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By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Maryland company says it will build a natural gas power plant designed to capture…

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man has been convicted of first-degree murder and other charges in the cold case slayings of two women whose bodies were…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has voted to allow Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Palestinians have commemorated the 40th anniversary of the horrific killings in a refugee camp in…

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia school district’s directive to remove pride flags from classrooms is drawing complaints from students…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A judge has found key parts of Michigan’s newborn blood-testing program unconstitutional in a…

BERLIN (AP) — A town in central Germany has voted in favor of letting all swimmers bathe topless at its four municipal pools. German news agency…

By DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A boil-water advisory has been lifted for Mississippi’s capital, and the state will…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Naomi Watts had some reservations about remaking the Austrian horror “Goodnight Mommy.” The 2014 film from…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s president has ordered a probe in the case of a young woman who slipped into a coma while in police…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper and actor Common will make his Broadway debut this fall in Stephen Adly Guirgis’…

By RODRIQUE NGOWI, GISELA SALOMON and CLAUDIA TORRENS Associated Press EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — The chief executive of Martha’s Vineyard…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A leading international rights group has released a harrowing report about six members of an…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press FLAMING GORGE RESERVOIR, Wyo. (AP) — Tony Valdez wasn’t worried about being left high and dry when he bought…

By ZAK PODMORE The Salt Lake Tribune SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) — The second driest state in the country, Utah, doesn’t contribute much water to…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan court has issued a summons ordering an ex-president to appear in a case…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese depositors have stormed at least five banks to demand their trapped savings, signaling…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The long goodbye for Queen Elizabeth II is a reminder of a broader truth playing out with little…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive branch has unveiled plans for new laws that it said would help…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s coast guard says five people have been found dead in the Aegean Sea after a migrant boat sank. The boat, carrying 20…

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordanian officials say the death toll from the collapse this week of a four-story building in the Jordanian capital of Amman…

By DAKE KANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese-born Kazakh activist is preparing to register a political party in Kazakhstan to counter…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Officials say divers searched through the night for a student missing after a rowing team’s boat capsized in an Orlando lake…

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Fiona is passing near Guadeloupe, hitting some of the Caribbean’s easternmost islands with strong rain and wind as…

BERLIN (AP) — German customs officials say a trail of slime led them to a stash of almost 100 giant African land snails and other items hidden…

BEIJING (AP) — A massive fire has sent flames and black smoke pouring from a 42-story skyscraper in central China belonging to the country’s…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When a government document mysteriously appeared earlier this week in the highest profile…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has lashed out at the European parliament’s declaration that Hungary can no longer…

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Friday to press his attack on Ukraine despite Ukraine’s latest…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving one step closer to developing a central bank digital…

By MICHAEL FAULHABER and DANIEL NIEMANN Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — Oktoberfest is back in Germany after two years of pandemic cancellations —…

By RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI Associated Press JANOW, Poland (AP) — Poland has sealed $3 billion deals with South Korea for the purchase of 48 Korean FA-50…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Moody, brooding and floating, Malagasy artist Joel Andrianomearisoa’s “The Five Continents of All Our…

By AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she plans to make a weekend visit to Armenia, where…

MOSCOW (AP) — Kazakhstan’s parliament has voted unanimously to support constitutional amendments that would extend the presidential term to seven…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press Pakistani officials say weeks of floodwaters are now receding in the worst-hit southern Sindh province after a deadly…

By ZEN SOO and ALICE FUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hundreds of Hong Kong residents are lining up in front of the British Consulate General…

By FANUEL MORELLI and FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press CANTIANO, Italy (AP) — Flash floods swept through several towns Friday in hilly…

MOSCOW (AP) — Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have traded blame for fighting on the border that killed at least 24 people, wounded dozens and prompted a…

By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Investigators searching through a mass burial site in Ukraine have found evidence…

By MIKE CORDER, JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A surging tide of people — ranging from London retirees to former…

By MALAK HARB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A British man accused by Denmark of masterminding a $1.7 billion tax fraud has…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The death of Queen Elizabeth II last week has reignited debate in New Zealand about…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer The timing of it all hardly could be more symbolic: Within a span of two weeks, Serena Williams plays what is…

By FARES AKRAM Associated Press BUREIJ, Gaza Strip (AP) — Last spring, a Palestinian farmer was planting a new olive tree when his shovel hit a…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Chinese official data show consumer spending and factory output improved in August but were still…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Wall Street closed out the stock market’s worst week in three months with more losses…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany is taking control of three Russian-owned refineries to ensure energy security before a…

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer Uber says it has reached out to law enforcement after the apparent breach of its network. A security engineer…

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Heavy rains flooded hundreds of homes, knocked out power and collapsed structures in…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hanging out with Richard Nixon’s daughter Tricia at a White House supper-dance.…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is praising South Africa as a vital voice on the…

FORESTHILL, Calif. (AP) — A weekend weather system could hamper firefighters’ efforts in Northern California to battle the week-old blaze…

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has announced on the country’s Independence Day that he will seek re-election…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The head of China’s legislature called for cooperation with South Korea in advanced…

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer Uber says it has reached out to law enforcement after the apparent breach of its network. A security engineer…

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — The GOP’s nominee for Nevada governor said Thursday he would fight…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A former deputy Nevada attorney general who ran for the state Supreme Court and was later…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. food chief is warning that the world faces “a global emergency of…

NARDOS HAILE NEW YORK (AP) — Vanessa Nakate’s climate activism over the past three years has propelled her to the world stage. Since 2019,…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kanye West is breaking up with the Gap. An attorney for Kanye West, who goes by Ye,…