AP National News

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve extended its fight against high inflation Wednesday by raising its…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s Northland region has lifted a state of emergency declaration after an…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has logged its biggest monthly trade deficit ever, at $12.7 billion in…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley is moving closer to making her presidential campaign official. On Wednesday,…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California released a plan Tuesday detailing how Western states…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong banned CBD as a “dangerous drug” and imposed harsh penalties for its possession on…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press NORTH LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police on Tuesday arrested and raided the home of a former “Dances With Wolves”…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Mourners paid their respects to former Vatican Cardinal George Pell in a Sydney…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Organizers on Tuesday announced a lineup of more than 270 acts for New Orleans’ 40th annual French Quarter Festival,…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The new district attorney for California’s Alameda County in the San Francisco Bay Area says she’ll…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The first Black woman elected to the Mississippi Legislature said Tuesday that she…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan House voted along party lines Tuesday to move the state’s primary to…

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Longtime University of California women’s swimming coach Teri McKeever has been fired following an investigation into…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — The suspect in a violent kidnapping in Oregon — a man who spent little time behind bars for a similar crime in Nevada…

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Two monkeys taken from the Dallas Zoo were found Tuesday in an abandoned home after going missing…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced plans to block state colleges from having…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The population of western monarch butterflies wintering along the California coast has…

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois appellate court has upheld a temporary restraining order on…

By R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — In the wake of the shooting death of an environmental activist, Atlanta-area officials have reiterated…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Four key suspects in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were transferred…