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NEW DELHI (AP) — A court in India has appointed a committee to take over the running of the national Olympic committee and hold fresh elections…

By CIARÁN GILES and ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press MADRID (AP) — While vacationers might enjoy the Mediterranean Sea’s summer warmth,…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Residents who have fled the Russian-occupied city of Kherson say conditions in the Black…

By ISABEL DEBRE and MAGGIE HYDE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — To Enas Taleb, the headline felt like a spiteful punch line.…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Factories in China’s southwest have shut down and a city imposed rolling blackouts after…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press CODY, Wyo. (AP) — The rush to build wind farms to combat climate change is colliding with preservation of one of…

SYDNEY (AP) — Olympic sprinter Kimia Yousofi has arrived in Australia to start afresh just over a year after carrying the Afghan flag into the…

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press Scientists and students embarking on a census of Georgia lake sturgeon have found three females with mature…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president said Wednesday his government has no plans to pursue its own…

SYDNEY (AP) — Scott Morrison said Wednesday that giving himself extra powers when he was Australia’s prime minister was necessary during the…

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Arizona and Nevada residents won’t face bans on watering their lawns or washing their…

By KATE BRUMBACK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that he had “satisfied his obligation” after…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A year after America’s tumultuous and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan, assessments…

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Writer Wil Haygood, author of multiple books chronicling the lives of 20th-century Black Americans, has won a prestigious book…

By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas has executed a man who fatally stabbed a suburban Dallas real…

By MICHAEL TARM and DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly kept an ugly side of his life hidden as he escaped poverty in Chicago and…

u SAN J0SE, Calif. (AP) — A California appeals court says a church that defied safety regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic by holding large…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An effort by Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey to use shipping containers to close a 1,000-foot gap…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The day after Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Martha Walters fired all nine members of the state commission that oversees…

By MICHAEL TARM and DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A federal jury has been impaneled R. Kelly’s to decide multiple charges against…

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A former U.S. Congressman from central California was arrested Tuesday by federal agents on wire fraud, money laundering, and…

PONTIAC, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois jury has found a man guilty of killing his wife, son and neighbor on Christmas Day 2019. The Livingston…

By JOHN HANNA, HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and NICK RICCARDI Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ decisive statewide vote in favor of…

NEW YORK (AP) — Two lawyers and two journalists are suing the CIA, saying the agency obtained copies of the contents of their electronic devices…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane, who was sentenced to 2 1/2 years for…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two brothers from Mexico are facing federal charges after fleeing from U.S.…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys for a mother charged with conspiring to kill her children in Idaho and to steal…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has expressed no regret for the deadly attack by Palestinian…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal investigators say a man who jumped to his death from a small airplane in North Carolina appeared to be upset over…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld Arkansas’ use of the sedative midazolam in its…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police say two airline ticket agents were hurt when a 33-year-old California man breached security…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Airbnb says it’s rolling out new technology to spot and block people who try to use the short-term rental service to…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Rhode Island man vacationing in Milwaukee fell to his death after a drawbridge was raised while he was walking across it. The…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York judge has ruled in favor of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and against a state ethics commission that wanted him to give…

MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss (AP) — Civil rights advocates say in a federal lawsuit that police have…

By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and backers of universal school vouchers are taking a victory…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge in Colorado on Tuesday ordered a legal adviser for former President Donald Trump’s…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Massive incentives for clean energy in the U.S. law signed Tuesday by President Joe Biden…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say an independent journalist found dead in northern Mexico was killed by a blow to the head. It was the…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Maryland-based lender deceived its loan customers by selling them insurance policies they didn’t ask for or know about…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Pakistani doctor and former Mayo Clinic research coordinator has pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge, more than two years…

By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The school board in North Dakota’s largest city will reconsider its decision to stop reciting…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelinskyy is meeting with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities say they have busted an organized crime racket reminiscent of the…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The family of a Georgia woman killed by gunfire last year as sheriff’s deputies executed…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans officials have formally asked a federal judge to end court-supervised oversight of…

