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By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and RAVI NESSMAN Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel escalated its bombardment of targets in the Gaza…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Washington state senator Jeff Wilson has been arrested in Hong Kong for carrying a gun that was…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Shares mostly rose Tuesday in Asia after Wall Street wobbled to a mixed close as yields on U.S.…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal prosecutors are seeking justice for 34 people killed in a fire aboard a scuba dive…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — It’s long after midnight when the bustling operating room suddenly falls quiet –-…

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Officials say the bodies of at least 17 people were recovered from a train crash outside the Bangladesh capital that may…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen is poised to testify against his old boss…

By ERIC TUCKER and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Plea deals with Georgia prosecutors in the election subversion case against former…

By LISA MASCARO, STEPHEN GROVES, FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVING FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Three weeks now since the ouster of Kevin…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republican leaders are escalating their calls to reject millions of federal…

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Adolis García homered twice and drove in five runs as the Texas Rangers reached their first…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Oil prices are up and markets are tense after the outbreak of war in Gaza. That could…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system enjoys a near-mythical status among Israelis.…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Maui County’s mayor says all of West Maui except for burned-out sections of historic…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials say suspected North Korean defectors were found in a small…

PANAMA (AP) — Protesters marched across Panama against a contract extension for copper mining in a biodiverse region. Teachers, construction…

By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has defended his sweeping COVID-19 pandemic restrictions…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott’s presidential campaign says the Republican is shifting…

By The Associated Press American gymnastics icon Mary Lou Retton has returned home following a lengthy hospital stay because of pneumonia. The oldest…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Haiti says growing gang violence is devastating the lives of…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tommy Pham and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit back-to-back homers and Merrill Kelly struck out eight…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The eighth installment of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise has been postponed a year, signaling…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — An intense shootout in Mexico’s western state of Michoacan has left five people dead, including a police officer. Two…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince William will travel to Singapore next month to name the winners of his Earthshot Prize, a…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A police spokesperson says an off-duty St. Louis County officer accused of shooting a gun at a school trick-or-treating event no…

LONDON (AP) — Photos of iconic celebrities and historic moments from the collection of Elton John and David Furnish are set to go on display in…

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Officials say eight Ohio police officers who fired scores of shots that killed Jayland Walker after a car and foot chase last…

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE and JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Local officials say at least 16 people were killed Monday when a…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals panel wants to know why lawyers for former President Donald Trump…

THOMASTON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man is charged with murder after police said he killed his girlfriend, stuffed her body in a suitcase and stashed…

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who resigned after multiple women accused him of sexual…

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer has been sentenced to 15 days in the…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal authorities have announced the arrest of the fifth and final suspect wanted in an ambush shooting that killed a…

By DIDI TANG Associated Press Washington (AP) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will come to Washington for a three-day visit starting Thursday.…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Autopsies have confirmed that five people who died when a chemical tanker overturned in central Illinois last month died…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Federal prosecutors have expanded investigations into Tesla beyond the electric vehicle maker’s…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two commercial turkey farms in Iowa have been hit by the reemerging highly pathogenic…

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer Reigning AP national player of the year Zach Edey is a unanimous selection on The Associated Press preseason…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A California business owner will spend a year in federal prison for sending more…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Investigators say they have identified several people of interest in the fatal stabbing of a Detroit…

LAUGHLIN, Nev. (AP) — Donald “Don” J. Laughlin, a resort owner and the namesake of a southern Nevada town that he turned into a tourist…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A search warrant released Monday says investigators found methamphetamine while searching…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A mother is suing a shuttered Christian boarding school in Missouri, blaming her…

By ARON HELLER Associated Press KFAR SABA, Israel (AP) — Ohad Munder-Zichri turned 9 on Monday. But instead of celebrating at home with his family…

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for making repeated racist phone calls to a Billings church.…

By TARA COPP and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has sent military advisers, including a Marine Corps general versed…

MACON, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a man shot and wounded himself Monday when officers sought to question him about four escapees from a Georgia…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A former National Security Agency employee from Colorado has pleaded guilty to trying to sell…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Republican-led Legislature has convened special session to begin fixing a…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press WOBURN, Mass. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to ban the cancer-causing chemical…

MILLEN, Ga. (AP) — A body found wrapped in plastic inside a Georgia dumpster 35 years ago has been identified as that of a South Korean woman. The…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in Aruba have requested documents from the U.S. Department of Justice in the extortion case against Joran van…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Relatives of three people who died last year in a flash flood stemming from the largest wildfire in New Mexico’s…

