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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A city and two law enforcement agencies in a North Carolina county will pay $336,000 to a group of plaintiffs in a settlement…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday convicted a Confederate flag-toting man and his son of charges…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A commission formed to study the government structure in Portland, Oregon, has voted by a supermajority to send a sweeping…

By KAREL JANICEK By Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and what Europe must do to counter the consequences of it…

By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Federal transportation officials have issued orders to the Boston area’s troubled public transit…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of America’s pandemic response through two White House administrations, has…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has met with Qatar’s ruling emir as part of his Mideast tour. Sheikh Tamim…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The foreign ministers of Ireland, Norway and Turkey say aid deliveries from Turkey to rebel-held northwest Syria must…

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams, who make up the iconic producing team The Neptunes, will…

By KEVIN SCHEMBRI ORLAND Associated Press VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Abortion rights activists have filed a legal protest in Malta’s courts demanding…

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — John Hinckley Jr. has been freed from court oversight. The development Wednesday ended decades…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s largest electricity provider has announced plans to eliminate all of its…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Officials say a Michigan police officer charged with murder after shooting Patrick Lyoya in the back of…

By FABIANNO MAISONNAVE, EDMAR BARROS and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian police said Wednesday night a fisherman…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Canadian-American writer Ruth Ozeki has won the prestigious Women’s Prize for Fiction for her…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — An international music festival founded by the father of singer-songwriter Dua Lipa to…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Republican Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker is acknowledging that he has a second son whom he…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press A U.S. House committee has passed a bill outlawing the distribution of fake or misleading materials that resemble…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and CHEYANNE MUMPHREY Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Recognition of Juneteenth, the effective end of slavery in the…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden issued an executive order Wednesday to stymie what what his administration…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — An unusual alliance of international activist groups, Mexican prosecutors and a dog trained…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press A federal appeals court panel is considering whether to continue blocking Arkansas’ ban on gender confirming…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has taken another step to reign in and regulate new religious groups in the Catholic…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s Democratic governor wants the Biden administration to delay planned…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A government report says the Pentagon and the State Department failed to investigate whether…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Recovery crews are searching for two men who were swept away by fast-moving water in a rain-swollen drainage ditch in Milwaukee…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny confirms he’s been moved to another maximum security prison. Navalny wrote on the…

By JILL BLEED and TERRY WALLACE Associated Press Residents of the West Texas city of Odessa improvised emergency water supplies after a water system…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection released video on…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has ordered the investigator hired by Republicans to look into the 2020…

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore officials say a fire tore through four row homes, sending three people to a hospital. Baltimore City Fire Department…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press MCDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) — A U.S. House runoff in Georgia next week pits a former Democratic elected official who’s…

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it was wrong to wade into a dispute involving a Trump-era immigration…

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — People flocked to pools, beaches and cooling centers in a swath of the Midwest and South spanning…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press The federal investigation into the deadly collapse of a Florida beachfront condominium building is entering a new…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish toy company Lego said Wednesday it plans to invest more than $1 billion over 10 years to build a new factory in…

By JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — A spokesman for a top military official in eastern Congo said Wednesday that if Rwanda…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal indictment accuses a Missouri man and others of breaking into a prehistoric Native American archeological site…

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s state-run news agency says the country’s caretaker energy minister has extended the licensing deadline for oil…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The white gunman who killed 10 Black people in a racist attack at a…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Dozens of heavily armed men swarmed through the Mexican colonial-era city of San Cristobal de las Casas, and President Andrés…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy has been so successful in recovering illegally exported ancient artworks and artifacts…

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — A third arrest has been made in a mass shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where three people died and 14 were injured.…

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says the federal government improperly lowered drug reimbursement payments…

CHESTERFIELD, Va. (AP) — Global toy manufacturer the LEGO Group plans to invest more than $1 billion to construct a new precision manufacturing…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has reasserted his country’s support for Russia on issues of sovereignty and security in a phone…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Russia’s Gazprom has announced a reduction in natural gas flows through a key European pipeline…

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party has sued the vice president of…

