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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival kicks off its first weekend Friday with performances by native sons Harry Connick Jr., Aaron Neville and Kermit Ruffins whether or not the weather cooperates.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The 27 European Union nations are heading into two years of divorce negotiations with Britain as a solid bloc, saying Thursday there is a large consensus on the tough guidelines for their Brexit negotiators which are to…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Republican state Rep. Matt Dean is entering the race for governor in 2018.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A woman has died after the North Carolina Highway Patrol said she drove around several barricades and was swept away in flooding that followed heavy rains earlier this week.
LONDON (AP) — Global stocks were subdued Thursday as investors assessed the scant details of President Donald Trump's U.S. tax overhaul. The Bank of Japan and European Central Bank kept their policies on hold as expected, though the euro took…
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PARIS (AP) — After "the battle of Whirlpool," when Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron both went hunting for France's blue-collar vote at a threatened home appliance factory, the presidential candidates clashed over fish in a return to more traditional…
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines said its first-quarter earnings fell 67 percent as higher costs, including labor and fuel, offset a positive trend in airfares.
ISTANBUL (AP) — The Latest on Russia navy ship damaged near Istanbul (all times local):
MIDDLETOWN, Del. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of a Delaware state trooper (all times local):
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians across the West Bank are observing a general strike in support of hundreds of hunger-striking prisoners held by Israel.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis man ordered to spend more than a quarter century in prison on drug charges has failed to have his prosecution overturned, despite his argument that he has a religious duty to sell…
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The European Union has asked Poland to stop massive logging in one of Europe's last remaining primeval forests, warning it might take Poland to the European Court of Justice if it doesn't reverse course.
The Viroqua tennis team faced two powerhouse La Crosse teams on the road last week losing 7-0 decisions to La Crosse Logan and La Crosse Aquinas. The games were played on back-to-back days, at Logan on Monday, April 17, and…
NEWTON, N.C. (AP) — A state prosecutor in North Carolina has declined to bring voter-fraud charges against a woman who cast a vote for Donald Trump in her recently deceased mother's name.
WOOLWICH, Maine (AP) — Dan Harrington makes his living unearthing marine worms by hacking away at mudflats with a tool that resembles the business end of an old steel rake.
MADRID (AP) — Competition is heating up among European Union countries hoping to reap some of the benefits of Britain's exit from the EU, with Spain joining the list of nations bidding to host the bloc's medicines oversight body.
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin was hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday to discuss a dispute over four islands that has kept the two countries from signing a peace treaty ending World War II.
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia's prime minister moved on Thursday to replace three ministers from a junior party in the government, triggering a crisis in the ruling conservative coalition.
NEW YORK (AP) — An escalator malfunctioned at New York's World Trade Center Transportation Hub and officials say two men sustained minor injuries.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The mayor of Minneapolis has blocked the police chief's choice for leading a precinct that includes some of the city's most violent neighborhoods.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional committee on Thursday asked the Justice Department to consider criminally prosecuting a technology services company that was involved in maintaining a private email server for Hillary Clinton.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — MGM Resorts International (MGM) on Thursday reported first-quarter earnings of $206.8 million.
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Latvia on Thursday paid tribute to Mikhail Baryshnikov by granting citizenship to the ballet dancer, choreographer and actor who was born in the Baltic nation when it was part of the Soviet Union and later became…
