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DENVER, Colo. (AP) — A report from Colorado investigators says a 6-year-old girl who died in a fall from a theme park ride this month wasn’t…

By SARAH BLAKE MORGAN Associated Press DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — An Ohio man is among those who made their way to the Texas border city of Del Rio,…

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press New York City schools have been temporarily blocked from enforcing a vaccine mandate for its teachers and other…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Amid an outcry over the U.S. treatment of Haitian asylum-seekers, the beleaguered island…

MOSCOW (AP) — About 400 demonstrators gathered in central Moscow to protest alleged tampering in the national parliament election in which the…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A third federal judge has blocked Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s order allowing families…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will soon start rebuilding a section of highway that collapsed during torrential rainfall brought by Hurricane…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The most closely watched attempt by Republicans to examine the 2020 presidential election came…

DUNMORE, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say four teenagers have been charged with a plot to attack a Pennsylvania high school in 2024 on the 25th…

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden is losing support among critical groups in his political base as…

By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi didn’t directly mention Pakistan or China in his speech to…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, TERRY TANG and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The disappearance of Gabby Petito has drawn a…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says her country will take…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Billions more in profits are at stake for some vaccine makers as the U.S. moves toward dispensing COVID-19 booster…

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s national news agency says a Syrian man has died after swallowing gasoline he was siphoning out of his vehicle’s…

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board says a fatal head-on crash between two towboats…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press PERRY, Ga. (AP) — The rewards of an early Donald Trump endorsement were on display Saturday evening in Georgia. A…

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press Lawyers for the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan are scheduled to argue in court that 66-year-old…

By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo government officials say a public building was set on fire…

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Hiring and retaining people capable of helping fend off a constant stream of cyberattacks and…

By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — To some observers, the Supreme Court is facing the most serious threat to its…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — China, the U.S. and Canada completed a high-stakes prisoner swap Saturday with joyous homecomings…

By ANDREA ROSA and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ALGHERO, Sardinia (AP) — Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont is vowing to keep…

By HASSAN BARISE Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Police said a vehicle laden with explosives rammed into cars and trucks at a checkpoint…

MADRID (AP) — Flights to and from the Spanish island of La Palma have been canceled because of an ash cloud spewing out of a volcano that has been…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have hanged a dead body from a crane in a main city square in Afghanistan. The gruesome display in the…

By EGILL BJARNASON Associated Press REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Icelanders are voting in a general election dominated by climate change, with an…

HONG KONG (AP) — The Hong Kong group that had organized annual vigils in remembrance of victims of the Chinese military’s crushing of the…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — In a U-turn, Britain says it will issue thousands of emergency visas to foreign truck drivers to…

By SEBABATSO MOSAMO Associated Press SWARTKOPS, South Africa (AP) — South Africa has sent a train carrying COVID-19 vaccines into one of its…

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — The military says Pakistani security forces have killed six militants of a separatist group in a raid at their hideout in…

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Authorities in Croatia’s capital say a 56-year-old man is suspected of killing three young children. Local media…

MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters expect Hurricane Sam to intensify into a major storm on Saturday. No coastal watches or warnings are in effect for the…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Voters in Switzerland are set to decide on Sunday whether to allow same-sex marriages. The wealthy…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — One man said he counted 55 corpses as he escaped from his town in northern Ethiopia. Another asserted he was rounded up with…

SHENZHEN, China (AP) — An executive of Chinese global communications giant Huawei Technologies has returned from Canada following a legal…

By JUSTIN SPIKE and VANESSA GERA Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — An uptick in anti-European Union rhetoric in Hungary and Poland has some…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is pressing ahead with its aggressive campaign of offering coronavirus boosters to almost…

By LISA MASCARO and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says talks over his $3.5 trillion rebuilding plan have…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press SACO, Maine (AP) — Since the death of George Floyd and the protests that followed, police departments around the…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — Military academy students say that 10 years after the end of “don’t ask, don’t…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Taliban’s takeover of Kabul has deepened the mutual distrust between the U.S. and…

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Nine bodies of suspected migrants have been found near a remote community in the Panamanian jungle close to the border with…

By ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Dozens of far-right extremists use Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter to promote their…

REDDING, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters hope shifting winds and cooling temperatures over the next few days will aid their efforts to battle a…

By SALLY HO Associated Press The speeches may be scripted, but the United Nations General Assembly can sometimes be the only direct window into the…

By MARÍA VERZA and JUAN LOZANO Associated Press DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — U.S. authorities say the Texas border crossing where thousands of Haitian…

By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The U.S. has expelled some 2,000 migrants to Haiti this week via more…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s main opposition Nationalist Party has chosen former leader Eric Chu as its new chairperson in an election…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will strike the word “alien” from its state laws. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a…

ADEL OMRAN Associated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Hundreds of protesters have gathered in Libya’s capital of Tripoli to oppose a decision by the…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Officials say eight Virginia Commonwealth University students have been charged with hazing in a fraternity pledge’s…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It’s almost certain that Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers won’t get to speak at this…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is lauding another new abortion law that tightens limits on abortion-inducing medications. Opponents…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Rep. Karen Bass is planning to run for Los Angeles mayor, bringing a high-profile…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer If you’ve been on social media, or texted with GIF-loving friends, Drew Scanlon’s face has likely appeared…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news…

By The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley didn’t phone in her speech at the U.N. General Assembly on…

By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The U.S. has expelled some 2,000 migrants to Haiti this week via more…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Donatella Versace pumped energy into Milan Fashion week with a star-filled runway and front row,…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Attorneys for the federal government have opposed Dylann Roof’s request for a new appellate hearing, arguing that…

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ry Russo-Young knew she had a story worth hearing, but it was one she was struggling to tell.…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — An administrative law judge has recommended that a Native American tribe in Washington state once…

By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers have advanced new congressional boundaries that could make it harder for…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is facing mounting pressure to solve its spiraling jail crisis, with members of…

By IRIS SAMUELS Associated Press/Report for America Medication abortion accounts for about 40% of all abortions in the U.S. The increasingly common…

MIAMI (AP) — Far from land, Hurricane Sam has strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean. No coastal watches or warnings were…

By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A judge has denied a Florida Republican congressional candidate’s petition…