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BY DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia sheriff has been indicted on federal public corruption charges for…

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian police have identified a young girl whose remains were found in a construction-site dumpster in Toronto more than a year…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge has ordered the Missouri attorney general’s office to pay $242,000 in legal fees for violations of the…

By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts delivered Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling striking down…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s claims that absolute presidential immunity and free speech…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators have approved a gene therapy for the most common form of hemophilia.…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors say a man accused in a deadly movie theater shooting in New Mexico’s largest city is a danger to the…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press The number of homeless residents counted in Los Angeles County has spiked again, increasing by 9% since last…

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Thousands of people have gathered outside the cathedral in North…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — While three Muslim council members were away to observe the Eid al-Adha holiday, the Minneapolis City Council narrowly voted to…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian chief is warning that the 12-year conflict in Syria has pushed 90%…

By The Associated Press Federal health officials have notified Congress of a data breach that could involve the information of more than 100,000…

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer The Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling in Murphy vs. NCAA ushered in a new era of legalized sports betting in the U.S.,…

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Real Madrid’s Luka Modric and former Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren have been charged in Croatia with allegedly giving…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Google says it will remove links to Canadian news on its platforms across Canada after a new law that forces digital giants…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press The fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old outside Paris this week has set off widespread disorder in French…

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — From a block party in New York City to a movie screening outside of Denver, groups across the U.S.…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ Democratic governor says the state will keep allowing residents to change official…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for…

By AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — NATO members have reached a tentative agreement to ask Secretary-General Jens…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Thursday with Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg and prominent European…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Mossad spy service says its agents inside Iran have seized the head of an Iranian hit squad who planned to kill…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are requesting voluntary testimony from nearly a dozen Justice Department…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence has made a surprise visit to Ukraine, meeting with Ukrainian…

ATLANTA (AP) — Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died. Her niece, the Rev. Bernice King,…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Frustrated by an “appalling counterproposal” earlier this week, the head of the union representing 340,000 UPS…

MILAN (AP) — Traffickers in a migrant smuggling cell that authorities busted in a cross-national investigation administered sleeping pills to…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and MATÍAS DELACROIX Associated Press CHUAO, Venezuela (AP) — Dozens of people hop onto boats every day along Venezuela’s…

By ADRIAN SAINZ, MICHAEL GOLDBERG and JIM SALTER Associated Press As dangerous heat and humidity smothered parts of the South and Midwest on…

By The Associated Press Taika Waititi’s soccer comedy “Next Goal Wins” will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival…

By The Associated Press The president of Turkmenistan inaugurated a vast, multibillion-dollar development hailed as the isolated country’s first…

By MIKE STOBBE and CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writers Americans 60 and older can get a new RSV vaccine but should discuss it with their doctor…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A white Mississippi district attorney whose practice of excluding Black people from…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned a Quran-burning protest in Sweden and signaled that it will be an obstacle to…

NEW YORK (AP) — A fire has broken out in the basement of the flagship Tiffany & Co. store on New York’s Fifth Avenue. Videos posted on the…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are dropping charges against two parents whose convictions in the…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that he “strongly, strongly” disagrees with the Supreme…

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has solidified protections for workers who asks for religious…

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech brewer Budvar, which has been embroiled in a long legal dispute with U.S. beer giant Anheuser-Busch over the use of the…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A team of Italian researchers reached the edge of space Thursday morning, flying aboard a rocket-powered plane piloted by…

By TARA COPP and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Gen. Sergei Surovikin, the deputy commander of the Russian group of forces…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog will address a joint meeting of Congress on July 19 to…

BERLIN (AP) — A German rail workers’ union says it’s prepared to take a long-running pay dispute with the main national railway operator to…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Racism, hatred and sometimes violence against Muslims in Germany are widespread and often part…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer France’s highest administrative jurisdiction says the country’s soccer federation is entitled to ban…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Applications for unemployment benefits fell significantly last week after it appeared claims had reached a modestly…

PLAINFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Officials say an Indiana state trooper was struck and killed by a stolen vehicle in suburban Indianapolis. Other officers…

By ZANE IRWIN Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A new Human Rights Watch report is accusing Burkina Faso’s military of killing and…

By GRANT PECK and SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A quasi-independent review board is recommending that Facebook…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former tech executive is joining the crowded 2024 U.S. Senate race to succeed retiring…

By WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GUWAHATI, India (AP) — India’s top opposition leader Rahul Gandhi is visiting communities hit by weeks of…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Hungary and Poland have vetoed a statement by European Union leaders laying out their migration…

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — LGBTQ+ rights activists and couples in Nepal on Thursday were celebrating an interim…

MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims are casting stones at pillars representing the devil during the final days of the annual Hajj pilgrimage…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says a request for his country to temporarily…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — An Amsterdam prosecutor says that a 13-year sentence a Canadian court imposed on a Dutch…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has adopted a new law that changes how people count their ages. The…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Critics of the planned redevelopment of a beloved centuries-old Tokyo park and historic sports…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s left-wing opposition leader, Alexis Tsipras has announced his decision to…

By PAUL WISEMAN, MARK STEVENSON and TOM KRISHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — To President Donald Trump, America’s trade relationship with…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Smaller meat and poultry operators in 17 states will receive $115 million in grants.…

By CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The 29th annual Essence Festival of Culture is revving up in New Orleans. Most of…

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A woman’s leg had to be amputated in a Thai airport after it was trapped by a movable…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British court has ruled that a government plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda in an attempt to…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A committee of British lawmakers has slammed allies of Boris Johnson in Parliament for trying to…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Fender, the guitar of choice for some of the world’s biggest stars from Jimi Hendrix to Eric…

CAIRO (AP) — The Red Cross says it has facilitated the release of 125 Sudanese army soldiers held captive by the country’s rival paramilitary…

TOKYO (AP) — Japan and South Korea have agreed to revive a currency swap agreement for times of crisis. The move is the latest sign of warming ties…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the central bank may have to tighten its…

BERLIN (AP) — Austrian authorities said Thursday they they have seized large amounts of drugs, cash and a vast arsenal of firearms in a raid on a…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI and CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — On the verge of tears, Nathan Nkunzimana recalled watching a video of a…

PARIS (AP) — UNESCO’s 193 members states are gathering for a two-day meeting in Paris aimed at voting on the United States’ plans to rejoin the…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took center stage at…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed Friday in Asia after China reported slower factory activity in June due to…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon is preparing to step down. Rendon will hand over…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The “Alaska Weather” program has been must-see TV for 47 years in a state where…

By SYLVIE CORBET, JOHN LEICESTER and ALEX TURNBULL Associated Press NANTERRE, France (AP) — France mobilized tens of thousands of police officers…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The window for local, state and tribal governments to challenge their 2020 census figures closes after Friday, and…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government says that from Saturday, it will be the first nation in…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials say a suspected cooking gas explosion has injured at least 15 people and damaged a restaurant and…

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Domingo Germán of the New York Yankees has pitched the 24th perfect game in major…

By SOPHIE AUSTIN and JANIE HAR Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s first-in-the-nation reparations task…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Norfolk Southern’s CEO has spoken often of safety and better service since he took the job over a…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The only break much of America can hope for anytime soon from eye-watering dangerous smoke from fire-struck…

By JILL COLVIN and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s criminal indictment on charges of…

By ANDI JATMIKO and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Muslims across Indonesia on Thursday were celebrating Eid al-Adha,…

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden closed out an end-of-quarter campaign blitz Thursday with a pair of…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge says she won’t block temporarily a large swath of North…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Senate, in a surprise move, are proceeding with trying…