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Bangladesh imposes strict curfew with a ‘shoot-on-sight-order’ following deadly protests
Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Police imposed a strict curfew with a “shoot-on-sight” order across Bangladesh as military forces…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Police imposed a strict curfew with a “shoot-on-sight” order across Bangladesh as military forces…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A state court judge has disqualified a number of booklets used to gather signatures for an initiative that…
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese authorities say at least 11 people have died and 30 are missing in the partial collapse of a highway bridge in the…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council has unanimously approved more transparent procedures for the hundreds of…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, who helped lead federal efforts to protect women from domestic violence and…
Continue ReadingAP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Sure, they call it the City of Light. But Paris is also the City of Fashion. So it’s no surprise that designers…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump held his first campaign rally since he survived an assassination attempt Saturday,…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Republican National Convention didn’t deliver an overwhelming victory to some small businesses in…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America COLOMA, Calif. (AP) — In a tiny town where the California gold rush began, Black families are seeking…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Arrests of Americans in Russia have become increasingly common with relations sinking to Cold War lows.…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Democrats churn over whether President Joe Biden should stay in the 2024 race, the party turmoil is deepening…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An emotionally and physically abusive marriage of 11 years led Rani Miranti to join a fight club that…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A state court judge has disqualified a number of booklets used to gather signatures for an initiative that…
Continue ReadingAP Golf Writer TROON, Scotland (AP) — Shane Lowry has the British Open lead at Royal Troon after a 69 on a wild day at Royal Troon. Lowry’s…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — As allegations of sexual abuse built up at the largest housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children…
Continue ReadingJUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Police say a Florida man accused of making threats against former President Donald Trump, U.S. Sen. JD Vance and their…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. George Santos has lost a bid to get rid of part of the criminal case against him as he heads…
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff stopped by USA women’s basketball practice on Friday to wish the team success…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.; Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va.; Rep. Ro Khanna; D-Calif. ___…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An initiative to ask voters if they want to protect the right to a pre-viability abortion in Montana’s…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees honored late Associated Press photojournalist Kathy Willens with a moment of silence before…
Continue ReadingFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines and the union representing its flight attendants have a deal on a new contract. President Joe Biden says…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A voting rights group says a new Alabama law that expanded the list of felonies that cause a person to…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The fight to keep a proposed immigration initiative off Arizona’s Nov. 5 ballot is not over yet. Immigrant…
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Churchill Downs has rescinded its extended suspension of Bob Baffert, allowing the Hall of Fame trainer to…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Two top Biden administration officials say Iran is talking more about getting a nuclear bomb, and has made…
Continue ReadingFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor was charged in Florida with failing to update his address on the state’s…
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — WNBA players have amped up their clothes game, garnering attention off the court for their pregame fashion choices.…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — David Letterman will headline a fundraiser with President Joe Biden in 10 days at the home of Hawaii Gov. Josh…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHILLICOTHE, Mo. (AP) — A woman whose murder conviction was overturned after she served 43 years of a life sentence was released…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The top four officers of the National Guard Bureau have left or are set to retire in about two weeks, and to…
Continue ReadingAP Media Writer From a media perspective, Donald Trump failed to stick the landing at the Republican convention that nominated him as its…
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Rapper and singer Sean Kingston and his mother have been indicted in South Florida on federal charges of committing more than $1…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar announced a proposed constitutional amendment that would require voters…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) — A 2% surcharge on property insurance policies and mandatory fees on the oil and gas industries are two…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A global technology outage has curtailed treatment at hospitals across the country. Medical centers reported Friday morning that…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s elections enforcer said he found no evidence that Attorney General Austin Knudsen violated…
Continue ReadingJACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars have filed a lawsuit against a former employee who is serving prison time after pleading guilty…
Continue ReadingAP Health Writer At least two people have died and more than two dozen were hospitalized in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning linked to meat…
Continue ReadingBERRIEN COUNTY, Mich. (AP) — Part of an ancient Michigan cave where “The Great Train Robbery” was filmed has collapsed under heavy rain.…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A rural Nevada judge who ran unsuccessfully for state treasurer in 2022 pleaded not guilty Friday to federal…
Continue ReadingAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials have announced two more bird flu cases among farmworkers. But here’s some good news: A…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Black Caucus has become a bedrock of support for President Joe Biden as he faces calls from…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A man accused of shooting at Louisville’s current mayor when he was a candidate in 2022 has pleaded…
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese will once again step into the spotlight during All-Star Weekend with their…
Continue ReadingAP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Donald Trump made a pitch for votes from autoworkers in key swing states during his acceptance speech for the…
Continue ReadingJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The new bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi is being formally installed, and she is first woman and first Black…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — HIV-positive people who were convicted in Tennessee of sex work under a decades-old aggravated…
