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Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A local official in eastern Congo says that militants allied with the Islamic State group in have killed at…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 100 pregnant women in medical distress who sought help from emergency rooms have been turned away or…

Associated Press OUTSIDE OFER PRISON, West Bank (AP) — Frequent beatings, overcrowding, withholding of basic rations. Released Palestinians have…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden has dropped its investigation into a backstage altercation in May involving a Dutch contestant in the Eurovision…

Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard has denounced organized criminal gangs who hire Swedish…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has repeatedly taunted her opponent’s seeming reluctance to debate, telling a…

LONDON (AP) — Authorities say a man stabbed an 11-year-old girl and her mother in London’s bustling theater district before being arrested, but…

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Korean American pop star Jay Park is known for many things, including being a rapper and R&B artist,…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani officials say a climber climber known for taking part in high-altitude rescue missions died during a descent from one of…

Associated Press With a solidified presidential ticket stumping across the country and a massive amount of money to spend, the Democratic Party is…

Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — International Criminal Court prosecutors say they are “actively monitoring” events in Venezuela.…

Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s top military commander says his forces now control 1,000 square kilometers (386 square miles)…

Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The death toll from a mountain of rubbish that collapsed in the Ugandan capital rose to 24 on Monday as…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Unexpectedly high medical bills are common in the United States, but there are ways to get relief. According to…

AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — They’re adorable. They require less food and space. And without much coaxing, they might help cut the grass.…

Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The prices on the menu have been erased at a small hotel in a suburb of Ethiopia’s capital. That…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the name of consumer protection, a slew of U.S. federal agencies are working to make it easier for Americans…

Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo held his first cabinet meeting in the nation’s future capital of…

GENEVA (AP) — The Geneva Conventions have been adopted by nearly every country since they were finalized on Aug. 12, 1949. But on their 75th…

Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Coastal tribes in the Pacific Northwest experience some of the most severe effects of climate change — from…

AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The great inflation spike of the past three years is nearly spent — and economists credit American…

Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A major forest fire has raged into the northern suburbs of Athens, killing one person and triggering…

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks drifted through a quiet Monday to finish mixed, as markets around the world stabilized following a…

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include a country album from Post Malone, Awkwafina playing a struggling actor whose winning…

AP Entertainment Writer PARIS (AP) — Parisian singer-model Yseult was the final act to perform during the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics on…

Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A man has died after an unauthorized helicopter flight in Queensland, Australia ended in a crash on…

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The murder trial of a Las Vegas-area politician accused of killing an investigative reporter who wrote articles…

Associated Press High up in the mountains of Maui, residents of one small town have taken their future into their own hands after a fire last year…

Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Arianne Risso worked every day to help her patients battle cancer. That made it all the more heart wrenching…

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — As the Olympics close in Paris, Los Angeles has now taken the torch. The city will become the third to host the…

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The smell of hairspray clouds Alexa Flores López as she gets the finishing touches of an intricate updo on her…

Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan has resigned following new protests by students and other…

Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s top court has upheld the convictions of seven of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy…

Associatd Press TOKYO (AP) — A slow-moving storm is dumping intense rainfall on northern Japan, causing rivers to swell and sending some residents…

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Aaron Rai took advantage of Max Greyserman’s late meltdown to win the Wyndham Championship on Sunday for his first PGA…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and is telling the…

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — It was no ordinary Sunday on Mexico City’s famed Xochimilco canals. Instead of tourists and locals hanging…

AP Entertainment Writer PARIS (AP) — Paris has closed out two and a half extraordinary weeks of Olympic sports and emotion with a star-studded show…

DENVER (AP) — Four men were fatally shot and a woman was hospitalized with gunshot wounds during a spate of weekend violence in the Denver suburb…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The people of Southport, England, came together Sunday for the first of the funerals for three girls killed during a…

AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns’ proposal to leave the lakefront and play in a new domed stadium in Cleveland’s suburbs…

Associated Press SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Setting out to prove that topping Paris isn’t mission impossible, Los Angeles rolled out a skydiving…

Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The weather system previously known as Hurricane Debby was not quite done with parts of the U.S. Sunday as…

PICACHO, Ariz. (AP) — How long does it take a large desert tortoise to get to the other side of a southern Arizona highway? It’s still a mystery,…

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance used a round of Sunday news show appearances to disparage the…

AP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — Standing on the medal stand with her third gold medal draped around her neck, Brittney Griner looked at the U.S.…

AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — The sport made its Olympic debut in Paris — it might never be back — and one of the lasting images was the…

Former President Donald Trump reportedly has used a slur often targeted at women to describe Vice President Kamala Harris during at least two private…

AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the Ryan Reynolds-Blake Lively box-office showdown, both husband and wife came out winners. Reynolds’ Marvel…

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Small businesses along popular vacation destinations like boardwalks and piers in the U.S. say the number of…

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Big crowds, go-to applause lines, talk of joy — and some unsolicited Republican counterprogramming. These were…

AP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — A’ja Wilson scored 21 points and the U.S. survived the biggest challenge of its unprecedented run to eight…

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French police have evacuated the area around the Eiffel Tower after a man was seen climbing the Paris landmark hours…

AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles stole the show at the Paris Olympics with a captivating comeback that had everyone watching everything…

NEW YORK (AP) — The Senate’s top Democrat says he’ll work to block a plan that would significantly cut the proposed budget of the Centers…

PACIFIC JUNCTION, Iowa (AP) — Two people were shot and killed at a raceway just as a concert was about to begin. That is according to the Iowa…

Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Surgeon General Vivek Murthy isn’t shying away from politics, as his mother had once hoped when he was a kid.…

Associated Press The Navy’s ability to build lower-cost warships that can shoot down Houthi rebel missiles in the Red Sea depends in part on a…

Associated Press BEL AIR, Md. (AP) — Fire officials say two people were killed and 12 families displaced after a Maryland house exploded amid…

Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — At least 18 people were killed when a landfill collapsed in the Ugandan capital, according to the Red…

Associated Press Latino voters and leaders say they are enthusiastic about Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee, but for her to win…

Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The dated gold and silver trophies packed in the china cabinet of Dr. Vivek Murthy’s childhood home still boast the…

Associated Press MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Jacob Reitan said he told Gwen Walz he was gay before he told his parents. Reitan was a student in 1999 at…

PARIS (AP) — Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif has filed a legal complaint in France for online harassment after a rain of criticism and false…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has proposed former nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi as the country’s new…

AP Entertainment Writer PARIS (AP) — The closing ceremony for the Paris Olympics will bring out several stars: Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg and Red…