SAO PAULO (AP) — A teenager has opened fire at a high school in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, killing one student and wounding two others.  The…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal authorities have unsealed charges against four men in the theft earlier this year of more than 2 million dimes from a…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the release of a Maryland man who has been imprisoned for…

By ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy NEW YORK (AP) — To appeal to a new generation of philanthropists, the…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has compared Hungary’s membership in the European Union to…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Forty years after the bombing that killed 241 U.S. troops in Beirut, the United States is again…

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville Police Chief John Drake has spent much of his career trying to steer young…

By SAMYA KULLAB and NAJIB JOBAIN Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Yousra Abu Sharekh’s days begin in the southern Gaza Strip often…

MOSCOW (AP) — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Monday refused to leave his cell and skipped a court hearing, protesting after…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A combination of smoke from marsh fires and dense fog is being blamed for at least two dozen traffic accidents involving…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s Day 20 without a House speaker, and Republicans are starting over.…

BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is working with federal and local law enforcement agencies to investigate a…

NEW YORK (AP) — Qatar Airways Group chief executive Akbar Al Baker is stepping down after 27 years at the helm of the company. Al Baker’s…

Associated Press A person riding in the cockpit of a Horizon Air passenger jet tried to shut down the engines in midflight. The incident happened…

WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) — Police and Coast Guard personnel in Connecticut are searching for two men who went missing when their small fishing boat…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Incomplete homicide autopsy reports continue to pile up in…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The armed man who twice went to the Wisconsin state Capitol looking for Gov. Tony Evers says…

KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — Two New York hospitals that were hit with a cyberattack have resumed admitting emergency patients after shutting down their…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Georgetown women’s basketball coach Tasha Butts has died after a two-year battle with breast cancer. The…

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A 31-year-old dog in Portugal that had been ranked as the world’s oldest dog ever, has died. The guard dog, called…

By JILL COLVIN and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will formally file for the New Hampshire…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study says no matter how much the world cuts back on carbon emissions, a key and sizable chunk of…

By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America Local elections in Democratic strongholds at both ends of Pennsylvania next month could show…

The United Auto Workers union has once again escalated its strikes against Detroit Three automakers, this time adding a factory that makes Ram pickup…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The office of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has submitted a protocol for Sweden’s admission into NATO to…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — On the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio, rare originals are being displayed and…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says the discharge of the second batch of…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch authorities have detained 19 activists who occupied the entrance to the International Criminal Court in The…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee comic book shop is looking to sell a rare copy of the first appearance of Spider-Man. The Journal Sentinel reports…

CHICAGO (AP) — Police arrested two people after one of them allegedly fired a shot and another pepper-sprayed protesters outside a pro-Israel rally…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Bishan Bedi, the India cricket great whose dazzling left-arm spin claimed 266 test wickets, has died. He was 77. The death of…

NEW YORK (AP) — JetBlue officials say a plane rocked back with its nose pointed skyward after landing at New York’s John F. Kennedy International…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The Governor of California Gavin Newsom has assured during his week-long trip to China that his…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Tammy is unleashing heavy waves in the northern Caribbean as it spins over open waters after making landfall…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Niger’s military leaders say France has completed its withdrawal of troops from a…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The watchdog for U.S. assistance to Afghanistan is warning that the Taliban are benefiting from international aid through…

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A fire official says a cargo train has hit a passenger train outside the Bangladesh capital, leaving at least a dozen…

SYDNEY (AP) — A Sydney court has postponed an extradition hearing for a former U.S. military pilot accused of illegally training Chinese aviators…

By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s prime minister is claiming that a criminal gang from…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology…

MADRID (AP) — Spanish police say they have confiscated 11 pieces of ancient gold jewelry that were taken out of Ukraine illegally in 2016. A…

By ANDI JATMIKO and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s top court rejected an effort to block presidential…

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Financial shocks, which can include unexpected events like a job loss, big medical bill or house repair, can be…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer WAYNE, Mich. (AP) — Throughout its 5-week-old strikes against Detroit’s automakers, the United Auto Workers union…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Chevron is buying Hess Corp. for $53 billion as the biggest U.S. oil companies use a recent windfall in profits to…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Official results in Switzerland election show that the anti-immigration populist Swiss People’s…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The decline of one of the rarest whales in the world appears to be slowing, but…