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A Venezuelan official says the country is banning sea trips to and from three Dutch Caribbean islands — a

A judge on Tuesday gave the green light to a lawsuit filed by a parks-advocacy group that aims to

The Latest on a lawsuit challenging plans to build the Obama Presidential Center in a Chicago park (all times

The Columbia City Council is backing legislation that would ban gay conversion therapy for minors. The Columbia Missourian reports

An online petition at Change.org has a cheeky suggestion — offload Montana on Canada for $1 trillion to help

A former Rhode Island police officer who served time in prison for a murder he didn’t commit is pushing

The Latest on events condemning anti-Semitism in France(all times local): 8:40 p.m. A crowd of thousands have gathered on

Officials in the northern Mexico border state of Coahuila say an empty assembly plant used to house about 1,600

The House has passed legislation to honor a conservationist who led efforts to prevent the extinction of Idaho’s state

A prosecutor said Tuesday that family members of an armed black man who was fatally shot from behind by

Payless ShoeSource has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is shuttering its remaining stores in North America. The

A lawyer for the family of Shamima Begum, who left London four years ago while still a minor to

No injuries were reported after a 3.0 magnitude earthquake shook parts of central Oklahoma. The U.S. Geological Survey says

Legislation to urge federal officials to complete work on a federal permit requested by Idaho to make sure the

Country legend Willie Nelson is “On the Road Again” — and he’s coming to Paso Robles The nine-time Grammy

Democrats in Congress are accusing the Education Department of interfering with an investigation by the agency’s independent watchdog. Five

The Wyoming Senate has approved a sales-tax break for companies that provide internet and other telecommunications services to rural

Virginia’s embattled governor has hired a state agency director removed by lawmakers following an audit showing mismanagement. The Richmond

A well-known water expert was chosen Tuesday by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to lead the state engineer’s office as

A congressional subcommittee is highlighting voting problems in Georgia as possible justification for restoring federal oversight of elections in

Authorities say a Delaware man prohibited from having guns has been charged after police found a semi-automatic rifle with

It’s shaping up as a wetter-than-usual winter in California, putting to rest fears of another drought hitting anytime soon.

Advocates for low-income families joined small-town grocers and others encouraging Kansas lawmakers to reduce the state’s sales tax on

Peter Cosgrove, a former Associated Press photographer in Florida who covered more than 100 space shuttle launches, the Elian

Tuition will be waived for the first five classes of students at the new Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine

Internet service providers are asking the state Legislature to give them a decade-long property tax break on fiber optics

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has put his Marin County home on the market at $5.995 million. It’s in Kentfield,

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has put his Marin County home on the market at $5.995 million. In December, Newsom

Li Li Leung spent two years watching USA Gymnastics struggle through the aftermath of the Larry Nassar sexual abuse

Atlanta’s mayor says the city is no longer asking job applicants about pay history. News outlets report Mayor Keisha

The wife of a Virginia state delegate has tossed her hat in the ring for a state senate seat

A naval helicopter has joined sheriff’s deputies in the search for a lost skier at Lake Tahoe. Douglas County

Officials in the French city of Marseille say a knife-wielding man has been shot dead after he allegedly attacked

This pickup line was so bad it was actually a crime, according to police. Ryan R. Houghtalen, a 25-year-old

Authorities in Haiti say five U.S. citizens are among eight men who have been detained with automatic weapons and

Illinois law now requires that employer pay a minimum wage that will increase to $15 an hour by 2025.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear the appeal of a Connecticut man who said his right

The Latest on Gov. Tim Walz’s budget proposal Tuesday (all times local): 12:25 p.m. Gov. Tim Walz is rolling

This time the teachers’ strike was only hours old when lawmakers acted. Just as the strike began Tuesday, the

A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that All-Star infielder Manny Machado has agreed to a

Women in Missouri prisons could get free access to tampons and sanitary napkins under a bill moving through the

A Louisiana lawmaker with a competitive pistol shooting hobby can continue to receive free guns and ammunition and sponsorships

Gov. Kate Brown is reportedly considering selling the state’s workers compensation insurance corporation or tapping its substantial capital surplus

A 16-year-old boy accused of firing a gun at a New Mexico high school last week on the anniversary

An aquatic facility in the metro Phoenix where four dolphins have died since opening more than two years ago

Gov. Kristi Noem’s administration is projecting a measure to reverse South Dakota’s presumptive probation policy could spur an influx

Chicago police are investigating a tip that on the night “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett reported being attacked by two

Disarray in the administration of the country’s last undecided congressional election was illustrated Tuesday when three poll workers testified

An Alabama woman who left home to join the Islamic State after becoming radicalized online wants to return to

A person familiar with FBI internal discussions says after FBI Director James Comey was fired the bureau developed a