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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A member of Washington University’s student government placed nearly 3,000 U.S. flags meant to commemorate victims of the Sept.…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The environmental group Global Witness says at least 227 people died last year defending their…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in Nigeria say 240 inmates have escaped in the country’s second prison…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana man who is the oldest living World War II veteran in the United States has marked his 112th birthday. Lawrence…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press Officials say Libyan authorities have arrested two suspected human traffickers and facilitated the return of more than…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A jury has been selected in the trial of a Tennessee state senator charged with stealing…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press An international group of scientists is arguing the average person doesn’t need a…

By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America Across the U.S., vaccine-hesitant parents are struggling with vaccine-seeking teenagers set…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has pushed back against harsh Republican criticism of the…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Researchers in Germany have potty trained cows, all in the name of science. Monday’s study in the journal…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The new chairman of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board wants to change the way governments…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Auditors say the European Union’s program for deporting migrants is not working well. But the…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The hospitality and events industry in South Africa has received a major boost with the…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations human rights chief says a highly awaited joint investigation into abuses in…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The long-delayed Tony Awards have landed two impressive master of ceremonies — Tony- and…

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in South Carolina say a large granite monument honoring 9-11 victims was defaced by vandals who spray-painted…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who alleges that he was raped by multiple staffers at New Hampshire’s youth detention…

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — An Israeli-French-American Holocaust survivor and historian and a U.S. scientist specializing in gut…

By RENATA BRITO Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Climate change could push more than 200 million people to move within their own countries…

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest novels from Colson Whitehead and Joy Williams, and Honorée Fanonne Jeffers’ debut work “The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s new government has held its first meeting with a call by the president to resume talks…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press A new study says up to half of the $14 trillion spent by the Pentagon since 9/11 went to for-profit defense…

NEW YORK (AP) — The next book from Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction writer Jhumpa Lahiri will highlight her work as a translator. Princeton…

By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The leaders of Egypt and Israel have met as part of the first official visit by an Israeli prime…

By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is stepping up its effort to find and unite migrant families forcibly…

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia awoke to disappointment after Novak Djokovic failed in his attempt to make…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in northern Nigeria say nearly 70 students kidnapped from their school two…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A court in Amsterdam has ruled that Uber drivers fall under the Dutch taxi drivers’ collective labor agreement.…

By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A former security aide to French President Emmanuel Macron who triggered a political crisis…

By BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea’s longtime opposition leader says he welcomes the coup that deposed President…

By The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. humanitarian chief says $1.2 billion has been promised to help Afghans facing a growing…

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Five people, including three children, died in an early morning house fire that left three adults and another child injured…

By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Firefighting crews in southern Spain are looking at the sky for much-needed rainfall they hope can…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s chief medical officers say children ages 12 to 15 should be vaccinated against the…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The campaign organization aiming to maintain Democratic control of the House in the 2022…

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Foreign Ministry is urging its citizens to stay away from religious facilities and crowds in six Southeast Asian nations,…

By JAMEY KEATEN and EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations has drummed up more than $1.2 billion in emergency pledges…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has introduced mandatory weekly testing for all unvaccinated workers as it struggles to boost vaccination rates that…

BANGKOK (AP) — Lawyers for Myanmar’s detained former leader say she was unable to attend a scheduled court hearing because she felt ill. Aung San…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it successfully tested what it described as new long-range cruise…

By DANICA KIRKA and ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government has canceled an agreement to buy at least 100 million doses of…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and KAREL JANICEK Associated Press BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Pope Francis has honored Slovakian Jews killed in the Holocaust…

By ALON BERNSTEIN and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press LOD, Israel (AP) — An Israeli defense contractor has unveiled a remote-controlled armed robot…

BERLIN (AP) — The center-right candidate hoping to succeed Angela Merkel as Germany’s chancellor is celebrating his party’s narrow victory…

By HAU DINH Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam is speeding up its vaccination program in an effort to loosen coronavirus lockdown…

By MAE ANDERSON and TOM KRISHER AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — As the resilient coronavirus keeps offices closed and workers at home, some are…

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For what was billed as a “mini Met Gala,” Monday’s fundraiser at New York’s…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany is seeing its first three-way contest for the chancellery, with the environmentalist Greens…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s new leader has won opposition support to shore up his fragile government in exchange for a slew of…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Advocates and workers say that casualties among food delivery riders are…

