The women’s tennis tour plans for its players to earn the same as men at more events
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer It took more than three decades after the founding of the Women’s Tennis Association for all four Grand Slam…
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Embattled Tennessee bishop resigns after priest complaints, abuse-related lawsuits
By TRAVIS LOLLER and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, has resigned under pressure. Pope…
Continue Reading ‘The Hajj is not Mecca’: Why prayers at Mount Arafat are the spiritual peak of Islamic pilgrimage
By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (AP) — They came in the dark of night, in the thousands, to clamber up the rocky hill called…
Continue Reading Europe’s interest rates to stay high as long as needed to defeat inflation, central bank chief says
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is warning that inflation is holding…
Continue Reading FBI and Homeland Security ignored ‘massive amount’ of intelligence before Jan. 6, Senate report says
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security downplayed or ignored “a massive amount…
Continue Reading Fire engulfs high-rise in United Arab Emirates. No reports of injuries
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Videos circulating online show a fire tearing through a high-rise residential building in the United Arab…
Continue Reading Do you know Wimbledon? Try the AP’s quiz about the grass-court Grand Slam tournament
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer How much do you know about Wimbledon? How much do you know about tennis? The AP has put together a quiz to test…
Continue Reading North Macedonia prosecutor says inmates, psychiatric patients subjected to degrading treatment
By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — A report by the ombudsman in North Macedonia says inmates in the…
Continue Reading Germany saw 2,480 antisemitic incidents in 2022, monitoring group says
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A group tracking antisemitism in Germany says it has documented 2,480 incidents in the country…
Continue Reading ‘Movement’ detected at South African mine where dozens suspected dead, but no search operation yet
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Continue Reading Meta launches more parental supervision tools for Instagram. Is it enough?
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Instagram and Facebook’s parent company Meta is adding some new parental supervision tools and privacy…
Continue Reading Japan to reinstate South Korea as preferred trade nation from July 21 as two sides improve ties
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan announced Tuesday a decision to reinstate South Korea as a preferred nation with fast-track…
Continue Reading German police search church properties in probe of Cologne archbishop over perjury allegations
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say police and prosecutors have searching Catholic Church properties in connection with a probe of the archbishop…
Continue Reading Prigozhin has moved to Belarus, and Russia won’t press charges for mutiny
By The Associated Press Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the private army of prison recruits and other mercenaries who have fought some of the deadliest…
Continue Reading US ambassador dismisses claims of interference in Thailand’s elections that were won by reformists
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Thailand has dismissed claims of American interference in recent elections…
Continue Reading Corruption trial begins for former Indonesia IT minister over mobile phone tower project
By ACHMAD IBRAHIM and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s anti-graft court has opened a trial for a former…
Continue Reading Ex-Audi boss convicted of fraud after pleading guilty in German automaker’s diesel emissions scandal
BERLIN (AP) — A German court found ex-Audi boss Rupert Stadler guilty of fraud in connection with the automaker’s diesel emissions scandal…
Continue Reading Congo fashion show hopes to inspire peace, creativity in region affected by conflict
By JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Fashion designers from several parts of Africa have come together for a show in eastern…
Continue Reading Farmers markets thrive as customers and vendors who latched on during the pandemic remain loyal
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Farmers markets gave people something they desperately sought during the pandemic: A place to…
Continue Reading Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, more than 1,000 civilians were killed in attacks, UN says
By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations says it has documented a significant level of civilian casualties from attacks…
Continue Reading An ex-convict returned from war and a Russian village lived in fear. Then police say he killed again
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Ivan Rossomakhin returned home from the war in Ukraine three months ago, his…
Continue Reading Power couple Zooey Zephyr and Erin Reed are spreading hope to fellow transgender people
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Continue Reading 5 takeaways from the AP’s report on Chinese disposable e-cigarettes flooding the US market
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer The Associated Press has found that the Food and Drug Administration can’t keep up with a flood of illegal…
Continue Reading Thousands of unauthorized vapes are pouring into the US despite the FDA crackdown on fruity flavors
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of different electronic cigarette devices sold in the U.S. has nearly tripled to…
Continue Reading What is it like living in Mecca? For residents, Islam’s holiest sites are simply home
