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 federal government already taxes the sale of guns and ammunition at either 10% or 11%, depending on the type of gun.
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Biden’s embrace of the union began as soon as he arrived in Michigan on Air Force One.
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Philadelphia Municipal Judge Wendy Pew made her ruling Tuesday after watching video of the fatal shooting of 27-year-old Eddie Irizarry.
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About 150 people from families who have lost a loved one to fentanyl poisoning gathered Tuesday at the headquarters of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
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Social media users take note: You won’t be able to snap that fall foliage selfie at a popular Vermont spot. The town has temporarily closed the road to nonresidents due to overcrowding and “poorly behaved tourists.”
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Amazon is sued by U.S. regulators and 17 states alleging that its policies inflate online prices and stifle competition.
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Apple exec defends tech giant’s decision to make Google default search engine on Apple iPhones, Macs
The U.S. Department of Justice has accused Google of smothering competition.
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Writers Guild of America leaders have halted their picket lines, but they're encouraging writers to join the lines of actors, who are still on strike with no deal yet on the horizon.
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JPMorgan said Tuesday that $55 million of the settlement will go toward local charities and assistance for victims. Another $20 million will go toward legal fees.
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The justices, without any noted dissent, rejected the state’s plea to retain Republican-drawn lines that were turned down by a lower court.
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The index measures both Americans’ assessment of current economic conditions and their outlook for the next six months.
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In the U.S., poor math skills could mean lower salaries for today’s kids.
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The lawsuit alleges the two wrongly accessed and shared Biden's personal data.
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e House is expected to vote Tuesday evening on a package of bills to fund parts of the government, but it’s not at all clear that McCarthy has the support needed to move ahead.
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Trump lawyers say prosecutors want to ‘silence’ him with gag order in his federal 2020 election case
Attorneys for Trump urge U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to deny the proposal to bar the Republican ex-president from making inflammatory and intimidating comments about witnesses, lawyers and other people involved in the criminal case.
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Eight states — California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico and Vermont — have made school meals free to all students regardless of income.
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Nearly five gigatons of carbon dioxide would have to be removed from the atmosphere every year during the second half of this century if countries don't drastically reduce emissions to recommended levels, the IEA said.
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Despite increased pay for the seasonal UPS workers, the job market is still tight, and it’s uncertain how challenging it will be to find workers, a UPS official said.
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With little precipitation in the forecast, officials are now hastily preparing for if and when the salt water will reach the state’s most populous city — New Orleans.
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Spain charges pop singer Shakira with tax evasion for a second time and demands more than $7 million
Shakira is alleged to have used an offshore company based in a tax haven to avoid paying the tax, Barcelona prosecutors said in a statement.
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Seven candidates have qualified for Wednesday night’s debate at Ronald Reagan’s presidential library in California, the Republican National Committee said.
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Cassidy Hutchinson, who was a prominent congressional witness against former President Trump before the House Jan. 6 committee, described the burning papers in a new book set to be released Tuesday.
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Government estimates of fatal crashes in 2022 show a 43% increase, partially thanks to increases in speeding and drunk driving and decreases in seatbelt use.
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With no big winner, the jackpot keeps getting bigger.
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Davis has been a state trooper since 2015 and is stationed in Jonestown, Pennsylvania.
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He said that he believed he’d be exonerated and that prosecutors sometimes get the facts wrong.
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The flight landed safely just after 4 a.m. in Kansas City due to an oil pressure failure in one of the plane’s engines.
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In more than 13,000 school districts nationwide, nearly 900 operate on a truncated schedule, up from 662 in 2019 and a little more than 100 in 1999, said Paul Thompson, an associate professor of economics at Oregon State University.
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Seventeen people have been indicted on various charges involving an attack on three Black men by members of the Hells Angels biker gang.
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McCallum died Monday of natural causes surrounded by family at New York Presbyterian Hospital, CBS said in a statement.
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He was sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences in July after pleading guilty to federal hate crime charges following one of the nation’s worst mass killings.
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The money is funding 70 projects in 35 states and Washington, D.C.
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A third person has been charged in the death of a toddler apparently poisoned by fentanyl inside a New York City day care center.
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The three-year contract agreement must be approved by the guild’s board and members before the strike officially ends.
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The challenges rest on Trump’s attempts to overturn his 2020 loss to Democrat Joe Biden and his role leading up to the violent Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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The U.S. has approximately 900 troops in Syria focused on countering the remnants of the Islamic State group, which had held a wide swath of Syria until 2019.
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JetBlue flight 1256 was headed from Guayaquil, Ecuador, to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport for a landing shortly after 5 a.m. when it “experienced sudden severe turbulence as it neared Florida,” the statement said.
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The accusers, who have not been named, include one who said she was sexually assaulted during a relationship with him when she was 16.
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Historians are racing to locate Great Lakes shipwrecks before a seemingly unstoppable invasive mussel destroys them and erases part of the region's heritage.
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ALS gradually destroys nerve connections needed for basic movements and functions, including breathing. Most people die within five years of diagnosis.
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An investigation of the June 12 crash in Dorset concluded a vehicle pulled in front of Treat Williams.
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There was no fire or significant damage to the building, he said. No arrests had been made.
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Film legend Sophia Loren has successful surgery after fracturing a leg in a fall at home, agent says
Agent Andrea Giusti said in an email that Loren fell in a bathroom on Sunday and the surgery was performed later that day.
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The technology allows law enforcement agencies to feed images from video surveillance into software that can search government databases or social media for a possible match.
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It found about 9 in 10 Americans say they have experienced at least one extreme weather event in the past five years
Amazon and Anthropic said the deal is part of a broader collaboration to develop so-called foundation models, which underpin the generative AI systems that have captured global attention.
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Average U.S. pump prices are still well below the record $5 per gallon seen in summer 2022. But at $3.85 per gallon, they’re still up 15 cents from a year ago.
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The captors, three men in their 20s, were charged federally with kidnapping and could face life in prison if convicted.
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The Panthers dropped to 0-3 on Sunday, losing 37-27 to the Seahawks.
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Witnesses told officers that two men fled the scene in a car.
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