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By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An independent commission investigating the deadliest shooting in Maine history plans to…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An independent commission investigating the deadliest shooting in Maine history plans to…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Israel’s shutdown and seizure of an Associated Press video camera that provided a live…
Continue ReadingBY COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Residents in a small city in the northeastern corner of Colorado are cleaning up after hail the…
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal jury has ruled against a Black couple who sued a Little Rock steakhouse over…
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The former head of New Hampshire’s youth detention center is defending himself against…
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a ban on gender-affirming care for…
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — The bodies of four men and two women have been found strangled and dumped in a pile in Mexico’s Pacific coast resort of…
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authorities in Belarus carried out raids and property seizures targeting more than 200…
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Fred Roos, the Oscar-winning producer of “The Godfather Part II” who helped launch the careers of numerous…
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER and SAM MAGDY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.N. World Food Program is warning that the new U.S. pier project for…
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — An investigation has been opened into the death of Matthew Perry and how the “Friends” actor received the anesthetic…
Continue ReadingBy WALTER BERRY Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A former University of Arizona graduate student has been convicted of first-degree murder for…
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — A top ally of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been released from prison after nearly a year when a…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — An extensive report by Human Rights Watch says China is accelerating the forced urbanization of Tibetan…
Continue ReadingMORELIA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s often violent disputes between street performers reached a new level this week when a group of guitar-toting…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russia’s Defense Ministry says it has begun a round of drills involving tactical nuclear weapons. It was the first time…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British police say a man charged with assisting Hong Kong authorities gather intelligence in the United Kingdom has died in…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — In a story published May 14, 2024, about an ejection seat malfunction, The Associated Press erroneously described the T-6A Texan…
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Vince Gilmer, the former North Carolina doctor whose murder conviction and medical mystery…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press Former President Donald Trump seems open to supporting regulations on contraception and says his campaign…
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, who won a 2005 Oscar for the movie “Finding Neverland,” has died at age 71.…
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD and ROB GILLIES Associated PRess ROME (AP) — A retired Canadian judge says he hasn’t been able to find any reliable…
Continue ReadingMONTREAL (AP) — Canadian authorities say serial killer Robert Pickton who killed over 20 women has been hospitalized and is in a life-threatening…
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER Associated Press A team of attorneys has withdrawn from representing a Utah mother accused of killing her husband with fentanyl then…
Continue ReadingBy JERRY HARMER Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s National Museum has hosted a welcome-home ceremony for two ancient statues…
Continue ReadingBRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — ESPN will carry England’s FA Cup in the U.S. through 2028 after reaching a four-year extension with England’s Football…
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — It’s so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees. At least 83 of…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it’s releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from a…
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Caitlin Clark has signed a multiyear deal with Wilson Sporting Goods for a signature basketball line. The No. 1 pick in the WNBA…
Continue ReadingELY, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say bad weather is hampering the search for two men who went over a waterfall while fishing in the Boundary Waters…
Continue ReadingBy SAM GURWITT Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Politically motivated crime in Germany last year reached its highest level since the government…
Continue ReadingBy MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says three people recently have been arrested on…
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia Ports Authority says a surge of auto imports rerouted from Baltimore led to its…
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Residents in Omaha, Nebraska, awoke to weather sirens blaring and widespread power outages…
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government says thousands of victims of the U.K.’s infected blood scandal will start…
Continue ReadingALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s high court has upheld a rule requiring companies with health insurance plans to cover medically necessary…
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is celebrating the removal of a hulking container ship just under eight weeks after the deadly collapse of…
Continue ReadingBy MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida recruit and current Georgia quarterback Jaden Rashada is suing Gators coach…
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — The landmark trial of three former Syrian intelligence officials has begun at a Paris court for the alleged torture and killing of a…
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press OCEAN GROVE, N.J. (AP) — A Christian religious group that has closed its beaches on Sunday mornings for generations…
Continue ReadingTALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian news reports say a general who was relieved of duty last year after complaining about problems faced by his troops…
Continue ReadingBy GEOFF MULVIHILL and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press Voters have sided with abortion rights supporters every time the issue has been directly on…
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban have confirmed the resumption of Turkish Airlines flights to Kabul’s international airport. It…
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — She’s the U.S. Open champion. The highest paid female athlete in the world. And a frustrated…
Continue ReadingBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Spain says it is pulling its ambassador from Argentina in response to comments made by Argentine President Javier…
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The granddaughter of Elvis Presley is fighting plans to publicly auction his Graceland…
Continue ReadingPRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The European Union has reprimanded Kosovo over the unilateral closure of six branches of a Serbia-licensed bank. The EU…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China has sanctioned Mike Gallagher, a former Republican member of Congress from Wisconsin who has shown support for Taiwan.…
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli officials seized a camera and broadcasting equipment belonging to The Associated Press in southern Israel on Tuesday,…
