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Associated Press A Russian court says it has convicted Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free…

AP Sports Writer From training and competing to preparing bottles for feedings and changing diapers, some of the Olympians at the Paris Games will be…

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Belarus’ foreign minister is to visit North Korea for a rare trip expected to focus on forging…

AP Basketball Writer LeBron James wasn’t totally sure what the opening ceremony was all about when he was picked for his first Olympics in 2004.…

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A court in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced dozens of Bangladeshi nationals to prison,…

AP National Writers PARIS (AP) — Paris is a popular destination for tourists, of course. The food and drink. The art and history. The landmarks.…

Associated Press DARUVAR, Croatia (AP) — Croatian police say an armed assailant entered a care home for older people on Monday and opened fire,…

Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh is still without internet for a fifth day and the government declared a public holiday Monday,…

AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European planemaker Airbus plans to show off its newest passenger jet with daily flight demonstrations during one…

BERLIN (AP) — Police say a man has died after being hit by lightning near the summit of Germany’s highest peak. The 18-year-old resident of…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $4.3 billion in grants to fund projects in 30 states to reduce…

Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A top Chinese university has fired a professor a day after a graduate student accused him of sexual harassment…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Authorities say Pakistan has lodged a strong protest with Germany over its failure to prevent protesters getting into the grounds…

Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military ordered the evacuation Monday of part of a crowded area in the Gaza Strip it…

BEIJING (AP) — Rescuers are searching for dozens missing after heavy rains caused flash flooding and a bridge collapse in different parts of China,…

AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher Tuesday in Asia after U.S. stocks closed broadly higher, as Big Tech stocks took back…

Associated Press SABANETA, Venezuela (AP) — Tears roll down the face of Tanyia Colmenares when she recalls her truncated dream of being a lawyer,…

President Joe Biden’s decision to step down as the Democratic Party’s nominee for president opens the door for other contenders to become…

AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — China’s central bank has cut key interest rates in a surprise move aimed at injecting pep into the economy,…

Alaska authorities are conducting a search for a missing airplane with three people onboard. The state Department of Public Safety says Alaska State…

Associated Press RADFORD, Va. (AP) — Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance used his first solo campaign rallies Monday to throw fresh barbs…

Associated Press President Joe Biden’s abrupt decision to bow out of the presidential race and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris to be the…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has secured the support of enough Democratic delegates to become her party’s…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the past year, the presidential campaign seemed destined to be a monotonous slog featuring two candidates,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has appointed a bipartisan, independent panel to review this month’s…

Associated Press Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the U.S. presidential race injects greater uncertainty into the world at a time when Western…

Associated Press CIUDAD HIDALGO, México (AP) — Hundreds of migrants from around a dozen countries have left from Mexico’s southern border on…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is being thrust into the most scrutinizing of spotlights, suddenly the leading…

Associated Press HARPER WOODS, Mich. (AP) — After weeks of uncertainty about who would be at the top of the Democratic Party’s ticket in…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign has spent the last year-and-a-half viciously attacking Joe Biden, ridiculing his…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden giving up his reelection bid and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris makes her the…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — At 1:45 p.m. Sunday, President Joe Biden’s senior staff was notified that he was stepping away from the 2024…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats quickly rallied around Vice President Kamala Harris as their likely presidential nominee Sunday after…

AP Media Writer The shocking news of President Joe Biden abandoning his race for re-election led news outlets to scramble on a summer Sunday…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU sophomore cornerback Javien Toviano surrendered to authorities Sunday on charges of video voyeurism, the East Baton…

Associated Press COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Adrian Beltré, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton were pegged as athletic phenoms from a young age and all three…

Hollywood was quick to react to the news that President Joe Biden was ending his bid for reelection and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris.…

NEW YORK (AP) — Airlines, including Delta Air Lines, continued to struggle to restore operations two days after a faulty software update caused…

Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left for Washington on Monday, leaving behind a brutal war to make a…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sitting in the Oval Office behind the iconic Resolute desk in 2022, an animated President Joe Biden described…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Historians and political advisers say history will be kinder to President Joe Biden than voters have been. David…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers are hailing President Joe Biden’s historic decision not to seek reelection as putting his…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Another baby tree kangaroo can be seen at the Bronx Zoo after months of hiding in its mother’s pouch. New…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — She’s already broken barriers, and now Kamala Harris could soon become the first Black woman and the first…

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — With President Joe Biden ending his reelection bid and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris, Democrats now must…

AP Sports Writer Tadej Pogacar had no need to attack on the final stage of the Tour de France. Defending a lead of over five minutes in Sunday’s…

AP Golf Writer TROON, Scotland (AP) — Xander Schauffele went from the most nerve-wracking putt of his career to the coolest walk toward an 18th…

DALLAS (AP) — The leader of an historic church in downtown Dallas nearly destroyed by a fire says church officials plan to rebuild the iconic…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man convicted of helping two other men escape prison while he was in custody for a fatal brawl among soccer fans in…

AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — An owner of a consumer insights research firm couldn’t pay her employees, make Friday’s deadline to…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Niagara officials say the pilot who died after a group of skydivers she was flying jumped near the falls was…

AP Film Writer Moviegoers ran toward the tornadoes this weekend, propelling “Twisters” to a blockbuster opening. The standalone sequel to the…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say three men were killed and six other people wounded in an early morning shootout during a gathering in west…

LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Utah State cornerback Andre Seldon Jr. died Saturday in an apparent drowning at Porcupine Reservoir, according to the school. A…

Associated Press VINCENNES, France (AP) — A Lebanese photojournalist who was severely wounded during an Israeli strike on south Lebanon has carried…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The uproar over President Joe Biden’s reelection bid is showing no signs of abating. A fifth senator is now…

Associated Press Francisco Seco, based in Istanbul, enjoys making photos of daily life in cities around the world. This assignment, though, took The…

BERLIN (AP) — Police said Sunday that they detained more than 50 people as they clashed with protesters trying to disrupt a march by hundreds of…

Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s newly appointed prime minister has secured overwhelming support in parliament with more than…

AP Medical Writer BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Some people develop a weird allergy to red meat after being bitten by a lone star tick yet find they can…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has voiced his hope that the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games will provide an opportunity for countries at war…

Russia said it scrambled fighter jets to intercept two U.S. military long-range bomber aircraft that approached the Russian border over the Barents…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Kimberly Cheatle led the Secret Service’s operations to safeguard the American president and other…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s new Treasury chief says she will run the economy with “iron discipline.” But Rachel Reeves also…

Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine exchanged drone, missile and shelling attacks on Sunday. At least two people were killed…

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Authorities in the United Arab Emirates ordered an investigation and an expedited trial of…

AP Technology Writer The last time Congress passed a law to protect children on the internet was in 1998 — before Facebook, before the iPhone and…