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By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country singer Brooke Eden is deep in love and ready to get married, but it was…

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The 21-year-old man accused of killing an upstate New York police officer and wounding his partner has been charged with…

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz says that extending the life of Germany’s three remaining nuclear reactors beyond the end of this year…

LONDON (AP) — New coronavirus cases fell 9% globally last week while deaths remained stable. That’s according to the latest weekly assessment…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Federal regulators say a nuclear power plant being built in Georgia can begin loading radioactive fuel…

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Clashes between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces have reignited in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh.…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press PEWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence is campaigning with his pick in battleground Wisconsin’s…

By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Nine months after India announced its target of “net zero” emissions by 2070 at the…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In a highly unusual move that rattled Hollywood, Warner Bros. axed the “Batgirl” film planned for…

PARIS (AP) — Local officials in southwest France say an explosion at a plant that produces a component of ammunition injured eight people, one of…

By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The Christian flag that became the focus of a free speech legal battle that went all the way to the…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations has painted a grim picture for Sudan’s humanitarian situation. It says Wednesday…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The husband of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi pleaded not guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor driving under the influence…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville’s metro council has dealt what’s likely final blow to hosting the…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Belarus has sentenced yet another independent journalist to a lengthy prison…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is warning residents who live near medical sterilizing…

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — State Rep. Shri Thanedar has won Michigan’s 13th Congressional Democratic primary, topping a…

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities say bats have infested a Nevada fire station for the second time in seven years, forcing its temporary closure. A…

By RAQUEL REDONDO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Police in Spain are investigating about 50 reported cases of women getting pricked with medical…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles City Council has voted to ban homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and daycare centers. The council…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer It may be common etiquette to not spoil the end of a film, but Ron Howard learned years ago on “Apollo 13” that…

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano in southwest Iceland began erupting Wednesday, the country’s meteorological authorities said — just eight…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Better-than-expected COVID-19 vaccine sales pushed Moderna past Wall Street’s second-quarter forecasts. The company…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The deal reached last week by Senate Democrats would provide $20 billion for climate-friendly…

By NASSER KARIMI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran, the United States and the European Union say they will send representatives to Vienna…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say five people have been charged with trying to smuggle nearly 100 migrants into Europe on an unsafe…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and KEN SWEET Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After 13 years, at least three crashes, dozens of scams and Ponzi schemes and…

MOSCOW (AP) — A massive fire has engulfed a warehouse outside Moscow, killing at least one person and injuring 13 others. Wednesday’s fire at…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Ukraine’s ambassador to Lebanon is insisting that a Syrian ship docked at a Lebanese port is…

BERLIN (AP) — The German government says basic coronavirus requirements will remain in place during the coming fall and winter, when experts expect…

NEW YORK (AP) — Five high school students have received a prize that will enable them to share their passion for poetry in their communities and…

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s government has requested that the spokesman for the United Nations mission in…

By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Under fluttering strings of Greek and Byzantine flags, three men raised a…

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Anne Frank House museum is releasing an English-language version of three videos in which an actress playing the young Jewish…

By BRUCE SCHREINER and BRYNN ANDERSON Associated Press HINDMAN, Ky. (AP) — The long days searching debris-clogged creekbanks are taking a toll on…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Joe Lupo, who has helped two of Atlantic City’s most successful casinos thrive through…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Country superstar Dolly Parton is among the 2022 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy recipients. Also…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says more than two dozen people have been picked up from a sailboat in distress far off the…

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — For years, bombastic far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ranted to his millions of…

By LAURA MCMULLEN of NerdWallet Back-to-school shopping is extra expensive this year, due to inflation. But coordinating with people in your…

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has ruled to transfer a university rector from jail to house arrest as he faces embezzlement charges. Some observers…

SAULIEU, France (AP) — French lawmakers are expected to approve a 20 billion-euro ($20.3-billion) package of measures meant to help struggling…

By MILES BRANMAN Edmunds Cars keep getting bigger and more expensive, but are there any small, affordable new cars left? As Americans continue to…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s governing Conservative Party has delayed sending out ballots for the party’s…

BEIJING (AP) — Police in southern China are searching for a man who allegedly killed three people and injured six at a kindergarten in the…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and CLAIRE SAVAGE NEW YORK (AP) — To understand the impact of surging inflation on this year’s back-to-school…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Annual inflation in Turkey soared to nearly 80% in July. The Turkish Statistical Institute said Wednesday that consumer prices rose…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has inspected a turbine at the center of a natural gas dispute and…

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer The OPEC oil cartel and its allies have decided to boost production in September by a much slower pace than in…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Friends of Toru Kubota, a Japanese journalist detained in military-ruled Myanmar while covering a…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed an executive order aimed in part at making it…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Thursday as investors welcomed encouraging economic data and quarterly…

PARIS (AP) — Paris’ regional authorities have warned residents to be vigilant as temperatures soar to 36 degrees Celsius (97 Fahrenheit). In a…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — After weeks of threatening rhetoric, China stopped short of any direct military confrontation with…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo’s profit in the April-June quarter rose 28% from a year earlier on healthy demand for…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights has refused a request from the family of a comatose British boy…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told Australian university students that China…

BEIJING (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan has drawn bipartisan support at home and backing among the world’s…

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Voters from the Navajo Nation will see familiar faces in the tribe’s general…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s new president says his government is preparing a national policy…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese archbishop who carried more than $460,000 from Israel to Lebanon is at the center of…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In the shadow of a glossy, thousand-dollar campaign billboard, one of many across Kenya’s…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China blocked imports of citrus, fish and other foods from Taiwan in retaliation for a visit by a…

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer This is quite a time to be a season ticket holder for the San Diego Padres. Great weather, a jewel of a ballpark…

CAIRO (AP) — Authorities say a vehicle collision in southern Egypt has killed at least 17 people, and left four others injured. The crash took…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. nuclear chief is warning that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine…

By MICHAEL WARREN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Everyone who moves through downtown Atlanta today passes places where innocent Black men and…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Top Southeast Asian diplomats meeting in Cambodia’s capital are intensifying efforts…

By JOHN LEICESTER and NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Fanning out like urban guerrillas through Paris’ darkened streets well…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government says it is confident its greenhouse gas reduction target will…

BANGKOK (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in Myanmar for an official visit that Moscow says will include discussions with…

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer Richard Seymour’s winning start in New England is a good starting point for how the defensive lineman…

By BERNIE WILSON and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writers SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres have acquired superstar outfielder Juan Soto from the…

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Voters on the country’s largest Native American reservation have advanced…

By The Associated Press Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully called thousands of games involving the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers during his 67…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — After a trip that drew China’s wrath, a defiant Nancy Pelosi concluded her visit to Taiwan…