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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The African Union appealed for nearly $90 million Wednesday for its peacekeeping force…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A top Republican operative who worked as an adviser on Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has declined to hear most of Republican Kari Lake’s appeal in a…

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Bidders trying to buy Manchester United have been given more time to submit second…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are demanding testimony and documents from two former Manhattan prosecutors…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It all started on a late morning on a highway. A camera panned to the cab of a large…

By JAY COHEN and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writers A National Hockey League team with a Russian player has decided against wearing special warmup…

SEDONA, Ariz. (AP) — Some evacuation orders were lifted while others remained as heavy rains began to dissipate in northern Arizona, but flooding…

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s government said Wednesday that 50,000 migrants crossed the treacherous Darien Gap linking Colombia and Panama in the…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The U.S. abortion landscape is far from settled nine months after the U.S. Supreme Court ended the nationwide…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A woman was arrested on charges of setting fire to a building in Wyoming that was being…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian government watchdog voted Wednesday to give former President Jair Bolsonaro five…

By VICTOR R. CAIVANO Associated Press URQUIZA, Argentina (AP) — The ground crackles as Guillermo Cuitino walks across dry farmland that should be…

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America North Dakota public schools and state agencies would be prohibited from using any pronouns for…

SEATTLE (AP) — Starbucks workers and labor activists rallied outside the company’s Seattle headquarters Wednesday to protest what they describe…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — California prosecutors on Wednesday dropped domestic violence charges against Justin…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — An escape-artist bear from Missouri is headed to a Texas zoo with a moat in hopes it will put an end to his wandering. The St.…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a bill to set tighter…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress Lindsay Lohan, rapper Akon and several other celebrities have agreed to pay tens of…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has extended invitations to 120 global leaders for next week’s…