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By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Whether it’s the fitness tracker on your wrist, the “smart” home appliances in your…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump has hired a prominent Atlanta criminal defense attorney known for defending famous…

By MIKE STOBBE and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s top public health agency relaxed its COVID-19 guidelines…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An off-duty Virginia police officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with a…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge has revoked house arrest for the man who authorities say agreed to kill disgraced…

MIAMI (AP) — Florida prosecutors have announced a second-degree murder charge against social media model Courtney Clenney in the fatal stabbing…

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Walt Disney Co., up $5.34 to $117.77. The media and entertainment giant added…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery rose $2.41 to $94.34 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude for October delivery rose…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A San Diego woman who alleges Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer sexually abused her has filed a countersuit to his…

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Drag performers shimmied up and down a walkway between café tables, as enthusiastic patrons…

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has asked the state courts to allow her to implement a 2018 law…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press BUCHA, UKRAINE (AP) — With graves marked only with numbers, not names, burial services were held Thursday for 11…

Congress is expected on Friday to pass a major bill that includes close to $375 billion in spending related to fighting climate change. The bill,…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A military statement says nine Indian crew members whose vessel sank off the Pakistani port of Gwadar in the Arabian Sea have been…

By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists in Germany attached tiny trackers to giant moths looking for clues about insect…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s governor wants the state to invest tens of billions of dollars in…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Authorities say the search for a New Hampshire girl who disappeared at age 5 in 2019 but was…

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press WILMINGTON, Ohio (AP) — An armed man clad in body armor who tried to breach the…

By COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek police say neighboring Turkey has been asked to help about 40 migrants, some…

FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has committed a man accused of targeting a motorcyclist in a fatal crash because of the victim’s race…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — An international media watchdog has urged Pakistan to free a TV news director arrested the previous day over an alleged anti-army…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. nuclear chief is warning that “very alarming” military activity at…

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — A second firefighter has died in Cuba, where crews have controlled a massive blaze that began…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A judge has declared a mistrial in a dispute over partial liability for Flint, Michigan’s…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Rescue divers’ first attempts to reach 10 miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine since last week were stopped by…

By SETH BORENSTEIN, MATTHEW DALY and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After decades of inaction in the face of escalating natural…

LONDON (AP) — Heathrow Airport in London said Thursday that its limit on the number of passengers is easing a travel crunch that has led to flight…

GARDEN CITY, S.C. (AP) — A beachgoer was killed Wednesday after a loose beach umbrella impaled her in the chest, authorities said. The umbrella was…

BOSTON (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty to bribing a Georgetown University tennis coach to get his daughter into the school was…

By The Associated Press A court in Russia has ordered a former state TV journalist placed under house arrest for nearly two months on charges of…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union says a new U.S. tax credit plan aimed at encouraging Americans to buy electric vehicles could discriminate…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Russia’s Baltic neighbor Estonia has decided to bar Russians with tourist visas from entering the northernmost…

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Police in Somaliland say they fired on opposition protesters Thursday amid tensions over…

FORT BENNING, Ga. (AP) — The Army has identified two soldiers who were killed during training in the mountains of north Georgia. A statement from…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man has been sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison on federal bank robbery charges in a case that tested the…

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A leading Cambodian opposition politician who complained about alleged unfairness in June local elections has been…

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — A large row boat taking villagers to a festival has capsized in a flooded river in…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and senior ministers have held inconclusive talks with energy…

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer TORONTO (AP) — Canada arguably has the world’s most permissive euthanasia rules, but human rights advocates say…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A bombing has killed a prominent Taliban cleric at his religious center in Kabul. The attack on Thursday marks the latest assault…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans who signed up for unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest…

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s police say 35 people have been injured when a truck carrying Syrian migrants believed to…

BANGKOK (AP) — An Australian academic who is being tried with ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on charges of violating the country’s…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Prices at the wholesale level fell from June to July, the first month-to-month drop in…

