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By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press A federal judge has tossed out a public records lawsuit on the 2020 census based on the interpretation of one…

DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say a 12-year-old girl held captive in a rural Alabama residence escaped, prompting an investigation that led…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill enhancing health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic…

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The polio virus was detected in wastewater samples from the suburban county near New York City…

By BEN FINLEY ASSOCIATED PRESS NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A special prosecutor in Virginia says that a former police officer should not be criminally…

By ARLEIGH RODGERS and TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Several doctors have told Indiana lawmakers that physicians fear they could…

By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers has lost his bid for a state Senate seat after…

By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s two abortion clinics filed a quick appeal Tuesday aimed at…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press Members of the far-right Oath Keepers’ extremist group charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S.…

GOLDSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Officials say a North Carolina sheriff’s deputy has died after he and two other deputies were shot while trying to serve…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The special investigator hired by Republicans in Wisconsin to review the 2020 election told…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The man who initiated the neighborhood chase that resulted in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud…

By AAMER MADHANI, ZEKE MILLER, NOMAAN MERCHANT and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is holding out the…

DALLAS (AP) — A prosecutor says a man who evaded arrest for more than 12 years after being accused of fatally shooting his two teenage daughters in…

A national newspaper reports that the husband of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and brother of U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn were given shares of a…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man has been arrested on accusations he started a wildfire while trying to burn a spider with his lighter. A probable…

NORCO, Calif. (AP) — A man armed with a rifle was shot by a quick-acting convenience store owner who pulled a shotgun out from behind the counter…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Justice Department on Tuesday filed a lawsuit that challenges…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A grieving father erupted in anger as he told jurors about the daughter school…

By SAMY MAGDY and AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The United Nations says Yemen’s warring parties have agreed to renew an…