Donors pledge $160 million, Palestinian refugees need more
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Donors have pledged about $160 million for the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees.…
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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Donors have pledged about $160 million for the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees.…
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By GISELA SALOMON and DÉBORA REY MIAMI (AP) — A former Argentine navy officer goes on trial Monday in Miami for his alleged role in a 1972…
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The fate of hard-nosed technology executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani is now in…
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By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer U.S. national soccer team star Megan Rapinoe expressed her anger Friday over the Supreme Court’s decision…
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — A woman mountain climber in Mexico is dead and a climbing companion was injured when they scaled the highly active, off-limits…
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By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press The FBI raided a Florida art museum on Friday and seized more than two dozen paintings attributed to artist…
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BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has tested positive for COVID-19. A news release from the governor’s office disclosed the…
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. Army private from Kentucky has pleaded guilty to charges that he plotted to kill…
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By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer NASA’s plan to explore a strange metal asteroid is on hold. The space agency was late delivering its own…
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The judge in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial has made a jury’s multimillion-dollar award official. Judge…
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By DAVID SHARP and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Sen. Susan Collins was blasted Friday for the overturning of Roe v.…
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By HALEY BARKER Religion News Service (RNS) — On Tuesday (June 21), the Je Khenpo, the senior Buddhist authority in Bhutan, began ordaining a group…
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By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Congress passed a bill Friday that aims to keep up the expanded, pandemic-era distribution of free meals for all…
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LOGAN, W.Va. (AP) — A federal agency investigating a helicopter crash in West Virginia this week says the flight during an annual reunion for…
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By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts couple whose prematurely-born baby girl died less than two weeks after she was…
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By CLAIRE RUSH and ADAM BEAM Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Democratic leaders across the nation vowed Friday to help women who travel to…
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By JOHN HANNA, KIMBERLEE KRUESI and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press The Supreme Court’s decision to end the constitutional right to abortion…
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By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Two members of a loose-knit group of dissident artists have been sentenced to prison in Cuba.…
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By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee launched under deep political skepticism:…
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By RONALD BLUM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — In the twilight of his music directorship of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti candidly…
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By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Four Democratic lawmakers are asking federal regulators to investigate Apple and Google for…
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PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — Two people reported overdue after deciding to return to Virginia in their weather-damaged sailboat instead of continuing…
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By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Airlines under scrutiny for widespread flight disruptions are renewing their criticism of the…
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CAIRO (AP) — Qatar’s emir has arrived in Cairo, his first visit to the country following years of frayed ties and a boycott of Doha by four Arab…
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By DÁNICA COTO and CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The end of constitutional protections for abortions in the United States has…
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By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Six Oklahomans have filed two federal lawsuits that challenge a state law intended to crack…
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By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Religious Americans are deeply divided in their views on abortion, and reactions from faith leaders ranged from…
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LONDON (AP) — British officials said the monkeypox outbreak in the U.K. is growing across the country mainly among men who are gay or bisexual or…
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By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — The largest pilots union has approved a contract that would boost the pay of pilots at United…
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By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision allowing states to ban abortion stirred alarm Friday…
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By The Associated Press Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming…
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By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — An estimated 2,000 migrants have walked out of the southern Mexico city of Tapachula…
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By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press Abortion bans that were put on the books in some states in the event Roe v. Wade was overturned started…
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By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman who called 911 to report…
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By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Black DoorDash driver no longer faces charges in a traffic stop for speeding in…
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By DAVID SHARP Associated Press Demand for record albums continues to soar in the United States, and the manufacturing base is having to reinvent…
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By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — There is a prayer Tanya Britton has said in the hazy first moments of morning and in the…
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GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s top human rights body is to hold an urgent debate next week to discuss the erosion of rights of women and girls in…
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QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s president is accusing the Indigenous leader heading a nationwide strike of seeking to stage a coup and warns…
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By CIARÁN GILES and TARIK EL-BARAKAH Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Moroccan authorities say 18 migrants were killed and scores of…
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By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Juul can continue to sell its electronic cigarettes, at least for now, after a federal appeals court on Friday…
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By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Auschwitz-Birkenau museum alleged Friday that it was the target of “primitive”…
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN, ZEKE MILLER and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday he would fight to preserve…
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By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press Sabrina Hodak grew up in a Modern Jewish Orthodox family but only truly embraced Judaism at age 16, around the…
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The Dutch government plans to cut the maximum number of flights allowed each year at the country’s busiest aviation hub, Schiphol…
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There is now a second COVID-19 option for kids ages 6 to 17 in the…
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By JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Several suspects around France have been detained or given preliminary charges of pricking people…
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Amnesty International says the Palestinian Authority has failed to hold its security forces accountable for the death of an…
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By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican newspaper is starting a new monthly edition dedicated to the poor and people on the…
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By The Associated Press The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had provided a constitutional right to abortion.…
