrome.
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The retired Army general was widely praised as a pathbreaker, having been the first Black person to serve as U.S. secretary of state and as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Government forecasters say that they expect two-thirds of the U.S. to have a warmer winter than normal.
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A neurologist pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges alleging he was a serial sexual abuser of women who had gone to him for help with debilitating, chronic pain.
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The purchase price is $140 million cash plus another $32 million to be paid in installments over 18 months.
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Parnas and another Soviet-born Florida businessman who has already pleaded guilty in the case, Igor Fruman, initially caught the attention of journalists and investigators after making big donations through a corporate entity to Republican political committees.
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Prisoners entering the Morgan County Jail routinely undergo a body scan when being admitted, and a recent image showed what appeared to be a shell from a .410-gauge shotgun that had been swallowed inside a person, spokesperson Mike Swafford said Thursday.
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The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board announced the findings in an investigative report update released Thursday on the April 17 crash on a residential road in Spring, Texas, near Houston.
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It’s the company’s third U.S. recall for the issue with air bag inflators made by supplier ZF/TRW.
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Authorities say an officer accidentally fired his handgun during a struggle while police were making arrests in suburban Chicago, wounding two other officers.
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The revised testing plan follows public outrage over the use of “race-norming.”
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Clinton, 75, who arrived Sunday at his home in New York, said he was glad to be back home, and that he was “so touched by the outpouring of support” he received while hospitalized last week.
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Authorities continue to investigate the attack, where a woman was repeatedly touched and groped despite trying to push the suspect away, according to an arrest affidavit.
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The lawsuit alleges the Colorado amusement park recklessly caused the girl's death by failing to train the ride’s operators despite previous problems with its seat belt.
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Hundreds of Netflix employees held a demonstration Wednesday in response to the Dave Chappelle controversy.
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The report by Sen. Renan Calheiros is based on six months of work by the committee investigating the government’s management of the pandemic and was made available on the Senate’s electronic system Wednesday.
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Amid the stalemate, there are signs that Democrats are making headway in their effort to create consensus around changing Senate procedural rules, a key step that could allow them to muscle transformative legislation through the narrowly divided chamber.
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Neither the campaign of Democrat Terry McAuliffe nor that of Republican Glenn Youngkin has responded to recent inquiries from The Associated Press about their plans to share the information with voters.
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The probe appears to focus in part on whether the former president’s company submitted misleading valuations on the golf course.
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New York City will require police officers, firefighters and other municipal workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or be placed on unpaid leave, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday, giving an ultimatum to public employees who’ve refused and ensuring a fight with some of the unions representing them.
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Virginia’s new bipartisan redistricting committee has all but given up its effort to draw new congressional maps after committee members couldn’t find consensus on what constitutes political fairness.
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Police say three people are dead and two others critically wounded following a shooting at a home in the southeastern Wisconsin city of Kenosha.
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A wave of kidnappings has added to the other miseries besetting the Caribbean nation.
An associate of Rudy Giuliani told a federal judge Wednesday that he will not testify at his own trial on charges alleging he used a Russian financier’s money to make donations to U.S. political candidates.
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Their warnings come amid a sharp increase in the number of severely ill pregnant women that led to 22 pregnant women dying from COVID in August, a one-month record.
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The state DOT says 1,000 of the graves should have been moved.
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A Maryland couple arrested earlier this month on charges of trying to sell information about nuclear-powered warships to a foreign country have been indicted, according to the Justice Department.
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Bricusse began writing music for stage and screen in the 1950s and enjoyed success over more than five decades.