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Brown, Bloomberg announce plan to track climate progress
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California Gov. Jerry Brown announced yet another plan Wednesday to keep the…
Canada’s next governor general to be announced Thursday by prime minister
OTTAWA – The federal government is set to reveal Canada’s next governor general Thursday with…
Execution drug challenge survives, but Arkansas lacks doses
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A medical supply company’s challenge to Arkansas’ three-drug execution protocol remains…
Education civil rights chief: ‘Sorry’ for sex assault quote
WASHINGTON – The Education Department’s civil rights chief apologized Wednesday for saying 90 per cent…
In Paris, Trump is Bastille Day guest of city he derided
PARIS – President Donald Trump’s visit to Paris on Thursday will take him to a…
John Quinn, a founding editor at USA Today, dies at age 91
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. – A founding editor at USA Today has died in Rhode Island…
American Airlines will end partnerships with Qatar, Etihad
FORT WORTH, Texas – American Airlines is dropping partnerships with Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways,…
UK unemployment rate falls to 42-year low but wages subdued
LONDON – Household incomes in Britain are being squeezed even though unemployment has fallen to…
AP Explains: Why term ‘la raza’ has complicated roots in US
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The National Council of La Raza announced this week that it was…
Hospital: Jailed Nobel laureate’s condition life threatening
SHENYANG, China – Imprisoned Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo’s condition is life threatening…
Building where Sanders’ wife was college president is sold
BURLINGTON, Vt. – A Vermont building that housed a now-defunct college where U.S. Sen. Bernie…
Kid Rock hints at potential US Senate run in Michigan
LANSING, Mich. – Kid Rock for U.S. Senate? The musician from suburban Detroit is teasing…
AP Explains: How do politicians collect opposition research?
WASHINGTON – Psst. Wanna hear something bad about your opponent? As any political strategist can…
McGregor favourite in Toronto as tour with Mayweather stops in Canada
TORONTO – UFC star Conor McGregor strutted up to the podium, checked the microphone in…
Afghan girls will be allowed into US for robotics contest
WASHINGTON – U.S. officials will allow a group of Afghan girls into the country to…
Harvard proposal would ban fraternities and sororities
BOSTON – A proposal at Harvard University would ban all fraternities, sororities and single-gender clubs…
‘Big Bang’s’ Melissa Rauch pregnant after miscarriage
LOS ANGELES – “Big Bang Theory” star Melissa Rauch is expecting her first child with…
Scores and Schedule
Wednesday’s Games CONCACAF Gold Cup First Round At Tampa, Fla. Panama 2 Nicaragua 1 United…
Transformer-theme buildings rise in world’s highest big city
EL ALTO, Bolivia – The Transformers have been transformed yet again. Already featured as toys…
Chuck Blazer, who touched off soccer scandal, dead at 72
NEW YORK – Chuck Blazer, the disgraced American soccer executive whose admissions of corruption set…
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby wins eighth ESPY Award as best NHL player
LOS ANGELES – Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby won the ESPY Award for best NHL…
Latest: Most evacuees from California fires return home
OROVILLE, Calif. – The Latest on wildfires across the U.S. West (all times local): 10…
Prosecutor: Human remains discovered in search for 4 men
NEW HOPE, Pa. – The body of one of four missing young men was found…
Trump says he’ll be ‘angry’ if Senate health care bill flops
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will be “very angry” if the Senate…