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Scientists report that a fossil of a partial face from a early human ancestor in Spain is between 1.1 and 1.4 million years old. The incomplete skull includes a section of the left cheek bone and upper jaw. It was found in a cave complex in…

PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers decided unanimously Wednesday to eliminate so-called “sitting and standing” balloting — one of the four methods they use to vote in the National Assembly — agreeing that it discriminated against a…

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — One of Guatemala’s most wanted drug traffickers has been captured in Mexico and returned to Guatemala to await extradition to the United States, Guatemalan officials said. Guatemala Interior Minister Francisco Jiménez…

Investigators are continuing the search for a college student from Virginia who vanished earlier this month while visiting the Dominican Republic. Sudiksha Konanki and five other people were there during spring break from classes. Konanki…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — At least three-quarters of South Carolina's House members approved the more than 100 sections of the state's $14 billion spending plan this week, but is wasn't as easy as that makes it seem. Harsh words were exchanged…

Archaeologists in Cambodia are celebrating an unexpected find at the country’s centuries-old Angkor temple complex: the torso of a statue of Buddha that matches a head found nearly a century ago at the same site. The torso, believed to be…

The New York Rangers have signed veteran goaltender Jonathan Quick to another one-year contract. A person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press it is worth $1.55 million. Quick is three-quarters of the way through his second NHL…

Tiger Woods is out of the Masters and probably for the rest of the year after surgery for a ruptured Achilles tendon. Add that to a list of injuries that outnumber the 15 majors he has won. The latest surgery raises questions about whether…

Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid in a Champions League penalty shootout — again — to keep its title defense alive Wednesday and advance to the quarterfinals. Defender Antonio Rüdiger scored the decisive spot-kick in a 4-2 shootout win after…

NEW YORK (AP) — Rehearsing “Swan Lake” a few weeks ago in a sweaty studio, trying to iron out some last-minute kinks, ballerina Unity Phelan stopped just before launching into the famed 32 fouettés — those crowd-pleasing whiplash turns on…

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — A court in Georgia on Wednesday convicted imprisoned former president Mikheil Saakashvili on embezzlement charges and handed him another prison term of nine years. Saakashvili, who served as Georgia’s president in…

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Safety Damar Hamlin is returning to Buffalo, and the Bills also continued restocking their defensive front by agreeing to sign tackle Larry Ogunjobi on Wednesday. The Bills announced reaching an agreement to sign…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Emirati diplomat earlier identified by Tehran as carrying a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump seeking to jump-start talks over Iran's rapidly advancing nuclear program met Wednesday with Iran's…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned a former Republican Tennessee lawmaker who was two weeks into a 21-month prison sentence for an illegal campaign finance scheme that he pleaded guilty to in 2022, before he tried…

The Trump Administration's quest to “Make America Health Again” is targeting ultraprocessed foods. Think sugary cereals, frozen pizzas, chips, soda and ice cream tied to high rates of obesity and other disease. They make up more than 60% of…