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By JOSH BOAK, JOSEF FEDERMAN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — President Joe Biden has opened a Mideast visit by offering anxious…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. inflation surged to a new four-decade high in June because of rising prices for…

SUVA, Fiji (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris assured Pacific island leaders of more U.S. engagement after acknowledging the United States…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Darby is losing strength while moving westward over the Pacific, falling from a powerful Category 4 storm to Category…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council say smore needs to be done to counter disinformation and…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City residents are accustomed to warnings about all kinds of potential threats — severe weather, public health, mass…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The state of Oregon has slashed financial penalties it assigned a baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California prosecutors say a man with a criminal history has been charged with assaulting a former Olympic volleyball player…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Guam’s attorney general says a 1990 law that prohibited virtually all abortion is invalid and…

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Before he fled Sri Lanka on Wednesday, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was the last of six…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials say a woman and a 7-year-old child were killed when the chartered boat capsized in the Hudson River. Nearby…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Local officials in Haiti say dozens of people have died in four days of gang battles in a violent neighborhood of the…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden hosted hundreds of lawmakers, their families and aides for the first…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s bipartisan elections commission can’t agree on what guidance, if any, to…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials in Mexico City say four police officers were wounded when police engaged in a a shootout with more than a dozen gunmen…

BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — A Houston man has been indicted on charges accusing him of trying to use a heavy-duty drone to drop forbidden items to…

By JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Frustrated Panamanians have taken to the streets in protest for more than a week, building…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Brazil’s foreign minister says the country wants to buy as much diesel fuel as it can…

By JAMES POLLARD and MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A lawyer for disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh said Tuesday…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Ann Shulgin, who together with her late husband Alexander Shulgin pioneered the use of…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana authorities have once again been blocked from enforcing a near total ban on abortion,…

By MANUEL RUEDA and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran Afro-Colombian politician who studied in the Soviet Union and fled…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Investigators say a helicopter crash that killed six people in West Virginia on June…

By MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press Twitter sued Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday, trying to force him to complete his $44 billion takeover of the…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged a former eastern Indiana police officer with civil rights violations, alleging that he used…

By CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island has been given new land in a deal that will…

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal authorities say 1 million gallons of oil have been collected since April 2019 at…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Amazon will be offering discounts on a variety of items during its two-day Prime Day shopping event that began…

By JENNIFER PELTZ and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A rock memorabilia dealer and two other men are charged with scheming to sell…

FOWLER, Ind. (AP) — A western Indiana man is accused of dismembering his girlfriend with a chain saw and putting her remains in trash bags after…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate has confirmed Steve Dettelbach to run the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,…

FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — A prisoner who prompted a nationwide manhunt when he disappeared from an Alabama jail has been charged with killing the jail…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer LeBron James is publicly criticizing the United States’ handling of WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner’s case in…

CAIRO (AP) — Several dozen organizations Tuesday called on Egypt to end its crackdown on civil society and allow people to exercise freedom of…

LITHONIA, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a Georgia man became trapped in a kitchen vent above a pizza restaurant in an Atlanta suburb and had to be cut…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Boston suburb that was the birthplace of two of the nation’s earliest presidents is planning…

MIAMI (AP) — U.S. immigration officials say 25 Cuban migrants landed in South Florida on Tuesday. It’s the latest arrival, part of a mass…

MACON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty in February to sexually assaulting a girl while a…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — In a story published July 8, 2022, about Greece and Bulgaria marking the completion of a new pipeline, The Associated Press…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former California congresswoman Katie Hill has filed for bankruptcy protection. If successful, the move could allow Hill to…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, NOMAAN MERCHANT and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A presidential tweet that some saw as a “call to…

By The Associated Press Russian prosecutors have brought criminal charges against another opposition figure who has criticized Russia’s military…

By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nicholas Braun of “Succession” was pacing on the street around Soho in Manhattan, unable to stop…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Three Americans were quietly jailed in Venezuela earlier this year for allegedly trying to…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Emmy Award nominations announced Tuesday included some snubs and surprises. “This Is…

By JONATHAN MATTISE and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest public utility is seeking proposals for for a…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Opioid makers Allergan and Teva have agreed to pay $54 million in cash and overdose reversal drugs to settle a federal lawsuit…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is headed to Washington this week in a visit…

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Mourners shared memories and tears during the funeral for the 35-year-old mother of a toddler who…

ROME (AP) — Premier Mario Draghi says his government is still able to get things done despite tensions with the 5-Star Movement. But he warned that…

By RAQUEL REDONDO and HELENA ALVES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Weather forecasters say Spain is expected to have its second heat wave in less…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden apologized Tuesday for saying Latinos are “as unique” as San Antonio…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN, JOSEF FEDERMAN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s visit to the Middle East comes…

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — The private company that operates Delaware’s state-owned marine port has settled a lawsuit…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it will increase the number of work permits issued to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and allow thousands of…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials say the toll of drug-resistant “superbug” infections worsened during the…

By DEEPA BHARATH and MARIAM FAM Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jumana Zakir knows who she is going to be for Halloween this year. Hint: Her…

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A famed grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park survived its first wildfire in more than a century,…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A sparkling landscape of baby stars. A foamy blue and orange view of a dying star. Five…

By ACACIA CORONADO and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — A new wave of anger swept through Uvalde on Tuesday over surveillance…

By SETH BORENSTEIN and DREW COSTLEY The Associated Press A new study published Tuesday calculates just how much climate-related loss richer countries…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An assistant attorney general in Iowa is suing the city of Des Moines and its police chief over his arrest during a June…

Associated Press LUANDA, Angola (AP) — Relatively low-key commemorations are taking place in Angola to mark the death of former longtime President…

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is calling on people to exercise renewed caution about COVID-19,…

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Biden administration on Tuesday released two reports arguing that removing dams…

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Latvia’s president says he supports a plan to reinstate national conscription for men, and for…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis says he wouldn’t live in the Vatican or return to his native Argentina if and when he ever retires. Francis said in…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Tuesday that it killed a leader of the Islamic State group in Syria in a drone strike. U.S. Central Command…