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By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer The sun is about to pull another disappearing act across North America, turning day into night during a total…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police say several passengers are being held hostage in a bus in Rio de Janeiro, and two were injured from…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Las Vegas-area elected official accused of killing an investigative journalist will not go on trial next week. A Nevada…

By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan official says his government is halting plans to deploy at least 1,000 police officers…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States is spearheading the first United Nations resolution on artificial…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has met with the powerful International Brotherhood of Teamsters and…

By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a now-familiar ritual in Washington: a federal…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Republican Rep. Ken Buck has announced that he’ll resign next week, narrowing his party’s…

By JEFF McMILLAN, ANDREW DeMILLO and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Florida’s state government and LGBTQ+ advocates have settled a lawsuit…

NEW YORK (AP) — David Mixner, a longtime LGBTQ+ activist who was an adviser to Bill Clinton during his presidential campaign and later called him…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — More than three dozen people allege in lawsuits filed this week that they were sexually abused as…

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Uvalde police chief who was on vacation during the Robb Elementary School shooting has…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani authorities have barred visitors to the country’s imprisoned former Prime Minister…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina trial judges have struck down portions of a new law that would have…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two top Kansas Republican Party officials are facing internal calls to resign over a viral…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Rights groups in Belarus say that authorities there have detained at least 12 lawyers…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Attention on Princess Kate has reached levels not seen since she married Prince William in a…

By ANDREW DALTON and TIM REYNOLDS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Labor strife remains an issue in Hollywood after two major strikes were…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s top public health agency is expanding a program that tests international travelers…

RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont day care provider convicted of manslaughter in the death of an infant in her care was sentenced on Tuesday to three…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyoncé is full of surprises — and on Tuesday, dropped yet another one. Her forthcoming…

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s been a common refrain when seeking proof that someone’s story or some event…

CHICAGO (AP) — Enrique Mazzola extended his contract as music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago through 2030-31 as the company announced a…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A prominent journalist in western Mexico has been abducted by armed men and hasn’t been seen since, prosecutors said…

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will rush about $300 million in weapons to Ukraine after finding…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Supreme Court has ordered prosecutors to resume an investigation into the…

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — It’s been nearly 13 years since two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon…

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A former Jacksonville Jaguars financial manager who pled guilty to stealing more than $22…

LONDON (AP) — An acclaimed revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Sunset Boulevard” and a play about the travails of England’s national soccer…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a 5-year-old New Hampshire girl missing since 2019 is legally dead…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — A senior U.S. official will visit Kosovo in the next days to put “back on track” talks…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A year ago, Georgia lawmakers said they were striking a balance when they banned most gender-affirming…

CRESCENT, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say two people were found dead after an explosion that destroyed a house in the Pittsburgh area near the Ohio…

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press A 19-year-old Michigan man who lost his right eye after being shot with a firearm made from a ghost gun kit is…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats are launching a long-shot effort to push $95 billion in aid for Ukraine,…

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Supreme Court has extended a pause on a Texas law that would allow state police to…

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska woman allegedly found a lucrative quirk at a gas station pump — double-swipe the rewards card and get free gas!…

RIFLE, Colo. (AP) — A judge has ended a temporary restraining order U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert had sought against her ex-husband at her request.…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two detectives looking for 43 students who went missing almost ten years ago have themselves disappeared in Mexico’s…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The scandal over Kate, Princess of Wales’ family snapshot — dubbed “photogate” — is a new…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and SULEIMAN AMHAZ Associated Press SAFRI, Lebanon (AP) — A Lebanese security official and an official from the militant…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press A new narrative series on Max follows female journalists on the campaign trail for the presidential election.…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Some of the most closely watched news conferences happen during China’s annual meetings of its…

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A man who denied that he was the leader of violent gang in Connecticut’s capital city has been acquitted of a murder…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House knew it had a political problem on its hands when a special counsel report…

LONDON (AP) — A major donor to Britain’s ruling Conservative Party is under fire after he reportedly said a Black member of Parliament made…

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The British military says that several people have boarded and taken control of a vessel in a suspected pirate attack in…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Supporters of former President Donald Trump who organized an effort to recall Wisconsin’s…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Jody Mikhail was a sophomore at Pennsylvania’s Cumberland Valley High School when a…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press CARMEL, N.Y. (AP) — A formidable opponent of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro who twice tried to mount coups…

BERLIN (AP) — The German parliament’s commissioner for the armed forces says the country’s military still has “too little of…

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The race for the White House isn’t the only one with big…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Police in southeastern Poland say that an alert tax driver prevented a scam in which an elderly woman would have lost the…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A court in Belgium has convicted prominent far-right activist Dries Van Langenhove to a year in…

LAKE ST. LOUIS,. Mo. (AP) — Former New York Mets and Yankees star Darryl Strawberry is recovering from a heart attack and is at SSM Health St.…

RUSHVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities have identified the five people killed in a fiery crash, including both drivers and three children, when a…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican secretary of state is trying to defuse outrage over Pope Francis’ latest diplomatic…

OAK RIDGE NORTH, Texas (AP) — Police say a man suspected of several robberies in southeastern Texas was fatally shot by officers with a joint task…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The trial has begun in Norway for a man accused of aggravated terrorism for the deadly shooting at an LGBTQ+ festival in…

By ALBERT STUMM Associated Press Even in Ireland many people have thought of their cuisine as basically stews, meat pies and potatoes. But…

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Not even education can close the pay gap that persists between women and men, according to a…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s vice chancellor has launched a program initially worth up to 4 billion euros to help…

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a man visiting the Florida Everglades is recovering after being bitten by a crocodile after falling off a…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press The number of robberies of postal carriers grew again last year and the number of injuries nearly doubled, even as…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Europe’s oldest monarch, Norwegian King Harald V, has received a permanent pacemaker. The palace said Tuesday the…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic congressman Ruben Gallego has started airing the first television ads of his…

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Defense Ministry says that a military transport plane with 15 people on board has crashed while taking off from an air…

By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Now that retirement spans more years than ever, you might need to rethink how you’re envisioning that stage of your…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Nile Rodgers, American songwriter and co-founder of the 1970s influential disco band Chic and esteemed Finnish classical music…

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Police in California have arrested a man wanted in connection with the deaths of a mother and her 11-year-old daughter in…

GENEVA (AP) — Swiss federal prosecutors say they have referred former Syrian Vice President Rifaat Assad, the uncle of the war-battered country’s…

By TAIWO ADEBAYO Associated Press Lagos, NIGERIA (AP) — The head of the African Development Bank is calling for an end to loans given in exchange…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts from four countries are back on Earth after catching a ride from the…

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Election Commission says it will seek the dissolution of the progressive Move Forward party, which won last year’s…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran will begin a joint naval drill with Russia and China in the northern part of the Indian Ocean. Iran has stepped up its…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine trade officials say they have received assurances that the United States will…

By JIM HEINTZ and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press Russian officials say Ukraine has launched a wave of long-range drones against targets deep inside…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The head of the United Nations’ atomic agency is in Japan to examine discharges of treated…

BERLIN (AP) — Many of Germany’s train drivers are staging a 24-hour strike in the latest installment of a long-running and bitter dispute over…

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish maritime rescuers say they have pulled 38 people alive and recovered two bodies from a migrant boat that was trying…