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By DAVID RISING and NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — When China signed a security pact with the Solomon Islands in April…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Officials from the Group of Seven wealthy nations announced Friday that they will aim to largely…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — “ABBA Voyage” is certainly a trip. Four decades after the Swedish pop supergroup last performed…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — According to North Korea, its fight against COVID-19 has been impressive: About 3.3…

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — Vladimir Konstantinov has traded hockey sticks for an Uno deck. Many, in fact. The…

By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A documentary about discrimination within the ranks of Dutch police has sparked a…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Technology companies led a broad rally for stocks Friday as Wall Street…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Incoming Hong Kong leader John Lee is heading to Beijing on Saturday to accept a letter that…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard is building a massive new support…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A mother and sister known for baking decadent pastries. A restaurant worker buying his…

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Surfing is no longer a solitary pursuit for Dan Fischer. When he catches a wave along…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The United States on Friday won the latest round of a legal battle to seize a…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — After a six-week trial in which Johnny Depp and Amber Heard tore into each other over…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Women from the remote U.S. territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands will likely have…

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The warning signs were there for anyone to stumble upon, days before the 18-year-old gunman…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Many voters in heavily Democratic Los Angeles are seething over rising crime and…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators is considering how Congress should…

By JACQUELYN MARTIN, ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and TERRY TANG Associated Press COLUMBIA, Md. (AP) — Capri Isidoro broke down in tears in the office of a…

By GILLIAN FLACCUS and SARA CLINE Associated Press OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) — Voters in an Oregon county where a ballot-printing error delayed…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators is trying to find a compromise on gun…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — BTS will reveal their gradual journey to becoming K-pop superstars through a new…

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Fabian Espinel last year helped organize concerts in the streets of Bogotá, as young…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Airlines and tourist destinations are expecting monster crowds this summer as travel restrictions…

By HOLLY MEYER and DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press In response to an explosive investigation, top Southern Baptists have released a previously secret…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department says it won’t pursue criminal charges against former FBI agents who…

By ZEKE MILLER and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Uvalde,…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — China’s foreign minister on Friday arrived on the remote Pacific nation of…

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi lawmakers have passed a bill criminalizing any normalization of ties and any relations, including business ties, with Israel.…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Nakagin Capsule Tower, a building tucked away in a corner of downtown Tokyo that is made up of boxes…

By LOUISE DIXON Associated Press ANTIBES, France (AP) — Robert De Niro was the honored guest at the 28th annual amfAR Gala Cannes, where one lucky…

SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. authorities say they stopped a small boat carrying a large shipment of methamphetamine after they saw it riding low in the…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A judge in Mexico has agreed to consider a preliminary injunction against plans by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Boston civil rights group is challenging the U.S. government’s denial of humanitarian relief…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will require statewide recertification of condominiums over three stories…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Indian writer Geetanjali Shree and American translator Daisy Rockwell have won the International…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. general nominated to take over European Command tells senators that Sweden and…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Biden administration is advancing plans for offshore wind projects that would…

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A judge has thrown out statements that a 77-year-old Minnesota man charged in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old suburban…

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A judge has ruled that South Dakota is violating federal laws by failing to make it easier to vote. U.S. District Judge…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andy “Fletch” Fletcher, the unassuming, bespectacled, red-headed keyboardist who…

By MARC LEVY and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Just 910 votes separate the two leading candidates in Pennsylvania’s…

DALTON, Ga. (AP) — A Korean solar panel maker will expand its presence in Georgia by building a new $171 million plant next to an existing factory.…

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A court document indicates a man being held on a charge of plotting to assassinate…

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — In a story published May 25, 2022, about a fire at a Wyoming abortion clinic under construction, The Associated Press…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China and Russia have vetoed a U.N. resolution sponsored by the United States that would…

By SAM METZ and RICK BOWMER Associated Press CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — She walked up a red carpet and crossed a stage to accept her diploma wearing…

By BERNARD CONDON, JIM MUSTIAN and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — State police say the suspect in the Texas shooting had no…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man who pleaded guilty to using bank fraud to live an opulent lifestyle that included a private jet and luxury…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A jury has convicted a New Hampshire man of first-degree murder for killing his wife’s…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Opponents of a proposed launchpad for commercial rockets on the Georgia coast want a federal…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Twitter shareholders have filed a lawsuit against billionaire Elon Musk, accusing him of unlawfully sowing…

By JUAN LOZANO and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The National Rifle Association begins its annual convention in Houston on Friday,…

By CHRIS GRYGIEL Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Alan White, the longtime drummer for progressive rock pioneers Yes who also played on projects…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Baz Luhrmann was first in Cannes exactly 30 years ago with his debut “Strictly Ballroom,”…

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — About 400 workers at Planned Parenthood offices in five Midwestern states plan to unionize.…

By MILEXSY DURÁN and ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press VILLA CLARA, Cuba (AP) — Some of the more than 840 Haitians who tried to reach the United…

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, a July Fourth holiday tradition in the city, is returning to its full glory after a three-year…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Blake Shelton will lend his voice to the Indianapolis 500 as the grand marshal for Sunday’s race. The country music star will…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Just days removed from finishing her latest film and hours after arriving in Cannes, Claire…

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The International Organization for Migration says up to 600 people attempting to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has allowed the Biden administration to use a higher estimate than Republican-led states want for calculating…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers have approved the removal of a disciplinary body of the top court that the right-wing government has…

By CAROLE FELDMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says he’s ashamed the United States is…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has voted by a narrow margin to extend an arms embargo on…