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MILAN (AP) — Record-breaking rain provoked floods in a vast swath of Tuscany as storm Ciarán pushed into Italy overnight. At least three people…

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares advanced on Friday after Wall Street roared higher on bets that market-rattling…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Dubai-based television network broadcasting across the Mideast cut…

By JIM GOMEZ and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Japan’s prime minister is visiting the Philippines, where he’s…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A magnitude 5.1 earthquake rattled a Greek island near Athens, but no injuries or serious damage were immediately reported.…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The watchdog office overseeing the National Science Foundation is sending…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A fire has broken out at a drug rehabilitation center in northern Iran on Friday, killing at least 27 people. State TV says 17…

By NAJIB JOBAIN, BASSEM MROUE and DAVID RISING Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in…

MORWELL, Australia (AP) — A woman accused of serving her ex-husband’s parents and an aunt poisonous mushrooms with lunch has appeared in an…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has confirmed that it’s closing some of its diplomatic missions abroad, a…

By DAKE KANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A Beijing-based art dealer touts itself as China’s premier seller of North Korean art, despite…

By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — International authorities say there is growing evidence that shows Beijing is helping…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press SURFSIDE, Florida (AP) — U.S. support for Israel’s offensive against Hamas is being closely watched…

By FU TING Associated Press Long before “Friends” made its official debut in China, the show was a word-of-mouth phenomenon in the country. In…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press The latest major addition to the National World War II Museum in New Orleans is called the Liberation Pavilion. And…

By JOSH BOAK and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is gathering leaders from countries across the Americas on…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Closing arguments are scheduled to take place in the trial of a police officer charged with…

By SASHA CHAVKIN Pulitzer Center WASHINGTON (AP) — Data analysis by The Associated Press and the Rainforest Investigations Network, a nonprofit…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is heading to Lewiston, Maine to mourn with the…

By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A woman interviewed by FBI agents says they are investigating allegations of wrongdoing by a Texas…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Anthony Albanese will soon become the first Australian prime minister in seven years to…

By JILL COLVIN and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — As his rivals go all in on Iowa, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has…

By SASHA CHAVKIN Pulitzer Center WASHINGTON (AP) — According to data analysis by The Associated Press and the Rainforest Investigations Network, a…

By CLAIRE SAVAGE and MELISSA PEREZ WINDER Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Brunch dates and flag football games might be a little…

By ALI SWENSON and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The warnings have grown louder and more urgent as 2024 approaches: The rapid…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) — Communities ravaged by America’s opioid epidemic are starting…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers likely kept hiring at a healthy pace last month, defying high interest…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fans of hip-hop, country, pop, funk, R&B and rock all have reason to cheer the 2023…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California jury has awarded $332 million to a man who sued chemical giant Monsanto, claiming his cancer was related to decades…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who was Robert De Niro’s chief personal assistant for over a decade has cited…

HONOLULU (AP) — Authorities in Hawaii say a wildfire that has burned forestlands in a remote mountainous area of Central Oahu has moved eastward…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press IWAKI, Japan (AP) — Fishing communities in Fukushima feared devastating damage to their businesses from the…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A final vote count following a general election in New Zealand three weeks ago has…

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia will try to control its population of more than 100 hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Three passengers have sued Alaska Airlines saying they suffered emotional distress after an…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Northern New Mexico or bust. That seems to be the case for at least one Mexican…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer One of modern climate science’s pioneers is warning that the world isn’t just steadily warming, but is…

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Public health officials say two people in Southern California people have come down with dengue fever without traveling…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida dentist on trial in a murder-for-hire case involving the 2014 slaying of…

LOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) — A county lawmaker in New York is accused of slashing the tire of a truck parked outside a local bar. Niagara County…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Godzilla, the nightmarish radiation spewing monster born out of nuclear weapons, has stomped through…

PANAMA CITY (AP) — A bill banning all new mining activities in Panama will go to a third and final vote after another extraordinary session of…

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Law enforcement officers in Montana’s largest city say a man was shot to death and a 1-year-old boy suffered fatal…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans went after the IRS when they decided that emergency aid for Israel should be…

BOISE, Idaho. (AP) — An Oregon man who pleaded guilty in connection with LGBTQ+ hate crimes, including trying to hit people with a car in Idaho…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The Texas Rangers 5-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks for their first championship on Wednesday night drew the…

A Minnesota appeals court has stepped in to protect voting rights recently granted to felons under a new law. A pro-Trump judge last month declared…

