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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Reaching the age of 25 is usually a sign of hitting adulthood, a signal to put away all…

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization is holding an open forum to rename the disease monkeypox, after some critics raised concerns the name…

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal government has been asked to consider at least two videos made in recent…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — With inflation raging near its highest level in four decades,…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing to extend the life of the state’s last operating nuclear power plant by at least…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A diesel pipeline in Wyoming owned by a company that’s being sued by federal…

By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida say they will investigate a lawmaker’s allegation that a…

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Hundreds of Syrian opposition supporters have rallied in several locations in…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The sprawling economic package passed by the U.S. Senate this week has a certain West…

CETINJE, Montenegro (AP) — A man went on a shooting rampage in the streets of this western Montenegro city Friday, killing 10 people, including two…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The last thing the world needs, you might think, is another Princess Diana documentary. It’s a fair thought…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Supporters of Iran-backed Shiite groups have rallied in Baghdad to denounce their rivals,…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Attorney General William Tong says federal officials have agreed to recognize…

BELFAST, Maine (AP) — A Maine shipyard is preparing for a painstaking stem-to-stern restoration of a floating piece of presidential history. French…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (AP) — Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” drew death threats from Iran’s…

By ED WHITE Associated Press A lawyer has raised concerns about a juror in the second trial of two men charged with planning to kidnap…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Capping an extraordinary week in Donald Trump’s post-presidency, a New York judge ordered…

MIAMI (AP) — LGBTQ and health groups have denounced a new rule by Florida health officials set to take effect later this month to restrict Medicaid…

By KAREN MATTHEWS and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The virus that causes polio has been found in New York City’s wastewater in…

By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — India will miss its renewable energy target for the end of the year, with experts saying…

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Paraguay Vice President Hugo Velázquez Moreno said he will resign next week shortly after he…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A gang riot inside a border prison that left two inmates dead quickly spread to the streets of Ciudad Juarez where alleged gang…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO, ZEKE MILLER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI recovered “top secret” and even more sensitive…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A judge has ordered a gunman who took up to 10 hostages at a Beirut bank to force the release of his…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Batiste, his career soaring after winning multiple Grammys this year, is leaving his…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The number of people who died as a result of flash flooding in eastern Kentucky has risen…

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian mourners have held a funeral for a militant who succumbed to wounds suffered during three days of heavy…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has criticized China’s decision to block the imposition of U.N. sanctions against the…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — With voting already under way in Florida’s Aug. 23 election, officials in a county where about one in four…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says a search and rescue operation is continuing for a third day for migrants reported missing after…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Ford Foundation took the unprecedented step of issuing $1 billion in debt to help stabilize…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany says it’s suspending its participation in a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali after the the West African country…

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say a man accused of firing shots inside the Mall of America before fleeing the suburban Minneapolis shopping…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A man wanted by security officials in Saudi Arabia has killed himself with an explosive belt to avoid arrest,…

MANSFIELD, Pa. (AP) — Services are set to get underway for young siblings who died last week in a Pennsylvania house fire that also killed eight…

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York has amended several state laws to remove the word “inmate” and…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Three state-owned Chinese corporate giants say they will remove their shares from the New York…

By FADLAN SYAM and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press BATURAJA, Indonesia (AP) — Soldiers from the U.S., Indonesia and Australia have joined a…

BERLIN (AP) — The German government says it regrets plans by families of Israeli athletes killed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich to boycott a…

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s state news agency says that deadly seasonal floods have collapsed more than 2,500 houses in eastern Sudan, leaving…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister said Friday that “huge amounts of chemical waste” were…

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The president of Somaliland says five people were killed in opposition protests over fears…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport has launched a compensation program for travelers who missed their flights because of…

PARIS (AP) — Firefighters from across Europe have started arriving in France to help battle several wildfires, including a blaze ravaging pine…

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A ship docked in a Ukrainian Black Sea port on Friday to begin loading up with wheat for…

LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom’s economy shrank in the three months to June. It’s a smaller-than-expected contraction but adds to…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has proclaimed unwavering U.N.…

BERLIN (AP) — Former German leader Gerhard Schroeder is suing to restore the perks he enjoyed as ex-chancellor after he was stripped of them by…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Chinese tech giant Huawei says its revenue fell in the first half of 2022 but new ventures in…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The head of Kenya’s electoral commission says vote-tallying in the country’s close…

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s government says its population has shrunk as anti-virus controls hampered the inflow of new workers and births…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks are closing higher on Wall Street, giving the S&P 500 its first 4-week winning…

By The Associated Press The Taliban’s capture of Kabul on Aug. 15, 2021 brought the hardline movement back into power in Afghanistan nearly 20…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press DMYTRIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — One of the last working dairy farms on Ukrainian-controlled territory in the eastern…

By RAHIM FAIEZ and SIDDIQULLAH ALIZAI Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — For most teenage girls in Afghanistan, it’s been a year since…

By SYLVIE CORBET and NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press LUX, France (AP) — Once, a river ran through it. Now, white dust and thousands of dead fish…

BEIJING (AP) — Latvia and Estonia say they have left a Chinese-backed forum aimed at boosting relations with Eastern European countries. The move…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The biggest investment ever in the U.S. to fight climate change. A hard-fought cap…

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Congress gave final approval Friday to Democrats’ flagship climate and health care…

By STEVE PEOPLES and GENE J. PUSKAR Associated Press ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman acknowledged he was lucky to be…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The Aug. 5 demonstrations by India’s main opposition Congress party against soaring food…

By MIKE BALSAMO and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A law enforcement official says a gunman who died in a shootout…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed extending the life of the state’s last…

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report For America RENO, Nev. (AP) — As officials in some parts of rural Nevada vow to bypass voting machines in…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung’s de-facto leader secured a pardon Friday of his conviction for bribing…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican army says a tip led to the seizure of almost 1.5 tons of meth and 328 pounds (149 kilograms) of apparent fentanyl at…

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Standing among rows of Iowa cornstalks, Nico Hoerner had Johnny Bench on his left and Billy…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police in suburban Portland, Oregon, say they arrested a crime ring leader responsible for trafficking over 44,000 stolen…