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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Marine Corps veteran who served as a politically appointed State Department official in…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin have given audiences thrilling, terrifying front-row seats to…

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Thousands of Texas Rangers fans lined a two-mile stretch near the team’s ballpark hours before a parade Friday to…

By MATTHEW LEE and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press TEL AVIV (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is warning Israel that it risks destroying…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two men have been shot to death while visiting a graveyard during Mexico’s Day of the Dead holiday. Prosecutors say two…

WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A gas explosion has collapsed part of a brick multifamily building north of New York City and trapped victims in the…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press The new president of the Boy Scouts of America plans to reverse the trend of declining membership and improve…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man accused of carrying a pitchfork and assaulting police during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol has…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The little asteroid visited by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft this week had a big surprise…

By ISABEL DEBRE, KAREEM CHEHAYEB and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Weeks after ordering northern Gaza’s 1.1…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis City Council and Mayor Jacob Frey have agreed on a new location for a police station to replace the one set on…

NEW YORK (AP) — After nearly three decades, Jeff Bezos is leaving Seattle. In a Instagram post, the Amazon founder announced plans to return to…

By SAM METZ Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Archaeologists have unearthed more ancient ruins of what they believe was once a bustling port…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Eric Trump returned to the witness stand Friday to testify at the civil fraud trial accusing his…

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — State prosecutors have added hate-crime allegations to charges of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon against a…

BANGKOK (AP) — The leader of Myanmar’s army-installed government has declared its military will carry out counterattacks against a powerful…

BEIRUT (AP) — Leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group is speaking out for the first time since the start of the Israel-Hamas. Hassan…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Outrage over the price of basic housing is spurring calls for a tax on mansions in a…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Colorado voters will decide two statewide ballot measures Tuesday that would affect their…

SENECA, S.C. (AP) — A driver tried to crash through the exit gates of a South Carolina nuclear plant Thursday night about an hour after security…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Control of Virginia’s legislature is up for grabs in Tuesday’s off-year general election.…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New York voters will decide of a variety of races and ballot questions in Tuesday’s general…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian police say they’ve  made seven arrests on suspicion of smuggling people into Hungary into Hungary as part of…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) — Legal settlements could provide local and state governments $50…

By The Associated Press The Russian Orthodox Church has called for an apology from Alla Pugacheva, the country’s most renowned pop singer who…

Officials have released the names of two workers trapped when a coal mine preparation plant collapsed earlier this week in eastern Kentucky. News…

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press SAN AGUSTÍN ETLA, México (AP) — Daniel Dávila knew he would become a devil at age 12. He prepares…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House Historical Association is working on a new experience for tourists in…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the second time in three months, the national debate over reproductive rights focuses on…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — King Charles III has met with religious leaders about promoting peace and security…

MADRID (AP) — A wildfire abetted by winds from Storm Ciarán has burned some 2,000 hectares (4,900 acres) of land in eastern Spain and forced the…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear seeks a second term in the heavily Republican state on…

LOCKHART, Texas A Texas man has been convicted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Moroccan immigrant who had pulled into his driveway. A…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Maine voters will decide the fate of eight statewide ballot measures in a referendum election…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Every seat in New Jersey’s General Assembly is up for grabs in Tuesday’s general election.…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Topping the list of notable races in Tuesday’s general election in Texas are the mayoral races…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities say Russia unleashed a wave of nighttime drone and missile attacks…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Tuesday’s general election in Pennsylvania will fill a vacant state Supreme Court…

Norwegian police say the husband of the former prime minister, Erna Solberg, will not face investigation over his stock trading during her two terms…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters throughout Connecticut will elect mayors in Tuesday’s off-year general election. The…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police in Pakistan say a bomb planted in a parked motorcycle exploded near a police vehicle in the country’s…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state media say a court has sentenced a woman to death for adultery. The IRAN newspaper says the woman worked as a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Transportation Department  is awarding $653 million in grants to upgrade and improve 41 water-based ports across the United…

By ASHOK SHARMA and PIYUSH NAGPAL Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — New Delhi’s government has shut primary schools and banned polluting vehicles…

BERLIN (AP) — A small plane flying from Croatia to Salzburg has crashed in Austria, killing four people. Police say the aircraft crashed Thursday…

MILAN (AP) — Record-breaking rain provoked floods in a vast swath of Tuscany as storm Ciarán pushed into Italy overnight. At least three people…

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares advanced on Friday after Wall Street roared higher on bets that market-rattling…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Dubai-based television network broadcasting across the Mideast cut…

By JIM GOMEZ and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Japan’s prime minister is visiting the Philippines, where he’s…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A magnitude 5.1 earthquake rattled a Greek island near Athens, but no injuries or serious damage were immediately reported.…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The watchdog office overseeing the National Science Foundation is sending…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A fire has broken out at a drug rehabilitation center in northern Iran on Friday, killing at least 27 people. State TV says 17…

By NAJIB JOBAIN, BASSEM MROUE and DAVID RISING Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in…

MORWELL, Australia (AP) — A woman accused of serving her ex-husband’s parents and an aunt poisonous mushrooms with lunch has appeared in an…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has confirmed that it’s closing some of its diplomatic missions abroad, a…

By DAKE KANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A Beijing-based art dealer touts itself as China’s premier seller of North Korean art, despite…

By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — International authorities say there is growing evidence that shows Beijing is helping…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press SURFSIDE, Florida (AP) — U.S. support for Israel’s offensive against Hamas is being closely watched…

By FU TING Associated Press Long before “Friends” made its official debut in China, the show was a word-of-mouth phenomenon in the country. In…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press The latest major addition to the National World War II Museum in New Orleans is called the Liberation Pavilion. And…

By JOSH BOAK and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is gathering leaders from countries across the Americas on…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Closing arguments are scheduled to take place in the trial of a police officer charged with…

By SASHA CHAVKIN Pulitzer Center WASHINGTON (AP) — Data analysis by The Associated Press and the Rainforest Investigations Network, a nonprofit…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is heading to Lewiston, Maine to mourn with the…

By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A woman interviewed by FBI agents says they are investigating allegations of wrongdoing by a Texas…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Anthony Albanese will soon become the first Australian prime minister in seven years to…

By JILL COLVIN and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — As his rivals go all in on Iowa, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has…

By SASHA CHAVKIN Pulitzer Center WASHINGTON (AP) — According to data analysis by The Associated Press and the Rainforest Investigations Network, a…

By CLAIRE SAVAGE and MELISSA PEREZ WINDER Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Brunch dates and flag football games might be a little…

By ALI SWENSON and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The warnings have grown louder and more urgent as 2024 approaches: The rapid…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) — Communities ravaged by America’s opioid epidemic are starting…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers likely kept hiring at a healthy pace last month, defying high interest…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fans of hip-hop, country, pop, funk, R&B and rock all have reason to cheer the 2023…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California jury has awarded $332 million to a man who sued chemical giant Monsanto, claiming his cancer was related to decades…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who was Robert De Niro’s chief personal assistant for over a decade has cited…

HONOLULU (AP) — Authorities in Hawaii say a wildfire that has burned forestlands in a remote mountainous area of Central Oahu has moved eastward…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press IWAKI, Japan (AP) — Fishing communities in Fukushima feared devastating damage to their businesses from the…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A final vote count following a general election in New Zealand three weeks ago has…

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia will try to control its population of more than 100 hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Three passengers have sued Alaska Airlines saying they suffered emotional distress after an…