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ROCKVILLE, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 65 years in prison for the murder of his wife in 2015 and after prosecutors say he…

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press Instagram and Facebook suspended Children’s Health Defense this week after the anti-vaccine group led by…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro briefly grappled with a heckler and tried to snatch his…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery rose $2.39 to $90.50 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude for October delivery rose…

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California would have what proponents call the nation’s most sweeping law sealing…

By RENATA BRITO Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency director says Europe’s embrace of millions of Ukrainians who fled…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — People in Moscow who were disappointed when Starbucks closed its coffee shops after Russia sent troops…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CNN has canceled its weekly “Reliable Sources” show on the media after three decades on the…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — When JD Vance founded “Our Ohio Renewal” a day after the 2016 presidential election,…

By WILL WEISSERT and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden insists he intends to seek reelection in 2024. A series of…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina have charged a man with murder in the fatal shooting of a sheriff’s deputy last week. Wake…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators have issued a warning letter to the maker of illegal nicotine gummies. The…

LONDON, Ky. (AP) — A federal indictment accuses current and former Kentucky State Police troopers of using excessive force during an arrest and…

HAVANA (AP) — A Colombian guerrilla group says it has freed six captive members of the security forces in a goodwill gesture ahead of planned peace…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press With high expectations and a sprawling scope of storytelling, directing anything in the Marvel Cinematic…

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park officials are investigating after a park employee spotted part of a foot, in a…

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson will serve an 11-game unpaid suspension, pay a $5…

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia sheriff’s deputy has been charged with a federal civil rights violation after he allegedly punched and…

By KATE BRUMBACK and MEG KINNARD Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Prosecutors investigating whether Donald Trump committed crimes as he sought to…

By ED WHITE Associated Press Prosecutors have rested their case against two men on trial for a second time in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov.…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials are making extra monkeypox vaccine available to places with upcoming gay…

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of Google employees are petitioning the company to extend its abortion health care benefits to contract…

By EDEN STIFFMAN of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy While grantmakers have historically put more resources into elementary…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has declared a Florida law that restricts race-based conversation and…

ROME (AP) — The Vatican says a preliminary church investigation into sexual assault allegations by a Canadian woman against a top cardinal has…

By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s Supreme Court is keeping the state’s near-total abortion…

By MATTHEW BROWN and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. oil industry hit a legal roadblock in January when a judge…

LONDON (AP) — New coronavirus cases reported globally in the last week dropped by nearly a quarter while deaths fell by 6%. That’s according…

By SIAN WATSON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Two of Hollywood’s biggest stars, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, document their takeover of…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A judge has refused to grant bail to the man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie as…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The 22-year-old king of TikTok finally has another title: Italian. Influencer Khaby Lame took his…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press TULUM, Mexico (AP) — Unchecked development has hit the once laid back beach town of Tulum on Mexico’s…

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong officials say they are seeking the return of citizens who traveled to Southeast Asia for jobs that entrapped them in…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has testified in a prison courtroom in the capital…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The MTV Video Music Awards later this month will have not one emcee but three, with rap…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The housing market’s comedown from its high-flying days early this year is deepening, with…

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BERLIN (AP) — An iconic lighthouse at the northern German port of Bremen has tilted sideways and could soon topple over entirely, officials said…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Dubai court has found that a cargo ship’s mishandled peroxide caused an explosion at the city-state’s busy…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Finland’s prime minister says she did not take any drugs during a “wild” party in a private home, adding she did…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Dubai-based airline Emirates says it will suspend all flights to Nigeria from September…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Slightly fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market continues…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military has deployed warplanes armed with state-of-the-art hypersonic missiles…

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The international envoy tasked with overseeing a 1995 peace agreement for Bosnia has raised eyebrows with angry…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s central bank has lowered its key interest rate despite inflation surging to nearly 80% and making it difficult for…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi court has sentenced a doctoral student to 34 years in prison for…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has told Israel’s Prime Minister that he condemns any attempts to…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The head of Africa’s public health agency says he’s “really pleased” that the…

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A Moroccan court has sentenced 13 migrants to two and a half years in prison over a mass attempt to scale the border fence…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s central bank chief hopes the government can reach a preliminary…

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s foreign minister is accusing France of having colluded with the Islamic extremists that…

HONG KONG (AP) — Authorities in Hong Kong say 29 out of 47 pro-democracy activists charged with “conspiracy to commit subversion” under a…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Russian cargo ship that Ukraine alleges holds stolen wheat from territory…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — After Terrence Hersey had a stroke on the way home from his railroad job in 2015, he underwent…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s government is criticizing as “unethical” the statement by the World Health…

By TERRY TANG Associated Press The Federal Emergency Management Agency has developed a new strategy to better engage with hundreds of Native American…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of train workers in Britain have staged a fresh round of strikes that is paralyzing rail…

CAIRO (AP) — A Sudanese official says that the death toll from seasonal floods has risen to 77 with 14,500 homes destroyed. Brig. Gen. Abdul-Jalil…

By SYLVIE CORBET and COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Violent thunderstorms and hurricane-force winds in France and Italy have left at…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s central bank has raised its key policy interest rate by half a percentage point, saying “inflation has been…

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria’s civil protection agency says wildfires raging in the country’s east have killed at least 37 people…

By SHONAL GANGULY and ALTAF QADRI NEW DELHI (AP) — A Muslim woman who was gang raped while pregnant during India’s devastating 2002 religious…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of Unification Church followers have rallied in South Korea protesting…

JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kimi Raikkonen will take a break from his retirement to return to racing this weekend in…

By RAHIM FAIEZ and EBRAHIM NOROOZI Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Taliban police spokesman in Afghanistan’s capital says the toll…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Police in New Zealand say a family who bought abandoned goods from a storage unit…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Turkey’s leader and the U.N. chief met in Ukraine with President…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Friday after Wall Street rose as investors analyzed conflicting…

By JOHNSON LAI and JOE McDONALD Associated Press HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — The U.S. government will hold talks with Taiwan on a trade agreement in a…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James has agreed to a two-year, $97.1 million contract extension through the 2024-25…

By JALAL HASSAN and FARES AKRAM Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israel has raided the offices of several Palestinian advocacy groups it…

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By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A visiting U.S. senator says he has encouraged Kenya’s outgoing president to participate in a…

By KIANA DOYLE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — One skyscraper stands out from the rest in the Manhattan skyline. It’s not the tallest, but…

By TERRY SPENCER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Justice Department to…

By JAY REEVES Associated Press Rosalynn Carter, the second-oldest U.S. first lady ever, turns 95 Thursday on a birthday that will be marked not just…

By MARIAM FAM Associated Press ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER (AP) — Kristen Burckhartt felt overwhelmed. She needed time to reflect, to let it sink in…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. investigator says contemporary forms of slavery are widely practiced around the…

AL-EMRUN GARJON and JULHAS ALAM Associated Press BHOLA, Bangladesh (AP) — When the Mehgna River swallowed Mohammad Jewel and Arzu Begum’s…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Heavy rain is continuing to pelt New Zealand, causing further disruptions and road…

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak said that he would seek to codify in law an order he…

SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle CEO who announced in 2015 that he was giving himself a drastic pay cut to help cover the cost of big raises for his…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Advocates for wild horses are accusing federal land managers of illegally approving plans for…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s chief justice denied Wednesday that a personality conflict led her to fire all…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s chief financial officer is expected to plead guilty to tax violations…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Afghan refugee charged in the shooting deaths of two Muslim men and suspected…