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BEIJING (AP) — China’s military says it has conducted air and sea patrols and that all activities that “disrupt the South China Sea” are…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA and IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwandans are commemorating 30 years since the genocide i n which an…

By ALFIAN KARTONO Associated Press JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Police say two Papuan separatist leaders were killed in a shootout between security…

By TAIWO ADEBAYO Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A raft of agreements between African countries and Dubai-based company Blue Carbon could…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Powerball drew the numbers early Sunday morning for an estimated $1.3 billion jackpot after a delay of more than three…

By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A bespoke globe in the age of Google Earth? London globemaker Peter Bellerby says plenty of people…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Voters across Poland are casting ballots in local elections in what is the first electoral…

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — They prowl through palace gardens stalking pigeons and make cameos on televised press…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia United Students’ Union is the leading oppositional force against…

By JULIA FRANKEL and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press NUSEIRAT, Gaza Strip (AP) — Rockets streaked through the morning sky in Gaza on Oct. 7 as Amal…

By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press LIBBY, Mont. (AP) — Paul Resch remembers playing baseball as a kid on a field constructed…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers are meeting at the Capitol for a session that will focus on Gov.…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As he nears his 100th birthday, the oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang and sent a message of…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball lottery drawing has been delayed to complete procedures required before the numbers are announced. The…

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — UConn kept its bid to repeat as national champion intact by surviving its first true…

By SHAWN SEBASTIAN and SIBI ARASU Associated Press GUNTUR, India (AP) — India’s southern Andhra Pradesh state has become a positive example…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Purdue kept its March Madness dream alive while snuffing out North Carolina State’s,…

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — An influential pastor and civil rights leader in Los Angeles has died. The Rev. Dr. Cecil L. “Chip” Murray…

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Iowa’s 71-69 victory over UConn at the women’s Final Four on Friday night averaged 14.2 million viewers on ESPN, making…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Democrat Joseph E. Brennan, whose hardscrabble childhood shaped his working-class views in a…

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — On Friday night, diplomatic relations between Mexico and Ecuador dramatically imploded after…

CLEVELAND (AP) — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said she believes transgender athletes should be allowed to compete in women’s sports. Staley…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and GABRIELA MOLINA Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorian authorities have taken the extraordinarily unusual step…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer WAXAHACHIE, Texas (AP) — Small town businesses are embracing the eclipse crowds, as weekend festivities heat up…

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) — Eleven people were injured when a bus carrying University of South Carolina students blew a tire and hit a concrete…

ISFAHAN, Iran (AP) — A top military commander Saturday renewed Iran’s promise to retaliate after an airstrike earlier this week widely blamed…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Power restoration efforts in Maine and New Hampshire have entered yet another day as more than 100,000 homes and businesses…

LONDON (AP) — The world’s oldest man says the secret to his long life is luck, moderation — and fish and chips every Friday. At 111 years old,…

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Recruitment letters have overwhelmed one long shoe box, along with a backpack. ZaKiyah…

Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has warned of threats posed by right-wing populists Saturday as he…

CONWAY, Arkansas (AP) — A SWAT team from a police department in central Arkansas is responding to an incident at a shopping mall. Conway police on…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A rising challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has mobilized tens of…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The ground rumbled Friday beneath New York City, home to famous skyscrapers like the Empire…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A judge has permanently ordered an Orlando city commissioner to stop interacting with a 96-year-old constituent that she is…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA and IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press BUGESERA, Rwanda (AP) — In a community of genocide perpetrators and survivors outside the…

LONDON (AP) — A Virgin Atlantic jet collided with another plane while it was being towed at Heathrow Airport on Saturday, aviation authorities…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A roadside bomb has detonated in southwestern Syria, killing at least…

By SAMY MAGDY and SAM METZ Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Israel’s military says it has recovered the body of a 47-year-old farmer who was held…

DORAL, Fla. (AP) — A gunfight at a suburban Miami bar has left two people dead and seven injured. Investigators say a fight broke out around 3:30…

By PETER DEJONG Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg is among dozens of people who have been detained by…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani police officer says a manhunt is underway after armed gunmen ambushed and opened fire on a police vehicle,…

LONDON (AP) — Fans are celebrating 50 years since ABBA won a major battle with “Waterloo.” A half-century ago on Saturday, the Swedish quartet…

By ALI SWENSON and MELISSA GOLDIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The reposts and expressions of shock from public figures followed quickly after…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A second British lawmaker has acknowledged receiving explicit messages on his phone in what police…

MOSCOW (AP) — Floods caused by rising water levels in the Ural River broke a dam in a city near Russia’s border with Kazakhstan, forcing some…

PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities trying to determine whether drugs were involved in a fatal hot air ballon crash in Arizona released an amended autopsy…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign and the Democratic National Committee report…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban’s reclusive supreme leader is urging his officials to set aside their differences. Public dissent within the…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Ever since the Federal Reserve signaled last fall that it was likely done raising…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Voters in Slovakia are heading to the ballot stations to elect a successor to Zuzana Čaputová, the country’s first…

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian space capsule with two women and one man safely landed in a steppe in Kazakhstan on Saturday after their missions aboard…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators are struggling to overcome political divisions that have prevented their…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces overnight attacked Ukraine with drones and missiles, killing at least six people and wounding 11 more in…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States, Japan, Australia and the Philippines will hold their first joint naval…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA and IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda is preparing to mark the 30th anniversary of the genocide…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited a new semiconductor plant for which his government has…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The now-aging hippies who took over a derelict naval base in Copenhagen more than 50…

By MARIAM FAM Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Muslims around the world will soon bid farewell to the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and start…

By LEE KEATH Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The Israeli military says two basic mistakes led to the series of drone strikes that killed seven…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — It’s the last wish of a dying mother, to see her daughter once more. But six months into…

By SARA ESPAÑA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — As two women candidates lead the polls in the race toward Mexico’s June 2 presidential…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Israeli military’s killing of seven aid workers in Gaza has triggered unprecedented criticism…

By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Efforts to ban TikTok from government devices have picked up steam in…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lottery players are getting another shot at a Powerball jackpot that has grown to an estimated $1.3 billion after more than…

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The northwestern Indiana city of Gary sued several big-name gun manufacturers and…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Like his lightning-quick jabs, word of Muhammad Ali’s death spread swiftly around the…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign is expecting to raise more than $40 million on Saturday when major…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are trying to outflank Republicans and convince voters they can address problems at…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Caitlin Clark led Iowa back to the national championship game, scoring 21 points as the…