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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|By The Associated Press and CHRISTOPHER WEBER
Tens of thousands of workers in the Los Angeles Unified School District walked off the job Tuesday over stalled contract talks, and they are being joined in solidarity by teachers in a three-day strike that has shut down the nation’s second-largest school system.
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|By The Associated Press and DENISE LAVOIE and SARAH RANKIN
The video, which was obtained through a link included in public court filings, shows the workers pressing down on a prone handcuffed and shackled Otieno.
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A woman charged with conspiracy and murder in connection with the deaths of her two children and her new husband’s late wife will no longer face the death penalty, a judge ruled Tuesday.
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At the same event, Biden will award 2021 National Humanities Medals to a group including authors Amy Tan, Colson Whitehead and Ann Patchett.
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|By The Associated Press and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press
Saudi Arabia on Monday freed an American citizen, a 72-year-old Florida retiree, it had imprisoned for more than a year over his old tweets critical of the kingdom’s crown prince, his son said.
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During the 1969-70 season, he became the first player to sweep the MVP awards for the regular season, All-Star Game and NBA Finals.
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|By The Associated Press and SAM METZ
Terry Sanderson, 76, said Paltrow was cruising down the slopes so recklessly that they collided, leaving him on the ground as she and her entourage continued their descent down Deer Valley Resort.
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|By The Associated Press and KARL RITTER Associated Press
The two visits, about 800 kilometers (500 miles) apart, highlighted the nearly 13-month-old war’s repercussions for international diplomacy as countries line up behind Moscow or Kyiv.
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|By The Associated Press and MATTHEW DALY
The Democratic president is set to announce the measures Tuesday at a White House summit on conservation action at the Interior Department.
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Two Amish children were killed and another was seriously injured when their buggy collided with a motor vehicle Monday in northern Michigan, authorities said.
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|By The Associated Press and LOLITA C. BALDOR
U.S. officials said Tuesday the Pentagon is speeding up its delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, opting to send a refurbished older model that can be ready faster.
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U.S. cases of a dangerous fungus tripled over just three years, and more than half of states have now reported it, according to a new study.
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The teacher said she'll never forget the look on the student's face while he pointed the gun at her.
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|By The Associated Press and FATIMA HUSSEIN
The government is now determined to restore public confidence in the banking system and to prevent any more turmoil.
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“It’s great to be back. ... Thrilled to be here,” said the 18-time Grand Slam singles champion and member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
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|By The Associated Press and ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL R. SISAK
A city mindful of the riot by Trump loyalists at the U.S. Capitol more than two years ago took steps to gird itself from any violence that could accompany the unprecedented prosecution of a former president.
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Forecasters said the storm would focus on the southern half of the state.
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The Missouri Senate gave initial approval Tuesday to a pair of bills that would temporarily prohibit gender transitioning health care treatments for minors and restrict them from competing in sports.
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The company released a reorganized set of community guidelines on Tuesday that include eight principles to guide content moderation decisions.
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Wildlife officials said Monday they are searching for a mountain lion that clawed a man’s head while he was sitting in a hot tub with his wife at a rental home in central Colorado.
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An estimated 238,000 Civics from the 2022 and 2023 model years are included in the probe.
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Missouri’s Republican attorney general on Monday said he will limit access to gender-affirming care for minors.
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President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law legislation nullifying the recent overhaul of the District of Columbia criminal code, but the fight between Congress and local lawmakers is continuing.
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Former President Donald Trump’s effort to keep key evidence out of his civil rape trial next month was rejected by a federal judge Monday.
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Authorities say they recovered the bodies of two boaters Monday afternoon, nearly two days after they went missing following an accident on a central Florida lake near the Legoland theme park.
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A New York grand jury investigating Donald Trump appeared to be hearing from final witnesses as law enforcement officials accelerated security preparations Monday in advance of a possible indictment and as fellow Republicans staked out positions in a criminal probe expected to shake up the 2024 presidential race.