By LINDSEY TANNER and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers The first COVID-19 shots for U.S. infants, toddlers and preschoolers moved a step closer…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced plans to establish an infectious disease crisis…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Independent booksellers are growing in number and becoming more diverse. Membership in the…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Prosecutors in the fraud trial of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and vice president Michel…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is joining the White House as a senior adviser…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish authorities say the police car crash in Sweden that killed Swedish artist Lars Vilks last year was an accident. That…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Automakers have reported nearly 400 crashes of vehicles with partially automated driver-assist…

By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer A leading transgender health association has lowered its recommended minimum age for starting gender transition…

By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet With record-high gas prices, travelers can save money on summer road trips by considering alternatives. They can plan a…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Blas has strengthened from a tropical storm as it moves off the Pacific coast of southwestern Mexico, though…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans cut their spending unexpectedly in May compared with the month before,…

BERLIN (AP) — A Russian man has gone on trial in Germany on charges that he planned to kill a Chechen dissident. Valid D., whose last name wasn’t…

By EMILY ROSE and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press BEERSHEBA, Israel (AP) — An Israeli court on Wednesday found a Gaza aid worker guilty of several…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve intensified its fight against high inflation on Wednesday, raising…

BERLIN (AP) — The German government has unveiled a bill to resolve a long-running dispute between federal authorities and the country’s 16 states…

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish foundation has recognized four scientists for their pioneering work in artificial intelligence. The four were named…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City casino workers have authorized their leaders to call a strike against the…

BRUSSELS (AP) — A European Union court has invalidated a decision by the bloc’s executive arm to fine technology company Qualcomm more than $1…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and MIKE CORDER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. announced it will send an additional $1 billion in military aid to…

By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel hopes President Joe Biden’s visit to the region next month will bolster its efforts to…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has acknowledged it plans two tests for its new solid-fueled rocket after…

By MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds The 2022 Audi A3 has been completely redesigned with new tech, updated styling and improved fuel efficiency. But can it…

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization is creating a new vaccine-sharing mechanism to stop the spiraling…

By JOHN LEICESTER and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press MAKARIV, Ukraine (AP) — The truck driver had the radio on, his daughter’s stuffed toy…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo has announced a Cabinet reshuffle, replacing key…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on U.S. oil refiners to produce more gasoline and diesel, saying their profits…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s highest court has backed a far-right party’s complaint against comments by former Chancellor Angela Merkel that the…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is launching legal action against the U.K. in response to unilateral moves…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s showpiece investment gathering begins Wednesday, and organizers are telling foreign…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt, Israel and the European Union have signed a deal to increase liquified natural gas sales to EU…

By The Associated Press The European Central Bank has vowed to come up with a new, unspecified market backstop that could be used to buffer some…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government vowed Wednesday to organize more flights to deport asylum-seekers from around…

BEIJING (AP) — Heavy rain in China has claimed six lives this week and forced the evacuation of some 200,000 people. Five people died in…

GENEVA (AP) — Twenty-five people have been treated for burns after walking on hot coal in northern Switzerland, according to police. Emergency…

GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland has reopened its airspace after a brief closure for safety reasons because of an unspecified “technical malfunction.”…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Seven earthquakes struck off Iran’s southern Kish Island on Wednesday, rattling Dubai and other areas across…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A new study has found that Facebook has failed to catch Islamic State group and al-Shabab…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A campaign strategist says the previous Australian government’s stance against a more…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares advanced Thursday after the Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate by…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan and Australia’s defense ministers have vowed to step up their ties to support democratic…

NEW DELHI (AP) — U.S. media giant Walt Disney and India’s Reliance Industries have won the broadcasting rights for the Indian Premier League for…

By COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press Ask a man about gender equality, and you’re likely to hear the U.S. has made great strides in the 50 years since…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer The number and rate of U.S. abortions increased from 2017 to 2020 after a long decline, according to figures…

By MATTHEW BROWN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Devastating floodwaters that wiped out miles of roads and hundreds…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon health officials say the impacts of climate change, including more…