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NEW YORK (AP) — One of the world’s most generous poetry awards is both consolidating and expanding. Officials of Canada’s Griffin Poetry Prize…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits last week fell to its lowest level since…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer WARREN, Mich. (AP) — Auto companies are rolling out more affordable electric vehicles that should widen their appeal…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Two college campuses locked down. City buses stopped running. A baseball stadium halted a…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Angela Merkel, who served as chancellor of Germany for 16 years, will release her political…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union says that one of its diplomats was briefly detained by Belarusian authorities earlier in the week. It has lodged…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of Ukraine’s atomic energy operator accused Russia on Thursday of trying to…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish court has sentenced an 18-year-old man to life in prison for killing two teachers with an ax at a southern Swedish high…

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s prosecutors have charged four journalists from one of the country’s few remaining independent news outlets of spreading…

By EDITH M. LEDERER and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has approved veteran Austrian diplomat…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has arrived in Pakistan on a two-day solidarity visit…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — The 79th edition of the Venice International Film Festival is starting to wind down, but…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — More than 1,000 people have been evacuated as firefighters battle a wildfire in southern Turkey for a second day running. The…

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The death toll from a fire at a karaoke parlor in southern Vietnam has climbed to 33, with police blaming some of the…

By MATTHEW LEE and KARL RITTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid an unannounced visit to Kyiv on…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 has struck off the western islands of Zakynthos and…

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says President Joe Biden has approved additional military aid to Ukraine…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say a man has been found safe after he spent two days aloft in a hydrogen balloon, traveling about 320…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Lawmakers in the Solomon Islands have voted to delay their nation’s general…

By JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Liz Truss says her Conservative government will cap domestic…

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A bomb has detonated outside of a Hezbollah-backed Lebanese minister’s home in the eastern Bekaa valley.…

BERLIN (AP) — A Swiss court has granted the operating company for the never-opened Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which was built to bring gas from Russia…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The last staff of the Iranian Embassy in Tirana have left the building after they were…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian officials say Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian teen, who the military says hit a soldier with a hammer.…

BEIJING (AP) — Heavy rains are complicating earthquake recovery efforts in southwestern China, where the death toll from Monday’s disaster…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian benchmarks rose Friday, cheered by gains on Wall Street as comments from the Federal Reserve…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Parliament has enshrined in law the government’s elevated target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank made its largest-ever interest rate increase Thursday,…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and SEBABATSO MOSAMO Associated Press BELA-BELA, South Africa (AP) — South Africa is flying cheetahs to India and Mozambique as…

By JOHN ANTCZAK and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California avoided rolling outages during extreme heat, as operators of the…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The killing of jogger Eliza Fletcher has shocked the Memphis community and has led to a…

MARTHA IRVINE AP National Writer Oak Park, Ill. (AP) — In May, police got a tip and arrested student Keyon Robinson with a gun on his high school…

MARTHA IRVINE AP National Writer Oak Park, Ill. (AP) — Keyon Robinson was just a month away from graduating from high school when he took a loaded…

By ROB GILLIES and ROBERT BUMSTED Associated Press ROSTHERN, Saskatchewan (AP) — The last suspect in a horrific stabbing rampage that killed 10 and…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan and India have agreed to expand military cooperation by holding more joint exercises and…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In Orange County, California, the typical house sells for $1 million. That makes congresswoman…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In recent days, President Joe Biden has sharpened his attacks against Donald Trump and the…

By BRIAN INGANGA and JULIE WATSON Associated Press KAMPI ya SAMAKI, Kenya (AP) — Winnie Keben had felt blessed to be raising her children in her…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rican superstar Ricky Martin has filed a lawsuit against his nephew accusing…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. military says it now expects to remove fuel from a leaky Hawaii fuel tank farm by July…

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Resplendent in a black trouser suit, Janet Jackson sat front Wednesday at Christian…

ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A gunman who livestreamed himself driving around Memphis shooting at people, killing four and…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — In a story published September 8, 2022, about a U.S. congressional delegation visiting Taiwan, The Associated Press…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Coroners say an Indianapolis man and his three young children who were found dead in a car submerged in a pond after leaving…

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Restaurant owners are moving to at least temporarily block a nation-leading new…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S. said Wednesday it has evidence that “hundreds of thousands” of Ukrainian…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas-area elected public official has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a veteran…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press The high-profile seditious conspiracy trial for the leader of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group…

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — A 37-year-old Missouri man is accused of beating his 6-year-old daughter to death with a bat. Dustin Beechner, of St.…

WEED, Calif. (AP) — A wood products company says it is investigating whether a fire that killed two people as it swept through a Northern…

By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The big, jovial personality of the Malaysian defense contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard” got…

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has approved a $9.25 million settlement by the Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union in two…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska State Troopers say a Michigan man suffered serious puncture wounds to his arms during a bear mauling in Alaska. But…

LONDON (AP) — The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s children are starting the academic year at a new school after the family traded the bustle of…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says Vice President Kamala Harris will lead the U.S. delegation to the state funeral of former Japanese Prime…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has ruled that state law does not allow local election clerks to fill in…

EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that he wants Mississippi’s…

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s water use dropped more than 10.4% in July compared with two years ago as…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville’s city council has decided that law enforcement will be prohibited…

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers closer Craig Kimbrel is taking the mound to the song “Let It Go,” known…

By MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press Michael Flynn, a retired Army lieutenant general and onetime national security adviser to President Donald…

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas has ruled that required coverage of an HIV prevention drug under…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A record heat wave put California in a fossil fuel conundrum: The state has had to…

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state TV says a building has collapsed in the northern city of Aleppo, killing at least 11 people, including three…

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An outbreak of bird flu that has led to the deaths of 43 million chickens and turkeys this year across the U.S. has been found…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The man convicted in the fatal shooting of a University of Wisconsin physician and her husband in the school’s arboretum has…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It could have been just one night, but Serena Williams’ exit from tennis turned into a boon…

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland man has been charged with making an online threat to kill a member of Congress from Texas.  A court filing unsealed…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple’s latest line-up of iPhones will boast better cameras, faster…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Until this month, Medicaid paid for August Dekker’s testosterone treatments which allowed…

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A gold judicial collar made of glass beads that belonged to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is…

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — Police say a New York man has been arrested and charged with killing a law enforcement officer in Maryland more than 50…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A judge on Wednesday struck down Michigan’s 1931 anti-abortion law, months after suspending it,…

By JOHN ANTCZAK and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California avoided rolling outages during extreme heat Wednesday, as operators…

BOSTON (AP) — Brian McGrory, under whose leadership The Boston Globe won three newsroom Pulitzer Prizes, is stepping down after 10 years at the…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, returned to the White House…

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — The criminal case against the man charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie involves so much potential evidence that…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has revoked bond for a man charged with killing a Memphis woman who was…

By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Thousands of people in Haiti’s capital and other major cities have organized new…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of federal health advisers voted Wednesday to recommend approval for an experimental…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks said Wednesday it will reinstate seven employees who were fired in February after leading an effort to…

By STEFANIE DAZIO and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When the phone rang inside a Northern California police station…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has acquired a previously unknown ancient papyrus bearing a Hebrew inscription dated to…

By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly’s former business manager has testified at the singer’s federal trial in…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer After two editions much diminished by the pandemic, the 47th Toronto International Film Festival is set to roar back to…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Nick Carusillo died when he was hit by multiple vehicles on a Georgia interstate, just days after…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York woman has admitted to laundering money made from an ex-convict’s plot to…

YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — Several dozen faculty at Eastern Michigan University are striking after their union and the school’s administration…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Elon Musk will be able to include new evidence from a Twitter whistleblower as he fights to get out of his…