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By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer TORONTO (AP) — Decades after many other rich countries stopped forcibly sterilizing Indigenous women, numerous…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The politics of inflation took a sharp turn Wednesday with a report showing consumer prices rose at…

By INGRID LOBET and MIKE STOBBE NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration is moving to reduce children’s exposure to lead, proposing stricter…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Foreign Affairs chairman has subpoenaed the State Department for classified documents that could indicate whether the…

MISHAWAKA, Ind. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the deaths of three patients within a week at a northern Indiana addiction treatment center…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors will not pursue the death penalty against two men charged with the…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Ask ChatGPT about comedian Sarah Silverman’s memoir “The Bedwetter” and the artificial…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese security official says an explosion ear Lebanon’s border with Israel lightly wounded…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A prisoner suspected of stabbing Larry Nassar at a federal penitentiary…

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press An unaccompanied 15-year-old migrant girl from Guatemala died on Monday from an underlying disease while in…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has approved a much-awaited  $3 billion bailout for Pakistan, the global lender said, a move…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A legal challenge has been filed to block Iowa’s new legislation banning most…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has ruled that Steve Bannon must pay nearly $500,000 in outstanding legal fees to his…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A court ruling has at least temporarily blocked an investigation of alleged gangs within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pledged Wednesday that western allies “will not…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s hard not to feel grudging respect for Gerald Daniel Blanchard’s long resume of…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Authorities say the badly decomposing bodies of three people have been found in a…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A man charged in the Capitol riot who had guns and hundreds of…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The future of a lawsuit accusing Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant of assaulting a teenager…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Across baseball, players are embracing practices like barefoot walking and breathing…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — NATO leaders have wrapped up a two-day summit with pledges of long-term support for…

ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. (AP) — A landslide that has destroyed homes in a Southern California community appears to have slowed but more homes…

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer New research suggests humans lived in South America at the same time as now extinct giant sloths, bolstering…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister says his country is ready to “reset” relations with neighbor Turkey in an effort to bypass…

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Ukraine may have gotten support and vague assurances from NATO leaders in Vilnius this week, but ultimately it received…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Three large tax preparation firms sent “extraordinarily sensitive” information on tens of…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Is non-English language music the future of the music business? Perhaps. Luminate, a source of…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prosecutors have rested their sexual assault case against Kevin Spacey in a London courtroom after…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. says the conflict in Sudan has driven around 3.1 million people from their homes. They include…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has summoned Russia’s ambassador after Moscow released a joint statement with Arab countries this week…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press ANDOVER, Vt. (AP) — Floodwaters receded in Vermont cities and towns pummeled by a storm that delivered two months…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Associated Press video journalist Mstyslav Chernov had just broken out of Mariupol after covering the first 20 days of…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s parliament has backed in a cliffhanger vote a major plan to protect nature…

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s top human rights body overwhelmingly approved a measure calling on countries to do more to prevent religious hatred in…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A top official in Hong Kong says the city will immediately ban the import of aquatic products from…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS and JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The federal government and companies responsible for nuclear bomb production…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is paying a visit to the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied…

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has raised some eyebrows by suggesting that Ukraine should appear more grateful for…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a Republican presidential field full of candidates opposed to abortion rights, Mike Pence stands…

By ELAINE GANLEY and LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Milan Kundera, whose dissident writings in communist Czechoslovakia transformed him…

By ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say five heavily-armed militants have attacked a security post in…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence is leaning in on his anti-abortion stance as he campaigns for the…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Apple iPhone manufacturer Foxconn has announced it is backing out of a $19.5 billion…

HOYLAKE, England (AP) — The British Open is raising its prize fund from $14 million to $16.5 million. That means the winner next week at Royal…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The Women’s World Cup will be played with new programs in place to help protect players and other…

By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Widespread riots in France sparked by the police killing of a teenager with North African roots have…

