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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…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister said his country supports reforming the U.N. Security…

BERLIN (AP) — A German woman was convicted Tuesday of membership in the Islamic State group and other offenses for traveling to Syria to join the…

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators have opened three investigations into safety problems with about 1.65 million vehicles made by Stellantis.…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jack Harlow, Lil Nas X and Kendrick Lamar are top contenders with seven…

By INNA VARENYTSIA and NARIMAN EL-MOFTY Associated Press DONETSK REGION, Ukaine (AP) — All over the Donetsk region, close to the front lines of…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and MARCIA DUNN Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s space chief says the country will opt out of the International…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Record rainfall caused widespread flash flooding across the St. Louis area early Tuesday,…

BERLIN (AP) — Lufthansa says it will have to cancel almost all flights at its main Frankfurt and Munich hubs Wednesday because of a strike by its…

By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press LOUISIANA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia is celebrating two major anniversaries this year — 200 years ago freed…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Rockefeller Foundation, created with wealth generated from the oil industry more than a…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian police say they have broken up a people-smuggling gang near the border with Hungary. They found weapons and…

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has targeted Ukraine’s Black Sea regions of Odesa and Mykolaiv with airstrikes…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower Wednesday as traders prepared for a possible sharp…

BEIJING (AP) — China is warning it will respond forcefully if U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi proceeds with a planned visit to Taiwan. Pelosi would…

NEWPORT, RI (AP) — Surprise! Joni Mitchell is back onstage. The folk legend performed her first full-length concert on Sunday at the Newport Folk…

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Moroccan authorities say the bodies of eight migrants have washed ashore in southern Morocco after their dinghy capsized. The…

By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says Russia’s war on Ukraine is responsible…

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union governments have agreed to reduce consumption of natural gas this winter to protect against further supply cuts by…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s national statistics office says that the country’s average life expectancy dropped noticeably between 2019 and…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it has demolished the homes of two Palestinians suspected of killing an Israeli security guard in a West…

By DAVID RISING and EILEEN NG Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — International outrage over Myanmar’s execution of four political prisoners is…

By AJIT SOLANKI Associated Press AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Officials say at least 28 people have died and another 60 have fallen sick from drinking…

TOKYO (AP) — Prosecutors have searched the home of former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive board member Haruyuki Takahashi in…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Micronesia’s first outbreak of COVID-19 has grown in one week to more than 1,000…

MASKWACIS, Alberta (AP) — Pope Francis’ apology Monday for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential school system and the…

BEIJING (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo has formally invited his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to the Group of 20 summit in Bali this fall…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A prosecutor says that a commercial truck driver charged in the deaths in 2019 of seven…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Parliament has sat for the first time since May elections with the new…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Under the sweltering heat, Matthew Carr spent his lunch break in a…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The intensifying rivalry between former President Donald Trump and his once fiercely loyal vice…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans are warming up to Doug Mastriano. When he crushed a nine-person field to win the…

SYDNEY (AP) — Seven Manly Sea Eagles players have withdrawn from a National Rugby League match in Australia because they’re unwilling to wear…

By JIM MORRIS Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Police tried to learn why a man gunned down four people in a Vancouver suburb as…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The U.S. is sending a high-profile diplomatic delegation to visit the Solomon Islands…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi state agency has dropped its attorney investigating millions in misspent welfare dollars. The state Department…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge says that a conservative-backed initiative to publish voter registration…