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WASHINGTON (AP) - Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles told Congress on Wednesday that "enough is enough" in emotional testimony along with other young gymnasts about her sexual abuse at the hands of US...

BEIJING (AP) - China tightened lockdowns and increased orders for mass testing in cities along its east coast Wednesday amid the latest surge in COVID-19 cases.Checks have been set up in toll stations...

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) - Pope Francis said Wednesday he didn't understand why people refuse to take COVID-19 vaccines, saying "humanity has a history of friendship with vaccines," and that serene...

EASTON, Md. (AP) - A Confederate monument is set to be moved from a courthouse lawn on Maryland's Eastern Shore after local officials voted Tuesday night to relocate it to a Virginia battleground.The ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Six people who recently traveled to the United States after fleeing the Taliban in Afghanistan have been diagnosed with measles, officials said Tuesday. The cases in Virginia and ...

CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) - The house of former drug kingpin Joaqun "El Chapo" Guzmn fled in 2014 when Mexican marines had him surrounded underwent some changes recently as the Mexican government prepared...

SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) - Apple unveiled its next iPhone line-up, including a model that offers twice the storage available in earlier versions and other modest upgrades to last year's editions that pr...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday that people who decide not to get a COVID-19 vaccine might be making the wrong choice, but defended their right to make that ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - After a campaign that laid bare divisions in America's most populous state, Californians on Tuesday were to decide whether to keep Gov. Gavin Newsom in his job or to move the...

UTICA, N.Y. (AP) - A federal judge temporarily blocked the state of New York on Tuesday from forcing medical workers to be vaccinated after a group of health care workers sued, saying their Constituti...