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By DAVID BILLER and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It’s one of the United Nations’ more obscure bodies, with no…

By COLLIN BINKLEY and CAROLE FELDMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s education chief said he’s open to using…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is to speak before the Canadian Parliament on Friday as part…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A top official of upcoming international climate negotiations hopes to prove critics wrong and…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — This week, a Truman Capote story from early in his career will be published for the first time.…

By STEPHEN SMITH Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Movie star Anthony Mackie was back in his home town — and back at an old job — as he took…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and GABE STERN Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s push to bend state Republican parties…

By SUMMER BALLENTINE and JOHN HANNA Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A longshot Republican candidate for Missouri governor and his…

By JIM SALTER and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — As Republican-led states have rushed to ban gender-affirming for minors, some…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Soon after one of Maui’s Japanese Buddhist temples, the Lahaina Hongwanji…

By ANDREW DALTON and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new poll shows that Americans are much more sympathetic to…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The odd device draws curious onlookers everywhere. From the outside, it resembles…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Before Doja Cat released her stellar fourth full-length album, the take-no-prisoners…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A top European Union official says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has exposed an urgent need to reform the “sclerotic and…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Christian McCaffrey scored a touchdown in his 12th straight game, Brock Purdy threw…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Labor unions say they will end disruptive strike actions at Chevron Corp.’s…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Biden administration has pledged over $200 million toward reintroducing salmon in the Upper Columbia River Basin in an…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It’s Day 4 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has ordered unspecified steps to further develop…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s government has reported a $14.2 billion budget surplus for the last fiscal…

By DIANE JEANTET and ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Indigenous people in Brazil are celebrating after the country’s…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address the Canadian Parliament on Friday as he…

By MUHAMMAD HATTA and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press PALEMBANG, Indonesia (AP) — A court in Indonesia has convicted a woman of inciting religious…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Two firearms charges have been dismissed amid preparations for a trial against an extended…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Thousands have marched across Nigeria over the mysterious death of an Afrobeat star whose…

SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is denying a report claiming he consulted with top military leaders on staging a coup to…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two teenagers have made initial appearances in adult court in Las Vegas where prosecutors say…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court has struck down part of a state law that would have…

FORESTHILL, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a 19-year-old was rescued after a filming stunt went wrong and left him dangling by a rope from…

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s interim police superintendent says a White Sox game last month where two women were wounded by gunfire should have been…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has asked Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the first-ever federal office…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will travel to Arizona next week to deliver a democracy-focused address…

By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China is telling assembled world leaders at the United Nations that it considers itself…

By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Several Republican Wisconsin lawmakers have proposed impeaching the…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new plan from California’s insurance commissioner aims to keep the nation’…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on Alabama’s request to let it keep new…

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A 16-year-old has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for fatally shooting a student and injuring another at a…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s firefighters in the northeastern state of Bahia are battling wildfires, fanned by strong winds and abnormally…

The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Media magnate Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as the leader of both Fox News’ parent company and his News…

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is giving temporary legal status to Afghan migrants who have already…

By JAMES POLLARD and TARA COPP Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A military pilot whose advanced fighter jet went temporarily missing…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — About a half-million people are regaining Medicaid coverage after the federal…

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The departure of Rupert Murdoch as the leader of Fox’s parent company and his News Corp. media…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Designers Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons have achieved an unbearable lightness in a series of…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Sophie Turner has sued her estranged pop star husband Joe Jonas to force him to turn over…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The former chair of Mississippi’s Democratic Party is suing to…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves has released a plan to try to ease some…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Police say the owners of a New York City day care center where a toddler died and three others…

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut teenager accused of causing a car crash that killed a Hartford police officer and seriously wounded another…

TORONTO (AP) — Former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard has pleaded not guilty to all charges against him in his Toronto sexual assault case, as…

DETROIT (AP) — The remains of an 18-year-old Army corporal from Detroit who was killed in the Korean War in 1950 have been identified. The Defense…

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The South Florida school building where 14 students and three staff members were fatally shot in a 2018 massacre will be…

By CLAUDIA LAUER and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — When an Ohio father learned that his 11-year-old daughter had been…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota officials have approved plans for the expansion of a solar energy project that a utility says will be one of the…

Russia has announced a ban on exports of gasoline and diesel fuel, aiming to stabilize rising domestic prices and improve the country’s fuel…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris says the Biden administration is beginning the process to remove…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says there can be no peace in the Middle East without his people enjoying their “full…

FAITHORN, Mich. (AP) — A 2-year-old girl who walked away from her home in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula alongside two family dogs was found in…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville Metro police are thanking Cardinals football players on social media for coming “to the rescue” in helping…

By DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Pfizer and Moderna say they have sent out millions of doses of the new COVID-19 vaccines in the…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say they have shot a young Palestinian man who allegedly stabbed an Israeli security guard at a Jerusalem light…

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order Thursday that she says will make Massachusetts the first state to ban the purchase of…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says a contractor for the U.S. government who is originally from Ethiopia…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press MIDDLETOWN, N.J. (AP) — Governments, organizations and businesses have set ambitious goals to combat climate…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California Attorney General Rob Bonta has sued an anti-abortion group and a chain of…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The New York attorney general’s office has sent a cease-and-desist letter to a group…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer The PGA Tour is returning to Maui five months after the deadly wildfires devasted nearby Lahaina. Chief competitions…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy has taken a dig at former President Donald Trump. The…

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The fundraising platform GoFundMe said Thursday it has refunded money to donors after a poker player admitted he…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Novels from Ireland, the United States, Canada and Britain that explore families, communities and a…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army says Israeli tanks have struck two structures in a demilitarized zone inside Syria. It says the buildings…

WAWAYANDA, N.Y. (AP) — A bus crashed on a New York highway and went down an embankment Thursday, killing one person and hurting multiple other…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The former head of a Florida nonprofit domestic violence agency is charged with fraud and grand theft. The charge comes…

By LISA MASCARO and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s latest plan to prevent a looming federal…

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada grand jury has indicted a man on felony charges that he threatened to carry out a mass shooting in June…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — A group of migrants from China surrendered to a Border Patrol agent in remote…