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican has made another big overture to China. It is reaffirming it poses no threat to…
Continue ReadingBy MOLLY QUELL Associated Press HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — A U.N. tribunal on maritime law has found that countries are legally required to reduce…
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A London judge says Prince Harry can’t expand his privacy lawsuit against The Sun…
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press The world’s top-selling pizza chain is betting big on the generosity of its customers. And they are not alone.…
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries have reached an agreement to use the profits earned from frozen Russian assets to help arm Ukraine and…
Continue ReadingANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Police have broken up a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Michigan less than a week after demonstrators…
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese town known for some of the best views of Mount Fuji has completed construction of a…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Britain’s High Court has ruled that new regulations that gave U.K. police more powers to intervene in protests were unlawful.…
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA DONATI, HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press Congo’s army spokesman on Tuesday released the name of the third…
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s Parliament has voted unanimously to condemn political violence following an assassination attempt on Prime…
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Singapore Airlines says a person has died aboard and others were injured when a London-Singapore flight encountered severe…
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say at least six women have died after a vehicle carrying about two dozen people slid off a ferry and plunged…
Continue ReadingVIENNA (AP) — Austria’s leader has praised Britain as a “pioneer” in outsourcing asylum proceedings to places outside Europe, citing a U.K.…
Continue ReadingMILAN (AP) — A women’s prison near Naples has been evacuated as a precaution following a 4.4 magnitude quake with an epicenter at an active…
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Donald Trump agree on essentially nothing, from taxes and climate…
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is traveling to New Caledonia, signaling French authorities’ growing confidence that reinforced…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — As Donald Trump’s hush money trial resumes, witness testimony could be entering its final day. Prosecutors have already…
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Donald Trump agree on essentially nothing, from taxes and climate…
Continue ReadingBy HARUNA UMAR Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s army says it has rescued hundreds of hostages, mostly women and children,…
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, intent on selling his legislative accomplishments this election year, will…
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Donald Trump’s reelection campaign called “The Apprentice,” a film about the former U.S.…
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen claim they have shot down an American drone over the…
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Mourners began gathering Tuesday for days of funerals and processions for…
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — The office of President Bashar Assad has announced that Syrian first lady Asma Assad has been diagnosed with leukemia. The…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares retreated Tuesday, even as most U.S. stock indexes finished higher, especially…
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Authorities in Pakistan on Tuesday issued an advisory urging people to stay indoors as the country…
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday in the latest public display of…
Continue ReadingBy MAJDI MOHAMMED Associated Press JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces raided a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank on…
Continue ReadingBy KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s deputy prime minister is visiting the Solomon Islands, as Canberra…
Continue ReadingBy DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press KALAMATA, Greece (AP) — Nine Egyptian men will go on trial in southern Greece, accused of causing a shipwreck…
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — World leaders are expected to adopt a new agreement on artificial intelligence when…
Continue ReadingBy NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY, BARBARA SURK and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — In a landmark trial, a Paris court will this week seek to…
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Christopher Dunn has spent 33 years in prison for a murder in Missouri he has always claimed he…
Continue ReadingBy PIETRO DE CRISTOFARO and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The alleged leaders of a suspected far-right plot to topple the…
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Former Arizona Republican Party chair Kelli Ward and at least 11 other people are scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in a Phoenix…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California legislator backed by former President Donald Trump and a county sheriff…
Continue ReadingBy JACKIE VALLEY of The Christian Science Monitor LAS VEGAS (AP) — They operate in places like an airport, a resort, and a distribution center,…
Continue ReadingBy SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press ABOARD THE THIRUKKURAL EXPRESS, India (AP) — The 1,800-mile (2,900-kilometer) journey south from New Delhi to…
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader says his government will keep monitoring for any non-compliance with a court…
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press The presidential primaries that Joe Biden and Donald Trump have already clinched will move closer to their end…
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The progressive district attorney in Portland, Oregon, took office during the social justice…
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — As Kentucky voters go to the polls, Republican Rep. Thomas Massie is downplaying any…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, JAKE OFFENHARTZ, JENNIFER PELTZ and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A defense witness in Donald Trump’s hush…
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Voters will decide whether two key players in the Georgia election interference case against…
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A state Supreme Court race that’s grown unusually heated by the sleepy standards of the state’s…
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the hours after the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021,…
Continue ReadingQUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Five rescue dogs have been honored by Ecuador’s Fire Department at a ceremony formally retiring them after seven years of…
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press An Alabama district attorney on Monday asked a judge to order a new trial for a death row inmate. Jefferson County…
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — The National Rifle Association has elected Doug Hamlin as its executive vice president and CEO. Hamlin, who recently served as…
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — The Australian and New Zealand governments announced Tuesday they were sending planes to evacuate their nationals from…
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU and HAN GUAN NG Associated Press JINAN, China (AP) — China is the runaway leader in supplying the world with the hardware to gather…
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