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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Xavier University’s pick to deliver its undergraduate commencement address has sparked criticism among students who oppose…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer TORGIANO, Italy (AP) — The Prada Group is expanding its production footprint in Italy, including dozens of new…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Prices in Argentina have surged so dramatically in recent months that the government has multiplied the size of its…

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — A northern Idaho prosecutor won’t bring hate crime charges against an 18-year-old accused of shouting a racist…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — Authorities in southern Brazil are rushing to rescue…

ATLANTA (AP) — A music festival that draws tens of thousands of people to Atlanta’s Piedmont Park will not take place this year. Posts Wednesday…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s public hospital doctors union has called off a national strike that had…

NEW YORK (AP) — A cruise ship sailed into New York City with a 44-foot dead whale across its bow. A spokesperson for the National Oceanic and…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled Arkansas cannot prevent two high school teachers from…

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — It’s been two months since Nikki Haley dropped out of the Republican race, but the…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer Two Republican Congressmen have introduced a bill that would provide the NCAA, college conferences and…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Kosovo’s prime minister has deplored the fact that some Western powers reportedly have…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — Internet casino gambling is legal in only a handful of states, but the industry is convinced…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has challenged Donald Trump to a head-to-head debate for when both…

By HOGIR AL ABDO Associated Press AL-HOL CAMP, Syria (AP) — Scores of Syrian women and children linked to the Islamic State group have left a…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats plan to spend $7 million on television ads in five state Senate races…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban official says A sticky bomb exploded in northeastern Afghanistan, killing at least three police officers. AAbdul Mateen…

By ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Tornado emergencies have been called in Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa and more states over the past…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Travis Kelce continues to work in the NFL off season. The Super Bowl winner has booked a role on “American…

By ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns that the…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Voting rights advocates have filed an emergency motion asking the Supreme Court to keep in…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has been hit by hours of rolling blackouts late Tuesday due to high temperatures and temporary drops in electrical power…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — New U.S. rules require all dogs coming into the U.S. to be at least 6 months old and microchipped…

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union nations have reached a tentative breakthrough deal to provide Ukraine with billions in additional funds for arms and…

NEW YORK (AP) — Charges of inciting a riot will be dropped against online streamer Kai Cenat after he agreed to pay restitution and apologize for…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Kosovo’s foreign minister says her country is convinced that Russia must lose the war in…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Civil rights groups and Democratic lawmakers are concerned about a push by some House Republicans to include a…

MOUNTAIN HOME VILLAGE, Calif. (AP) — Two young siblings died after being swept away by a rapidly flowing creek in Southern California’s San…

By LISA LEFF Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of Taylor Swift fans are following her across the pond after missing out on her U.S. concert…

By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer DALLAS (AP) — A thick atmosphere has been detected around a planet that’s twice as big as Earth in a…

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Funeral services will soon begin for an Ohio man who died in police custody last month after he was handcuffed and left…

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia’s ruling conservatives have agreed to form a coalition with an extreme party, which would push the country further…

An attorney says nine of the 10 wrongful death lawsuits filed after the 2021 Astroworld festival have been settled, including one that was set to go…

NEW YORK (AP) — Many current and former BetterHelp customers have begun receiving refund eligibility notices spanning from a $7.8 million…

By MIKE SILVERMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ever since Giacomo Puccini died in 1924 without finishing his last opera, “Turandot,”…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain says it is expelling Russia’s defense attaché after accusing him of being an undeclared…

HOUSTON (AP) — The mayor of Houston says the city’s police chief has retired. A spokesperson for the city says Mayor John Whitmire has…

By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — North West, the daughter of Kim Kardashian and Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, is going…

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Moscow court rejected an appeal filed by a Russian deputy defense minister’s lawyers who sought to have him moved from…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday agreed to review a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County…

By ALEXA ST. JOHN and DOUG GLASS Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Several dozen young people wearing light blue T-shirts imprinted with…

By ALBERT STUMM Associated Press Even people who know that looking at their smartphone in bed isn’t good for them do it anyway. If you’d like to…

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest public utility is moving ahead with a plan for a new natural gas…

BANGKOK (AP) — The prime minister of Thailand says he wants to outlaw the cannabis over concerns the lack of regulation had made it available to…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s security officials say that a 41-year-old man from Russia has been detained and is being questioned after…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer FTX says that nearly all of its customers will receive the money back that they are owed, two years after the…

By JOSH JACQUOT Edmunds With used car prices dropping, it’s crucial to know the best way to maximize your return when you part ways with your…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian international footballer has been splashed by acid and two other top players were attacked within a week…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch will have a book out this summer on a subject he has…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been accused of leading a “chaotic” government as another…

LONDON (AP) — The pharma giant AstraZeneca has requested that the European authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine be pulled. In an update on the…

By NQOBILE NTSHANGASE and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press GEORGE, South Africa (AP) — Rescue teams are continuing to search for dozens of…

Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish state prosecutors recommended Wednesday that an investigating judge shelve a probe into another…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s President William Ruto has declared Friday a public holiday to mourn the 238…

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Human Rights Watch says an extremist group linked to al-Qaida carried out mass killings in two…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Police have begun to clear a Pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University,…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s aviation authority has barred humanitarian migrant rescue groups from using a Sicilian…

By COLLEEN LONG and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is racing into yet another battleground state. Biden on…

By SOPHENG CHEANG and DAVID RISING Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s Defense Ministry is insisting that the months-long…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Europeans focus more on curbing immigration than on climate change and few of those interviewed across the globe…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban has rejected claims of Afghan involvement in recent attacks in Pakistan, calling it “irresponsible and far from the…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A prominent Berlin politician has been violently assaulted and suffered injuries to her head…

ISTANBUL (AP) — A cargo aircraft has made an emergency landing at Istanbul Airport after its front landing gear failed. A video on social media…

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC and JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping is set to meet Wednesday with Serbian…