The Associated Press
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The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business.
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Fending off a U.S. default, the Senate gave final approval late Thursday to a debt ceiling and budget cuts package, grinding into the night.
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Nikola Jokic got a triple-double in his NBA Finals debut, Jamal Murray scored 26 points and the Denver Nuggets had little trouble with the cold-shooting Miami Heat on the way to a 104-93 win in Game 1 on Thursday night.
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Soft-spoken but brimming with confidence, Dev Shah asked precise questions about obscure Greek roots, rushed through his second-to-last word and rolled to the Scripps National Spelling Bee title Thursday night.
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Two weeks before ending his life, Jeffrey Epstein sat in the corner of his Manhattan jail cell with his hands over his ears, desperate to muffle the sound of a toilet that wouldn’t stop running.
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The six-story building partially collapsed shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday.
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Customers of Venmo, PayPal and CashApp should not store their money for the long term with these apps because their funds might not be safe during a crisis, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warned on Thursday.
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President Joe Biden fell on stage at the U.S. Air Force Academy graduation Thursday and the White House said he was “fine” after tripping over a sandbag.
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A man pleaded guilty Thursday to assaulting Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota in the elevator of her Washington apartment building in February, according to court records.
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During a court hearing, attorneys representing the nine states that have sued to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program argued the updated policy is essentially the same as the 2012 memo that first created it and asked U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen to again find the program illegal.
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Roberto Minuta, who was seen on video guarding Roger Stone hours before the riot on Jan. 6, 2021, was among six Oath Keeper members convicted by jurors of seditious conspiracy.
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An Indianapolis 500 fan whose vehicle was damaged when a tire flew off a racecar will receive a new car.
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Billy Joel is finally moving out of his monthly perch at Madison Square Garden.
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Biden has pledged to keep in place his commitment to cancel up to $20,000 in federal student loans for 43 million people.
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Valentino’s allegations come on the heels of lawsuits last year by six Cosby accusers in New York under a similar provision known as a “lookback” law that allows adults to file sexual abuse cases for allegations that had fallen outside the statute of limitations.
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As he recalled the terrifying events of that day, Perlman, 59, also assumed his role as a teacher to explain the stitched Hebrew lettering on his yarmulke, which read, “There is nothing aside from Him.”
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The White House announced Thursday that it will impose sanctions against key defense companies and people who “perpetuate violence” in Sudan as the warring sides failed to abide by a cease-fire agreement in the northeastern African nation.
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Nearly 50% of Spirit’s flights were delayed, according to FlightAware.
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Officials say the dead included a 9-year-old girl, her mother and another woman.
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More than 900 academy graduates will become second lieutenants in either the Air Force or Space Force.
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The families and their guests gathered in an open-air gazebo surrounded by landscaped gardens for a traditional Muslim wedding ceremony known as “katb al-ketab.”
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This case stemmed from contract negotiations in 2017 between Glacier Northwest and the local Teamsters union, representing the drivers.
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The passenger compartment of the plane collapsed when it crashed about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Detroit Police Chief James White said.
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Tony Cushingberry, 24, was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty in July 2022 to second-degree murder.
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For more than a half-century, the annual marches have been an opportunity to demand action on specific issues such as the AIDS epidemic and same-sex marriage while also serving as a public celebration.
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Amazon allegedly violated a child privacy law and deceived parents by keeping for years kids’ voice and location data recorded by its Alexa voice assistant.
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Consumers should only use semaglutide prescribed by a health care provider and filled by a licensed pharmacy, FDA said.
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The special order from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration asks multiple questions about whether ARC expects any of its inflators to blow apart in the future, and whether it has notified customers about the risk.
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The Coast Guard searched for 60 hours, covering some 5,171 square miles through Wednesday evening.
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A jury found ‘That ‘70s Show’ star Danny Masterson guilty of two counts of rape in a retrial where Scientology played a key role.
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The suspect is facing charges in the deaths of his roommate and a 66-year-old woman.
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The suspects are also accused of taking the swan's four babies, who were later recovered by police.
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The attacks came amid a surge of threats and acts of intimidation against election workers and public officials across the country.
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Quick approval by the House and later in the week the Senate would prevent financial upheaval at home and abroad.
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Police say he was reported missing when he failed to show up for work at Mercy Hospital in Cassville, a town of 3,100 residents deep in the Missouri Ozarks.
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The recording has been provided to special counsel Jack Smith, whose team of prosecutors have spent months investigating the potential mishandling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
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Built as a hotel, the building had more recently been used as apartments, and tenants had been allowed to remain even as bricks began falling from the building.
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A fire in a South Memphis neighborhood killed four children Wednesday afternoon, and police detained their father, authorities said.
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The governors of Virginia, West Virginia and South Carolina on Wednesday joined a growing list of Republican leaders sending their state National Guard soldiers or other state law enforcement officers to the U.S. border with Mexico.
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Former Vice President Mike Pence is set to announce that he will run for president.
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A man from Hawaii pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge alleging he picked up a bison calf in Yellowstone National Park, causing the animal’s herd to reject it and leading park officials to kill it rather than allow it to be a hazard to visitors.
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Dimon made the revelation during a videotaped deposition recorded last week in connection with lawsuits filed against the nation’s largest bank.
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Targeted grazing is part of California’s strategy to reduce wildfire risk because goats can eat a wide variety of vegetation and graze in steep, rocky terrain that’s hard to access.
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Alex Murdaugh was arraigned Wednesday on federal money laundering and wire fraud charges for indictments saying he stole money from his clients.
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In a 6-3 ruling, the high court said the two bans are unconstitutional because they require a “medical emergency” before a doctor can perform an abortion.
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CEOs got smaller raises. It would still take a typical worker two lifetimes to make their annual pay
The median pay for workers at companies included in the AP survey was $77,178, up 1.3%.
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The trial is expected to last two months.
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The Biden administration has said it has made clear to Ukraine that U.S.-made weapons should not be used for attacks inside Russian territory.
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Thirteen coal companies owned by the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice are being sued over unpaid penalties for previous mining law violations that the federal government says pose health and safety risks or threaten environmental harm.
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Wednesday’s announcement by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration represents the agency’s latest move toward regulating electronic systems that take on certain tasks that drivers themselves have normally done.
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The study by the international scientist group Earth Commission published in Wednesday’s journal Nature looks at climate, air pollution, phosphorus and nitrogen contamination of water from fertilizer overuse, groundwater supplies, fresh surface water, the unbuilt natural environment and the overall natural and human-built environment.
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