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By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ media company Free Speech Systems has filed for bankruptcy,…

By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A Massachusetts man has been arrested for threatening to blow up Arizona’s top election official…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Friday approved wide-ranging legislation aimed at helping communities in the West…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Bill Cassidy, R-La.; Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers. __ NBC’s…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — International tourism in Mexico has finally surpassed the pre-pandemic levels, after 10.26 million visitors came to the country…

MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss (AP) — A federal judge has seized control of a Mississippi jail after citing…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has said that he stopped at a campaign fundraiser following the deadly school shooting in Uvalde and…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico politicians joined with film stars to celebrate the legacy of the “Breaking…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has been suspended for the rest of his time in office over behavior…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida is advising school districts to ignore protections for LGBTQ students that…

KEYSTONE, Colo. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service has ordered a halt to the expansion of a Rocky Mountains ski resort after contractors mistakenly…

DON THOMPSON and JANIE HAR Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s public health officer says officials are pressing for more…

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Neil Patrick Harris has played an impressive number of what he calls “extreme…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press PEVELY, Mo. (AP) — As the U.S. Senate primary campaign nears its end in Missouri, all three of the leading…

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A judge has acquitted a southwestern Missouri woman on murder and two other felony charges in the death of the autistic…

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Chevron Corp., up $13.39 to $163.78. The oil company racked up record quarterly…

by FABIANO MAISONNAVE RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Brazilian government has granted a preliminary environmental permit for paving a controversial…

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story published on July 29, 2022, The Associated Press erroneously…

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Financial markets are celebrating the arrival of Sergio Massa as Argentina’s third economy…

MADRID (AP) — Spain has confirmed death of a person from monkeypox, which Spanish media say is a first in the country. The Health Ministry said…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two Wisconsin residents are trying to show the state’s absentee ballot request system…

By RON HARRIS and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — The parents of a 28-year-old Georgia woman who died after she fell from a…

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s no reason for China and the U.S. “to come to blows” should House Speaker…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A fast-moving fire has damaged one of Philadelphia’s best-known cheesesteak shops, but authorities say no injuries have been…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland headlined a White House event bringing together pro bono…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Samuel Alito mocked foreign leaders’ criticism of the Supreme Court decision he…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Kabul emergency hospital says a grenade explosion during a game of cricket wounded 13 spectators…

By ERIC TUCKER and MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says a Russian operative has been charged with using…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Construction along the Hollywood Walk of Fame will begin next summer to make streetscape improvements for pedestrians and…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press MCDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is taking aim at what he calls the “Biden recession” and spreading…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s economy grew by 1% in the second quarter. Mexico’s national statistics agency said Friday that growth for the first…

By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press Richer countries failed to keep a $100 billion-a-year pledge to developing nations to help them achieve their…

By ARIJETA LAJKA Associated Press BABYLON, N.Y. (AP) — As bathers cooled themselves in the Atlantic surf on New York’s Fire Island last…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee will share 20 of its interview transcripts…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by phone to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When asked if he’d support legislation to protect same-sex marriage, one conservative…

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A once-prominent neurologist has been found guilty on charges of sexually abusing patients while…

ROME (AP) — A humanitarian organization’s maritime rescue ship is sailing to the Italian mainland to disembark 438 migrants who were rescued in…

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bonnie Hunt is bringing a popular children’s book character to TV. Hunt is the writer…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon appears to be rejecting claims by the Ukrainian Embassy that a Syrian ship docked in one…

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas law allowing deadly force against an attacker doesn’t protect people from…

LONDON (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó has won a U.K. court ruling in a battle over $1 billion in gold bullion held in the Bank of…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI, JAMES POLLARD and GABE STERN Associated Press A bump in college scholarships for New Mexico students. A new bike trail nestled…

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s presidency has focused on global warming, the war in Ukraine and the Iran nuclear deal…

By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Department of Corrections says contraband including weapons, cellphones, drones…

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Natalia Sells has a list of qualities she wants to see in the next Navajo Nation…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Las Vegas man has pleaded not guilty to charges of helping arrange the 2018 kidnapping and…

BERLIN (AP) — A German court has thrown out a lawsuit against a guideline issued by automaker Audi calling for the use of gender-sensitive language…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Vessels off the East Coast must slow down more often to help save a vanishing species of…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Will Smith has again apologized to Chris Rock for slapping him during the Oscar telecast in…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Two Americans captured while fighting with the Ukrainian Army apparently have been sent to a prison. Alex Drueke and Andy…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Police investigating two brothers for a killing in South Carolina have found videos of…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado county clerk and election conspiracy theorist will get a recount of her failed bid…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and ROB GILLIES Associated Press IQALUIT, Nunavut (AP) — Pope Francis traveled to the edge of the Arctic on Friday to deliver an…

By WILSON RING Associated Press BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Passenger rail service is returning to Vermont’s largest city after an absence of…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Treasurer Sarah Godlewski has dropped out of the state’s Democratic U.S.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is headed to Asia and Africa as the U.S. and rivals China and Russia intensify their battle for…

By IMAD ISSEID Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says a 16-year-old Palestinian died afternoon shortly…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation surged in June and workers’ average wages accelerated in the spring…

By RAQUEL REDONDO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s leader has proposed an energy-saving move that many men have already embraced.…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest has been wounded in a shooting on a highway in the southern Mexico state of Guerrero. The Mexican…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party begins its key policy conference…

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s prosecutors are denying allegations of torture and ill-treatment against one of the country’s most prominent activists…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — China has responded in kind to a top U.S. Navy official who criticized Beijing’s…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The head of Russia’s space agency says the country has not set a date for pulling out of…

VIENNA (AP) — Former Austrian Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache has been acquitted in a corruption trial, the second he has faced since a…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Heavy rains brought another round of flooding to the St. Louis region that was already recovering from record rains earlier this…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A group of lawyers said Friday that the alleged assassin of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin has offered strong support to China amid tensions over Taiwan, warning the United…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — In a legal showdown between soccer spouses that mixed celebrity, social media and amateur sleuthing,…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press Facing a growing threat from China, the Navy envisions drone ships keeping an electronic eye on enemy forces across…

By INNA VARENYTSIA Associated Press ODESA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has visited a Black Sea port to watch crews…

MADRID (AP) — Prosecutors in Spain said Friday they would ask a court to sentence Colombian pop star Shakira to eight years and two months in…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democrats have a good chance in North Carolina of picking up a Senate…

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A court in Bosnia has sentenced a former top ruling party official to three years in prison for corruption. The…

By TERRY WALLACE Associated Press A fire chief says sunlight magnified by glass bottles in an open garbage can ignited paper trash, starting a…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An appeals court in Kyiv has reduced to 15 years the life sentence of a Russian soldier convicted in the first war crimes…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong officials say they will open an investigation into a concert accident in which a giant video…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency says Lebanese authorities need to stifle soaring violence and…

By COURTNEY BONNELL and COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writers LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the European countries using the euro currency shot up to…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials say a fire killed eight people in a Moscow hostel where bars on the windows prevented occupants from escaping. The…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The crisis sparked by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s potential visit to Taiwan misses a…

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine accused each other Friday of shelling a prison in a separatist region of…

By FRANCESCA EBEL Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian voters have approved a referendum on a new constitution that gives more powers to…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Izzy Short, 13, struggles to pick her favorite England player as she anticipates the team’s…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s next prime minister will take office amid turmoil: galloping inflation, a war in…