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By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee state senator has been found guilty of wire fraud in federal court. News outlets…
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee state senator has been found guilty of wire fraud in federal court. News outlets…
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Equal Justice Initiative is opening an expanded museum in Alabama that focuses on the…
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says he has had discussions with British…
Continue ReadingLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Regulators want the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice to pay a penalty and follow through on a promise to fix…
Continue ReadingBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is putting final touches on long-sought consumer protections…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A conservative Roman Catholic media outlet is seeking a court order to stage a rally during a U.S.…
Continue ReadingBy MARCY GORDON and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators have fired a barrage of criticism at a Facebook executive over…
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military expects to begin receiving new Afghanistan evacuees in the United States…
Continue ReadingGREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Officials say meatpacker JBS Foods Inc. faces about $59,000 in fines following the death of a worker who fell into a vat of…
Continue ReadingBy BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday announced new rules that require authorities to only pursue…
Continue ReadingWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams is joining Purdue University after being a leader of the nation’s early…
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Primetta Giacopini’s life began and ended with pandemics. The 105-year-old California woman was two years old…
Continue ReadingBy CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Kilauea, one of the most active volcanos on Earth, began erupting on Hawaii’s Big Island…
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press FORT MCCOY, Wis. (AP) — Reporters have been given a glimpse of life on a Wisconsin Army post for newly arrived…
Continue ReadingHILO, Hawaii (AP) — A fern species that was believed to be extinct when the last known specimen died on Hawaii’s Big Island has been found on the…
Continue ReadingBy ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain has launched a diplomatic offensive to preserve its essential stream of Algerian natural gas as…
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Tens of thousands of men who say they were molested as children by scoutmasters and others…
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a long night of frantic negotiations, Democrats remain unable to reach an…
Continue ReadingSEARCY, Ark. (AP) — A Black man who was fatally shot in his apartment by a white off-duty Dallas police officer has been honored with a memorial at…
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson plans to relocate its headquarters from…
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian markets have tumbled on the tail of Wall Street’s worst monthly loss since the beginning of the…
Continue ReadingBy CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia says it is kicking out seven United Nations officials whom it accuses of…
Continue ReadingBy ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 22-year-old white supremacist has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of…
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Julia Ducournau’s “Titane” has already developed the reputation of being the year’s…
Continue ReadingBy NOHA ELHENNAWY and ASHRAF IDRIS Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Thousands of Sudanese have rallied in the capital of Khartoum against…
Continue ReadingBy GABRIELA MOLINA Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s president has declared a state of emergency in the prison system following a…
Continue ReadingBy MARKUS SCHREIBER and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press ITZEHOE, Germany (AP) — Officials say a former secretary for the SS commander of the…
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the U.N. political mission in…
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The head of the World Bank has discussed Sudan’s daunting economic challenges with the…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A plan to possibly sell the South Florida property where the collapse of a condo building…
Continue ReadingBy SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Republicans are using money from the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package for projects on…
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai is opening Expo 2020 in an extravagant ceremony that was delayed a year…
Continue ReadingLISBON, Portugal (AP) — Girls from the Afghanistan national soccer team who were recently granted asylum in Portugal have had a surprise visit from…
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER, JONATHAN MATTISE and BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ford’s blockbuster announcement this week that it…
Continue ReadingDYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Frank Thomas has found his Field of Dreams. The Hall of Famer has headed a venture that bought controlling interest in Go…
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ and REBECCA REYNOLDS Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a teenage boy was shot and wounded at a school in…
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of military suicides jumped by 15% in 2020, fueled by…
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES and JILL COLVIN Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is cutting ties with political adviser…
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Murder charges have been dismissed against a man who spent 15 years in prison for the…
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press The nation’s school boards are asking President Joe Biden for federal assistance to investigate and stop a…
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.S. and Russia have agreed to press ahead with arms control and related…
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With only hours to spare, President Joe Biden has signed legislation to avoid a partial federal…
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation that allows ownership of a…
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Several far-reaching laws aimed at boosting police accountability and transparency are set to…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday that current high levels of…
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Young climate activists have denounced Italian police for temporarily detaining delegates who…
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — A court in Poland has ordered three men to pay equivalent of 1,700 euros ($1,990) in damages for having toppled a statue of…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A Munich court has heard a claim for compensation from a German certification company over a devastating dam collapse in Brazil in…
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece say 41 Afghan refugees have flown from Athens to Portugal as part of a bilateral agreement to resettle…
Continue ReadingBy AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni officials say fierce clashes between government forces and Houthi rebels over a crucial…