BANGKOK (AP) — Immigration authorities say former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who last month fled anti-government protests in his…

By FRANCISCO SECO Associated Press ABOARD THE ASTRAL (AP) — A Spanish maritime rescue group and Italy’s coast guard have helped pull some 40…

CHICAGO (AP) — McDonald’s will begin reopening some of its restaurants in Ukraine in the coming months. The burger giant closed its Ukrainian…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has become the honorary co-chairman of a…

SYDNEY (AP) — A second Australian state has banned public displays of Nazi symbols. New South Wales, the nation’s most populous state, on…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president has threatened to fire top agricultural officials if an investigation shows they improperly…

By KELSEY SHEEHY NerdWallet Relying on your business to fund your retirement is a risky bet. A business failure, health issues or shifting market…

MADRID (AP) — Spain has brought 294 Afghan refugees via Pakistan to Spain. The mission brings to 3,900 the number of Afghans flown to Spain since…

RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — An eastern Indiana police chief says an officer shot in the head during a traffic stop and search for possible narcotics…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has met with a fourth group of transgender people who found shelter at a Rome church.…

NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian capital has reintroduced public mask mandates as COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the country. The New Delhi…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Africa’s public health agency says the continent of 1.3 billion people still does not have a…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on Western nations to provide more…

By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Landfills are releasing a significant amount of planet-warming methane into the atmosphere…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says his government won’t leave citizens freezing or unable to pay…

By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Africa’s national parks, home to thousands of wildlife species such as lions,…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say a search and rescue operation is ongoing for a second day for…

By FARES AKRAM Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Palestinian death toll from last weekend’s fighting between Israel and Gaza…

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Western nations have made more pledges to send arms to Ukraine as Britain’s Defense…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer DALLAS (AP) — Gasoline prices have dipped under $4 for the first time in more than five months — good news for…

By SYLVIE CORBET and VANESSA GERA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Firefighters from across Europe struggled Thursday to contain a huge wildfire in…

LONDON (AP) — An alleged member of an Islamic State hostage-taking cell nicknamed “The Beatles” has been charged with terrorism offenses in…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed Friday in Asia after a muddled day on Wall Street, where benchmarks…

By The Associated Press The prisoners at the penal colony in St. Petersburg were expecting a visit by officials, thinking it would be some sort of…

By NASSER KARIMI and MEHDI FATTAHI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Some of the world’s most prized works of contemporary Western art have…

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday rebuked Rwandan authorities over…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is calling for tax breaks in the first major policy proposals of his reelection…

By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Tens of thousands of Music Midtown festivalgoers are no longer going to descend on Atlanta’s…

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Four Indian soldiers and two suspected militants have been killed after rebels stormed a military camp in disputed Kashmir.…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LONE PINE, Calif. (AP) — The flames fade away. Firefighters extinguish the last embers. A final curl of smoke…

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Politics Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s pick for governor in the swing state of Wisconsin easily defeated…

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer TORONTO (AP) — Alan Nichols had a history of depression and other medical issues, but none were life-threatening.…

By KRUTIKA PATHI and BHUMIKA SARASWATI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — As India’s economy grew, the hum of factories turned the sleepy, dusty…

By DIANE JEANTET, DÉBORA ÁLVARES and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Thousands of Brazilians flocked to a law school Thursday…

GRANGER, Ind. (AP) — The funeral for Indiana Republican U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski will be held in her home state of Indiana, where she and three…

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Social media model Courtney Clenney has been arrested in Hawaii on a charge of second-degree murder with a deadly weapon.…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada judge has dismissed Republican Joey Gilbert’s lawsuit seeking to overturn his loss to…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The director of the FBI has strong words for supporters of former President Donald Trump who…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Joe Arpaio, the 90-year-old former Arizona sheriff who was a once powerful figure in Republican…

SEATTLE (AP) — Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler has become the third congressperson who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump to be ousted in a…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In a striking speech before thousands of North Koreans, leader Kim Jong Un’s sister…