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By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The trial for a lawsuit accusing three major U.S. drug distributors of causing a health…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has called for a rejection of violence and respect for life as he lamented the “senseless shooting” during an…

GARY, Ind. (AP) — Police say gunfire during a July Fourth block party in northwestern Indiana left three people dead and seven wounded. The…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee judges have dismissed a lawsuit filed by a couple who alleged that a…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Police in Turkey’s capital have broken up an LGBTQ Pride march and detained dozens of people. Turkish authorities have…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday bestowed the nation’s highest military honor to four…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge will this week sentence former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for…

NEW YORK (AP) — The fossilized skeleton of a T. rex relative that roamed the earth about 76 million years ago will be auctioned in New York this…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Scores of people watching a Fourth of July fireworks show in Philadelphia ran for cover when gunshots rang out shortly after…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will see his Chinese counterpart this week at a Group of 20…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Eight people were wounded, some critically, in a shooting in a Minneapolis park during unofficial Fourth of July celebrations.…

JACKSON, Calif. (AP) — Evacuation orders were expanded Tuesday for remote California communities near a wildfire that may have been sparked by…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press LUGANO, Switzerland (AP) — A top U.S. diplomat urged allies of Ukraine to help the war-battered country meet its…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Republican nominee for governor, Doug Mastriano, often makes the baseless…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Bonnie has weakened a bit after several hours as the first major storm of the eastern Pacific season while off…

INEZ, Ky. (AP) — A sheriff says police in eastern Kentucky fatally shot a man who fired at officers. Martin County Sheriff John Kirk told WSAZ-TV…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and KEVIN MCGILL Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi judge has rejected a request by…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister says Russia’s war in Ukraine is a “turning point”…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Before being interviewed on Centre Court about his return to the Wimbledon…

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain is increasing military spending as it works toward meeting a NATO commitment by…

BERLIN (AP) — The German government has has drawn up a plan that would allow it to aid struggling energy companies more easily. The move comes amid…

By MELISSA RAYWORTH Associated Press For generations of American kids, summer camp has been a familiar rite of passage. They’d get some exercise,…

By IRENE YAGÜE Associated Press PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — Dozens of animal rights activists dressed as dinosaurs were chased by fellow activists…

By MICHAEL TARM, KATHLEEN FOODY and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — A man charged Tuesday with seven counts of murder…

By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A Sudanese medical group says 11 people were wounded when security forces descended on their sit-in…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s largest cinema chain is keeping all its movie theaters closed Tuesday…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hackers claim to have obtained a trove of data on 1 billion Chinese from a Shanghai police database in…

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Mahalie Wilson lives in the shadow of Detroit’s massive and vacant former Packard auto…

LONDON (AP) — Climate change protesters targeted a copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” at London’s Royal Academy of Arts…

By FRANCESCA EBEL Associated Press KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — The governor of the last remaining eastern province partly under Ukraine’s…

By DANICA KIRKA and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was clinging to power Tuesday after two of his…

By LAURA MCMULLEN of NerdWallet Rising prices can feel impossible to manage if money is already tight. To stay afloat, prioritize essential expenses…

BEIJING (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is visiting Mongolia during a trip to Asia seeking support amid his country’s…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine army general says a land mine set by communist guerrillas has wounded seven soldiers in the central…

By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni medical officials say an explosion at an arms depot has killed six people and wounded…

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — A Congolese government spokesman says President Felix Tshisekedi will meet with his…

By OLEG CETINIC and ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Israel’s caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Tuesday used his first trip…

By PAOLO SANTALUCIA, ANDREA ROSA and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press CANAZEI, Italy (AP) — Rescuers are finding body parts and equipment as they…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Scandinavian Airlines has filed for bankruptcy in the United States, warning the…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Prosecutors say that two suspects in the slaying a year ago of Dutch crime reporter…

By CARA ANNA and OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The war in Ukraine has abruptly drawn millions of dollars away from…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Ukrainian mathematician Maryna Viazovska was named Tuesday as one of four recipients of the…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s prime minister says the country’s talks with the International…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The 30 NATO allies signed off on the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland on Tuesday, sending…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and DEE-ANN DURBIN The Associated Press After the U.S. Supreme Court revoked the federal right to an abortion that’s been in…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press BORODYANKA, Ukraine (AP) — Valentyna Klymenko tries to return home as late as possible to avoid the darkness of…

BEIJING (AP) — From the snowcapped peaks of Tibet to the tropical island of Hainan, China is sweltering under the worst heatwave in decades while…

By ED DAVEY Associated Press Would-be financiers of a planned oil pipeline in Uganda and Tanzania will be in breach of benchmark guidelines on…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s central bank has lifted its benchmark interest rate for a third time in…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday after tepid trading on Wall Street amid worries about a…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Sarfaraz Javaid thumps his chest rhythmically in the music video,…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas voters have said no to Kris Kobach twice over the past four years. But he is…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Republican Brian Dahle faces an uphill battle to defeat California Gov. Gavin Newsom in…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s new leader John Lee says he will work on easing restrictions for travelers while…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — The Canadian government says Chinese authorities refused to let diplomats attend the trial of a…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters in Northern California were battling a fresh wildfire that broke out Monday east of Sacramento at a…

By ROD McGUIRK and MARK BAKER Associated Press RICHMOND, Australia (AP) — Hundreds of homes have been inundated in and around Australia’s largest…

By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The advice of a friend to stay near the door of a semi-trailer may have saved Yenifer…

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich’s chief executive Oliver Kahn has defended the German soccer club’s…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled in favor of three major U.S. drug distributors in a landmark…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco couple that has parked their car for decades on a paved part of their property in front of their home is now…

By MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox talked to Major League Baseball about postponing their game against the…

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s peso has fallen on the first day after left-leaning Silvina Batakis…

By ARSENE KABORE Kabore and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Officials in Burkina Faso say attacks by jihadis killed…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Travelers flying home from July Fourth getaways faced flight delays Monday, but airlines were…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Brittney Griner’s appeal to President Joe Biden in a handwritten letter continued to garner reaction…

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Authorities say inmates from one of Honduras’ powerful street gangs have killed six of their own inside a prison in…

ROME (AP) — The Italian government has declared a state of emergency for much of the rain-parched north, freeing up 36.5 million euros (about $38…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaraguan riot police have taken over the city halls of five municipalities that had been in the hands of an opposition party,…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says flags at state buildings will be lowered to half-staff in honor of three officers who were…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California authorities say three men are missing and presumed dead after they swam into a river in an attempt to rescue a…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Phan Thị Kim Phuc, the girl in the famous 1972 Vietnam napalm attack photo, on Monday escorted 236 refugees from…

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Images of traditional embroideries and floral paintings adorned the walls of Dior’s…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sacramento police say a man has been killed and four men were wounded in a shooting outside a downtown nightclub. Police…

By MICHAEL TARM, KATHLEEN FOODY and ROGER SCHNEIDER Associated Press HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — A gunman on a rooftop opened fire on an…

By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Amber Heard’s lawyers have asked a judge to throw out the $10.35 million…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials say a chlorine gas leak at a water purification plant in southern Iraq injured at…

By JENNIFER PELTZ and JULIA NIKHINSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Frankfurter-munching phenom Joey “Jaws” Chestnut put a protester in a…

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwandan President Paul Kagame has accused Congo of supporting rebels opposed to his…