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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Authorities allege that an Indiana woman held down her 81-year-old mother while her son used the strap of his bag to strangle…

Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Medical officials in Houston say widespread power outages caused by Hurricane Beryl have flooded area hospitals…

Associated Press A former New York City police officer has been convicted of assault for punching a man in the face six times and breaking his nose…

Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge in Kansas has refused to block the nationwide enforcement of a Biden administration rule…

Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — This week’s flooding in Vermont is adding fresh urgency to concerns about the hundreds of dams in the state.…

Associated Press Federal prosecutors say a group of gang members who trafficked drugs and guns and used dating websites to connect with people…

CHICAGO (AP) — An exhibition center on Chicago’ lakefront is modifying its windows to prevent bird strikes after hundreds of birds crashed…

Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The world’s first hydrogen-powered commercial passenger ferry will start operating on San Francisco Bay as…

AP Golf Writer Rory McIlroy doesn’t see the British Open as a chance at redemption. It’s just an opportunity. And for everyone at Royal…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has thrown out Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy case, finding that the former New York City mayor had…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The pilot of a helicopter that was responding to a small wildfire in central Idaho before crashing in the Sawtooth National…

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — A young person has been found dead after being swept away by floodwaters in Canada’s Atlantic coast province of Nova…

AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX rocket has failed for the first time in nearly a decade, leaving the company’s internet…

Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The truck driver who rescued an abandoned baby from the side of Interstate 10 in Louisiana this week says he…

Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Caribbean officials are demanding more access to funding and help in fighting climate change just…

Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Police say a two-story school collapsed during morning classes in north-central Nigeria, killing 22 students…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Federal authorities say they have seized $4.6 million worth of cocaine and arrested two U.S. citizens aboard a boat in…

Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, says a World War I veteran is the first person identified from graves filled…

Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors in the Karen Read murder case are arguing against dropping any charges after her mistrial. Their motion…

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge sentenced former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine to serve three-and-a-half years in…

Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Actor Matthew McConaughey continued to tease he might run for political office to a room full of governors…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — We hear you: That was the simple message offered to a group of young people hosted in London by King Charles III.…

ROME (AP) — The board of trustees of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne has announced the appointment of Dominique Meyer as executive director,…

Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A county canvassing board in North Dakota rejected the absentee ballot of the wife of North Dakota…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine prosecutors say they have charged two French rugby players with aggravated sexual assault, the latest…

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Supreme Court has upheld a verdict of the lower courts keeping a former elected mayor from the country’s Greek…

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include a final album under Donald Glover’s Childish Gambino moniker, Kerry Washington’s…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar says she remains cancer-free following her bout with breast cancer in 2021, but doctors recently removed…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — More than 600 British jurists are calling on the government to suspend arms sales to Israel. The move adds to…

AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Webb Space Telescope has captured a pair of intertwined galaxies glowing in the infrared. NASA…

LONDON (AP) — Human remains found in two suitcases discovered near a bridge in the southwestern England city of Bristol are from two adult men,…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio mother who tried to stop two men from stealing her car with her 6-year-old son inside was killed when she was struck…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has endorsed a bill that raises income taxes for the rich. It is part of an effort to help fill…

Russian officials say a former staff member of an international monitoring mission in eastern Ukraine has been convicted of spying by a court in the…

Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States has renewed a call on China to stop its aggressive actions in the South China Sea,…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City jury finished its first three hours of deliberations Friday without reaching a verdict in the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — During his highly anticipated news conference, President Joe Biden gave a forceful defense of his foreign and domestic policies…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say a fast-moving fire roared through a Philadelphia apartment building, destroying the structure and displacing…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say that a Russian passenger jet has crashed near Moscow while flying without passengers, killing its crew of…

AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Data breaches are becoming an almost regular occurrence. As more of our lives move online, our personal data like…

Associated Press TAHOLAH, Wash. (AP) — Standing water lies beneath the home Sonny Curley shares with his parents and three children on the Quinault…

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — An Army nurse practitioner who evaluated a reservist who later killed 18 people says he couldn’t use New York’s red flag…

NEW YORK (AP) — A fourth person has died after a driver crashed his pickup truck into a Fourth of July gathering in New York City. Police announced…

Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has made a Trumpian vow to “Make Europe Great Again” during…

Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Civil defense workers on Friday dug bodies out of collapsed buildings and pulled them off…

Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finnish lawmakers have narrowly approved a controversial bill that will allow border guards to turn away…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have warned of an impending weeklong heat wave during the summer tourist season, with a high risk of…

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech brewer Budvar, which has been embroiled in a long legal dispute with U.S. beer giant Anheuser-Busch over the use of the…

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase says profits jumped sharply in the second quarter as the bank cashed in billions of dollars of…

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Nigerien authorities are enforcing a curfew as they search for inmates who escaped from one of the country’s most fortified…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats running to replace the late U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. will go before voters in a crowded and…

ROME (AP) — Italy’s alpine rescue service says a 55-year-old American tourist has died after being taken ill during an excursion on on the…

Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — They were billed as artworks by Pablo Picasso, paintings so valuable that an Australian art…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s new justice secretary has outlined emergency plans to relieve prison overcrowding, including the early…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Rescuers have resumed an underground search for a missing miner in southern Poland after a powerful tremor shook the…

BEIJING (AP) — The new Solomon Islands prime minister is in China for a visit as Beijing and the strategic Pacific archipelago strengthen their…

Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Under the sweltering Turkish sun, tourists wander through sets that recreate Ottoman and Byzantine-era castles,…

Associated Press ANKARA (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Bashar Assad in recent weeks have signaled they are…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden’s tribulations were previewed in Hollywood days before he got on the debate stage. At a…