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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A judge has scheduled sentencing this week for a former Minneapolis police officer convicted of violating George Floyd’s…

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Officials say that a 3-year-old was among the six people killed in last week’s…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There’s little in contemporary movies quite like the arrival of a new Jordan Peele film. They tend…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will spend $1.3 billion to develop advanced satellites that will be able to better…

ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine’s first lady has arrived in Washington for her highest-profile event since Russian…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police say they have arrested an Oakland man for allegedly reporting a false bomb threat over the weekend…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska State Troopers have have halted their search for a missing woman whose 2-year-old grandchild was found alone last…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors plan to charge a Los Angeles man in connection with three murders across Southern…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina-based insurance magnate whose convictions on corruption-related counts were overturned by a federal appeals…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A group of Sept. 11 victims’ family members who have long accused Saudi Arabia of aiding the…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There’s little in contemporary movies quite like the arrival of a new Jordan Peele film. They…

By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican judge’s ruling means the extradition of drug trafficker Rafael Caro Quintero,…

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A customer and an employee of a Walmart were shot and injured along with three young men who authorities said were…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Britain’s Prince Harry is challenging people everywhere to adopt Nelson Mandela’s…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert, says he plans to retire by the end of President Joe…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A former Little Rock, Arkansas, police chief who fired his gun at an armed suspect on New Year’s Eve won’t…

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Pop artist Claes Oldenburg, who turned the mundane into the monumental through his outsized sculptures of a…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Jody Hice of Georgia is fighting a subpoena seeking to have him testify…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Interior Department says Secretary Deb Haaland is recovering after breaking her leg in a hiking accident Sunday in…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One of The Chainsmokers’ latest hits is “High” and they’re hoping to live up to…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country can still “freeze” Sweden and Finland’s membership in NATO…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A judge in West Virginia’s capital has blocked enforcement of the state’s…

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania says its government webpage and all those of its public institutions have been closed following a cyberattack from…

MADRID (AP) — When Francisco Seoane’s train unexpectedly stopped in Spanish countryside, he and other passengers got a fright when they looked…

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Six of the 31 members of a white supremacist group who were arrested…

By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has handed a mandate to the third-largest political…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the U.S. and South Korea should…

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A detective who put the Bangor Police Department on the social media map is retiring to write a book. Lt. Tim Cotton used…

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The leader of Tunisia’s main opposition party is due to be questioned by the…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An oil tanker truck has smashed into cars and motorbikes near Indonesia’s capital after its brakes apparently…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Don McLean has listened for decades as people belted out his classic song “American…

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials and rescuers say a passenger boat carrying nearly 100 members of a wedding party has capsized in the…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court has sentenced two men to five years imprisonment after convicting them of attempted murder and arson…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s central bank chief has drawn criticism after he was caught on hidden camera discussing inflation and fiscal…

By DAVID PORTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A funding agreement has been reached for the multibillion-dollar redevelopment of New York’s…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany says a turbine at the center of uncertainty about future gas deliveries through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe was…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani officials say former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party has won by-elections in Punjab, the country’s most…

NEW YORK (AP) — Rachel Bloom and Jay Pharoah have a few jokes to share, in audio only. Bloom, the Emmy-winning star of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,”…

By ARLEIGH RODGERS and RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press GREENWOOD, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say a 20-year-old man likely assembled a rifle in the…

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Russia kept up its relentless shelling across the country, Ukrainian President Volodymyr…

BAALBEK, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon’s renowned Baalbek festival is back and is being held in front of a live audience for the first time since 2019.…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The white gunman charged with killing 10 Black people in a racist mass shooting at a…

MADRID (AP) — Spanish police say four people were shot and another was injured by a knife at a nightclub in southern Spain. Two of those shot…

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Your mom had a dryer that lasted 30 years. Yours busted after five. Or maybe you’ve lost count of how many coffee…

By YURI KAGEYAMA and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan have reaffirmed the importance of…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The economy is a bit wobbly, but General Motors CEO Mary Barra isn’t backing off of an…

PORT KLANG, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian authorities say they have seized a container of African elephant tusks, pangolin scales and other animal…

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A passenger plane has crashed in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu with the 30 people on board…

By COSTAS KANTOURIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece has filed an official complaint with Serbia after a…

By JAKE BLEIBERG and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The Texas Department of Public Safety has launched an internal review over…

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say they have suspended hot air ballooning over the ancient city of Luxor after two tourists were lightly injured…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A retired Los Angeles prosecutor has said a judge privately told lawyers he would renege on a…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States says it hasn’t sought the arrest of the former lawyer of slain Saudi journalist Jamal…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Anti-government demonstrators in Hungary have blocked one of the capital’s main…

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Millions of people in Britain stayed home or sought shade Monday during the…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union foreign ministers have promised another 500 millions euros in military aid to…

By BOB EDME and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LA TESTE-DE-BUCH, France (AP) — A heat wave broiling Europe spilled northward Monday to Britain and…

By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — An explosion of violence in South Sudan is raising fears that the country’s fragile…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole and the rest of major league pitchers are likely to be looking…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Cameron Smith made eight birdies on the final day of the British Open. His 8-under 64…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO and THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press ROME (AP) — European leaders have ramped up their push to secure alternative energy…

By The Associated Press Across Europe, signs of distress are multiplying as Russia’s war in Ukraine drags on. Food banks in Italy are feeding more…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Nour never felt entirely safe as a queer person in Lebanon. But in the past few years, the…

By FRANK JORDANS and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Officials from 40 countries met Monday in Berlin to discuss how to stay focused on…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Lawmakers are voting for India’s next president in an election expected to be won by a woman from India’s ruling party who…

SARA CLINE and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press BATON ROUGE (AP) — Court battles over abortion continue to play out in multiple states in the…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s acting president has declared a state of emergency that gives him…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Republican race for Maryland governor in Tuesday’s primary election pits a…

SALINAS, Calif. (AP) — Opening statements have begun in the case of Kristin Smart, who disappeared during her freshman year at California…