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By AAMER MADHANI and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping will speak Thursday, according to a U.S.…

By TERRY WALLACE Associated Press A grass fire spread to at least nine homes in a rural North Texas subdivision in the second such fire in as many…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and FOSTER KLUG Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s minister for gender equality and children’s issues called the…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game topped last week’s TV ratings. An audience of 7.5 million watched the American…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Drugmaker Teva has announced an agreement to settle lawsuits over the allegations that it helped fuel the U.S.…

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Luis Suárez says he wants to return to his soccer roots in Uruguay. The 35-year-old striker announced Tuesday that he…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico was outraged when a woman who had reported threats from her neighbors because of her autistic son’s loudness was set…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With just days left in his tenure, the embattled director of the federal…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts lawmakers have approved a sweeping abortion bill. It aims in part to build a firewall…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific will spend more than $1 billion to upgrade 600 of its old diesel locomotives over…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A man who reportedly ignited wildfires in a remote, forested corner of Oregon was apprehended…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California federal judge has rejected a legal push to require Uber to provide wheelchair-accessible vehicles, finding that…

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction and death sentence of a woman in the 2011 suffocation of her 10-year-old…

NEW YORK (AP) — A self-described manager and adviser to singer R. Kelly has pleaded guilty to an interstate stalking charge. Donnell Russell…

By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s only abortion clinic is preparing for what could be its final day of…

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Two new studies provide more evidence that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a Wuhan, China market where live…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More than 20 Republican attorneys general filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President…

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has presented Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with the Sir Winston Churchill Leadership…

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California burglar returned to the scene of the crime this weekend after he forgot his keys inside a doughnut…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. officials say Hawaii man used counterfeit bank checks totaling $1.2 million to try…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google’s revenue growth during the past quarter decelerated to its slowest pace in…

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City jury is being asked to consider whether a neurologist used his thriving…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Early voting is surging in Kansas ahead of next week’s statewide abortion vote and the…

BY SETH BORENSTEIN and MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s a new website that federal officials hope can…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police say a second 15-year-old boy has been charged with murder in the carjacking and…

REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $16.7 billion, or $2.23 per share, falling short of analyst…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Indianapolis Public Schools to allow a 10-year-old transgender girl to rejoin her school’s…

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press Wildfires, floods and soaring temperatures have made climate change real to many Americans. Yet a sizeable number…

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Shutterstock Inc., down $4.68 to $54.40. The stock images and video provider…

By The Associated Press When the U.S. Supreme Court in June overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that established a right to abortion, it sparked…

NEW YORK (AP) — Buzz Aldrin’s jacket worn on his historic first mission to the moon’s surface in 1969 has been auctioned off to a…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery rose $2.20 to $98.62 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for September delivery rose 52…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A giant Mega Millions lottery jackpot ballooned to $1.02 billion after no one matched all six numbers Tuesday night and won…

By TOM DAVIES and ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Republican lawmakers have narrowly advanced a bill that would ban…

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The United Nations Human Rights Office says in a report that violence is increasing in…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In Wes Studi’s potent and pioneering acting career, he has played vengeful warriors, dying prisoners…

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A police document says that a 37-year-old woman arrested after opening fire at Dallas Love Field…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A Sudanese medical group says security forces killed at least one person while violently dispersing…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say another body has surfaced at Lake Mead — this time in a swimming area where water…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Federal prosecutors say a Vermont man charged with killing his mother at sea in 2016 in a plot to inherit millions…

By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D, (AP) — Gov. Doug Burgum is pressing federal officials to expedite a review of a Chinese…

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — The lawyer for a British geologist sentenced to 15 years in prison says an Iraqi court has…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The chances are steadily rising that someone will win the massive $830 million Mega…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania representative attended the same-sex wedding of his son three days after voting against legislation to…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Four New York City jail guards have been indicted for failing to intervene in an inmate’s…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A divided federal appeals court panel is backing Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The parents of a 14-year-old girl killed by Los Angeles police in a clothing store last year…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A man who attacked police officers with poles during the riot at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Tuesday to…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is visiting Greece on his first trip to a…

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence will publish his autobiography just after this year’s midterm elections…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press President Joe Biden wants to convince a skeptical public that the U.S. is not, in fact, heading into a recession.…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press The daughters of a woman killed in 1994 are asking the state of Alabama to spare the life of their mother’s…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — By one common definition, the U.S. economy is on the cusp of a recession. Yet that…

JERSEYDALE, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters continue to make progress against a huge California forest fire that forced evacuations for thousands of…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has improved enough from his coronavirus infection that he’s able to…

By EMILY ROSE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Antiquities Authority says it has discovered a rare 1,850-year-old bronze zodiac coin…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A joint venture between General Motors and South Korean battery company LG Energy Solution is…

Associated Press Amazon is raising its Prime fees in Europe, the company told customers on Tuesday, days ahead of its second quarter earnings report.…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has announced it is acquiring the stock in an Arctic oil field now held by French and Norwegian companies. The Russian…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — In a bid to stoke nationalism and justify his policies, Mexico’s president has…

BERLIN (AP) — People infected with COVID-19 will no longer have to quarantine themselves in Austria if they don’t exhibit any symptoms.…

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press TUPE, Peru (AP) — Like many in her Peruvian Andes community, María Acevedo voted for Pedro Castillo for…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writers A tech millionaire offered to buy it. A U.S. senator suggested that the government should…

By RAQUEL REDONDO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain is easing requirements for foreign laborers to obtain work permits in an effort to bring…

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Volkswagen has begun production of its first electric vehicle assembled in the United States at a Tennessee plant. The…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — As Pope Francis pays a historic visit to Canada, he is encountering a country that is less…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy is caught in an awkward, painful place. A confusing one, too. Growth appears…

By ELIZABETH AYOOLA NerdWallet Millennials are known for changing jobs often, but how does that affect their retirement savings? That depends on…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Three years after it closed on Broadway, the musical “Kinky Boots” returns to New York…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A respected Polish scientific institute has classified domestic cats as an “invasive alien…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge in Atlanta has rejected an appeal by a group of voters and affirmed the Georgia secretary…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence slid again in July as concerns about higher prices for food and gas…

By KIM COOK Associated Press The thermostat has officially hit swelter. Whether you’re trying to play in the backyard or just chill outdoors,…

By FRANCESCA EBEL Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Official preliminary results in Tunisia indicate 94.6% of voters cast in a  referendum…

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Officials say more than 15 people have been killed and dozens injured during two days…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale,” the Marilyn Monroe drama “Blonde,” Alejandro González Iñárritu’s…

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Business leaders and officials from eight developing nations meeting in Bangladesh say…

LONDON (AP) — Harry Styles has secured his first Mercury Prize nomination with his third solo album. Styles was shortlisted for the British music…