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By CARLA K. JOHNSON

SEATTLE — The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine.After decades of limited success, scientists say research has reached a turning point, with many predicting more vaccines will be out in five years.These aren’t traditional...

By PATRICK WHITTLE and HOLLY RAMER

The U.S. Coast Guard says a missing submersible imploded near the wreckage of the Titanic, killing all five people on board.Coast Guard officials said during a news conference Thursday that they’ve notified the families of the crew of the Titan,...

By TOM CANAVAN

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — After stunning women’s golf by winning in her first event as professional, Rose Zhang will try to take the next big step when she goes for her first major victory in the Women’s PGA Championship at Baltusrol.And it’s been just a...

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter will plead guilty to federal tax offenses and avoid prosecution on a separate gun charge in a deal with the Justice Department that likely spares him time behind bars.Hunter Biden, 52, will plead guilty...

By PATRICK WHITTLE

PORTLAND, Maine — A federal appeals court has sided with commercial fishermen who say proposed restrictions aimed at saving an imperiled species of whale could put them out of business.The fishermen harvest lobsters and crabs off New England and...

By HILLEL ITALIE

NEW YORK — Daniel Ellsberg, the history-making whistleblower who by leaking the Pentagon Papers revealed longtime government doubts and deceit about the Vietnam War and inspired acts of retaliation by President Richard Nixon that helped lead to his...

By KYLE HIGHTOWER

When Calvin Ridley was suspended for betting on NFL games in 2022, it was largely dismissed as an isolated incident among the four biggest North American professional leagues in the era of legalized sports gambling.He served a yearlong suspension,...

By STEVE LeBLANC

BOSTON — Teens have long been vital to filling out the summertime staffs of restaurants, ice cream stands, amusement parks and camps.Now, thanks to one of the tightest labor markets in decades, they have even more sway, with an array of jobs to choose...

By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and STEPHEN GROVES

WASHINGTON — Under fire from conservatives, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy worked strenuously Tuesday to sell fellow Republicans on the debt ceiling and budget deal he negotiated with President Joe Biden and win approval in time to avert a potentially...

By STEPHEN HAWKINS

DALLAS — Stars captain Jamie Benn said Wednesday he wishes he hadn’t used his stick “as a landing point” during an ugly hit on Vegas captain Mark Stone in a Game 3 loss that left Dallas on the brink of being swept out of the Western Conference...

By HILLEL ITALIE

NEW YORK — Tina Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer who teamed with husband Ike Turner for a dynamic run of hit records and live shows in the 1960s and ’70s and survived her horrifying marriage to triumph in middle age with the...

By ZEKE MILLER, JOSH BOAK and STEPHEN GROVES

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet in person on Monday as the government races against a looming deadline to raise America’s debt limit before federal funds potentially run dry early next month.The leaders...

By FATIMA HUSSEIN

WASHINGTON — All the hand-wringing over a potential government default if Congress doesn’t increase the government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling has conjured up images of past government shutdowns. In shutdowns, “essential” workers – TSA agents and...

By TOM WITHERS

CLEVELAND — Jim Brown was virtually unstoppable in every arena.Whether on the field, as a Hollywood film hero or civil rights advocate, Brown was a force.One of the greatest players in NFL history, Brown, who retired at the peak of his playing career...

By ADAM SCHRECK, FOSTER KLUG and ZEKE MILLER

Susan WalshPresident Joe Biden, right, meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, Sunday, May 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

By ZEKE MILLER, FOSTER KLUG, JOSH BOAK, and ELAINE KURTENBACH

HIROSHIMA, Japan — President Joe Biden told allies Friday he was approving plans to train Ukrainian pilots on U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, according to two people familiar with the matter, as leaders of the world’s most powerful democracies worked to...

By SHARON JOHNSON

ATLANTA — On the weekend in March when Brittany Glover would have turned 34, her mother stood on the same busy road in Atlanta where her daughter died six months earlier.Glover, a flight attendant with a passion for clothes, was coming from an...

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ERIC TUCKER

WASHINGTON — The top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts tried to use her position to influence the outcome of a race for Boston’s district attorney by leaking information aimed at sabotaging the campaign of her preferred candidate’s rival, the...

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER

BOSTON — Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins will resign after a monthslong ethics investigation by the Justice Department’s inspector general into her appearance at a political fundraiser and other potential issues, her attorney said Tuesday....

By SUZAN FRASER and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY

ANKARA, Turkey — Early returns from Turkey’s national election Sunday had President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a solid lead after some 47% of ballot boxes were counted, the Turkish state-run news agency said, while the longtime leader’s main challenger...