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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Schools and government offices have closed in the Iranian capital and several other cities in the country after yet another…

BEIJING (AP) — The Canadian government says a Chinese-born Canadian tycoon is being put on trial in China. That comes five years after Xiao Jianhua…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Annual inflation in Turkey hit 78.62% in June, the highest rate since 1998. The Turkish Statistical Institute released the monthly…

By FRANCESCA EBEL Associated Press POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared victory in the eastern Ukrainian…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet is starting to offer rewards for…

NEW DELHI (AP) — A passenger bus has slid off a mountain road and fell into a deep gorge in northern India, killing 16 people, including…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — World shares are mostly higher while U.S. futures fell ahead of the July 4 holiday in the…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press A shooting that left at least six people dead at an Independence Day parade in a Chicago…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Rescue teams searching for missing crew members from a Chinese engineering ship that sank over the…

By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More witnesses are coming forward with new details on the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot following former…

SYDNEY (AP) — More than 30,000 residents of Sydney and its surrounds were told to evacuate or prepare to abandon their homes Monday as…

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina has a new economy minister just a day after the abrupt resignation of her predecessor shook the governing coalition…

By MIKE FULLER Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The foreign ministers of Germany and Ireland have reiterated their condemnation of the U.K…

Associated Press AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A Black man was unarmed when Akron police chased him on foot and killed him in a hail of gunfire, but officers…

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri legislator has resigned her seat after being convicted of falsely claiming she was giving patients stem cell…

By ANDREEA ALEXANDRU Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s foreign ministry says a tourist has died from a shark attack in…

By EMILY ROSE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Officials say a Palestinian man who was shot by Israeli forces Saturday in the occupied West Bank…

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Police are investigating after more than 30 bodies, some decomposing, were found inside a southern Indiana funeral…

By JAN M. OLSEN and KARL RITTER Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A gunman opened fire inside a busy shopping mall in the Danish capital…

By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More evidence is emerging in the House’s Jan. 6 investigation that lends support to recent…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rican superstar Ricky Martin on Sunday denied allegations that led to a restraining order against him, with…

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has granted bail to a prominent Buffalo developer and other businessmen serving prison time for a bid-rigging…

ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania prosecutor has ruled that a late police sergeant was justified in using deadly force that resulted in the…

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — Brandon Brown wanted a way to change the narrative behind the “Let’s go,…

CHICAGO (AP) — Bail has been set at $2 million for a man who prosecutors say shot a Chicago police officer multiple times as the officer stepped…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Families went bananas for Minions this weekend at the movie theater. “ Minions: The Rise of Gru ” brought in an…

By CASEY SMITH Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — When drastic increases in food costs spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic left…

By VALENTINA PETROVA and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — A Russian diplomat says two airplanes have departed Bulgaria with…

By MIKE FULLER Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British theater and film director Peter Brook has died at age 97. Brook was known for an influential…

NEW YORK (AP) — The ex-boyfriend of a New York City woman shot dead as she pushed their infant daughter in a stroller has been ordered jailed…

By DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Butterflies and waxbills flit through the Enchanted Valley just outside Rio de Janeiro’s…

By JADE LE DELEY and JEROME PUGMIRE Associated Press CRETEIL, France (AP) — An amateur soccer tournament in France aimed at celebrating ethnic…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press In overturning a half-century of nationwide legal protection for abortion, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Roe v.…

By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nate Looney is a Black man who grew up in Los Angeles, a descendant of enslaved people from…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Police in Nigeria say they have freed at least 77 people who were kept in a church basement…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Last Fourth of July, President Joe Biden gathered hundreds of people outside…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Danielle Maness has squeezed the hands of hundreds of anxious patients lying on tables…

SYDNEY (AP) — Thousands of residents in Sydney suburbs were told to evacuate their homes on Sunday after heavy rains caused floodwaters to rise and…

By FRANCIS KOKUTSE Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — West African leaders attending a regional summit have agreed to lift sanctions on two…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s caretaker prime minister has held his first Cabinet meeting since taking…

By MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press The Supreme Court’s latest climate change ruling could dampen efforts by federal agencies to rein in the…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Jennings is CEO of the Lambda Legal organization, a prominent advocate for LGBTQ rights.…

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — An official says a passenger bus slid off a mountain road and fell 200 feet (61 meters)  into a ravine in heavy rain in…

By TERRY WALLACE Associated Press Police say a gunman killed two people and wounded four others, including three police officers, before taking his…

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan policeman opened fire on us with his AK-47, emptying 26 bullets into the back…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in Washington, D.C., say two people died Saturday evening when a truck hit a bicyclist and careened into a fireworks stand…