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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a former Southern California man who convinced troubled girls as young as 12 to perform masochistic acts and…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has called the leaders of two U.S. veterans groups assisting Afghans who…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia has faced technical problems with Iranian-made drones acquired from Tehran this month…

NEW YORK (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has denied an appeal from a New York Police Department detective who asked for an emergency…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico have confirmed that a ‘lucha libre’ wrestler had been found dead over the weekend in the north-central…

By SETH BORENSTEIN and SIBI ARASU Associated Press The familiar ingredients of a warming world were in place: searing temperatures, hotter air…

By BERNIE WILSON and JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writers SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego State football coach Brady Hoke says he didn’t know star punter…

WICHITA FALLS, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a Texas federal court ruling that exempts a group of religious health care providers…

DETROIT (AP) — The National Labor Relations Board has found that Tesla can’t stop factory employees from wearing clothing with union insignia…

WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden has tested negative for COVID-19 and plans to return to Washington on Tuesday. The president’s wife…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The governments of Venezuela and Colombia have taken a step toward normalizing…

TECUMSEH, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska death row inmate who strangled his cellmate after complaining he talked too much has died at the state prison in…

By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Two more accusers have taken the witness stand at R. Kelly’s child pornography and…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy is being held on suspicion of shooting and wounding a student at a school in east Oakland, California.…

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A New Jersey man who posed as a former New England Patriots player in order to buy and sell Super Bowl rings that he…

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have approved a nation-leading measure that would give more than a…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislators reached a last-minute compromise to extend the…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says he’s far from satisfied with the federal…

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A jury has acquitted a former Texas police officer of criminally negligent homicide after a gunshot meant for a menacing…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina U.S. Senate candidate Cheri Beasley is pitching herself…