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A freeze on federal loans and grants is sending tremors across the rural U.S. as small business owners fear they won’t get reimbursed for purchases they made to replace polluting irrigation equipment or install solar power. In Cherryville,…

Fergie L. Philippe first saw the stage musical “Beauty and the Beast” pretty late, as a freshman in college. Kyra Belle Johnson got to know it much earlier. In sixth grade she played a sugar cube in a middle school production. Years later,…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An appeals court in Poland on Thursday ordered a retrial of the case of a women’s rights activist convicted of providing another woman with abortion pills. The Warsaw Appeals Court overturned the 2023 conviction,…

LES SABLES D'OLONNE, France (AP) — When aviation pioneer Bertrand Piccard a decade ago spearheaded a much-hyped flight around the world in a plane powered by sunlight, it raised awareness about climate change but held little promise of…

Work to give London yet another skyscraper has uncovered traces of the city’s origins almost 2,000 years ago. Archaeologists exploring the site of a planned 32-story office tower announced Thursday that they have unearthed the remains of a…

LONDON (AP) — English soccer will use semi-automated offside technology for the first time in the fifth round of the FA Cup at the start of March. The AI-based player tracking technology was supposed to be introduced by the Premier League…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Ohio Sen. Kristina Roegner, a veteran state lawmaker with fiscal oversight experience and a background in finance, announced Thursday that she is running for state treasurer. Roegner, 56, of Hudson in…

BENGALURU, India (AP) — At first glance, the photograph of two fighter jets — one parked on the tarmac and other zooming past it in the air — appears entirely commonplace. In reality, it is anything but. The Russian Su-57 Felon and the…

It’s a chicken-and-egg problem: Restaurants are struggling with record-high U.S. egg prices, but their omelets, scrambles and huevos rancheros may be part of the problem. Breakfast is booming at U.S. eateries. First Watch, a restaurant…

An upcoming edition of “Hansel and Gretel” combines the dark and singular talents of two literary giants who apparently never met: Stephen King and the late Maurice Sendak. HarperCollins Publishers announced Thursday that the King-Sendak…

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) — From a physical standpoint, Mikaela Shiffrin is back to her winning form after a serious crash. From a mental standpoint, there remains work to be done. That’s why Shiffrin sat out the giant slalom event…

MADRID (AP) — Luis Rubiales' defense team reiterated in closing arguments on Thursday that Jenni Hermoso consented to the World Cup kiss by the ex-Spanish federation boss, and said that even if the player hadn't agreed the act should not be…

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.N. children’s fund on Thursday accused armed men, likely on both sides of the conflict in eastern Congo, of raping scores of children over the past weeks as rebels expand their footprint and push government…

A fire at a Buddhist temple in New York City has left two people dead, including a Buddhist monk. New York City fire officials say the fire started in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday morning. Workers at the temple tell local news outlets that…

Taxes on imports could soon go up, as President Donald Trump signed a measure to have tariff rates match what other countries charge. “We had a very unfair system to us,” Trump said in the Oval Office. “Everybody took advantage of the…