BERLIN (AP) — European diplomats have told the United Nations Security Council that investigators found traces of subsea explosives in samples…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic says the real reason why the country’s intelligence chief is facing U.S. sanctions…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Dutch forward Vivianne Miedema and England’s Leah Williamson are among the stars of women’s soccer who…

By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — China has called accusations that a China-based hacking group breached government-linked email…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has sent navy ships and a large group of warplanes, including fighter jets and bombers,…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares rose Thursday, boosted by Wall Street’s return to its highest level in more…

By JIM GOMEZ and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Thailand’s top diplomat says he met with ousted Myanmar leader Aung San…

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Police and rescue officials say a  fire swept through a house in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore before dawn…

By COURTNEY BONNELL AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Concerns are growing that Russia won’t extend a United Nations-brokered deal that allows…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Iran’s president has begun a rare visit to Africa as the country under heavy U.S. economic…

By JINATAMAS SAKSORNCHAI and GRANT PECK BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s state Election Commission says it has concluded there is evidence that the top…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press Larry Nassar was stabbed in his cell at a federal penitentiary in Florida, out of view of…

BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Beijing next week to discuss strategies for limiting global…

By ROBERT JABLON and JOHN ROGERS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — In 1969, Charles Manson dispatched a group of disaffected young followers on a…

By ILAN BEN ZION AND ARIEL SCHALIT Associated Press HERZLIYA, Israel (AP) — Over half a century, Nissim Kahlon has transformed a tiny cave on a…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Unionized Hollywood actors on the verge of a strike have agreed to allow a last-minute…

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai media say police have arrested two Germans in connection with the abduction and slaying of another German, whose dismembered…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — This summer, millions of Americans with student loans will be able to apply for a new…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A judge says there is enough evidence for a Colorado dentist accused of poisoning his…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom says looming multi-billion budget deficits will not change his…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI, ERIC TUCKER and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Chris Wray defended the “real FBI” during a…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press The majority of U.S. adults, including those living in states with the deepest limits on…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — HBO dominated Wednesday morning’s Emmy nominations, with the elite trio of “…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — After two years of painfully high prices, inflation in the United States has reached…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press An American woman says she told her new husband she loved him and was certain they would die when a New Zealand…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — A multibillion-dollar agreement signed with France’s TotalEnergies could…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN, LORNE COOK and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed fresh…

NEW YORK (AP) — Police are hunting for a gunman who opened fire in a crowded New York park, wounding four people including two young children.…

By KEN SWEET and MICHELLE CHAPMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America will reimburse customers more than $100 million and pay $150…

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who served almost nine years in office after…

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government has called the presence of a U.S. nuclear-powered…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A new casino resort touted as the largest of its kind in Europe has opened its doors in Cyprus, aiming to transform the…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press Dozens of insurance companies are suing Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy to recoup money paid out to homes and…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A police officer in Portland, Oregon, issued a video apology Tuesday for hitting a photographer in the head with a baton…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has test-fired its first intercontinental ballistic…

PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix says it’s slowly clearing hundreds of people from a downtown camp of homeless people called “The Zone,” asking a judge…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has apparently behaved well enough during the first six weeks of her more than 11-year…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Republicans are launching a coordinated early voting initiative ahead of this…

By KEN RITTER and MARK ANDERSON Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara pleaded no contest Tuesday to a…

The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The trouble between Ticketmaster and Taylor Swift’s“Eras” tour isn’t over — with the latest…

LONDON (AP) — Anti-discrimination group Kick It Out has received a record number of reports of discriminatory behavior during the 2022-23 soccer…

PARRISH, Ala. (AP) — Police say an SUV that was reported stolen with an infant inside in Alabama may have instead rolled into thick brush where it…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press A man has been charged with rape and other crimes in a series of sexual assaults on patients in a Kansas…

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The pickleball craze is hitting the big leagues. Courts for the tennis/badminton/ping pong hybrid…