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ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban spokesman says heavy flooding from seasonal rains in Afghanistan has killed at least 33 people and injured 27 others…

BALTIMORE (AP) — Police are searching for the person who shot a 7-year-old girl at a Baltimore shopping mall. Baltimore police say the girl was…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — An election this month in Pittsburgh and some of its suburbs is emerging as an early test of…

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — AI fashion modeling is on the rise but its use has complicated implications for diversity. AI…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More civilians have died across Ukraine as analysts warn that delays in U.S. aid would see Kyiv struggle to fight off Russian…

By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press HUEHUETENANGO, Guatemala (AP) — As more than 100 men carrying an elaborate float of Jesus halted…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Sarah Jessica Parker, Andrew Scott and Sarah Snook are among the stars battling for accolades at the…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish opponents of abortion are marching in Warsaw to protest recent steps by the new government to liberalize the…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A quarter-century ago, the Justice Department had few meaningful relationships with Native…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The relationship between Donald Trump and Lindsey Graham has again turned negative after the…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Twelve news organizations have issued a joint statement calling on presumptive presidential…

TANA TORAJA, Indonesia (AP) — Officials say torrential rains have triggered landslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 14 people…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The unprecedented attack by Iran on Israel early Sunday ratcheted up regional tensions,…

Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has arrived in China on a visit focused on the increasingly tense economic…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed to boost social spending, develop infrastructure…

CHICAGO (AP) — Eight people were shot including a young girl who was killed in what Chicago police believe was gang-related violence on the…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel on Sunday hailed its successful air defenses in the face of an unprecedented…

By PATRICK ONEN Associated Press MUKONO, Uganda (AP) — In a forested area outside Uganda’s capital, a few dozen youth gather around a…

By RICK RYCROFT and KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — A police officer and several bystanders are being hailed for running “towards…

By The Associated Press Israel hailed the success of its defenses in the face of an unprecedented attack by Iran involving hundreds of drones,…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan has been torn by war for a year now, torn by fighting between the military and the notorious…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — More than half of the estimated 7.7 million Venezuelans who have left their homeland…

Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media report that two people have been detained following the capsizing of a tourist boat on a river…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press GRANTS PASS, Oregon (AP) — A pickleball game in this leafy Oregon community was suddenly interrupted one rainy…

By MAYSOON KHAN and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press New York lawmakers are proposing rules to humanely drive down the population of rats and other…

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s history-making criminal trial is set to start Monday with a simple but extraordinary procedural step that is…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and MARC LEVY Associated Press Former President Donald Trump is endorsing U.S. Senate candidate David McCormick of…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Four people are dead after the vehicle they were traveling in was struck by a train in rural Idaho Saturday, authorities said.…

SYDNEY (AP) — Police have identified the assailant who stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center before he was fatally shot by a…

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California woman with a history of convictions for driving under the influence has been sentenced to 15 years to life in…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler made one last birdie and let out one big exhale Saturday on a wild day of…

NEW YORK (AP) — Artist and award-winning children’s book author Faith Ringgold has died. Her daughter, Barbara Wallace, told the New York Times…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A conservative Utah State Board of Education member who faced calls to resign after lawmakers said she bullied a student on…

JERUSALEM (AP) — An incoming attack by Iranian drones and ballistic missiles poses the latest challenge to Israel’s air defense system, which…

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Local news reports say a small boat full of decomposing corpses has been spotted by fishermen off Brazil’s northeastern…

By GABRIELA MOLINA Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Pope Francis has sided with a group of Peruvian villagers who have complained that…

By The Associated Press Iran launched its first full-scale military attack against Israel on Saturday, sending drones toward Israel. Iran’s…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has launched a one-day blitz to gain access to the…

WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — The sequel has turned out to be just as good for Wrexham. The Welsh team co-owned by actor Ryan Reynolds has clinched…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Southern California Marine accused of having sex with a missing 14-year-old girl found in his Camp Pendleton barracks room last…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus says it’s suspending processing all asylum applications by Syrian…

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Gnomes, those quirky statues that people put in their gardens, are flying off the shelves at…

CERESCO, Neb. (AP) — A veteran Nebraska police officer was killed when his cruiser was struck by another vehicle after he made a traffic stop. The…

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A small earthquake has shaken the Southern California desert near where the Coachella music festival is being held this…

CUSTER, S.D. (AP) — Authorities said they’re investigating a case of domestic violence that ended with a man dead and a woman injured in…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal authorities are asking for the public’s help in tracking down two men seen damaging rock formations at a national…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden is cutting short a weekend stay at his…

By PAT EATON-ROBB and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Thousands of fans lined the streets of Hartford, Connecticut, to…

READING, Pa. (AP) — Conjoined twins Lori and George Schappell, who pursued separate careers, interests and relationships during lives that defied…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The executor of O.J. Simpson’s estate says he will work to prevent a payout of a $33.5 million judgment awarded by a California…

HELSINKI (AP) — The head of Latvia’s government has tapped an experienced diplomat to become the Baltic nation’s new foreign minister after the…

By MALLIKA SEN AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The story of O.J. Simpson’s life was inherently cinematic. What started as fodder for a…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For decades, only three people knew Gloria Johnson had had an…

MICHIGAMME TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a Michigan man and his dog have been rescued from the icy waters of an inland lake in the…

ROME (AP) — The Holy See has formally protested to France after a French court ruled that a former high-ranking Vatican official was liable for…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — No woman has appeared more often before the Supreme Court than Lisa Blatt, who will make her…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Federal authorities say a North Atlantic right whale has been spotted entangled in rope…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press The United Methodist Church lost one-fourth of its U.S. churches in a recent schism, with conservatives departing…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media reports a top ranking official has reaffirmed ties with North Korea during a meeting with the country’s…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army says the body of missing Israeli boy has been found in the occupied West Bank after he was killed in a…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer The first drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s disease hit the U.S. market over a year ago, but sales have lagged, major…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows has grown to affect more than two dozen herds in eight states, just weeks…

WASHBURN, Maine (AP) — Police in Maine say an officer accused of lying about a missing person case has been charged with several crimes, including…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Kremlin-installed official says at least 10 people including children have died in shelling that struck a Russian-occupied…

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press It’s water festival time in Thailand where many are marking the country’s…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh officials say a large group of river barges broke loose and floated down the Ohio River, damaging a marina and causing…

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer The Nico Iamaleava era finally has arrived at Tennessee. The No. 2 quarterback in the 2023 recruiting class…

ISTANBUL (AP) — More than 40 people remain stranded in cable cars high above a mountain in southern Turkey, 19 hours after one pod hit a pole and…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The British military says a vessel may have been boarded by an unknown party near the crucial Strait of Hormuz.…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press BUNKERVILLE, Nev. (AP) — The words “Revolution is Tradition” stenciled in fresh blue and red paint mark a cement…

SYDNEY (AP) — Media reports say multiple people have been stabbed and that the police shot a person at a Sydney shopping center. ABC TV in…

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press O.J. Simpson has died. But his time in a white Ford Bronco during a slow-moving police pursuit on the Los Angeles…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH and KIM CHANDLER Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Democratic President Joe Biden’s campaign is wrangling with…

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press A University of Michigan proposal aimed at deterring disruptions on its Ann Arbor campus after anti-Israel…