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MOSCOW (AP) — The authoritarian leader of Belarus says the country’s warplanes have been modified to carry nuclear weapons in line with an…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It was the kind of story that media reporter Brian Stelter would normally sink his teeth into —…

By MARIA DI MENTO of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy The health of the world’s oceans looms large in Wendy Schmidt’s…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna is suing Pfizer and the German drugmaker BioNTech, accusing its main competitors of…

IRVINGTON, Ala. (AP) — A woman found out her south Alabama home was on fire and ran home to rescue one child from the burning structure, but two…

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A U.S. Army veteran and the suspected shooter were among the four people fatally shot while an eviction notice was being…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Elon Musk’s SpaceX and T-Mobile are teaming up to help provide voice and data services anywhere by having…

PLANO, Texas (AP) — A woman was arrested and faces a possible hate crime charge after she was captured on video in a racist rant and assault on…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation eased last month as energy prices tumbled, according to a report closely watched by…

HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say two people were killed and two were wounded in a shooting at a homeless shelter for men in western Kentucky…

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Are wolves hunting and howling in the Northeast woods again, more than a century after they…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine coast guard personnel and volunteers have rescued all but two of more than 80 passengers and crew of an…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s finance minister says said there was no reason for Turkish businesses to be concerned by a U.S. warning about…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A U.S. coast guard cutter conducting patrols as part of an international mission to prevent illegal…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — School districts around the country are starting to invest in programs aimed at addressing…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister says estimates show the Baltic Sea can produce “more…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — A small homemade explosive has donated near Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone as…

By FERNANDO LIMA Associated Press LUANDA, Angola (AP) — Angola’s President Joao Lourenco appears set to win a second term and his MPLA party is…

BEIJING (AP) — The latest “Minions” movie subtly reinforces a message for Chinese audiences that viewers in other countries won’t see: Crime…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Elizabeth Emanuel cradles the massive scrapbook across her chest before laying it gently on the…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian mass-murderer Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in 2011, is once again suing the government,…

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport has reported a net profit of 65 million euros ($64.8 million) for the first six months of the year…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says he is ashamed that hundreds of asylum-seekers…

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Hell began at sunset. It was a Friday evening in Somalia’s capital. The patrons of the…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Sending a murder suspect to face trial in China could end up costing New Zealand…

BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. government is suspending 26 flights by Chinese airlines from the United States to China in a dispute over anti-virus…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish pop star Gulsen has been arrested on charges of “inciting hatred and enmity” over a joke she made about…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Driven by moral outrage over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, U.S. governors and other top state…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A retired judge has been appointed to investigate how former Australian Prime Minister…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister is asking for international help for the impoverished nation’s…

By STAN CHOE, DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank more than 1,000 points…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Abel Ferrara is perhaps best known for his gritty New York exploitation films of the 1980s and…

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Michelle Krause grapples with the challenge of telling people she is a massage…

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press BORDEAUX, France (AP) — The landscape in the prestigious vineyards of Bordeaux looks the same as ever, with…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s leader on Friday said China and Russia are “disrupting and threatening the world order” through Beijing’s…

By FARES AKRAM and SAM McNEIL Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Ibrahim Slaieh can point to three great moments of joy in his life in…

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Vietnamese court has rejected an appeal by prominent journalist and democracy activist Pham Doan Trang, who had been…

By BILL BARROW Associated Press KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — Republican Herschel Walker has plenty to say about how his Democratic rival, U.S. Sen. Raphael…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The alleged assassin of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was born into an affluent but…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer Elton John and Britney Spears have collaborated for the first time, creating the slinky, club-ready single…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (AP) — When Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivers what will be his most…

SYDNEY (AP) — Authorities have found 1.8 metric tons (2 U.S. tons) of methamphetamine hidden in marble tiles shipped from the Middle East to Sydney…

TUCSON, Arizona (AP) — Four people have been killed, including a local law enforcement official, in a shooting at an apartment complex in southern…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is pledging to renegotiate household debts if he wins October’s…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado woman has denied accusations that she plotted with QAnon supporters to…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama inmate scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection next month says the state lost the paperwork he turned…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — They’re your run-of-the-mill “salarymen,” as company workers in Japan are called —…

PLANO, Texas (AP) — A woman has been arrested and faces a possible hate crime charge after she was captured on video in a racist rant and assault…

By ANNIE MA Associated Press Gabrielle Perry, a 29-year-old epidemiologist in New Orleans, expects $20,000 of her $135,000 student loan debt to be…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials say there’s enough evidence a rare fish along the California-Nevada…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says the latest fever cases detected in its border region with China were…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A U.S. senator has met with Taiwan’s president in Taipei, in the second visit by…

GREENWOOD, Ind. (AP) — Police say an arrest has been made in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy waiting at a suburban Indianapolis school bus…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Black man wrongfully convicted as a teenager for a New Orleans rape more than 36 years ago…

EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — A former South Texas mayor has been acquitted of organized election fraud and illegal voting. A Hidalgo County jury…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s former public works director was sentenced Thursday to seven years in…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis judge has granted a request by a Roman Catholic priest to have a 2014 arrest expunged from his record after a…

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The benefits provided by four giant hydroelectric dams on the Snake River must be…

By STEFANIE DAZIO and DON THOMPSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Homicides in California increased again last year — as did other violent…

By JAMES ANDERSON and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado woman has struck a plea deal to testify against her boss, who became…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut authorities are working to confirm that convicted Ponzi schemer Steven…

By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A judge in Phoenix has ruled that an Arizona initiative expanding voting access and rolling back a…

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — On the last day of voting in Colorado’s June primary, a poll worker…

FURNAS COUNTY, Neb. (AP) — Authorities in Nebraska are trying to determine who released 16 million gallons of water by opening a dam on an…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press/Report for America LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Bureau of Elections has recommended approval of a ballot…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police detective has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the city from firing…

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A deal to address two nuclear waste storage tanks that are leaking radioactive…

MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Facebook parent Meta says it has removed a network of accounts linked to the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group it…

MT. MORRIS, Mich. (AP) — A blind Michigan judge went for a drive and a sheriff rode shotgun. As 100 people watched, Richard Bernstein of the…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For millions of Americans, President Joe Biden’s student loan cancellation offers a…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear defended his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and offered a…

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Administrators at a Nebraska school shuttered the school’s award-winning student newspaper just days after its last…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (AP) — When officials of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City sought a location…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two Florida residents have pleaded guilty in a scheme to peddle a diary and other items…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A Pennsylvania teacher who attended Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington has sued his…

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A pipeline operator says it has reached a settlement with Southern California tourism companies, fishermen and other…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Four years before Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 people at a Florida high school,…

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — President Alberto Fernández is engulfed in controversy after saying he hopes the…

GENEVA (AP) — World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has made a passionate appeal for his embattled home region of Tigray in…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge ordered the Justice Department on Thursday to make public a redacted version of the…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Bill Kramer has been thinking about the future of the Oscars since the day he was named CEO of the Academy of Motion…

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Scientists have created “synthetic” mouse embryos from stem cells without a dad’s sperm or a mom’s…

BY SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer What’s considered officially “dangerous heat” in coming decades will likely hit much of the world at…

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A coalition of environmental groups is suing the Environmental Protection Agency over its…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday said Arkansas can’t enforce its ban on…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press TER APEL, Netherlands (AP) — Aid agencies are tending to hundreds of migrants camped in sweltering heat outside an…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An illness that has sickened dogs in northern Michigan, killing some of them, was found to be canine parvovirus, a common…