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By SIAN WATSON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Two of Hollywood’s biggest stars, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, document their takeover of…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A judge has refused to grant bail to the man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie as…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The 22-year-old king of TikTok finally has another title: Italian. Influencer Khaby Lame took his…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press TULUM, Mexico (AP) — Unchecked development has hit the once laid back beach town of Tulum on Mexico’s…

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong officials say they are seeking the return of citizens who traveled to Southeast Asia for jobs that entrapped them in…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has testified in a prison courtroom in the capital…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The MTV Video Music Awards later this month will have not one emcee but three, with rap…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The housing market’s comedown from its high-flying days early this year is deepening, with…

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BERLIN (AP) — An iconic lighthouse at the northern German port of Bremen has tilted sideways and could soon topple over entirely, officials said…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Dubai court has found that a cargo ship’s mishandled peroxide caused an explosion at the city-state’s busy…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Finland’s prime minister says she did not take any drugs during a “wild” party in a private home, adding she did…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Dubai-based airline Emirates says it will suspend all flights to Nigeria from September…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Slightly fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market continues…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military has deployed warplanes armed with state-of-the-art hypersonic missiles…

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The international envoy tasked with overseeing a 1995 peace agreement for Bosnia has raised eyebrows with angry…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s central bank has lowered its key interest rate despite inflation surging to nearly 80% and making it difficult for…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi court has sentenced a doctoral student to 34 years in prison for…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has told Israel’s Prime Minister that he condemns any attempts to…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The head of Africa’s public health agency says he’s “really pleased” that the…

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A Moroccan court has sentenced 13 migrants to two and a half years in prison over a mass attempt to scale the border fence…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s central bank chief hopes the government can reach a preliminary…

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s foreign minister is accusing France of having colluded with the Islamic extremists that…

HONG KONG (AP) — Authorities in Hong Kong say 29 out of 47 pro-democracy activists charged with “conspiracy to commit subversion” under a…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Russian cargo ship that Ukraine alleges holds stolen wheat from territory…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — After Terrence Hersey had a stroke on the way home from his railroad job in 2015, he underwent…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s government is criticizing as “unethical” the statement by the World Health…

By TERRY TANG Associated Press The Federal Emergency Management Agency has developed a new strategy to better engage with hundreds of Native American…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of train workers in Britain have staged a fresh round of strikes that is paralyzing rail…

CAIRO (AP) — A Sudanese official says that the death toll from seasonal floods has risen to 77 with 14,500 homes destroyed. Brig. Gen. Abdul-Jalil…

By SYLVIE CORBET and COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Violent thunderstorms and hurricane-force winds in France and Italy have left at…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s central bank has raised its key policy interest rate by half a percentage point, saying “inflation has been…

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria’s civil protection agency says wildfires raging in the country’s east have killed at least 37 people…

By SHONAL GANGULY and ALTAF QADRI NEW DELHI (AP) — A Muslim woman who was gang raped while pregnant during India’s devastating 2002 religious…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of Unification Church followers have rallied in South Korea protesting…

JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kimi Raikkonen will take a break from his retirement to return to racing this weekend in…

By RAHIM FAIEZ and EBRAHIM NOROOZI Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Taliban police spokesman in Afghanistan’s capital says the toll…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Police in New Zealand say a family who bought abandoned goods from a storage unit…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Turkey’s leader and the U.N. chief met in Ukraine with President…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Friday after Wall Street rose as investors analyzed conflicting…

By JOHNSON LAI and JOE McDONALD Associated Press HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — The U.S. government will hold talks with Taiwan on a trade agreement in a…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James has agreed to a two-year, $97.1 million contract extension through the 2024-25…

By JALAL HASSAN and FARES AKRAM Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israel has raided the offices of several Palestinian advocacy groups it…

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By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A visiting U.S. senator says he has encouraged Kenya’s outgoing president to participate in a…

By KIANA DOYLE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — One skyscraper stands out from the rest in the Manhattan skyline. It’s not the tallest, but…

By TERRY SPENCER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Justice Department to…

By JAY REEVES Associated Press Rosalynn Carter, the second-oldest U.S. first lady ever, turns 95 Thursday on a birthday that will be marked not just…

By MARIAM FAM Associated Press ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER (AP) — Kristen Burckhartt felt overwhelmed. She needed time to reflect, to let it sink in…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. investigator says contemporary forms of slavery are widely practiced around the…

AL-EMRUN GARJON and JULHAS ALAM Associated Press BHOLA, Bangladesh (AP) — When the Mehgna River swallowed Mohammad Jewel and Arzu Begum’s…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Heavy rain is continuing to pelt New Zealand, causing further disruptions and road…

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak said that he would seek to codify in law an order he…

SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle CEO who announced in 2015 that he was giving himself a drastic pay cut to help cover the cost of big raises for his…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Advocates for wild horses are accusing federal land managers of illegally approving plans for…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s chief justice denied Wednesday that a personality conflict led her to fire all…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s chief financial officer is expected to plead guilty to tax violations…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Afghan refugee charged in the shooting deaths of two Muslim men and suspected…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Anne Heche died from inhalation injury and burns after her fiery car crash and the death was ruled an accident, according…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon appears to be getting the TikTok bug, joining other companies seeking to hold…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Thundering gas-powered muscle cars will be closing in on their final Saturday-night cruises in…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas state senator must unblock critics from his social media accounts under a…

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — Two former fraternity members in Ohio have been sentenced to six weeks in jail over the hazing death of a student. The…

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — The man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie on a lecture stage in western New York said in an interview that he was…

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation and homeowners of the houses built by the program, in an area of New Orleans that was…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut judge has begun hearing testimony on whether a lawyer for conspiracy theorist…

ROSSIE, Iowa (AP) — A northwest Iowa woman has died after being attacked by her five Great Danes. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office on…

ELKHART, Ind. (AP) — Former Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is dismissing as “old news” the question of whether allegations that he…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina “fetal heartbeat” law banning abortion around six…

By KEVIN McGILL and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A judge’s order that forced the Biden administration to resume sales of oil…

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man has been indicted on homicide charges after a Memorial Day weekend boat crash that killed five people. Mark…

LAGRANGE, Ga. (AP) — A man has been arrested in connection with three separate shootings along Interstate 85 in Alabama and Georgia that left one…