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The U.S. State Department is condemning the arrest of a former employee of a U.S. consulate in Russia. Russia’s Tass news agency says Robert Shonov…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Members of a Tennessee church are hoping and praying that whoever stole a truck loaded with 2,000 organ pipes will repent.…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Democrat running for Mississippi governor says he will push legislators to enact…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service has reissued its approval to build a controversial natural gas…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, MORGAN LEE and RIO YAMAT Associated Press FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — The gunman who killed three people and wounded six others…

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro is facing questions at the Federal Police…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Retired figure skater Sarah Hughes has filed to run for Congress in New York. The Olympic gold…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Authorities in Slovakia say they have launched an investigation after a zookeeper was found dead in an animal enclosure…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a police officer tasked with protecting a private school for girls in northwestern Pakistan has opened fire…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has announced a series of criminal cases tracing the illegal flow of…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An infant formula recalled over potential bacteria contamination was distributed to…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In her new PBS special, Lidia Bastianich samples the foods of the world without ever…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Federal regulators are suing to block biotech drug developer Amgen’s more than $26 billion deal for Horizon…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Rivers swollen by days of downpours flooded some towns in northern Italy on Tuesday, forcing…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Recovery efforts are underway in Myanmar and Bangladesh after a powerful cyclone smashed into their…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A lawyer for Prince Harry argued in a London court Tuesday that he should be allowed to challenge a…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Laurel Parmet’s directorial debut “The Starling Girl” puts the viewer in the modest shoes of a 17-year-old girl…

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A former suburban St. Louis police officer is accused of handcuffing a man so the officer’s brother could beat him. St. Louis…

LONDON (AP) — European Union states have given final approval to a sweeping set of beefed-up cryptocurrency rules, giving the 27-nation bloc a…

By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The rape trial of Senegal’s main opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been postponed to…

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer English soccer star Jimmy Fryatt was known for his ability to head the ball, and the proof of his prowess may be in…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian authorities say customs police and a dog with a fine nose for cocaine found more…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A man charged with attacking two staffers for Rep. Gerry Connolly with a…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — An advocacy group that served as a safe space for the LGBTQ community in Beijing has been…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Swedish singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest with her power ballad “Tattoo,” has returned to Sweden, saying she was…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Consumers picked up their spending modestly in April from March, particularly in dining…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s military says it is prepared to “resolutely smash any form of Taiwan independence” as the U.S. prepares to…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Amnesty International says executions worldwide increased by 53% in 2022 from a year…

DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis is telling owners of nearly 220,000 Jeep Cherokee SUVs worldwide to park them outdoors and away from other vehicles…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s embattled central bank governor has failed to appear before French prosecutors in…

NEW YORK (AP) — Prize-winning author Clint Smith has a three-book deal with Random House, starting with an exploration of World War II’s impact…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese and Chinese defense ministers have inaugurated their long-awaited hotline as a step to…

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — The union for Canada’s second biggest airline have issued a 72-hour strike notice to WestJet and they warn the airline…

The Associated Press Edna Adan Ismail, a nurse-midwife, hospital founder, and health care advocate who for decades has combated female circumcision…

MOSCOW (AP) — The lower house of Russia’s parliament has voted unanimously to formally pull out of a Cold War-era security deal more than…

MILAN (AP) — The discovery of two skeletons buried beneath a collapsed wall in the Pompeii archaeological site point to deaths by powerful…

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The former head of Volkswagen’s luxury division Audi pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges tied to the…

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The United Nations says floods caused by the annual rains have left “a trail of…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The head of the artificial intelligence company that makes ChatGPT told Congress on Tuesday that…

By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Concierge medicine, a business model in which patients pay a membership fee to have a direct relationship with a doctor…

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A court has sentenced moderate Tunisian Islamist leader Rached Ghannouchi to a year…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An unexpected visitor spotted sunbathing on a beach in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv is turning heads and causing a media…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The 27 European Union countries have formally endorsed a law that should help the bloc reduce its contribution to global…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is vowing to expand the country’s non-lethal…