By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — For Zainab Abdu, the holiest sites in Islam were the backdrop for her weekends growing…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares mixed despite Wall Street rally
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday despite a rally on Wall Street driven by optimism over…
Continue Reading Verdict due for 5 protesters accused of blocking Thai queen’s car. Law allows the death penalty
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Continue Reading Victims confront Colorado Springs gay nightclub killer, calling shooter a monster and a coward
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Continue Reading One of America’s first elected lesbian governors is visiting Ireland on LBGTQ rights anniversary
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has been invited to address the Irish Senate on Tuesday. She’ll be there to…
Continue Reading China’s premier says economic growth is accelerating and the country can hit its 5% target this year
BEIJING (AP) — China’s No. 2 leader says economic growth accelerated in the latest quarter and he expressed confidence it can hit the ruling…
Continue Reading Zeneta Everhart, mother of Buffalo mass shooting survivor, wins City Council primary
By CAROLYN THOMPSON and MICHAEL HILL Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Zeneta Everhart became a well-known community advocate after her son…
Continue Reading US Interior Secretary Haaland reflects on tenure and tradition amid policy challenges
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has made history a few times in her political…
Continue Reading States clamp down on freight trains, fearing derailments and federal gridlock
By MARC LEVY and JOSH FUNK Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Spurred on by train derailments, some states with busy criss-crossing freight…
Continue Reading Conservationists and tribes urge US appeals court to block Biden-backed Nevada lithium mine
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Environmentalists and tribes are urging a U.S. appeals court to overturn a judge’s decision…
Continue Reading A scientist’s 4-decade quest to save the biggest monkey in the Americas
By DIARLEI RODRIGUES and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press CARATINGA, Brasil (AP) — The emerald-green canopy shifts and rustles as a troop of willowy,…
Continue Reading The reason US response to the Russia rebellion has been decidedly cautious
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Continue Reading Prosecutors files charges in shooting that killed 3 and wounded 6 in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 26-year-old Kansas City man has been charged in a shooting that killed three people and wounded six more. The Jackson…
Continue Reading Man fatally shot in New Mexico movie theater over seat dispute
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An argument over seating at an Albuquerque movie theater escalated into a shooting that left a man dead and sent…
Continue Reading Canada’s largest city elects first woman of color as mayor
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Leftist candidate Olivia Chow has become the mayor of Canada’s largest city. Chow is Toronto’s…
Continue Reading Players returning from LIV Golf is part of Saudis’ agreement with PGA Tour
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Continue Reading Peg Yorkin, feminist leader and philanthropist, dies at 96
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peg Yorkin, who donated $10 million to the feminist foundation she co-founded and pushed to bring the most common method of…
Continue Reading California’s law aimed at fast food wages is on hold. Lawmakers may have found a way around it
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new California law aimed in part at boosting salaries for fast food workers has been…
Continue Reading Kansas must undo gender changes for trans people in state records, attorney general says
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The conservative Republican attorney general of Kansas says a new Kansas law requires the…
Continue Reading New York City drivers to pay extra tolls as part of first-in-the-nation effort to reduce congestion
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York has received a critical federal approval for its first-in-the-nation plan to charge big tolls to drive…
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Ohio mom charged in death of toddler left alone for 10 days, prosecutors say
CLEVELAND (AP) — Prosecutors in Ohio have announced murder charges against a woman in the death of her 16-month-old daughter, who authorities say…
Continue Reading Mexico arrests former official in disappearance of 43 students in 2014, charges 8 soldiers
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico says it has arrested the former head of a federal anti-kidnapping unit in connection with the disappearance of 43…
Continue Reading California mushroom farms cited for workplace safety violations after January fatal shootings
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press California has cited two Northern California mushroom farms for health and safety violations and proposed more…
Continue Reading James Meredith risked his life doing civil rights work. At 90, he says religion can help cut crime
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — James Meredith knew he was putting his life in danger in the 1960s by pursuing what…
Continue Reading Work begins to clean up train derailment in Montana’s Yellowstone River
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Work is underway to clean up rail cars carrying hazardous materials that fell into the Yellowstone River in southern Montana…
Continue Reading Prosecutors seek the death penalty against man accused of slaying of 4 University of Idaho students
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors say they are seeking the death penalty against a man accused of stabbing four…
