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By JESSICA GRESKO and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Four men once held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center were central to…

SEATTLE (AP) — Baristas and other employees at a Seattle Starbucks have voted to unionize, the first such vote in the city where Starbucks…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A sheriff’s department in South Carolina has released dashboard camera footage of a…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Although not in the courtroom, Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes loomed over the…

HARLAN, Ky. (AP) — Officials say crews have recovered the body of a Kentucky coal miner missing after a roof collapsed deep underground. INMET…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who says she was forced to prostitute herself to pay an ex-convict $2.5 million and…

TISHOMINGO, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says six teenage students have been killed in a two-vehicle collision in southern Oklahoma.…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria is eyeing global exports of fertilizer with a $2.5 billion plant inaugurated…

An 11-day trial over the copyright of Ed Sheeran’s hit song “Shape of You” has concluded in London, with the judge saying he would take some…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press Four Ukrainian children with cancer and their families have arrived at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital…

BY SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt says it will increase transit fees for vessels, including oil-laden tankers, passing through Suez…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Amanda Bynes has been released from a court conservatorship that put her life and…

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press Federal funding has been approved to begin removing some of the hundreds of thousands of derelict lobster traps left…

HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Federal prosecutors told jurors that a Kansas researcher illegally kept his work…

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The attorney for a former Tennessee nurse on trial in the death of a patient accidentally…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A San Diego appeals court judge who is the daughter of Mexican immigrants has become the first…

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A social media post from an owner of a Rapid City hotel attempting to ban Native Americans from the property following a…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor vetoed a ban on transgender students playing girls’…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Academy Awards have always loved a comeback story. This year, the Oscars are attempting to star in…

By TALI ARBEL AP Business Writer BuzzFeed is shrinking and shifting the focus of its Pulitzer prize-winning news division. The digital media company…