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DENVER (AP) — A Colorado judge has rejected claims from civil and voting rights organizations that Donald Trump supporters intimidated voters when…

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A man who dove into a southern New Jersey river and rescued two children who were struggling to stay afloat has died…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Five climate activists who planned a protest to cause gridlock and block traffic over four days on a major highway…

NEW YORK (AP) — Some 3.3 million steam cleaners are being recalled across North America due to a burn hazard that has resulted in consumers…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An inquiry into the U.K. government’s response to COVID-19 found it was ill-prepared for a pandemic and…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — The founder and owner of the iconic West Virginia chain Gino’s Pizza and Spaghetti House has died. William “Kenney”…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The 20-year-old Pennsylvania man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump had photos on his phone of the former…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on a man from Sierra Leone for smuggling thousands of migrants from Asia and…

Associated Press CHILLICOTHE, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has cleared the way for the release of a Missouri woman whose murder conviction…

WASHINGTON The Biden administration is cancelling an additional $1.2 billion in student loans for borrowers who work in public service through…

AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials on Thursday authorized sales of the best-selling e-cigarette in the U.S., Vuse Alto,…

ROME (AP) — The Vatican is insisting at the close of a trial in London that it was the victim of a years-long fraud over its investment in a London…

Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. government says $325 million in federal funds will be available for solar and battery…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says apps that allow workers to access their paychecks in advance, often…

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s divided National Assembly has kept a centrist member of President Emmanuel Macron’s party as speaker.…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The African Development Bank says it has approved a $1 billion loan to South Africa’s state-owned rail and ports…

Associated Press GARDNERVILLE, Nev. (AP) — A grand experiment is underway in Nevada where an endangered desert wildflower stands in the way of a…

AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of U.S. homes to foreign nationals have fallen to the lowest level in more than a decade, hampered by a…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish media reports say Greek pop star Despina Vandi has refused to perform on a stage in Turkey adorned with its flag and…

Associated Press DAMASCUS (AP) — Results of Syria’s parliamentary elections show that President Bashar Assad’s Baath Party has won a majority…

BANGKOK (AP) — Should visitors to Thailand be concerned about their safety after six people were found dead in a locked hotel room in Bangkok? Thai…

Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain is sweating under its first official heatwave of the year with temperatures expected to reach 40…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A filmmaking legend and one of the world’s most enduring musical acts headline this year’s crop of Kennedy…

Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A Chinese-led consortium has pulled out of its contract with Cyprus to build the island nation’s first…

MADRID (AP) — Three people have been arrested in Spain and one in Germany on suspicion of belonging to a network that obtained key parts to build…

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — This week’s attack on a Shiite mosque in the capital stunned Oman, a quiet nation long…

PNOMH PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Officials in Cambodia say conservationists have found 106 eggs of rare Siamese crocodile species in a western Cambodian…

Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Donald Trump, somber and bandaged, accepted the GOP presidential nomination on Thursday at the Republican…

Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is due to open a new parliamentary term to mark the…

Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive…

Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan court has suspended a police ban on protests in the capital. The high court said Thursday that that…

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — State media say North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited a major tourism site being constructed on…

Associated Press STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Lawmakers at the European Parliament have reelected Ursula von der Leyen to a second 5-year term as…

Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party has ended a top-level meeting by endorsing policies aimed at building the…

Associated Press An influential Philippine governor is the subject of controversy following an Associated Press investigation into his links to the…

AP Business Writer Asian shares retreated Friday after a broad washout across Wall Street dragged U.S. stocks lower, and Hong Kong’s benchmark fell…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats at the highest levels are making a critical push for President Joe Biden to rethink his election bid,…

ROME (AP) — The U.S. military is celebrating an all-Japanese U.S. Army unit that was key in liberating Italy’s central Tuscan region from…

Associated Press ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man has been executed for the fatal shooting of a delivery driver during a 1998 robbery attempt.…

Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Democrats in the state legislative majority have rebuffed calls by New Mexico’s governor to address the…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Discontented, economically squeezed voters have turned against sitting governments on both right and left during…

Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Republican National Convention culminates with former President Donald Trump expected to accept the party’s…

Associated Press FREEPORT, Maine (AP) — The sturdy canvas bag made by L.L. Bean and called the Boat and Tote was created to haul heavy blocks of…

Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A key city council vote could pave the way to give the Tampa Bay Rays a new 30,000-seat ballpark as…