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By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal judge in Nevada has issued a ruling with potentially broad implications for U.S.…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese actor Sonny Chiba, who wowed the world with his martial arts skills in more than 100 films,…

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities are asking the public for information about a Hungarian man whose vehicle was found at Grand…

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona state senator who resigned after being arrested early this month on child molestation charges has been indicted. The…

By PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Some Democrats who left Texas to block a GOP voting bill have ended a…

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Chuck Close, a painter, photographer and printmaker best known for his monumental grid portraits…

NEW YORK (AP) — A tech entrepreneur who invested in the film studio that made the “Twilight” movies has been sentenced to five years in prison…

By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Court of Appeals has rejected an effort by the Arizona Senate to keep secret records…

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say they are investigating Britney Spears over alleged misdemeanor battery after a staff member at her…

HONOLULU (AP) — Organizers of the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii say this year’s contest will be postponed to February because of…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Three senators say they have tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated. The…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Justice says prosecutors have not filed criminal charges for about…

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The chief medical examiner in North Carolina says a man visiting the Great Smoky Mountains National Park last year was…

BIGELOW, Ark. (AP) — Officials at an Arkansas high school physically tore out pages from the school’s published yearbook claiming ‘community…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Investigators are considering whether toxic algae blooms or other hazards may have contributed to the deaths of a California…

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s state media are reporting Israeli airstrikes around the country’s capital, Damascus. The state-news agency SANA…

HONOLULU (AP) — The project director of a new solar telescope in Hawaii hopes scientists will be able to start observations in three months. The…

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s military says gunmen have ambushed an army convoy, killing at least 15 soldiers.…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The outdoor gear and clothing company Patagonia has stopped providing its merchandise for…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing a recall election Sept. 14 that could remove him…

By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer OnlyFans, a site where fans pay creators for their photos and videos, is planning to ban “sexually explicit”…

By SAM METZ AP / Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Lt. Gov. Kate Marshall is resigning from her position to take a job in…

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A bankruptcy judge has approved a proposal by the Boy Scouts of America to set up an $850…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The outgoing head of the U.N. women’s agency is hoping that in five years the $40…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Prosecutors want a video of Kyle Rittenhouse accepted into evidence that they say shows him talking about wanting to shoot people,…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A white Iowa woman who said she drove her SUV into two children in 2019 to try to kill them because of their race has been…

MIAMI (AP) — A former University of Miami football player has been arrested in connection with the 2006 fatal shooting of his teammate Bryan Pata.…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on European nations to shoulder the responsibility for Afghans fleeing the…

FRANKFORT, Ind. (AP) — Police investigating the fatal shootings of a woman and her granddaughter outside an Indiana automotive seating plant have…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — One Albuquerque police officer is in critical condition after being shot while…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Both parties are bracing for a major legal fight over redistricting. Democrats need court wins more than…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — When U.S. President Joe Biden took office early this year, Western allies were falling over…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The number incidents involving unruly airline passengers is growing, and so are the fines imposed by federal…

NEW YORK (AP) — Carnegie Hall has changed the program for its return from the coronavirus shutdown and added a Beethoven cycle to the season with…

By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Afghanistan’s president, driven out by the Taliban, is the latest leader on…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations secretary-general says humanitarian conditions in Ethiopia are “hellish”…

By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina have found two people dead and about 20…

By ALEX SANZ and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press The U.S. military and its allies have rescued a high-profile Afghan national police officer who was…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is directing the federal prison system implement new procedures to…

By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer Just as school doors are reopening across the U.S., children are filling hospital beds instead of classrooms in…

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Academy of Country Music Awards is making the streaming switch, moving from…

LONDON (AP) — A 13-day hunger strike by former Nepalese Gurkha soldiers has ended after the British government agreed to enter talks with the…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Workers at a General Motors plant in Mexico have voted to end a collective bargaining contract negotiated by an old guard union…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Candyman” was always more than a surface level horror film. The 1992 film dealt with class, race and trauma. But…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi has tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. His communications…

By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A new lawsuit contends the office of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is illegally delaying the…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has announced an agreement with Qatar to resume aid payments to thousands of families in…

By MARK STEVENSON and EVENS SANON Associated Press LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — Officials say two doctors at hospitals treating earthquake victims in…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A member of the family that owns Purdue Pharma has once again stopped short of offering an apology or…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The number of U.S. tourists who came to Florida in the second quarter of this year has returned to pre-pandemic levels, though…

