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NEW YORK (AP) -- The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin a prop gun that went off on a New Mexico film set, killing a cinematographer, backs up the acto…

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Abortion rights are on the line at the Supreme Court in historic arguments Wednesday over the landmark ruling nearly 50 years ago that decla…

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A person in California who had been vaccinated against COVID-19 became the first in the U.S. to have an identified case of the omicron varia…

BOSTON (AP) -- One of the first coins minted in Colonial New England, which was recently found among other coins in a candy tin, has sold at auction for more t…

ASBURY PARK, N.J. (AP) -- It has been called beautiful, awesome and brilliant, a transcendent work of art that reimagines the holiday experience with local tou…

OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Someone opened fire at a Michigan high school on Tuesday and shot four to six people, though none were confirmed dead, authoriti…

NEW YORK (AP) -- With an expanded definition to reflect the times, Merriam-Webster has declared an omnipresent truth as its 2021 word of the year: vaccine.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A federal judge on Monday blocked President Joe Biden's administration from enforcing a coronavirus vaccine mandate on thousands of…

ROME (AP) -- The sinking of a boat with more than 30 people on board last week was the deadliest migration tragedy to date in the English Channel.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Buoyed by solid hiring, healthy pay gains and substantial savings, shoppers are returning to stores and splurging on all types of items.

MOSCOW (AP) -- Rescue crews have found a survivor in a Siberian coal mine where dozens of miners are presumed dead after a devastating methane explosion, a sen…

BRUSSELS (AP) -- A slew of nations moved to stop air travel from southern Africa on Friday, and stocks plunged in Asia and Europe in reaction to news of a new,…

Federal health regulators say an experimental COVID-19 pill from Merck is effective against the virus, but they will seek input from outside experts on risks o…

MARION, Ohio (AP) -- A radio station serving U.S. President Warren G. Harding's Ohio hometown says a reward offered by one of its listeners is providing new ho…

For more than 20 years, a line of German shepherds named Gunther has been presented in news stories as the wealthy beneficiaries of a German countess.