AP National News

By PAUL DAVENPORT and JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s nearly eight-year hiatus in using the death penalty has ended…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s leaders are struggling to reverse an economic slump without giving up anti-virus…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Cryptocurrency tycoons are emerging as the new power players in American…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Erin Houchin braced for the worst when a mysterious, well-financed group…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Army is poised to revamp its forces in Alaska to…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Viewers tuning in to Thursday’s episode of “Candy,” starring Jessica Biel, may recognize…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is hosting leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as his…

By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Finland’s leaders Thursday came out in favor of applying to join NATO, and Sweden…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — Colorado’s Republican primary for its top elections official pits a candidate…

By ZEKE MILLER and MARIA CHENG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden appealed to world leaders on Thursday for a renewed…

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese passenger jet has veered off the runway during takeoff and caught fire, sending black smoke billowing into the air and…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden called Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday to congratulate him over…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Joyous bedlam erupted at an employee appreciation and awards buffet at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas when the resort chief…

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A jury in Texas has cleared American Airlines of responsibility for an alleged sexual assault by a celebrity chef it hired…

By ZEKE MILLER and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — President Joe Biden is calling his predecessor, Donald Trump, “the great MAGA…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea imposed a nationwide lockdown Thursday to control its…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The top international official in Bosnia is warning that Bosnian Serbs are trying to…

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Denver Nuggets big man Nikola Jokic has earned a second straight NBA Most Valuable Player trophy to…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Months after a newlywed couple was shot to death at a Utah campsite, police have…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho hospital that went on lockdown in March after far-right activists protested outside…