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PESCADERO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a quick-thinking custodian safely confined a mountain lion in an empty classroom after it entered a…

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have discovered the world’s largest plant off the Australia coast — a…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The white man accused of killing 10 Black people in a racist attack on a Buffalo…

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says Croatia is ready to join the group of countries using the euro single…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials have agreed to revise the critical habitat designation for…

By MARIA CHENG Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization assumes the coronavirus outbreak in North Korea is “getting worse,…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin circuit court judge has ruled that it was legal for private grants from a group…

By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — John Leguizamo is back with a new stage project that has a historical bent. He’s…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and JAY REEVES Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Mourners gathered Wednesday at a Catholic church to say goodbye to Robb…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform has invited NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell…

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Amnesty International is urging Croatia not to extradite to Turkmenistan a member of a Russian music band known for its…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is hailing Adm. Linda Fagan as new Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard and…

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — As new abortion restrictions are imposed in some parts of the U.S., states with more…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister says his country is improving its transport infrastructure to help increase the export of grain and…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, an elderly leader of the former Cali cartel that smuggled vast…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Two Republican candidates for Michigan governor have lost their bids to get on the Aug. 2 primary…

By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The chant in Arabic blasted from rooftop loudspeakers, drowning out both the growl…

FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — An 8-year-old boy visiting South Carolina from New Hampshire was shot and killed by a man randomly firing a gun at passing…

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is headed for “a lot of unnecessary loss of life,” the Biden administration says,…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Agatha left at least 11 people dead and 33 missing in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca, where it set off flooding…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Brenda Hampton first came across the toxic industrial compound PFAS after finding it was part of…

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — One of the drivers in a crash that killed two women and injured 20 bystanders watching classic cars cruise down a Nebraska…

OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) — A Confederate statue that stood outside a western Kentucky courthouse for more than a century has been removed. The…

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — A group of people evacuated from Afghanistan as the Taliban returned to power last year have held a protest in Albania over…

By ERIC TUCKER and ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Christopher Wray says agents thwarted a planned cyberattack on a…

Germany’s defense ministry says the country plans to buy 60 Boeing Chinook transport helicopters as part of a massive procurement drive to…

BOSTON (AP) — A Boston memorial to a famed Civil War unit made up of Black soldiers is being rededicated after a three-year long restoration. Civic…

By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A jury sided Wednesday with Johnny Depp in his libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union has agreed to slash Russian oil imports in a tough escalation of…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The white-hot demand for U.S. workers cooled a bit in April, though the number of…

By KARL RITTER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the war in Ukraine is diverting attention…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City woman accused of decapitating her 6-year-old son has been found mentally unfit to stand trial. A Jackson…

By LORNE COOK and VANESSA GERA Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive branch has approved Poland’s pandemic recovery…

PIGEON KEY, Fla. (AP) — A woman from Illinois was killed and two young children were injured when a sudden storm prompted a boat captain to cut…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and SYLVIE CORBET PARIS (AP) — France’s interior minister has defended the use of tear gas to disperse fans amid disorder and…

By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — On this first day of the Atlantic hurricane season, federal officials are announcing a new…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kathleen Buhle, the ex-wife of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, says she has “total control over my life now,”…

BERLIN (AP) — A German who took her young daughter to Syria, joined the Islamic State group there and allegedly took advantage of an enslaved…

BEIJING (AP) — Two earthquakes killed at least four people and damaged houses in southwestern China on Wednesday, authorities and state media said.…

ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country will no longer hold high-level talks…

MADRID (AP) — Hundreds of taxi drivers have protested in the streets of Madrid against what they claim is unfair competition from ride-hailing…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says that dozens of its aircraft conducted a drill simulating airstrikes on long-range targets, a thinly…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia suspended exports of live chickens Wednesday to guarantee adequate supplies for domestic markets, prompting…

By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Someone turning 65 has nearly a 7-in-10 chance of needing long-term care in the future, and many don’t have the…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africans are feeling the bite of fuel price increases that are blamed on Russia’s…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An international press watchdog says Iranian authorities arrested a local…

By MILES BRANMAN Edmunds The first dedicated electric vehicles from sister companies Hyundai and Kia take a distinct route with styling, but both…

BY SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities say a pipeline rupture is spewing thousands of barrels of oil into the desert, as…

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he wasn’t briefed on the prospect of nationwide shortages of…

MADRID (AP) — Spanish police have found a former princess of Qatar dead in her bed at home in southern Spain. Spanish authorities said Wednesday…

BERLIN (AP) — Deutsche Bank subsidiary DWS says its chief executive is resigning after authorities raided its offices as part of a probe into…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s largest energy company says Russia cut off its gas supply because it…

By COLLEEN BARRY and PAOLO SANTALUCIA Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Even as the European Union decided to reduce Russian crude oil imports by 90%…

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli troops have shot and killed a Palestinian woman in the occupied West Bank who they said…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark appears headed toward joining the European Union’s common defense policy that…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — In Britain, there are several traditional elements to a royal anniversary: pageants, street parties,…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares declined Thursday, echoing a retreat on Wall Street as investors fretted about higher…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Photos and videos of Tuesday’s bombing in Myanmar circulated on social media, showing bloodied…

By ISABEL DEBRE and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press RAS AL-KHAIMAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In the dusty, northern-most sheikhdom of the United…

BEIJING (AP) — A Russian news outlet says China has barred Russia’s airlines from flying foreign-owned jetliners into its airspace. That comes…