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By JIMMY GOLEN

BOSTON — Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic is scheduled to be arraigned on an assault charge in connection with his arrest this weekend after his wife called police to their home and said he tried to choke her.A Boston Police Department report...

By REBECCA SANTANA and MICHAEL BALSAMO

WASHINGTON — Supporters of Israel rallied by the tens of thousands on the National Mall under heavy security Tuesday, voicing solidarity in the fight against Hamas and crying “never again.”The “March for Israel” offered a resounding and bipartisan...

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Health officials and people trapped inside Gaza’s largest hospital rejected Israel’s claims that it was helping babies and others evacuate Sunday, saying fighting continued just outside the facility where incubators lay idle...

By AMY TEIBEL

JERUSALEM — Attacks by Lebanon’s Hezbollah group Sunday wounded seven Israeli troops and 10 other people, Israel’s military and rescue services said. The clashes came as skirmishes between the Iran-backed group and Israeli military continue to...

By LISA MASCARO, STEPHEN GROVES, FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVIN FREKING

WASHINGTON — Both relieved and exultant, Republicans unanimously elected Rep. Mike Johnson as House speaker on Wednesday, elevating a deeply conservative but lesser-known leader to the seat of U.S. power and ending for now the political chaos in their...

By ANDREW DALTON

LOS ANGELES — The union representing screenwriters reached a tentative agreement with Hollywood studios to end a historic strike after nearly five months, raising hopes that a crippling shutdown of movie and television filming could be near an...

By JOSH BOAK and STEPHEN GROVES

WASHINGTON — The White House was preparing Friday to direct federal agencies to get ready for a shutdown after House Republicans left town for the weekend with no viable plan to keep the government funded and avert a politically and economically...

By LISA MASCARO and STEPHEN GROVES

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s latest plan to prevent a looming federal shutdown by appeasing his hard-right flank quickly collapsed Thursday, a crushing defeat that makes a disruption in government services almost certain.A government...

By JON GAMBRELL and LUJAIN JO

DOHA, Qatar — Five Americans detained for years in Iran walked off a plane and into freedom Monday, some arm-in-arm, as part of a politically risky deal in which President Joe Biden agreed to the release of nearly $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets...

By LAURAN NEERGAARD

WASHINGTON — The U.S. approved updated COVID-19 vaccines Monday, hoping to rev up protection against the latest coronavirus strains and blunt any surge this fall and winter.The Food and Drug Administration decision opens the newest shots from Moderna...

By MICHAEL CASEY and STEVE LeBLANC

WORCESTER — The family of a teenager who died after eating an extremely spicy tortilla chip as part of a social media challenge will gather to remember the promising basketball player at a vigil Friday while they await word from Massachusetts...

By FATIMA HUSSEIN

PHILADELPHIA — President Joe Biden, who often says he’s the most pro-union president in history, touted the importance of organized labor and applauded American workers in building the economy during a Labor Day appearance in Philadelphia on Monday....

By EDDIE PELLS

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Noah Lyles won the 200-meter world title Friday in 19.52 seconds, becoming the first man to complete the 100-200 sprint double at worlds since Usain Bolt did it for the third and final time back in 2015.It was Lyles’ third straight...

By PAT GRAHAM

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Rest assured, Gabby Thomas is a big believer in the power of a good night’s sleep.Because to dream big, the American sprinter from Florence must first dream well.Thomas wrote a paper on the subject of rest as part of her recently...

By STEVE LeBLANC

BOSTON — Federal regulators are proposing a series of rules changes aimed at toughening safety requirements for millions of miles of gas distribution pipelines nationwide following a string of gas explosions in Massachusetts in 2018.These proposed...

By EDDIE PELLS

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Sha'Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles each kicked off their quest for a second medal at the world championships Wednesday by easily winning their heats in the 200-meter preliminaries.Richardson finished in 22.16 seconds and Lyles in...

By STEVE MEGARGEE

GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers and New England Patriots apparently have seen a little too much of one another over the past couple of days.About five minutes into their second joint practice session Thursday, three skirmishes already had...

By KATE BRUMBACK and ERIC TUCKER

ATLANTA — Donald Trump and 18 allies were indicted in Georgia on Monday over their efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state, with prosecutors using a statute normally associated with mobsters to accuse the former president, lawyers and...

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and MEG KINNARD

The fourth indictment of former President Donald Trump may be the most sweeping yet.The sprawling, 98-page case unveiled late Monday night opens up fresh legal ground and exposes more than a dozen of Trump’s allies to new jeopardy.But it also raises...

By JOHN HANNA and MARGERY A. BECK

MARION, Kan. (AP) — A small newspaper and a police department in Kansas are at the center of a dispute over freedom of speech that is being watched around the country after police raided the office of the local newspaper and the home of its owner and...