By DAVID PORTER Associated Press A former women’s basketball player at Seton Hall has been added to a lawsuit filed against the school by…

By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago police officer who was fatally shot this month has been remembered for her compassion with…

By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators have sharpened their antitrust attack against Facebook. They are alleging…

HENRICO, Va. (AP) — Hundreds of workers at a Mondelez International bakery in Virginia are on strike, seeking to block the company’s contract…

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A key accuser at the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial has resumed testimony, weeping when she was asked…

By HILARY FOX AP Entertainment Writer LONDON (AP) — Sandra Oh has been dancing with death on “Killing Eve” since 2018, so she could do with a…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian police say one of Italy’s most wanted men has been arrested in Dubai. They…

By DIARLEI RODRIGUES and MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA SAO JOAO DA BARRA, Brazil (AP) — Over the past half century, the Atlantic Ocean has been slowly and…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer The Biden administration says it will automatically erase student loan debt for more than 300,000 Americans…

BERLIN (AP) — A leading member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right Union bloc has called for the United States to provide funding…

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A billionaire software company CEO has given a former hermit in New Hampshire $180,000 to rebuild his cabin in a new location.…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina high school will remain closed the rest of this week after three…

By NIKO PRICE Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Twin tragedies on opposite sides of the world are piling misery on people who have seen far more than…

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says help is on the way for dairy farmers who got a lower price for their products…

By MICHAEL CASEY and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Landlords are fuming over the decision by the Centers for Disease…

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Please disregard US–Tropical Weather-Atlantic, published on August 19, 2021, and datelined in SYRACUSE, N.Y. It…

By ERIC TUCKER, MICHAEL BALSAMO, COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup…

By CURT ANDERSON and KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the…

By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A surge of COVID-19 cases is prompting federal courts to impose new restrictions and…

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition activists say government forces have shelled a northwestern village, killing five people, most of them children.…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An Olympic athlete from Poland auctioned her silver medal from the Tokyo Games to raise money for a life-saving operation for…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The foreign ministries of Germany, France and Britain have expressed “grave concern” over…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat has assured his Libyan counterpart that Moscow supports the withdrawal of all foreign fighters from the North…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials have launched a review of climate damage from coal mining on public lands…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency plans to bring soil samples back from the Mars region ahead of the U.S. and…

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer American gymnast Simone Biles says she wouldn’t change anything about her second Olympic experience. Biles…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Rolling Stones are celebrating the 40th anniversary of their album “Tattoo You”…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota is scaling its production back 40%, affecting 14 auto assembly plants in Japan, as the…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore will launch its first quarantine-free travel program for vaccinated people arriving from…

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — A jury ended its first day of deliberations without a decision in the trial of a North Dakota chiropractor accused of killing…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell last week for a fourth straight time…

By JOSH BOAK, HANNAH FINGERHUT and BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A significant majority of Americans doubt that the war in Afghanistan…

By RANDA KRISS of NerdWallet Scammers and predatory lenders continue to try to take advantage of small businesses searching for COVID-19 recovery…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Africa director for the World Health Organization says rich countries’ decisions to roll…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Police say a 15-year-old boy has been detained on suspicion of attempted murder after a school employee was seriously…

By SUZAN FRASER and AYA BATRAWY Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President President Tayyip Erdogan has hosted a top security…

By RISKA MUNAWARAH Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police say they have arrested an elephant poacher in Aceh province…

BERLIN (AP) — A 51-year-old man has gone on trial in Germany for a vehicle rampage that killed five people in the western city of Trier last year.…

LE LUC, France (AP) — A fire that has ravaged forests near the French Riviera for four days is slowing down as winds and hot weather subside. But…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s health minister says he has lifted restrictions on blood donations by gay men, saying the longstanding query posed to…

By SOPHENG CHEANG and DAVID RISING Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The last living member of Pol Pot’s inner circle denied…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The nation’s two newest passenger airlines are showing signs of growth — raising money and announcing new…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Kenyan security guard who wrote compelling dispatches under a pseudonym about the challenges of living as a…

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police say they have seized 195 million Hong Kong dollars ($25 million) worth of illegal drugs as part of a monthslong…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police say they have arrested at least 53 suspected militants in recent…

By ASIM TANVEER Associated Press MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a powerful roadside bomb has exploded among a procession of Shiite…

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s government says it has granted a quarantine exemption to an individual to perform “designated professional work”…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s highest court has rejected the appeals of three people who were convicted in one of the country’s most high-profile…