By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon has complained to federal regulators that they’re hounding company founder Jeff…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Navy nuclear engineer and his wife have withdrawn their guilty pleas in a case involving…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery fell $2.88 to $86.53 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for October delivery fell…

LONDON (AP) — Performer Darius Campbell Danesh, who went from a British reality television show to a stage and music career, has died at the age of…

DAVID BAUDER (AP) — Fox News is getting into the movies, producing its first feature film that will debut Sept. 1 on the Fox Nation streaming…

Associated Press SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — Cops usually have a prime suspect. In this case it’s a primate suspect. The San Luis Obispo…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press JUIZ DE FORA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s presidential election campaign officially began with…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is granting death row inmate Richard Glossip a 60-day stay of…

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — The Elvis Presley Birthplace and Museum in Tupelo, Mississippi, has welcomed an increasing number of visitors as fans…

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Immigration advocates are accusing the data broker LexisNexis Risk Solutions of violating…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists suing to block a geothermal power plant in Nevada where an endangered toad…

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Assailants have killed a Kashmiri Hindu man and injured his brother in a shooting that police blame on militants fighting…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A small group of South Carolina lawmakers have given their approval to a near total…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a memoir coming out this fall. “Bibi: My…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department’s inspector general has refused congressional requests for…

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin is fighting to keep his seat as a New Mexico county commissioner as he faces possible…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden arrived at the White House promising to “build back”…

LONDON (AP) — Joachim Andersen says he received death threats and an avalanche of abuse online after Liverpool’s Darwin Núñez was ejected for…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — United Nations special envoy Noeleen Heyzer has arrived in Myanmar on her first mission to the…

BEIRUT (AP) — An opposition war monitor and a Kurdish media outlet say Turkey has carried out an airstrike in northern Syria near its border…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s environment ministry says water samples are being sent to laboratories abroad in a bid to solve the mystery of…

PARIS (AP) — A lawyer says a French backpacker who had gone missing in Egypt a year ago has safely returned home to Paris. It’s not clear what…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The NBA will be off on Election Day. The league’s schedule for the coming season will have all 30 teams…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — While segregation was still casting its ugly shadow over the U.S., the Homer G. Phillips Hospital…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators have finalized a long-awaited rule that’s expected to allow millions of…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $38.8 million to Junior Achievement USA and 26 local operations…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A high school textbook produced under the auspices of Poland’s conservative government has provoked criticism for what some…

BOSTON (AP) — Officers with the Boston Police Department’s harbor patrol unit are used to helping boaters in distress, but last weekend Officer…

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 and was experiencing…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Students who used federal loans to attend ITT Technical Institute as far back as 2005 will…

LONDON (AP) — A law has taken effect in Scotland to ensure period products are available free of charge to anyone who needs them. The Scottish…

BERLIN (AP) — A German man has been found guilty of murder and attempted murder for a high-speed car rampage in the southwestern city of Trier two…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A private fundraising campaign is underway in Norway to erect a statue of a walrus that was euthanized after authorities…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Cuban doctor has been shot to death at a hospital in a rough neighborhood on the outskirts of Mexico City. Prosecutors in the…

BERLIN (AP) — Switzerland says it has signed an agreement with Uzbekistan on the return of $131 million seized as part of a money-laundering…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After a string of arrests and erratic behavior that spanned Hawaii to Vermont, “Flash” actor Ezra…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Two government officials say that Iraq’s finance minister has resigned over the…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and EVGENIY MALOLETKA Associated Press BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on the world…

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is recalling more than 484,000 large SUVs in the U.S. to fix a problem that can cause the third-row seat belts to…

NEW YORK (AP) — Dallas Cowboy fans be warned: ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith has a memoir coming out next year. 13A, an imprint of Gallery Books,…