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By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s presidency has focused on global warming, the war in Ukraine and the Iran nuclear deal…

By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Department of Corrections says contraband including weapons, cellphones, drones…

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Natalia Sells has a list of qualities she wants to see in the next Navajo Nation…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Las Vegas man has pleaded not guilty to charges of helping arrange the 2018 kidnapping and…

BERLIN (AP) — A German court has thrown out a lawsuit against a guideline issued by automaker Audi calling for the use of gender-sensitive language…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Vessels off the East Coast must slow down more often to help save a vanishing species of…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Will Smith has again apologized to Chris Rock for slapping him during the Oscar telecast in…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Two Americans captured while fighting with the Ukrainian Army apparently have been sent to a prison. Alex Drueke and Andy…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Police investigating two brothers for a killing in South Carolina have found videos of…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado county clerk and election conspiracy theorist will get a recount of her failed bid…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and ROB GILLIES Associated Press IQALUIT, Nunavut (AP) — Pope Francis traveled to the edge of the Arctic on Friday to deliver an…

By WILSON RING Associated Press BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Passenger rail service is returning to Vermont’s largest city after an absence of…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Treasurer Sarah Godlewski has dropped out of the state’s Democratic U.S.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is headed to Asia and Africa as the U.S. and rivals China and Russia intensify their battle for…

By IMAD ISSEID Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says a 16-year-old Palestinian died afternoon shortly…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation surged in June and workers’ average wages accelerated in the spring…

By RAQUEL REDONDO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s leader has proposed an energy-saving move that many men have already embraced.…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest has been wounded in a shooting on a highway in the southern Mexico state of Guerrero. The Mexican…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party begins its key policy conference…

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s prosecutors are denying allegations of torture and ill-treatment against one of the country’s most prominent activists…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — China has responded in kind to a top U.S. Navy official who criticized Beijing’s…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The head of Russia’s space agency says the country has not set a date for pulling out of…

VIENNA (AP) — Former Austrian Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache has been acquitted in a corruption trial, the second he has faced since a…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Heavy rains brought another round of flooding to the St. Louis region that was already recovering from record rains earlier this…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A group of lawyers said Friday that the alleged assassin of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin has offered strong support to China amid tensions over Taiwan, warning the United…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — In a legal showdown between soccer spouses that mixed celebrity, social media and amateur sleuthing,…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press Facing a growing threat from China, the Navy envisions drone ships keeping an electronic eye on enemy forces across…

By INNA VARENYTSIA Associated Press ODESA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has visited a Black Sea port to watch crews…

MADRID (AP) — Prosecutors in Spain said Friday they would ask a court to sentence Colombian pop star Shakira to eight years and two months in…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democrats have a good chance in North Carolina of picking up a Senate…

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A court in Bosnia has sentenced a former top ruling party official to three years in prison for corruption. The…

By TERRY WALLACE Associated Press A fire chief says sunlight magnified by glass bottles in an open garbage can ignited paper trash, starting a…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An appeals court in Kyiv has reduced to 15 years the life sentence of a Russian soldier convicted in the first war crimes…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong officials say they will open an investigation into a concert accident in which a giant video…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency says Lebanese authorities need to stifle soaring violence and…

By COURTNEY BONNELL and COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writers LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the European countries using the euro currency shot up to…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials say a fire killed eight people in a Moscow hostel where bars on the windows prevented occupants from escaping. The…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The crisis sparked by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s potential visit to Taiwan misses a…

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine accused each other Friday of shelling a prison in a separatist region of…

By FRANCESCA EBEL Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian voters have approved a referendum on a new constitution that gives more powers to…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Izzy Short, 13, struggles to pick her favorite England player as she anticipates the team’s…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s next prime minister will take office amid turmoil: galloping inflation, a war in…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration likes to say Russia is isolated internationally because of its…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The surprise deal by Senate Democrats on a slimmed-down bill to support families, boost infrastructure…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Wimbledon tennis finalist Nick Kyrgios’ court date to face a common assault charge has been postponed by three weeks.…

By SAM METZ Associated Press TONOPAH, Nev. (AP) — The resignation of a county elections clerk in a rural county in Nevada has opened a window into…

By SAM METZ Associated Press TONOPAH, Nev. (AP) — The Nye County Commission is used to dealing with all sorts of hot-button controversies. Water…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Bobby Edward Fort was 27 when he enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1994…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — You bought a Mega Millions lottery ticket and have been dreaming of how you’ll spend $1.28 billion. Now it’s time to…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia lawmakers passed up the chance Friday to become the first state to approve new…

By DYLAN LOVAN, BRUCE SCHREINER and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press JACKSON, Ky. (AP) — Trapped homeowners swam to safety and others were rescued by…

By SUSAN HAIGH and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Appearing bare-shouldered in a TV ad, Connecticut Democrat Dita…

NEW DELHI (AP) — India has expressed “deep concern” at Myanmar’s executions of four political prisoners, joining other nations in condemning…

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Officials of the Texas school district where the nation’s deadliest classroom shooting in a decade happened have reinstated…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has voted to extend its political mission in Libya, but at…

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two of the Supreme Court justices who disagree most often on the outcomes of cases say they…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has offered a $10 million reward for information about Russian interference in American elections, including…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico say at least 94 migrants had to bash their way out of a suffocating freight trailer abandoned on a highway…

By BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Joe Manganiello got some big surprises when researchers for the PBS show “Finding Your…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An autopsy report says a Los Angeles police officer died from injuries he received in a training accident but wasn’t beaten by…

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A spokesperson for the Alaska State Troopers says there is no evidence that the fatal…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An unexpected deal reached by Senate Democrats would be the most ambitious action ever taken by…

By JESSICA DAMIANO The monarch butterfly was categorized by scientists last week as endangered. Populations of the iconic orange-and-black butterfly…

By AMY FORLITI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three former Minneapolis police officers went before a federal judge during…