BANGKOK (AP) — A fire in in the famous Thai resort city of Pattaya has badly damaged a large nightclub catering to Indian tourists. A city official…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed as investors wait for an update on U.S. inflation that has been…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Nicholas has strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane…

By KAREN MATTHEWS and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Classroom doors are swinging open for about a million New York City…

BEIJING (AP) — Flights and trains are being canceled in the Chinese city of Shanghai as Typhoon Chanthu approaches. Local media say all flights are…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli aircraft struck a series of targets in the Gaza Strip while Palestinian militants…

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Forty-six candidates are on the ballot to replace California Gov. Gavin Newsom in…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and EUGENE GARCIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a blitz of TV ads and a last-minute rally, California Democratic Gov.…

By LISA MASCARO and MARCY GORDON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have unveiled a sweeping proposal for tax hikes on big…

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press MATHER, Calif. (AP) — President Joe Biden is using his first Western swing since taking…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California recall is the first major election since Joe Biden became president, and its results may hint at the…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Allies of former President Donald Trump are calling those charged in the Jan. 6…

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Other countries have lured doctors out of retirement, pushed medical students to the…

BY LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Claire Foy, Courtney B. Vance, Maya Rudolph and Dave Chappelle won guest actor Emmys at…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A former school principal extradited from Israel after a six-year legal battle has appeared in an Australian court to…

By PIPER HUDSPETH BLACKBURN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is expressing concerns that the public…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and EUGENE GARCIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a blitz of TV ads and a last-minute rally, California Democratic Gov.…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears has announced her engagement to her boyfriend Sam Asghari with an exuberant post displaying a diamond ring…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it has successfully tested newly developed long-range cruise missiles…

By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Turnout at protests across Brazil against President Jair Bolsonaro have been far…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic’s bid for the first calendar-year Grand Slam in men’s tennis since 1969…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. (AP) — Three Republican presidential prospects have sharply condemned President Joe…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer The label “date movie” hasn’t traditionally been applied much to documentaries but filmmakers Betsy West and Julie…

By TOM KRISHER AP Business Writer Epic Games filed notice that is appealing a federal judge’s decision in a lawsuit alleging that Apple has been…

NEW YORK (AP) — The foundation named after a firefighter who perished on Sept. 11 after running from Brooklyn to Manhattan in full gear has held a…

By PAMELA SAMPSON Associated Press DUNWOODY, Ga. (AP) — An explosion rocked an apartment building in suburban Atlanta, causing the three-story…

By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic senator vital to the fate of President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion plan for social and…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Tailgating, face-painted fans returned in full force at stadiums around the country as the NFL opened its doors…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says Palestinian militants have launched a rocket into Israel from the Gaza Strip. The military says it…

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say one person has died and five others including a teenage girl were wounded in a shooting on the city’s South…

MADISON, Conn. (AP) — Police in a wealthy Connecticut town where the 2010 killing of Barbara Hamburg remains unsolved are fighting a judge’s…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A six-year-old boy who was the sole survivor of a cable car crash this year in Italy is the…

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline went up 2 cents over the past two weeks, to $3.25 per gallon. Industry…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” stayed on top at the box office, collecting $35.8…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The frontrunner to replace Angela Merkel as German chancellor has faced tough questions over…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani official says three climbers became stranded on Pakistan’s Rakaposhi mountain during their descent and efforts are…

By The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — The Middle Eastern State of Qatar, which has played an outsized role in Afghanistan since the…

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has canceled the trial for rock icon Rod Stewart and his adult son and scheduled a hearing next month…

VIENNA (AP) — Ethiopia’s Derara Hurisa has been disqualified for wearing the wrong shoes after winning the Vienna Marathon. The 24-year-old…

By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DARAA, Syria (AP) — The badly damaged old section of the southern Syrian city of Daraa, which until recently was…

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Northern Idaho has a long and deep streak of antigovernment activism…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister says his country is working with the U.N.’s refugee agency to repatriate Syrians to their home…

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Nicholas is expected to strengthen as it heads for the Gulf Coast. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is again choosing whether to recall a governor. But the electorate…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Officials in some urban areas are raising concerns about a federal rule limiting how federal coronavirus relief…