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By MIKE SILVERMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera opens its new season Tuesday with its first production of “Medea,” a…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The state of Maine and a fishing group are appealing a federal judge’s decision that new rules intended to protect…

Associated Press After 99 consecutive days of declining gasoline prices, the cost for a gallon edged a penny higher Wednesday. The national average…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed in August for the seventh month in a row, as sharply higher mortgage…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 63-year-old worker died in the public bathroom of a South Carolina department store, but her body was not discovered for…

By SAM KEMMIS of NerdWallet Airbnb hosts are facing an onslaught of frustrations born of renting out their properties to short-term guests. Certain…

CHICAGO (AP) — Two people who wish to remain anonymous have claimed a $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot after a single ticket to the late July…

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — CMT will honor country stars Carly Pearce, Cody Johnson, Kane Brown, Luke Combs…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — European Parliament members investigating the use of surveillance spyware by European Union…

OREGON, Ohio (AP) — Officials say a fire at an oil refinery in Ohio injured two people and the facility has been shut down. The fire started…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban say at least three people have been killed and 13 others wounded in an explosion in the Afghan capital. The…

By MUNIR AHMED ISLAMABAD (AP) — A former Pakistani minister has met Israeli Foreign Ministry officials in Jerusalem on a rare visit aimed at…

By The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranians experienced a widespread internet outage on Wednesday amid days of mass…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Michelle Obama plans a six-city tour this fall in support of her new book, “The Light We…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — An international charity on Wednesday urged global donors to pay up on pledges to remove oil from a…

ONEONTA, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man is facing a reckless manslaughter charge after his 2-year-old grandson died when he was left in a hot vehicle…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban have appointed a new education minister for Afghanistan, days after the United Nations…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has tested positive for the coronavirus after attending the funeral of Britain’s…

By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Hope can be hard to find anywhere these days. That goes double for the people who walk the…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — FIFA has come under pressure from several European soccer federations who want to support a human…

ISTANBUL (AP) — A firefighting helicopter has crashed as it headed to the Turkish port of Marmaris to combat a wildfire, killing two Russian crew…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United States has urged the International Court of Justice to throw out a case…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Devastating floods in Pakistan’s worst-hit province have killed 10 more people in the past day,…

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The parents of a Malaysian man who died after falling prey to a human trafficking…

By RONALD MONTOYA Edmunds Look into just about any new car and you’ll either find a touchscreen or “virtual buttons” that seek to approximate…

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Gibraltar Port authorities say they are working to mitigate the impact of a new oil leak from a…

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters have rescued a 13-year-old blind dog that fell into a hole at a California construction site. According to…

MADRID (AP) — Spain has fined delivery company Glovo nearly 79 million euros ($78 million) for violating a 2021 law that obliged app-based food…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Hundreds of police have raided 24 properties across Germany linked to Russian oligarch Alisher…

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali authorities say militia members in central Somalia have helped kill scores of…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press NOVOMYKOLAIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian farms near the front lines are facing constant shelling that is…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Survivors of torture and other atrocities under Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos are…

By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Joe Biden declared at the United Nations on Wednesday that Russia…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Indigenous traditional owners have won a court challenge that prevents an energy company…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court chief prosecutor and European Union judicial…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower on Thursday after the Federal Reserve delivered…

By KARL RITTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization of reservists Wednesday to…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister has met with Turkey’s president for the first time in 14 years, the latest sign of warming ties…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German government says it’s agreed to nationalize the country’s biggest natural gas…

By SAM McNEIL and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press NABLUS, West Bank (AP) — Authorities in the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank announced…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China has toned down its rhetoric on Taiwan, saying it is inevitable that the self-governing…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A military exercise in Fiji involving the United States, Britain, Australia and New…

HOBART, Australia (AP) — A day after 230 whales were found stranded on the wild and remote west coast of Australia’s island state of Tasmania,…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) — In Roger Federer’s case, the farewell news conference will come before the beginning of…

By MICHAEL WARREN Associated Press MACON, Ga. (AP) — When Tracie Revis climbs the Great Temple Mound, rising nine stories above the Ocmulgee River…

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer who pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The campaign that could bring legalized sports betting to California is the most expensive…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The central idea behind House and Senate bills to reform an arcane federal election law…

By ACACIA CORONADO and GISELA SALOMON Associated Press EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Venezuelans have surpassed Guatemalans and Hondurans to become the…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — He sounded a global alarm, warning leaders about the survival of humanity and the…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the National Archives and Records Administration…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukraine’s president implored the world Wednesday to punish Russia for its invasion, even…

By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Mortgage rates have jumped, home sales have slumped and credit cards and auto loans have gotten…

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police say they have arrested a man who paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II near the city’s British Consulate for…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press CAGUAS, Puerto Rico (AP) — More than a half million people in Puerto Rico remained without water service three…

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Department of Justice has charged 48 people in Minnesota in what prosecutors have called a…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer The Asian Development Bank has downgraded its forecasts for growth in the region, citing the war in Ukraine,…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his 60th home run, matching Babe Ruth and moving within one of Roger Maris’…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A man set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister’s office in Tokyo early Wednesday…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Amazon’s $1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot.…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressed disappointment over the failure of the United Nations Security…

By PIA SARKAR Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It was 31 years ago when the Marshall Islands’ first president, Amata Kabua, appeared before…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — As Election Day approaches, the fight over mail-in ballots is back. Michigan, Pennsylvania and…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Iowa man who was part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol believed a conspiracy…

GRETNA, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man who admitted to being drunk when he crashed into a family’s minivan, killing a 9-year-old girl, has been…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian Football League says it is investigating “very serious allegations” made by Indigenous players that…

By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is telling leaders gathered at the United…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A writer who accused former President Donald Trump of rape intends to file another lawsuit…