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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state television is reporting that the country’s air defenses are responding  to an Israeli airstrike…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A second person has been killed by an exploding air bag inflator made by a Tennessee company that has…

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — An attorney for a former Marine battalion commander relieved of his duties after he made comments critical of the U.S.…

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish police say they have arrested five suspects believed to be part of a jihadist group that sought to recruit others…

By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The head of the Chicago police officers union has called on its members to defy the city’s…

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Former Michigan Rep. Dale Kildee, who served in Congress for 36 years, has died. He was 92. Kildee’s death was announced…

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate aides and immigration advocates say Democrats are considering proposing that the government…

NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN has signed a five-year agreement with the NFL to broadcast the Monday night game during the first weekend of the playoffs,…

MONROE, La. (AP) — A former Louisiana State Police trooper has pleaded not guilty to a federal charge in the 2019 beating of a man whose injuries…

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A University of Delaware student who was accused of threatening people with a BB gun has died…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper says it would be “appropriate” if…

BALTIMORE (AP) — A $6.5 million settlement has been reached in the death of an unarmed man who was undergoing a mental health crisis when he was…

OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California mother faces 39 charges alleging that she hosted alcohol-filled parties for her teenage son and…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The nation’s most restrictive abortion law is driving many women from Texas to seek…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department has launched an investigation into allegations of widespread mistreatment at Texas’ embattled youth…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia man who was accused of selling machine gun conversion devices to followers…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A former North Dakota oilfield executive has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges for misleading shareholders about his…

By JILL COLVIN, MICHELLE R. SMITH, ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Singer Adele has been gone from the public spotlight, musically speaking, since after the release…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A man armed with a bow and arrows killed five people and wounded others near the…

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Jurors in Arizona have convicted a U.S. Air Force airman of first-degree murder in the…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven offshore wind farms would be developed on the East and West coasts and in the Gulf of…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former sheriff in South Carolina has reported to prison to serve a one-year sentence…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor has opened the trial of an associate of Rudy Giuliani by accusing…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A retired New York attorney is suing the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, saying its claim to have no records pertaining to…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A milestone energy bill that targets sharply reducing greenhouse gas emissions from…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Senior Israeli and Sudanese officials have held a rare public meeting. Two Israeli Cabinet…

ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — A large cat native to Africa is on the loose in a suburb north of Detroit after escaping from its owner. Authorities say…

CHICAGO (AP) — Five alleged gang members have been indicted on murder charges in last year’s shooting death of a Chicago rapper that prosecutors…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials agreed at their last meeting that if the economy continued…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A former Idaho state lawmaker charged with rape has made his first appearance in the case in…

LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) — Authorities say a drunk driver was going 152 mph when he was pulled over in Rockbridge County over the weekend. According to…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Israel say they are exploring a “Plan B” for dealing with Iran if…

By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Doctors in Romania’s capital has issued an open letter titled “a cry of…

TYLER, Texas (AP) — Defense attorneys have begun calling witnesses in the capital murder trial of a former nurse accused of killing four patients…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MARIAM FAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The nomination of a Pakistani-born businessman who’d be the…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Four people have been charged with involuntary manslaughter, nearly eight years after the death of a…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The chief of the World Health Organization has honored the late Henrietta Lacks, an American woman…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Russia-backed separatist authorities in eastern Ukraine are reporting the largest spike…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has held the director of the District of Columbia’s…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer Thousands of public servants who were rejected from a student loan forgiveness program will get their cases…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The lavish waxworks temple Madame Tussauds has opened its first Middle East location on a small artificial…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wontons stuffed with collard greens and a cake colored to look like camouflage are features…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sounds ready to reinstate the death penalty for convicted Boston Marathon…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With prices surging worldwide for heating oil, natural gas and other fuels, the U.S. government…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says the Kremlin has “constructive” relations with the…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Dylann Roof’s chances for a new appellate hearing continue to dwindle. Roof is challenging his death sentence and…

By MATTHEW PERRONE and LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is wrestling with how to decide on…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Catholic Church’s foremost research institute studying sexual abuse of minors is expanding…

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says officials have begun vaccinating people in eastern Congo against…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two of Florida’s largest cities have ended water emergencies now that COVID-19…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Moccasin maker Minnetonka is publicly apologizing for making money off of Native…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Families of COVID-19 patients are asking hospitals to rethink visitor policies a year and a…

