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By FATIMA HUSSEIN and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department plans to impose more than 500 new sanctions on Russia and its war machine on Friday as the U.S. vows to keep up its financial pressure on Moscow with the war entering its third grueling year. The sanctions represent the largest

HOBE SOUND, Fla. (AP) — The PGA Tour will have to wait for the 15-year-old son of Tiger Woods. In a pre-qualifier for the Cognizant Classic on Thursday, Charlie Woods took a 12 on one hole and shot 86. The teenager didn’t make a birdie at Lost Lake Golf Club and tied for 110th among

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man was convicted of second-degree murder Thursday in the death of his 5-year-old daughter, who police believe was killed nearly two years before she was reported missing in 2021 and whose body was never found. Adam Montgomery, 34, did not attend the trial

By RIO YAMAT and TERRY TANG Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hydeia Broadbent, the HIV/AIDS activist who came to national prominence in the 1990s as a young child for her inspirational talks to reduce the stigma surrounding the virus she was born with, has died. She was 39. Broadbent’s father announced on Facebook that

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The former chief of Haiti’s National Police who was recently accused in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse has announced he is resigning as permanent representative of Haiti to the Organization of American States. Léon Charles’ announcement on X, formerly Twitter, comes just days after a final report from

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An international investigative team says that its probe into a 2015 attack in Syria found “reasonable grounds to believe” that the Islamic State group used mustard gas. The conclusion Thursday is the latest finding of use of poison gas and nerve agents in Syria’s grinding

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s rainy season got off to a slow start but gained momentum with storms that have unleashed flooding and mudslides. Downtown Los Angeles has already received more than a year’s worth of rain, and San Diego was flooded with atmospheric river-fueled storms. The water content of

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Minnesota man who repeatedly attacked police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot, wielded a police baton as a weapon and stole two riot shields has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison. Brian Mock asked for leniency before Chief Judge James Boasberg sentenced him on

LONDON, Ontario (AP) — A man found guilty of using his pickup truck to kill four members of a Muslim family has been sentenced to life in prison as a Canadian judge ruled that the actions of the “admitted white nationalist” amounted to terrorism. Nathaniel Veltman has also been sentenced to a concurrent life sentence

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lander on Thursday made the first U.S. touchdown on the moon in more than 50 years, but managed just a weak signal back until flight controllers scrambled to gain better contact. Despite the spotty communication, Intuitive Machines, the company that built and

AVA, Mo. (AP) — Authorities in Missouri say a 35-year cold case killing has been solved, thanks to someone who came forward with information about the crime. Douglas County authorities announced Wednesday that three men have been arrested and indicted on first-degree murder, forcible rape and first-degree kidnapping charges in the 1989 killing of 24-year-old

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn a 174-year-old state law that conservatives have interpreted as an abortion ban. The organization filed a petition Thursday asking the high court to find the law unconstitutional without letting any lower courts rule first.

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose this week for the third time in as many weeks, driving up home loan borrowing costs in just as the spring homebuying season ramps up. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 6.90% from 6.77% last

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers have voted to approve over-the-counter access to the morning-after pill for ages 15 and above in a step to liberalize Poland’s strict reproductive law inherited from the previous nationalist conservative government. The vote Thursday was the first step in the plans of the new pro-European Union government to loosen

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Additional in vitro fertilization providers in Alabama paused services Thursday, sending patients scrambling to make other plans in the wake of a state Supreme Court ruling that said frozen embryos could be considered children under state law. Doctors and patients have been grappling with shock and

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota is seeking reelection. The first-term Republican senator announced his reelection plans in a video on Thursday. He was first elected to the Senate seat in 2018 in a closely watched race against then-Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, the last Democrat to hold statewide office in North

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s automatic voter registration has put almost all eligible citizens on the rolls, but now some Republicans want to turn that system off. The Senate Ethics Committee on Thursday voted to advance a bill that would require people to opt in to voter registration when they receive

By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The parents of two teenagers who survived a fire that killed 20 people at a high school dormitory for Indigenous girls last year have sued the government and accused authorities of negligence. The lawsuit that attorneys shared with reporters late Wednesday is seeking more than $50,000

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press LA PARAGUA, Venezuela (AP) — Families and friends have started burying loved ones who were among at least 16 people killed in the collapse of an illegally operated gold mine in a remote area of central Venezuela. The mournful tributes come as demands step up for government help with

NEW YORK (AP) — Customers of AT&T, the country’s largest wireless provider, are reporting widespread outages. Some iPhone users saw SOS messages displayed in the status bar on their cellphones. The message indicates that the device is having trouble connecting to their cellular provider’s network. That can be a big problem in an emergency. AT&T