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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…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Attorneys for multiple women suing Deshaun Watson over sexual misconduct are seeking the documents from the NFL’s…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s economy minister has resigned unexpectedly at the end of a week in which the peso hit an all-time…

NEW YORK (AP) — A 35-year-old New York man is facing trespassing and stalking charges after authorities said he entered two New York City…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A person used a flamethrower to set fire to a Pan-African flag flying on a pole outside the headquarters of a Black…

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — For the first time, a Black woman has been appointed as Connecticut’s chief public defender. TaShun Bowden-Lewis…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it has shot down three unmanned aircraft launched by the Lebanese…

By MALAK HARB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In a city boasting champagne brunches with views of the sea, Michelin star…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Hard Rock casino has reached agreement with Atlantic City’s main casino workers…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian Authority on Saturday said it has given the bullet that killed Al Jazeera…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities have closed off a stretch of the country’s Red Sea coastline, a day after a…

NEW YORK (AP) — A 3-year-old boy has died after falling from a 29th floor balcony of a New York City apartment building in Harlem. A police…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The marshal of the U.S. Supreme Court has asked Maryland and Virginia officials to enforce…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian media say one person has been killed and seven others have been injured in a clash between two groups of migrants…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The Fourth of July holiday weekend is jamming U.S. airports with the biggest crowds…

HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say two teenagers were killed and one man was injured in a shooting at Houston-area apartment complex. Harris County…

VADNAIS HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — The bodies of three young children and a woman believed to be their mother have been recovered from a Minnesota lake,…

SAC CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman is facing criminal charges after more than 1,000 pigs were found dead on a property. KCCI-TV reports that the…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A three-day assembly of Islamic clerics and tribal elders in Kabul has concluded with pledges of…

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Following the horror of a human-smuggling attempt that left 53 people dead, Republican Gov.…

Airlines worked Saturday to deliver luggage to passengers around the world after a technical breakdown left at least 1,500 bags stuck at Paris’…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The 12 jurors chosen to decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz is…

NEW DELHI (AP) — A Pulitzer Prize-winning Kashmir photojournalist says she has been stopped by Indian immigration authorities from flying to Paris…

By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The first of the more than 200 firefighters from six European countries that will help…

BANGKOK (AP) — China’s top diplomat has arrived on his first visit to Myanmar since the military seized power last year to attend a regional…

By LINDSEY TANNER and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press Medication abortions became the preferred method for ending pregnancy in the U.S. even before…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer The fast-changing coronavirus has kicked off summer in the U.S. with lots of infections but relatively few…

By BARBARA SURK and JADE LE DELEY Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — Tourism is booming again in France — and so is COVID-19. French officials…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Fearing Russia might cut off natural gas supplies, the head of Germany’s regulatory agency…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis urged the people and leaders of Congo and South Sudan on Saturday to “turn a page”…

By MARIA GRAZIA MURRU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces are pounding the city of Lysychansk and its surroundings in an all-out…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and SEBABATSO MOSAMO Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africans are struggling in the dark to cope with increased…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Virgin Orbit rocket carrying seven U.S. Defense Department satellites has been launched from a special Boeing 747 flying off…

By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister has condemned Israel’s latest airstrike on Syria and…

By TAMER FAKAHANY and CARA ANNA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The latest in a litany of horrors in Ukraine came this week as Russian…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion, guns and religion — a major change in the law in any one of these areas would have…

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Colin formed along the South Carolina coast on Saturday morning, bringing rain and winds, though the storm later…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Five people have been killed and 44 others injured in a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in southern Iran. State television said rescue…