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PARIS (AP) — French Prime Minister Jean Castex has tested positive for COVID-19 hours after a visit to neighboring Belgium. The announcement from…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s final congressional map sprinted through the Legislature last week and was…

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts judge has dismissed criminal neglect charges against two former leaders of a veterans’ home where…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is defending a new law assigning sprawling limits on COVID-19…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press CHACO CULTURE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland met with state and…

By DAVID PORTER Associated Press A New Jersey man who conspired with his girlfriend to concoct a feelgood story about a helpful homeless man and then…

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Aykroyd, an Emmy-nominated actor and writer on “Saturday Night Live” for the 1979-80 season who…

By MARK THIESSSEN Associated Presss ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A rural Alaska man charged with threatening the lives of Alaska’s two U.S. senators…

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s army said militiamen targeting a camp for displaced people in…

By ALAN SUDERMAN, FRANK BAJAK and RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Outsiders have long profited from Africa’s riches of…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, are getting into the holiday…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has signed an ordinance designed to divest the city from fossil fuels. The…