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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The judge has the option of choosing a shorter term that would mean an eventual opportunity for freedom.
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A government shutdown appeared all but inevitable as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy dug in Thursday.
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The more than six-hour hearing came as House Republicans face scattered resistance to an impeachment inquiry from their own ranks and deep reluctance in the Senate from Republicans.
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A man who fled a New York City day care center where a child died and three others were hospitalized with suspected fentanyl poisoning is in custody in California — the latest person to face charges in what investigators said was a drug lab run out of a place where toddlers played and napped.
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Alan Colie, 31, was acquitted of aggravated malicious wounding in the shooting of Tanner Cook, 21, who runs the “Classified Goons” YouTube channel.
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Former President Donald Trump will not seek to get his Georgia election interference case transferred to federal court, his attorneys said in a filing Thursday, three weeks after a judge rejected a similar attempt by the former president’s White House chief of staff.
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Biden on Thursday will make his fourth in a series of presidential addresses about the state of democracy, a cause that is a key motivator and a touchstone for him.
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The man charged with first-degree murder in the death of 26-year-old Pava LaPere, was released from prison last October after earning good behavior credits to reduce the time he served for the 2013 sexual assault.
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New California law raises minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour, among nation’s highest
When it takes effect on April 1, fast food workers in California will have among the highest minimum wages in the country.
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Tropical Storm Rina has formed in the Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center says.
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The soldier was the first American confirmed to be detained in North Korea in nearly five years.
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The most serious charge she pleaded guilty to carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
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More than half of Senate Democrats have said he should step down.
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Although he hasn’t been involved in Netflix’s day-to-day operations for 20 years, Randolph came up with the idea for a DVD-by-service in 1997 with his friend and fellow entrepreneur, Reed Hastings, who eventually succeeded him as CEO — a job Hastings held until stepping aside earlier this year.
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The combination of elevated rates and low home inventory has worsened the affordability crunch by keeping home prices near all-time highs.
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A Colorado city has reached a $2.8 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by the mother of a man killed by police in 2021.
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An appeals court rejected Donald Trump’s request to delay the civil trial in the wake of a fraud ruling that threatens his business empire.
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The shooter, a 32-year-old student from Rotterdam, wore a bulletproof vest, police said.
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Jones is seeking bankruptcy protection as he and his company owe $1.5 billion to relatives of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut.
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He was cast as the much-loved Dumbledore after the death of his predecessor, Richard Harris, in 2002.
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Bankman-Fried faces the start of his trial Tuesday in Manhattan. He has pleaded not guilty.
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Colleges should step up their diversity efforts after affirmative action ruling, the government says
The report encourages colleges to step up recruiting students of color.
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The Illinois Department of Agriculture said a sighting of one of the winged adult insects was reported on Sept. 16.
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A key US government surveillance tool should face new limits, a divided privacy oversight board says
Section 702 permits allow spy agencies without a warrant to collect swaths of emails and other communications from foreigners located abroad, even when those foreigners are in touch with people in the United States.
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Donald Trump’s rivals were quick to lay into him during the second presidential debate, ripping the former president for skipping the event.
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For the second year in a row, salt water from the Gulf of Mexico has moved further up the Mississippi, threatening drinking water in communities that rely on the river for fresh water.
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A photographer who attended the concert, told The Associated Press that he saw the guitarist clasp his chest during the performance and that he struggled to walk off stage.
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A look at what’s ahead if the government shuts down on Oct. 1.
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The Senate voted Wednesday evening to reverse an informal guidance issued by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer last week that senators could wear what they want when voting or speaking in the chamber.
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The panel of Food and Drug Administration experts voted 17-1 that drugmaker Brainstorm’s stem cell-based treatment has not been shown effective for patients with the fatal, muscle-wasting disease known as ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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Kim pointed to what he described as a growing threat posed by a hostile United States and its expanding military cooperation with South Korea and Japan.
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Last year, the remodeled King Soopers reopened, with about half of those who worked there previously choosing to return.
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The suspect was mistakenly released just two days after he was arrested because of a faulty records review by clerks, officials said.
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This week's end to the writers strike raised hopes that a deal with actors could be reached soon.
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The jackpot has grown so large because there have been 30 consecutive drawings without a big winner, dating back to July 19.
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A House test vote is set for Friday, one day before the shutdown deadline.
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Delaware trooper facing felony charges involving assaults on teens after doorbell prank at his house
An indictment issued Monday against Trooper Dempsey R. Walters includes the first use by prosecutors of a new felony deprivation of civil rights law that was passed last year.
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Hagerty faces multiple charges, including assault and battery with intent to murder and three counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
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The winning ticket was sold at a Publix supermarket in Neptune Beach.
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Judge Tanya Chutkan denied Donald Trump’s request to recuse herself in the 2020 election subversion case in Washington.
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Travis Kelce notes Taylor Swift’s ‘bold’ appearance at Chiefs game but is mum about any relationship
Kelce discussed Swift’s well-publicized appearance in a suite at Arrowhead Stadium.
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A man who spent nearly 30 years in prison for kidnapping, robbery and rape has been declared innocent and freed.
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Burglary, theft and other counts have been filed so far against at least 30 people, all but three of them adults.
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The union went on strike when it couldn’t reach agreements on new contracts with Ford, General Motors and Jeep maker Stellantis.
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Calls for Menendez to resign continued to mount, with Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, saying “he should step down.”
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Does a judge’s fraud finding spell the end of Donald Trump‘s real estate empire? The former president seems to think so.
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Rex Heuermann’s lawyer disputed the significance of the DNA sample.
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An Indiana state trooper began the pursuit Tuesday night when the driver of a Dodge Challenger fled the officer’s attempt to pull it over for reckless driving on Indianapolis’ far east side, state police said.
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District Court Judge Jason Marks agreed with transgender youth, their families and healthcare providers that a law passed by the 2023 Montana Legislature is unconstitutional and would harm the mental and physical health of minors with gender dysphoria.
One official said Wednesday that King was transferred to U.S. custody in China.
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