Continue Reading Judge gives preliminary approval to $290 million deal JPMorgan Chase reached with Epstein victims
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in New York City gave preliminary approval Monday to a $290 million deal that JPMorgan Chase reached with sex…
Continue Reading Self-professed ‘Wolf of Airbnb’ pleads guilty to wire fraud for defrauding landlords
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida man who dubbed himself the “Wolf of Airbnb” has pleaded guilty to a wire fraud…
Continue Reading 4 bodies found in charred remains of Arkansas house died from gunshot wounds, police say
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Police say four people found dead in a burned down Little Rock house were killed by gunshot wounds, including one…
Continue Reading Malaria cases in Texas and Florida are the first US spread since 2003, CDC says
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The United States has seen five cases of malaria spread by mosquitos in the last two months —…
Continue Reading Was that actually a tsunami that hit Florida? Yes, but not the kind you think
By ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press An unexpected culprit toppled beach chairs along the sand at normally calm Clearwater Beach, Florida,…
Continue Reading VP Harris visits historic LGBTQ+ landmark, decries flurry of anti-trans bills in state legislatures
NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has visited the Stonewall Inn national monument to pay tribute to activists at the site of a watershed…
Continue Reading Colombia honors searchers and sniffer dog that helped find 4 children who survived plane crash
By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s president has handed out 86 medals to soldiers, Indigenous volunteers and…
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By NICK EL HAJJ Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The red carpet unfurled Monday in Abu Dhabi for Hollywood action megastar…
Continue Reading US to send $500 million in weapons, military aid to Ukraine, officials say
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the Pentagon will announce it is sending up to $500…
Continue Reading 5 teens were killed in a car that swerved off a road and sank in a Florida pond
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Five teenagers were killed when their car ran off a curving street and landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where…
Continue Reading Conditions for Guantanamo detainees are cruel, inhuman and degrading, UN investigator says
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The first U.N. independent investigator to visit the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo…
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Jesse Watters will fill the Fox News Channel time slot left vacant by the firing of Tucker Carlson, part of a dramatic revamp of the network’s…
Continue Reading Diego Luna talks filming ‘Andor’ final season and the prospects for Latino actors in the Emmys race
By BERENICE BAUTISTA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Diego Luna has mixed emotions about the looming end of his Star Wars series “Andor.”…
Continue Reading Chicago business executive and philanthropist Jim Crown killed in Colorado racetrack crash
WOODY CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Jim Crown, an executive and philanthropist who recently announced an effort to rally other Chicago business leaders to…
Continue Reading Pilot killed when small plane hits North Carolina home, 3 inside unharmed, officials say
SOUTHPORT, N.C. (AP) — Officials say a pilot was killed Sunday when a single-engine plane crashed into a home a few blocks from a North Carolina…
Continue Reading White Florida woman charged with manslaughter in shooting of Black neighbor
A white woman accused of firing through her door and fatally shooting a Black mother in front of her 9-year-old son in central Florida was charged…
Continue Reading Clock ticking for West Virginia to select leadership for opioid money distribution
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Continue Reading From Yankees caps to unbuttoned jerseys, MLB is hoping fashion fuels interest in France
By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Major League Baseball wants to grow in Europe and is looking for ways to connect with the local fans.…
Continue Reading Richard Ravitch, public servant who shepherded New York through fiscal crisis, dies at 89
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s former lieutenant governor and longtime civic leader Richard Ravitch has died…
Continue Reading Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks to receive honorary Oscars
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Continue Reading Starbucks union says Pride weekend strikes closed 21 US stores
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer The union organizing Starbucks workers said Monday that a strike timed to Pride month closed 21 stores over the…
Continue Reading Swedish government investigators launch probe of deadly roller coaster accident
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish government investigators on Monday launched a probe into a roller coaster accident that killed one person and injured nine…
Continue Reading Maine House votes to ensure teens can receive gender-affirming health care
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine House has voted in favor of a bill to ensure 16- and 17-year-olds can receive gender-affirming hormone therapy…
Continue Reading NYC will add Diwali as a public school holiday. But there’s a catch this year
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will add the festival of Diwali to the list of public school holidays in recognition of the growth of the city’s…
Continue Reading Honduras adopts El Salvador-style tactics in anti-gang crackdown on prison inmates