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A Virginia teacher who was shot and wounded by her 6-year-old student said she has had four surgeries and is going through a challenging recovery.
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The medals are Biden’s first batch of awards for the arts and humanities and were delayed by the pandemic. The president surprised Sir Elton John with a National Humanities Medal during a White House musical event last September.
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|By The Associated Press and COLLEEN SLEVIN
Police say there was suspicion regarding the victim’s “sudden illness and death,” and an investigation revealed she was poisoned.
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|By The Associated Press and REBECCA BOONE
Firing squads will be used only if the state cannot obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections — but one death row inmate has already had his scheduled execution postponed multiple times because of drug scarcity.
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|By The Associated Press and DALATOU MAMANE, ERIC TUCKER and KRISTA LARSON
A senior Biden administration official who briefed reporters on Woodke’s release described the action as the culmination of years of efforts.
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The Labor Department rule ended a Trump-era ban on managers of retirement plans considering factors such as climate change or pending lawsuits when making investment choices.
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President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan bill Monday that directs the federal government to declassify as much intelligence as possible about the origins of COVID-19 more than three years after the start of the pandemic.
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|By The Associated Press and SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS
Nations soon have to come up with goals for pollution reduction by 2035, according to the Paris climate agreement.
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|By The Associated Press and DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ZEKE MILLER
Fictional soccer coach Ted Lasso used a White House visit Monday to encourage people, even in politically divided Washington, to make it a point to check in often with friends, family and co-workers to “ask how they’re doing, and listen, sincerely.”
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The 16-year-old driver in a crash that killed five young people did not have a driver’s license or permit and may have fallen asleep or become distracted before the SUV veered off a New York highway, officials said Monday.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 4:09 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
The shooting began on a high school campus in the suburb of Arlington before many students arrived for the first day back to classes after the spring break.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 4:03 PM CDT
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First Republic Bank received a $30 billion rescue package from 11 of the biggest U.S. banks last week in an effort to prevent its collapse.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 3:21 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
A Washington D.C. jury found Sandra Parker, of Morrow, Ohio; Laura Steele, of Thomasville, North Carolina; William Isaacs, of Kissimmee, Florida and Connie Meggs, of Dunnellon, Florida guilty of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and other felony charges.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 2:59 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
The two major powers have described Xi’s three-day trip as an opportunity to deepen their “no-limits friendship.”
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 2:12 PM CDT
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Biden said he wished the Nowruz holiday would be a moment of “hope for the women of Iran fighting for their human rights and fundamental freedoms.”
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 2:11 PM CDT
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The Proud Boys trial has lasted significantly longer than the judge and attorneys expected when jury selection began in December.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 1:35 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press and FREIDA FRISARO
Michael Boatwright, 28, Dedrick Williams, 26, and Trayvon Newsome, 24, were also convicted of armed robbery by a jury that rendered its verdict less than an hour after beginning its eighth day of deliberations.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 1:08 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press and JEFF AMY
Lawyers Jennifer Little and Drew Findling wrote that the world watched a special grand jury process “that was confusing, flawed, and at times, blatantly unconstitutional.”
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 12:27 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press and MATTHEW LEE
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the determination less than a week after he returned from a visit to Ethiopia.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 11:16 AM CDT
|By The Associated Press and HALELUYA HADERO
Amazon's CEO says the company will still hire in some strategic areas.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 10:52 AM CDT
|By The Associated Press and LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE
The latest package of aid includes a large amount of various types of ammunition, such as rockets for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, and an undisclosed number of fuel tanker trucks and riverine boats.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 9:58 AM CDT
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A Kentucky university has agreed to a settlement of more than $14 million over the death of a student wrestler hours after practice, the school announced.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 8:48 AM CDT
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Proponents of tougher penalties say this crisis is different and that, in most places, the stiffer sentences are intended to punish drug dealers, not just users.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 6:36 AM CDT
|By The Associated Press and SEUNG MIN KIM
The close attention on an abortion case also shows how stakes are ever-higher in a post-Roe v. Wade world.
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