Continue ReadingBAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — A California judge has temporarily blocked a hearing from taking place in a dispute between one of the state’s most…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Officials in Haiti say at least three people have died and up to 40 remain missing after a boat in the…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s government has fined Meta $220 million after its investigations found “multiple and…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A 72-year-old man picking huckleberries in Montana shot and killed a grizzly bear after it attacked in a…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Ukraine is on its way to being able to “stand on its own feet”…
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — The new judge presiding over the racketeering and gang prosecution of rapper Young Thug and several other defendants says she plans…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s attorney general has filed a civil lawsuit against an Eastern Shore landlord and his company,…
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs have set a deadline of six months from now to decide on a plan for the future of Arrowhead…
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Ready, set, go! A six-lane giant slide has reopened in Detroit at Belle Isle state park. In 2022, the slide made headlines, got a…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Authorities say five people, including four children, have been killed in a shooting in central Alabama. Court records show that…
Continue ReadingAP Airlines Writer Thousands of flights have been canceled after a worldwide internet outage hit many leading airlines, forcing passengers to…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The first lawsuits have been filed in connection with last weekend’s melees that broke out when…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana won’t take official steps to implement a law requiring the Ten Commandments be placed in…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Usha Chilukuri Vance has entered the spotlight this week as the wife of JD Vance, former President Trump’s running mate in the…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A Marine accused of flashing a Nazi salute during the U.S. Capitol insurrection has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison…
Continue ReadingTALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian human rights group says that a German citizen has been sentenced to death for terrorism and other charges…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The governor of the South Kivu province in eastern Congo on Friday ordered the suspension of all mining activities in order to…
Continue ReadingAP College Football Writer Utah State’s Blake Anderson was fired for contacting a potential domestic violence victim and a witness to the…
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has called Donald Trump “a friend,” and says he will write the former U.S. president a letter to…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court is allowing a Biden administration rule aimed at limiting planet-warming pollution from…
Continue ReadingThis week’s new streaming entertainment releases include the long-awaited debut album from Ice Spice, the movie “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire”…
Continue ReadingPIERRE, S.D. (AP) — An anti-abortion group in South Dakota is appealing a judge’s dismissal of its lawsuit to remove an abortion rights…
Continue ReadingAP Music Writer Ten years ago, “Weird Al” Yankovic made history. “Mandatory Fun,” his 14th and final studio album, hit No. 1 on the Billboard…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Much of the world faced online disarray Friday as a widespread technology outage affected companies and services across industries…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) — A former manager for eBay Inc.’s. global security team has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for his role…
Continue ReadingTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama football teams will soon be playing on Saban Field. University trustees approved a resolution naming the field at…
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A swath of Americans watching President Joe Biden is seeing something beyond debate-stage stumbles and…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A judge has overturned a conviction carrying a life sentence for an Islamic scholar from Virginia who was…
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Sundance Institute on Friday announced six finalists in its search for a new host location for the influential film…
Continue ReadingHere are key developments in Russia’s case against Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was convicted on Friday of espionage charges…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MILAN (AP) — Venice city officials say the day-tripper tax netted 2.4 million euros during a test phase this summer, and that…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BARNET, Vt. (AP) — Exactly one year to the date of last year’s severe flooding in Vermont, Joe’s Brook Farm in Barnet was…
Continue ReadingTALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A United Nations panel of human rights experts has called on Belarus to release the Nobel Peace Prize-winning founder of…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Months beforehand, some Pennsylvania lawmakers had proposed to outlaw the type of rifle that was used in the assassination attempt…
Continue ReadingAP Golf Writer TROON, Scotland (AP) — Tiger Woods tied a personal record in the British Open on Friday, one he could have done without but perhaps…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Retired Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg has been released from jail in New York City after serving…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan President William Ruto has appointed the first 11 members of his Cabinet. Ruto on Friday retained six…
Continue ReadingWall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been convicted of espionage and sentenced to 16 years in prison. He, his employer and the U.S.…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — To borrow a favorite phrase from the man himself, President Joe Biden is at an inflection point. Is his…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department is warning that state laws that restrict banks from considering environmental, social…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The last few years have been brutal for the climate — and for the humans and other living things within it. Around the globe,…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press In early 2022, Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal wrote on social media that “reporting on Russia is now…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A New York City Council member accused of biting a police official says officers used excessive force as she tried to help someone…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Three Massachusetts lawmakers are pressing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to ground the V-22 Osprey aircraft…
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has held a wreath-laying ceremony in the country’s largest city to mark the 77th anniversary of…
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — The Vatican has released on Friday the program for Pope Francis’ trip to Belgium and Luxembourg in late September, where he will…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Korean Football Association has filed a complaint with FIFA over an alleged racist remark toward…
Continue ReadingHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party and the country’s most powerful politician, has…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Republican officials, strategists and activists who packed into their national convention this week are exuding a…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Officials say two Australian and three Indonesian nationals have survived after a tourist helicopter…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese and Taiwanese coast guards have conducted what is believed to be their first joint drill off Japan’s…
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slumped Friday in another washout, as businesses around the world scrambled to contain the effects…
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