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Syria says invitations have been issued for a sixth meeting…
Continue ReadingBy MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The European Union’s Home Affairs Commissioner says the 27-nation bloc could work…
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — About halfway through Steven Van Zandt’s new memoir comes the point of no return. That…
Continue ReadingBy LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Victims of the November 2015 terror attacks on Paris have begun testifying about the night that left…
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER, TOM KRISHER and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press GLENDALE, Ky. (AP) — When Ford revealed plans to ramp up its commitment to the…
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez praised Art Acevedo as “America’s best chief” when he…
Continue ReadingTIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Supreme Court has ordered the re-trial of a former interior minister who was convicted of abuse of office two…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is sounding an urgent call for Congress to raise the…
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. military officer has told Congress he knew former President…
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s weekend election has made the country’s lower house of parliament more…
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE and DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A diplomatic conflict between Hungary and Ukraine has deepened. The…
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence declined for the third straight month in September amid ongoing…
Continue ReadingBy MAE ANDERSON and DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Businesses that have announced vaccine mandates say some workers who had been…
Continue ReadingBy DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have opened a criminal case against imprisoned opposition leader Alexei…
Continue ReadingBy MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary Janet Yellen is telling Congress that the Treasury Department will likely…
Continue ReadingBy SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Camilo won his first Latin Grammy Award last year and could soon have many more in his…
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — A grand jury has declined to indict four Houston police officers who fatally shot a man more than 20 times while he was in the midst…
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s transport minister says there are “tentative signs” a fuel-supply crisis snarling…
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Youth climate activists Vanessa Nakate and Greta Thunberg have chastized global leaders for failing…
Continue ReadingGALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a man who apparently tried to break into a restaurant in a southern New Jersey strip mall died after…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home prices soared in July from a year earlier by a record amount as buyers…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — While acknowledging the inevitable advance of alternative energy sources and…
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The authoritarian leader of Belarus has announced a referendum on a new constitution to be…
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press CHESTER, Mont. (AP) — A 911 call over the weekend about an Amtrak train that derailed in rural Montana, killing…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A defense lawyer says a man charged with the murder of a 28-year-old school teacher in London plans to plead not guilty. Delivery…
Continue ReadingAMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s official news agency says the country’s national airline will resume direct flights to Syria’s…
Continue ReadingBy MARIA CHENG and AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO Associated Press BENI, Congo (AP) — A panel commissioned by the World Health Organization has identified…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s legislature on Tuesday descended into a rowdy brawl on Tuesday, after opposition lawmakers…
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s new book club pick is Richard Powers’ “Bewilderment.” It’s his…
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The European Union’s home affairs commissioner says the 27-member bloc stands firm on its regime of sanctions against…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automaker Toyota is revving up acquisitions in mobility technology, adding Renovo Motors,…
Continue ReadingBy KIM COOK Associated Press Fall is a busy time for moving and changing homes. And many people have relocated because of pandemic-related changes in…
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French drugmaker Sanofi says it is shelving plans for a COVID-19 vaccine based on messenger RNA despite positive results from early…
Continue ReadingBy EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The operator of an oil tanker seized by Indonesian authorities at the request of…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — There is a gathering at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum of people from around Europe depicted in more…
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — A French government spokesperson says France plans to reduce the number of visas issued to people in North Africa because governments…
Continue ReadingBy LAURA MCMULLEN of NerdWallet Emotions influence our decisions, including whether or not we should buy something. And these are emotional times,…
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Sam has strengthened again to a powerful Category 4 storm. It’s centered well offshore in the Atlantic Ocean but could…
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — A 19-year-old student who threw an egg at French President Emmanuel Macron has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital. The egg hit…
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Council has approved a 5 billion-euro ($5.8 billion) reserve aimed at helping EU businesses tackle the short-term…
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Bowing — if only for a moment — to pressure from lawmakers, critics, the media and child development…
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says Europeans must boost their defense plans and make themselves…
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The family of a Lebanese man who was critically injured in last year’s massive explosion at…
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press Nearly nine months have passed since the riot at the U.S. Capitol, and federal agents…
Continue ReadingBy ISAAC SCHARF Associated Press ABU SNAN, Israel (AP) — Arab citizens of Israel are seeking to raise awareness about the spiraling rate of violent…
Continue ReadingBy MAURO BUCCARELLO Associated Press LAMPEDUSA, Sicily (AP) — A rusty and overloaded fishing boat carrying 686 migrants has arrived at an Italian…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is nominating nine lawyers to run U.S. attorney’s offices across the…
Continue ReadingBy BOUBACAR DIALLO and CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea’s military junta has released a transitional charter that…
Continue ReadingLOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Canary Islands (AP) — Lava flowing from an erupting volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma has picked up its pace on its…
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