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Turkey’s parliament agrees to hold a long-delayed vote on Sweden’s NATO membership
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish legislators have scheduled a long-delayed vote on Sweden’s bid to join NATO, in a step that could remove a major…
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish legislators have scheduled a long-delayed vote on Sweden’s bid to join NATO, in a step that could remove a major…
Continue ReadingLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The pilot of a small plane was killed when it crashed at Clinton National Airport in Little Rock. Airport officials say…
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. regulators have barred TurboTax maker Intuit Inc. from advertising its services…
Continue ReadingBy LISSETTE ROMERO Associated Press PUEBLA, Mexico (AP) — A four-year-old giraffe named Benito arrived Tuesday at his new home in a large animal…
Continue ReadingANAMOSA, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa boy has died, days after his sled crossed in front of an SUV and was struck. The Iowa State Patrol says 13-year-old…
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Cue all the “did ‘Barbie’ direct itself” snark. But Greta Gerwig not being among the five best director…
Continue ReadingBy KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Maldives government has confirmed giving clearance to a Chinese ship to dock in…
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — France’s privacy watchdog has fined Amazon’s French warehouse business $35 million for using an “excessively intrusive sytem”…
Continue ReadingBy MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The influx of generative artificial intelligence software is transforming small businesses.…
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Federal prosecutors are expanding their investigation into a bribery scheme…
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK ORSAGOS and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Christian church in Ohio filed a federal lawsuit this week after its…
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Chanel’s Spring Couture show transformed Paris’ Grand Palais Ephemere into a stage of fashion…
Continue ReadingSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The European Commission chief and the prime ministers of the Netherlands and Croatia have told Bosnia to press…
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Million-selling author Yuval Noah Harari has another grand theme for his next book:…
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “20 Days in Mariupol,” Mstyslav Chernov’s harrowing chronicle of the besieged Ukrainian city and…
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer WWE’s weekly television show “Raw” will move to Netflix next year as part of a major streaming deal.…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The United Airlines CEO says he is “disappointed” in ongoing manufacturing problems at Boeing that have led to…
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A leading Catholic charity is making a last-minute appeal to the U.S. state of Alabama to halt a…
Continue ReadingBy GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Airbnb has donated a total of $10 million to more than 120 nonprofits in 44 countries on six…
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s highest court has ruled that a small far-right party will not get any state…
Continue ReadingBy DALIA RAMIREZ of NerdWallet If you have unpaid or unfiled taxes, the start of a new tax season and the looming reminders of debt might fill you…
Continue ReadingBy BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan lawmakers have begun debating a controversial internet safety bill…
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer It is a name that has become almost synonymous with professional wrestling but its bearer, Dwayne Johnson, has…
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino fishing boat captain has protested the Chinese coast guard’s aggression in…
Continue ReadingBy IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwandan authorities accused Burundi’s leader of making “incendiary allegations aimed…
Continue ReadingTALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Thousands of artworks have been destroyed in a fire that swept through the main art gallery in Abkhazia in a severe blow to…
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has sent a letter to his Swedish counterpart, Ulf…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — A long-delayed trial has started in Amsterdam for nine suspects accused of involvement in the…
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Spreading demonstrations by French farmers against low wages and other grievances were hit by tragedy when a woman was killed and her…
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A study issued Tuesday by researchers collecting evidence of war crimes in Myanmar supported reports…
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — NATO has signed a $1.2-billion contract to make tens of thousands of artillery rounds to replenish the dwindling stocks of its…
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has hanged another prisoner over crimes committed during nationwide protests that erupted in 2022 following…
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The upper house of Britain’s Parliament has urged the Conservative government not to ratify a…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The women work hard, sleeping only a few hours a night, as they juggle the demands of caring for…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say 20 people are confirmed dead and 24 remain missing after a landslide in a remote, mountainous part of the…
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Tuesday, led by sharp gains in Hong Kong and Shanghai…
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say a complex Russian missile attack has targeted the cities of Kyiv and…
Continue ReadingPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan has resumed after they reopened a key northwestern border crossing…
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Riot Games, the developer of the popular “League of Legends” multiplayer battle game is joining other tech companies that have…
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s Oscar nominations morning, which means it’s time for the year’s best movies and performers…
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN and NAJIB JOBAIN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s army says a total of 21 soldiers were killed in an attack in…
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For almost 20 months the Pentagon has spearheaded a monthly gathering of about…
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama, unless stopped by the courts, intends to strap inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith to a…
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More than a dozen federal appellate judges are scheduled to hear arguments on whether…
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Almost 80 years after the Holocaust, about 245,000 Jewish survivors are still living across…
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Immediately after Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, the owners of the bowling alley and the…
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Accusations that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had an affair with a…
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The mother of a Michigan school shooter is headed to trial on involuntary manslaughter charges.…
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was threatened with expulsion from a…
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will share the stage on…