By ANDREW DALTON AND LINDSEY BAHR Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The union representing film and television crews says its 60,000 members will…

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — Police in central Florida have arrested the 22-year-old father of a toddler who fatally shot his mother while she…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press ROME (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency says a Sudanese migrant was beaten, shot and killed in Libya after escaping from…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Ms. Foundation for Women unveiled $4 million in funding Wednesday for more than 100 groups…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit that alleged fraud in Georgia’s most populous county during the…

By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian officials say at least 250 prisoners held by Israel have begun a hunger…

By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar’s foreign minister says isolating Afghanistan and its new Taliban rulers…

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press Nathalie Stutzmann, the French-born contralto turned conductor, will succeed Robert Spano as music director of the…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An attorney has filed another lawsuit against a former Wisconsin police officer who fatally…

MIAMI (AP) — Police in Miami have arrested a woman who allegedly left her little girl with a stranger at a Miami hospital. An arrest report says…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s leaders are paying tribute to its troops who served over nearly 20 years in Afghanistan. The country’s president said…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The great Brexit brawl is heading into its next standoff as European Union concessions to improve…

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Texas man will have to appear in Baltimore to answer a charge of threatening a Maryland doctor who has been a prominent advocate…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy is wrestling with how to deal with a neo-fascist party that has violently exploited…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has announced plans to open a representation in the Arctic and vowed to protect environment in a region the bloc…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A federal judge has blocked Baltimore city officials from banning a conservative Roman Catholic media outlet…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has approved crediting what was described as a miraculous healing to one of his late predecessors, John Paul I.…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain and the European Union are once again trading insults and accusations as they wrangle over…

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of retirees on Social Security will get a 5.9% boost…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer prices rose 0.4% last month, slightly higher than August’s gain and pushing…

By CANDICE CHOI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Food companies are coming under renewed pressure to use less salt. U.S. regulators on Wednesday…

NEW YORK (AP) — Author Shannon Messenger can now see the end for her telepathic heroine Sophie and the million-selling middle-grade series…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Postal workers are back on the job at a sorting facility in Tennessee, hours after a…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch court documents show that police arrested a 22-year-old man in July on suspicion of threatening to kill…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister has accused Russia and the United States of failing to keep to their promise to restrain…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A publishing division is being started by the conservative media company the Daily Wire. It…

LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA, Fla. (AP) — Residents of an oceanfront condominium near Fort Lauderdale have been evacuated after authorities said…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety investigators want to know why Tesla didn’t file recall documents when it updated…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The burial of a Holocaust denier in the gravesite of a Jewish music professor has caused an…

BURLINGTON, N.C. (AP) — J.R. Smith stepped into a hornets’ nest in his first college golf tournament and it had nothing to do with his high…

By ANNA HELHOSKI of NerdWallet Before the pandemic, women already held more student debt than men and had a harder time paying it off due to lower…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese officials say the country’s electricity supplies will be high enough to heat homes throughout the country’s north in…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive branch is advising the 27 EU member countries to adopt tax…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and TANYA TITOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The head of the Russian sovereign fund bankrolling the shot says Russia is…

By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese militant Hezbollah group and its allies are calling for the removal of the judge…

By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Tensions between Kosovo and Serbia have increased after police in…

By DANIEL ROCA and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Canary Islands (AP) — Hundreds of people in Spain’s Canary Islands are…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — An intensive summer language program hosted by Harvard University in Beijing will relocate to…

By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid an epidemic of ransomware attacks, the U.S. is discussing cybersecurity strategy with 30…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press SEKE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The Apostolic church is one of Zimbabwe’s most skeptical groups when it comes to COVID-19…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced a deal to expand operations at the Port of Los Angeles in hopes…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia has agreed to build a 44-pound semi-autonomous lunar rover for NASA to take to the moon as early as 2026. The…

HONG KONG (AP) — A Danish artist is seeking to get back his sculpture in Hong Kong commemorating the victims of China’s 1989 crackdown on…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s defense ministry has completed the evacuation of another 160 Afghans who had initially been left behind following the…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Comic book writer Tom Taylor says he could not be happier with the reaction to his…