By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America Cherelle Parker, a Democrat with a long political history in Pennsylvania, won Philadelphia’s…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Seven children remain hospitalized with serious injuries after a truck hit the rear of a school bus on the outskirts of…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Writer Salman Rushdie has made a public speech, nine months after being stabbed and seriously…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Miami’s Erik Spoelstra and Denver’s Michael Malone are two of the four NBA coaches to have…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Syria’s embattled President Bashar Assad has received an invitation to attend…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will mark Jewish American Heritage Month on Tuesday by highlighting his administration’s efforts to…

BY DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a nearly $11 billion investment on Tuesday to help bring affordable…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A German court convicted five men Tuesday of breaking into a Dresden museum and stealing 21…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s Foreign Ministry says South Korea midfielder Son Jun-ho has been detained in the northeastern Chinese province of…

By DAVID KEYTON and RAF CASERT Associated Press REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Leaders from across the continent are heading toward Iceland for a rare…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Jessica Tincopa may leave the photography business she spent 14 years building for one reason: to find coverage for…

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian air defenses, bolstered by sophisticated Western-supplied systems, thwarted an…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed Wednesday as Japan’s benchmark jumped on the news of solid…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Attorneys for the Republican candidate who lost last year’s election for Arizona attorney general…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Dan McCaffery and Republican Carolyn Carluccio have won their parties’ primaries…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Conservatives in the Nebraska Legislature have gotten just enough votes to fold a proposed…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and GONZALO SOLANO Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A showdown between Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso and the…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats will maintain their narrow Pennsylvania House majority after winning a special…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Closing arguments are expected to begin Tuesday at the second trial of “That ’70s…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say clashes between two tribes feuding over the ownership of a coal mine in the country’s remote…

By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — At the end of “The Searchers,” one of John Wayne’s most renowned Westerns, a kidnapped girl…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — The Cannes red carpet springs to life again Tuesday as the 76th Cannes Film Festival gets…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Daniel Cameron won the Republican primary for Kentucky governor, becoming the first…

By ED KOMENDA and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington lawmakers approved and Gov. Jay Inslee quickly signed a major new…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Three conservative appeals court judges, each with a history of supporting restrictions on…

By LISA MASCARO and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Debt limit talks have entered an encouraging new phase as President Joe Biden…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, GARY D. ROBERTSON and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legislation banning most abortions after 12 weeks…

BY STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Roope Hintz and Wyatt Johnston scored goals and the Dallas Stars advanced to the Western…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Striking members of the Writers Guild of America have said they will not picket next…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia prosecutor who’s investigating whether Donald Trump and his allies broke any…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Allies of former Vice President Mike Pence are launching a new super PAC to support his expected…

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian rebel leader Pablo Beltran says peace talks between his National Liberation Army…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A tourist from Argentina who was seriously wounded in a May 12 machete attack in Mexico has died. Prosecutors in the Pacific…

By FOSTER KLUG, KIM TONG-HYUNG and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Amid the high-level efforts to deal with a raft of global…

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Members of several Texas groups representing people of color on Monday demanded that authorities…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An investigation into the origins of the FBI’s probe into ties between Russia and Donald…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands is asking a federal judge to help it serve…

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s district attorney has released surveillance video of the shooting death of a…

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Hundreds of soldiers have been deployed in Croatia to help people in parts of the country hit by floods. Heavy rain in…

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At 81, Martha Stewart isn’t slowing down and some might say she’s heating up. Stewart has been…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ Democratic governor has vetoed state funds for a project backed by a Democratic…

MIAMI (AP) — Five people have pleaded guilty in South Florida to participating in a wire fraud scheme that created an illegal shortcut for aspiring…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say that two New York City police detectives swiped pricey Champagne on duty at an…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with Alabama death row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith, who requested he be put to death by…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.N. Secretary General António Guterres is warning that Haiti’s “tragic…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The NFL is taking another big step into streaming by putting one of its playoff games exclusively on a digital platform…