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Donald Trump is aiming for a commanding victory in New Hampshire,…
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — China will face international scrutiny Tuesday over domestic polices in places like Hong Kong, Tibet and the western Xinjiang region…
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. (AP) — In tiny Dixville Notch, the six registered voters who were preparing to cast their…
Continue ReadingBRISBANE, Australia (AP) — A tropical low strengthening over the Coral Sea is forecast to be the second cyclone is as many months to bring…
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The three Republicans vying to take on Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown this fall in…
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked for now a new law approved by North Carolina legislators…
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — A Russian national has been sanctioned by the Australian government for his role in a cyber attack which compromised the personal…
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman charged with killing a high-profile entertainment marketing consultant in his Los Angeles home has pleaded not guilty.…
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green used his annual State of the State address to lead lawmakers and guests in…
Continue ReadingAstrid Suarez and Manuel Rueda Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A spokesman for Colombia’s navy said the South American country has…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — The last known set of remains linked to the Green River serial killer in Washington state belonged to a teenage girl who had…
Continue ReadingBY JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A trial underway in U.S. court is providing a possible glimpse into Hawaii’s…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A proposal by New Mexico’s governor to underwrite the treatment and recycling of oil-industry wastewater is being denounced…
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A bill to define antisemitism in Georgia law stalled in 2023 over how the measure should be worded. But…
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Republican Party is endorsing York County’s district attorney for state…
Continue ReadingNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A fifth suspect has been ordered to stand trial in an ambush shooting that killed a 14-year-old and wounded several other…
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has seen two versions of Gov. Ron DeSantis. One earned praise from…
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and KEN RITTER Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge is being asked to issue a stop-work order on a $10…
Continue ReadingBy DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky gun shop that sold the assault weapon used to kill five people at a Louisville…
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Illinois authorities are warning people to be aware of a man they called “armed and dangerous” after multiple shootings in the…
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The speaker of the Nebraska Legislature has vowed to use his discretion to avoid a repeat…
Continue ReadingCriminal gangs are trying to extort ‘protection’ payments from taxi drivers in Mexico’s Caribbean coast resort of Cancun. It is a problem…
Continue ReadingPORT CLINTON, Ohio (AP) — Coast Guard officials say 20 people have been rescued from an ice floe in Lake Erie. The Coast Guard’s Ninth District…
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ordered the appointment of an independent examiner in the…
Continue ReadingBy SUDHIN THANAWALA and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans in the Georgia House of Representatives have advanced a bill that…
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Legislators in Jackson County, Missouri, voted Monday to override the veto of Jackson…
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A deal in the Senate on border policies is being finalized as senators return to Washington…
Continue ReadingBy DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Serie A club Udinese has identified a fan who racially abused AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan and…
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Los Angeles-area gang leader jailed in the 1996 killing of hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur…
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s is demanding an investigation into how U.S. military-grade weapons are increasingly being found in the hands of…
Continue ReadingBy GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade ruling on Jan. 22, 1973, the time around the anniversary has…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — State media in China say a magnitude 7.1 earthquake has struck a remote part of China’s western Xinjiang region. The state-run…
Continue ReadingPLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The family of a man who died after being held in a California jail alleges in a lawsuit that he contracted a preventable…
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and British militaries bombed multiple sites used by the…
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister has clashed with the United States and Ukraine’s…
Continue ReadingFAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Police say a man who fled the country after he was charged with the slaying of his wife more than 30 years ago in northern…
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Police in Cyprus are making a renewed bid to clamp down on violence at soccer games. It says fan security screening will be…
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Filmmaker Norman Jewison has died at 97. The Canadian-born director’s work ranged from Doris…
Continue ReadingCAGLIARI, Sardinia (AP) — Luigi Riva, the all-time leading goalscorer for Italy men’s national team who was known as the “Rombo di Tuono”…
Continue ReadingBy SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A county elections board in Ohio has refused to reconsider the…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A former U.S. Army soldier who was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting a handcuffed cow herder in…
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — June Squibb is perhaps the busiest 94-year-old in Hollywood. This year alone she’ll voice a…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Heavy rainfall around the U.S. prompted first responders in Texas to conduct water rescues and investigate whether people were…
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy released the names of the two SEALs who were lost at sea during a raid on a…
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON and PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writers The Big Ten and ACC are the only two conferences among the six major basketball conferences that…
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Abortion rights supporters are seeking to enshrine the right to abortion in the Maryland…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court is allowing Border Patrol agents to cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border, while…
Continue ReadingBy ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada has announced a two-year cap on international student visas to ease the pressure on housing,…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University has released a detailed account of its investigation into plagiarism allegations…
Continue ReadingNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A suburban Philadelphia woman accused of fatally shooting her parents and dismembering their bodies with a chainsaw has…
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