AP National News

By DÉBORA ÁLVARES and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian prosecutors say a raped 11-year-old girl got a lawful…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The family of an unarmed Arkansas teenager fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy…

By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The sale of prime North Dakota farmland to a group tied to Bill Gates has stirred emotions over…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has revived a legal challenge to the Trump administration’s ban…

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee used Thursday’s hearing to show how…

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — The family of a student who died from alcohol poisoning while pledging a fraternity has sued Bowling Green State…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama officials have approved a $725 million bond sale to help finance the construction…

By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — NASA wants its moon dust and cockroaches back. The space agency has asked Boston-based RR Auction to…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press MANZA, Albania (AP) — Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has denounced the Iranian regime for its…

By ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — President-elect Gustavo Petro, who has vowed to lift up Colombia’s poor and…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer The Biden administration has agreed to cancel $6 billion in student loans for about 200,000 former students who…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Deborah Birx says the lack of clear, concise and consistent message in the earliest months…

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — Burlington, Iowa, has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the mother of a man who was…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Stung by stubbornly high inflation, Mexico’s Central Bank has announced a three-quarter-point increase in its prime…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writers Instagram is testing new ways to verify the age of people using its service,…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An expert panel backed a second COVID-19 vaccine option for kids ages 6 to 17. Advisers to the…

By MATTHEW LEE and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is preparing to compensate victims of mysterious brain…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has met with attorneys general from seven Democratic-led states.…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Elected officials in a rural Nevada county have decided to postpone until Friday certifying results…

By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press SIGHISOARA, Romania (AP) — The European Union has announced that it has granted EU candidate status to Moldova,…