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press A judge’s order for a new primary in Connecticut’s largest city because of alleged absentee ballot fraud…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Charlize Theron remembers the moment her role in philanthropy clicked into place. The…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the United States is expected to deliver $425 million in…

By ZEKE MILLER and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is taking stock one year out from…

By MEAD GRUVER, DAVID KOENIG and LOLITA BALDOR Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A pilot accused of threatening to shoot a commercial airline…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A key figure in thwarting planned oil and carbon-capture pipelines in the U.S. Midwest and…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer A newly unredacted portion of the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against Amazon says the…

By JULIA FRANKEL and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press BUREIJ REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip (AP) — Airstrikes in the Gaza Strip’s Bureij refugee camp…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The CEO of the National Association of Realtors is stepping down nearly two months before his…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge overseeing the 2020 election interference case against Donald Trump says those involved in the case must not…

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press SANT JOAN DESPÍ, Spain (AP) — It’s been a whirlwind last few months for newly crowned Ballon d’Or winner…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is pushing ahead toward passage of $14.5 billion in military aid for…

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts State Police say a man killed a woman, left her body in a car in Boston, then boarded a flight for Kenya. Police say…

By AMY HARDER, Cipher News CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — As the United States injects hundreds of billions of dollars into clean energy through its…

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The federal trial of a former Louisville police officer charged in the deadly Breonna Taylor…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities in the Seattle area are searching for a 17-year-old boy they say shot and killed a…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden administration officials have hosted big city mayors at the White House to discuss how to…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — State funds covered at least three trips to Prague by a former North Dakota lawmaker who has…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s lawmakers have approved the new government’s first supplemental budget, which…

By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says Washington wants to build an economic relationship with…

By ISABELLA VOLMERT INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (AP) — The Indiana Supreme Court has determined the state’s attorney general engaged in attorney…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal agents on Thursday raided the home of a top fundraiser and longtime…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York jury has begun deliberating whether FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was guilty of…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The labor union representing Las Vegas hotel workers has set a strike deadline. The decision…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The architect of Maine’s “yellow flag law” said it was designed to stop shootings like…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Federal investigators say they found no evidence of a mechanical failure before a North Dakota…

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City lawmaker has been arraigned on a gun charge after prosecutors say she brought a firearm to a pro-Palestinian…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is investigating two South Carolina jails…

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — An unarmed U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile was intentionally destroyed when something went wrong…

By EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Rwanda announced Thursday that it will allow all Africans to travel visa-free to the…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to condemn the American economic…

By STEPHEN WHYNO and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers The death of American hockey player Adam Johnson from a cut to the neck in England has reignited…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two West Virginia corrections officers have pleaded guilty to a federal charge stemming from…

SALEM, Mass. (AP) — A district attorney in Massachusetts says police have made an arrest in the fatal shooting of a Salem State University student…

By The Associated Press The long-awaited final installment of “Yellowstone” — featuring Kevin Costner ’s final episodes — has been delayed…

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (AP) — A 63-year-old Utah woman had a leg amputated after being attacked by her son’s dogs in her own backyard in a Salt Lake…

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The United Nations will cut the number of refugee families receiving cash assistance in Lebanon by…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Two meetings in Bismarck this week are receiving public comment on the draft environmental review of the controversial Dakota…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press Federal officials say their investigation into a Colorado coal train derailment that killed a truck driver and shut…

By MIKE STOBBE and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fewer high school students are vaping this year, the government reported…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, TARA COPP and LOLITA BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate circumvented a hold by Alabama Republican Sen.…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s election oversight body has postponed the country’s upcoming parliament elections…

Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government said Thursday that the guerrilla group National Liberation Army, known as ELN,…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal government has officially postponed a sale of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former Memphis police officer changed his plea to guilty Thursday in the fatal beating…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan fell slightly this week, ending a…

By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. has testified that gaming giant Bally’s paid $60 million…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced a stimulus package of more than 17 trillion yen…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian opposition lawmakers have caused commotion in Parliament, trying to disrupt a…

By NAJIB JOBAIN and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Dozens of Palestinians with foreign passports crossed through the…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM and JOHN RABY Associated Press Crews began the arduous process of removing layers of rubble and debris from a collapsed coal mine…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press The state of Pennsylvania will work with a major natural gas producer to collect in-depth data on air emissions…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy says it will disburse $440 million to install solar…