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras has started an El Salvador-style mass sweep of prisons and arrested a suspect in a pool-hall shooting last…
Continue Reading Trying to save his life, lawyers for Pittsburgh synagogue gunman argue he is mentally ill
By PETER SMITH Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — The gunman convicted in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history had psychotic,…
Continue Reading Biden calls mutiny a ‘struggle within the Russian system’ and says US and NATO played no part
By SEUNG MIN KIM, AAMER MADHANI and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden declared Monday that the United States…
Continue Reading What is a heat dome? Scorching temperatures in Texas are expected to spread to the north and east
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By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Amazon’s profitable cloud business will invest roughly $7.8 billion by the end of 2029…
Continue Reading Kentucky attorney general is accused of seeking donations from company his office is investigating
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — An attorney says Kentucky Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron solicited donations…
Continue Reading El Salvador’s president is running for reelection, though critics say the constitution prohibits him
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s president has registered for reelection in next February’s contest even though legal experts…
Continue Reading EU auditors fears reaching ambitious climate targets will run into financial problems
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s auditing agency is warning there might not be sufficient financing available…
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By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Matvei Michkov is probably the best hockey prospect out of Russia in nearly a decade. He might be the best since…
Continue Reading Supreme Court dismisses case in which Democratic lawmakers sued over Trump hotel lease
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has dismissed a case about limits on lawsuits filed by members of Congress against the federal government. The…
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The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid peak summer travel, thousands of air travelers faced flight cancellations and delays this weekend and…
Continue Reading The Supreme Court won’t let a North Carolina charter school force girls to wear skirts to school
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has left in place an appellate ruling barring a North Carolina public charter school from requiring girls to…
Continue Reading Supreme Court unfreezes Louisiana redistricting case that could boost Black voting power before 2024
By KEVIN McGILL, MARK SHERMAN and SARA CLINE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday lifted its hold on a Louisiana…
Continue Reading Philippine forces search for ex-vice mayor who resisted arrest, sparking deadly clash
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine forces are searching for a former town vice mayor whose armed followers helped him resist arrest,…
Continue Reading Supreme Court lets lawsuits over team doctor’s sexual abuse proceed against Ohio State
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a decision that allows more than 230 men to sue Ohio State University over decades-old…
Continue Reading Israel OK’s plans for thousands of new settlement homes, defying White House calls for restraint
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli media say the country’s far-right government has approved plans to build over…
Continue Reading Germany offers to station 4,000 troops in Lithuania to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank
BERLIN (AP) — Germany says it is willing to send around 4,000 troops to Lithuania on a permanent basis to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank. German…
Continue Reading German government calls for tolerance after far-right party wins control of a county for first time
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s government says the country is shaped by values such as tolerance and respect and has called for them to be upheld a…
Continue Reading NATO chief makes last-ditch bid to bring Sweden into the fold before next month’s summit
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is calling an urgent meeting in coming days to try to overcome Turkish objections to Sweden…
Continue Reading Suspect arrested in killing of Boston-area couple celebrating their 50th anniversary
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A suspect was arrested Monday in the weekend killings of a Boston-area husband and wife celebrating…
Continue Reading Outrage erupts after man accused of blasphemy is stoned to death in latest mob killing in Nigeria
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Officials say a man has been stoned to death after being accused of blasphemy in northwest…
Continue Reading Amsterdam’s Hermitage museum is renamed after cutting ties with Russia following Ukraine invasion
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An Amsterdam museum that severed ties with St. Petersburg’s Hermitage collection after Moscow’s invasion of…
Continue Reading EU urges caution as mercenary revolt raises doubts about Russian president’s grip on power
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union ministers urged caution Monday after a failed revolt by mercenaries in Russia raised…
Continue Reading Fukushima nuclear plant operator says equipment to release treated wastewater into sea is complete
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Officials say all equipment needed for the release into the sea of treated radioactive wastewater…
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