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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge has expunged the misdemeanor convictions of a St. Louis couple who waved guns at racial injustice protesters outside their…

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The horse transformed human history – and now scientists have a clearer idea of when…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Pres VER-SUR-MER, France (AP) — It’s been 80 years since Christian Lamb helped rescue France from Nazi tyranny. On…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press A Navy veteran of World War II is being mourned after his death en route to France to commemorate the 80th…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Two British judges have resigned from Hong Kong’s top court, deepening worries over the city’s…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California Supreme Court ruling will allow student housing at University of California…

By JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press ISBERYALA, Panama (AP) — Hammocks have begun appearing this week in the doorways of 300 new houses built in what…

PHIPPSBURG, Maine (AP) — A Maine woman learned the hard way that quicksand doesn’t just happen in jungles or rainforests in Hollywood movies.…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Every June since the 1970s, across the United States, musicians, fans and industry…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon must report to prison by July 1 to serve his four-month…

By MARK BANCHEREAU and JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister is visiting Africa’s sub-Saharan…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — The head of the U.S. Secret Service says security plans for the Republican National Convention…

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man is accused of killing three people an injuring a fourth by attacking them with a metal pipe at a rural home.…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The families of American hostages in Gaza say they are hopeful for a deal between Israel and…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The charges brought this week against a warden and eight staffers related to the deaths of two…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway has had great success with “Hello, Dolly.” Now get ready for “Hello, I’m…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union has prepared a blueprint for using lawsuits, advice to state…

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press Retired NASCAR driver Tighe Scott, his adult son and two other Pennsylvania men are facing felony charges…

NEW YORK (AP) — More than 1.2 million rechargeable lights are under recall in the U.S. and Canada following a report of one consumer death.…

By KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — It can sometimes be difficult for child actors to shed public conceptions of them as a kid on…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press A former 911 dispatcher in Pennsylvania is no longer facing prosecution for involuntary manslaughter based on…

ATLANTA (AP) — Officials say residents in Atlanta no longer must boil water before drinking it. The advisory was lifted on Thursday, six days after…

By TSVANGIRAYI MUKWAZHI Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Leaders of the United Methodist Church have expressed regret over last week’s…

SANNERVILLE, France (AP) — British paratroopers, who parachuted into the historic D-Day drop zone in Normandy to recreate the airborne part of the…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Investigators said Thursday that an incoming FedEx cargo plane came within less than 200 feet of hitting a…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — At first, fossil-hunting diver Alex Lundberg thought the lengthy object on the sea…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top state criminal investigation agency says a French citizen has been arrested on charges of collecting information on…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sided with Native American tribes Thursday in a dispute with the federal…

By CHINEDU ASADU YOLA, Nigeria Associated Press (AP) — Rescuers are searching for dozens of workers who were trapped when a gold mine collapsed in…

By OMAR ALBAM Associated Press IDLIB, Syria (AP) — At least six people, most of them children, have drowned after a school bus in northwest Syria…

PENDLETON, Ind. (AP) — A man charged with killing an Indiana police officer has died at a state prison while awaiting trial. Authorities say…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The NHL is getting the “Drive to Survive” treatment, with a hockey series from the makers of the popular…

SPRINGFIELD, Va. (AP) — Police say an child and two adults have been killed after they were struck by a train on a railroad bridge in northern…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish government officials have demanded explanations after it emerged that three soldiers were handcuffed and detained by…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT could soon run out of what keeps making them smarter — the…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have confirmed that they are searching for Michael Mosley, a well-known British television doctor who…

By DIARLEI RODRIGUES and GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When Rio de Janeiro hosted the Olympics in 2016, videos of the…

By ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — President Joe Biden marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day on…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer SpaceX’s mega Starship rocket blasted off from Texas on Thursday, the fourth test flight for the spaceship that…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for jobless claims rose last week, but layoffs remain at healthy levels despite…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Vatican police have detained a former employee on charges of attempted extortion after he allegedly…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press From its towering white steeple and red-brick facade to its Sunday services filled with rousing gospel hymns and…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Boeing’s space capsule has sprung more helium leaks as it closes in on the…

LONDON (AP) — Around 80 migrants have been rescued at sea by British authorities after a small boat got into difficulty while crossing the English…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, RANDALL CHASE, COLLEEN LONG and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jurors in Hunter Biden’s…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese, U.S. and South Korean coast guard vessels have conducted their first three-way drill off…

By FATMA KHALED Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Officials and resistance movements in Sudan say clashes between the Rapid Support Forces and the…

PARIS (AP) — Virginie Viard, the creative director of Chanel who replaced Karl Lagerfeld after his death, is leaving the fashion house. Chanel did…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Inspired by an 18th century Scottish philosopher and the modern scourge of misinformation,…

MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok has begun the trial of an American soldier arrested in the city earlier this…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Donald Trump is returning to the campaign trail with a trip to Arizona, his first appearance…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A top ally and potential running mate of ex-President Donald Trump is launching an effort to win…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press VER-SUR-Mer, France (AP) — King Charles III came to northern France to honor the 22,442 British troops who died in…

By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Baseball at the highest club level in Britain is competitive but it’s a league in which babysitters…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Opening arguments were expected to begin Thursday in a class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is meeting with senior officials of the…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz vows that the country will start deporting criminals from…

By The Associated Press Officials say Ukrainian drones have struck an oil refinery and a fuel depot in Russian border regions. The attacks are part…

MADRID (AP) — Spain will ask a United Nations court for permission to join South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, its foreign…

By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Ibu has erupted three times in one day, spewing red lava and clouds…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press KALTUNGO, Nigeria (AP) — The 9-month-old twins cried nonstop and tugged at their mother, seeking attention but…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have unveiled a new, solid-fuel missile in their…

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian markets rose Thursday after Wall Street barreled to records Wednesday as the frenzy around…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank appears ready to start cutting interest rates before the…

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New South Wales has become the last Australian state to apologize for…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Called “Tokyo Futari Story,” the city hall’s new site is just that: An effort to create…

LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) — A toddler was killed and his mother was injured when a tornado struck suburban Detroit without warning, while five people…

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s abundant hydroelectric power is helping the Himalayan nation cut its…

By WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike on a school in central Gaza that the military said was being…

By The Associated Press Starting in 2010, police searching for a missing woman found 10 sets of human remains in the scrub along a barrier island…

By SAM MEDNICK and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press SOUTH HEBRON HILLS, West Bank (AP) — More than a dozen Israeli settlers — as well as two…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press Prosecutors are planning a major announcement in the Gilgo Beach serial killings as the prime suspect in the case…

By VALERIE GONZALEZ and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press DULZURA, Calif. (AP) — Abigail Castillo was about to cross the U.S. border illegally when…

By SAM MEDNICK and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press SOUTH HEBRON HILLS, West Bank (AP) — For weeks after being sanctioned by the United States, Yinon…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia were set to get seats on the U.N. Security…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa is in a moment of deep soul-searching after an election that brought a…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press A ghost from recent election cycles — controversies over certification of results — is…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer At what age should kids be on social media? Should they be on it at all? If they aren’t, will they be…

By VERDA SUBZWARI Associated Press A single image, not even an authentic photograph, is the focus of a singular campaign on Instagram. It has caught…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer A growing number of experts say the most realistic and effective way of teaching children about social media…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations humanitarian chief says leaders in many conflict areas are more…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer A growing number of experts say the most realistic and effective way of teaching children about social media…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Polls are to open across the Netherlands to kick off four days of voting across the…