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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A figure in a social security scandal in Honduras has pleaded guilty to money laundering charges in New Orleans.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday approved a $675 billion spending bill for the Defense Department that includes a 2.6 percent raise for the military.

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco is seeing more migrants trying to get to Europe amid an intensifying clampdown on the Mediterranean Sea route between Libya and Italy, the kingdom's migration and border surveillance director said Thursday.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California internet privacy bill that experts call the nation's most far-reaching effort to give consumers more control over their data cleared its first major legislative hurdle Thursday.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department's inspector general is looking into a complaint about a land deal that links Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and the head of energy services giant Halliburton in Zinke's hometown of Whitefish, Montana, a…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the North Carolina Lottery's "Pick 4 Day" game were:

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a California effort to ban local soda taxes (all times local):

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department confirmed Thursday that another U.S. diplomat has been affected by mysterious health incidents in Cuba, bringing the total of Americans suffering from such ailments to 26.

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Brazilians finally got to see the Neymar they like, one that spends less time diving and more time trying to help the national team at the World Cup.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are climbing Thursday afternoon as gains for technology companies and banks help the market recover the previous day's losses. Amazon said it's buying an online pharmacy and launching its own delivery van business, and…