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By LUCAS DUMPHREYS and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press RECIFE, Brazil (AP) — Members of Brazilian Indigenous groups, friends and family members…
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By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday stripped away women’s constitutional protections for abortion, a…
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DETROIT (AP) — Police say officers found the body of a 3-year-old boy inside a freezer in a Detroit home. Officers were conducting a welfare check…
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By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Police fired tear gas from the windows of the Arizona Capitol building to disperse hundreds of people…
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PILTON, England (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged music fans at the Glastonbury Festival to “spread the truth about…
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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama judge who belittled the governor over her age and gender and repeatedly cursed in court has been suspended from duty…
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By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office says veteran Al Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh and her crew…
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By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Donations for Afghanistan earthquake victims will face far more hurdles than other disasters, due to sanctions…
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A newcomer to politics has ousted Grenada’s longest serving prime minister in a tight general elections on the…
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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus has signed a deal with Airbus Helicopters to purchase six light attack helicopters with an option for another six as…
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By FRANCISCO UBILLA Associated Press PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain (AP) — A pregnant American woman who suffered an incomplete miscarriage while…
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany will start charging for rapid COVID-19 tests that were previously free, though vulnerable groups will be exempt from the fee.…
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BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders have agreed that Croatia will join the group of countries using the euro currency next year. The move…
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Back-to-back world leader summits in Europe opening this weekend will focus on uniting…
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By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Flowers, art, and Dior’s world-famous ateliers collided on Friday at Paris Fashion Week for a…
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By FRANCESCA EBEL and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The European Union’s decision to make Ukraine a candidate for EU…
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BERLIN (AP) — The curators of a major art show in Germany have apologized for including a work featuring antisemitic elements that prompted an…
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By VALENTINA PETROVA, STEPHEN MCGRATH and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s parliament has voted to lift a veto…
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By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. Defense Department says an Afghan prisoner held in U.S. custody for nearly 15 years has…
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian state media is reporting that authorities have detained five people accused of organizing a…
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BRUSSELS (AP) — A day after endorsing Ukraine’s candidacy to join the European Union, the bloc’s leaders turned their attention to the severe…
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GENEVA (AP) — Swiss customs authorities are tracking about 3 tons of gold of Russian origin that entered Switzerland from Britain last month to…
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BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers voted Friday to end the country’s ban on advertising abortions, which has in the past led to doctors being…
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By SYLVIE CORBET and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Emmanuel Macron appears weakened at home after parliamentary elections forced him…
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BERLIN (AP) — The head of the United Nations warned Friday that the world faces “catastrophe” because of the growing shortage of food around…
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A man has been found guilty of murder and attempted murder for killing five people and wounding four others in southern…
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BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese electric car brand NIO says two employees involved in testing died when one of its vehicles fell three stories from a…
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that a wind-stoked wildfire that has been raging near a popular resort in…
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MOSCOW (AP) — Officials say that a Russian military cargo plane has crashed, killing four crewmembers and leaving several others injured. The…
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By DAVID KEYTON, JOHN LEICESTER and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — After weeks of ferocious fighting, Ukrainian forces have…
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By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Leaders of Commonwealth nations are meeting in Rwanda’s capital to tackle climate…
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By EBRAHIM NOROOZI Associated Press GAYAN, Afghanistan (AP) — An aftershock took more lives Friday and threatened to pile even more misery on an…
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By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India is sending family tents, blankets and other relief supplies for a team to distribute in…
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By VADIM GHIRDA Associated Press CONSTANTA, Romania (AP) — With Ukraine’s seaports blockaded or captured by Russian forces, neighboring…
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By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks racked up more gains on Wall Street Friday, as the S&P 500 had its best day in two years…
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By HARUKA NUGA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. Navy’s top commander in the Pacific and the Japanese defense minister say that close…
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By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — There’s no plaque on the gate of the U.S. ambassador’s new residence in Jerusalem, no Stars…
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By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and CURT ANDERSON The Associated Press SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — A year ago in the middle of the night, a 12-story oceanfront…
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By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has sent President Joe Biden the most wide-ranging gun violence bill Congress has passed…
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By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — LGBTQ Pride commemorations that sometimes felt like victory parties for civil rights gains are…
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By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s leadership of the Conservative party has suffered a heavy…
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By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Supreme Court’s decision overturning a gun-permitting law in New York has…
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By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — He was the uncle I never met. But in my family’s origin story, Emmanuel “Manny” Yap…
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By TERRY TANG Associated Press For two years, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords allowed a film crew to shadow her and husband Sen. Mark Kelly. The…
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By MEG KINNARD Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Two days after losing a bitter primary to a rival she once deemed a “sellout” for…
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By KEN RITTER, GABE STERN and SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Counties across Nevada on Friday certified the last outstanding…
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By ZEINA KARAM and DAVID RISING Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon and Sri Lanka may be a world apart, but they share a history of political…
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By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — China’s ambassador to Australia says the then-Australian government fired the…
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp were at a bit of a career crossroads when they manifested Marcel, a one-inch-tall…
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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man accused of driving his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee has served…
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