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By MICHAEL CASEY and STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Authorities are raising the alarm about a social media challenge in…

NEW YORK (AP) — Two cable news personalities with little in common — Mark Levin and Jen Psaki — both learned on Thursday that they will be…

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State Police say they’ve shot and arrested a 39-year-old Florida man in connection with four of the…

CROSS CITY, Fla. (AP) — Officials say an elderly man who was cleaning debris from Hurricane Idalia in north Florida when a tree fell on him has…

By JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana grand jury has charged a now-91-year-old disgraced priest with sexually assaulting a…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is announcing a new $600 million package of long-term aid to Ukraine, providing…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Criminal domestic violence charges have been dropped against Las Vegas Aces player Riquna Williams,…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border under former President Donald Trump toppled…

By R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities have arrested five activists who chained themselves to a bulldozer to halt construction of…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The sweltering heat wave in Texas has the power grid manager again asking residents to cut…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have voted to raise taxes on guns and ammunition sales in the state.…

By ISSAM ADWAN and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel has closed the main commercial crossing in the Gaza Strip,…

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has tried to project national unity during…

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — People living in Minnesota without legal immigration status can now begin…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Several thousand protesters supporting the Israeli government’s judicial overhaul have rallied…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Kosovo’s president has accused Serbian investigators of dragging their feet over an inquiry…

NEW YORK (AP) — Another top executive at the failed FTX cryptocurrency exchange is scheduled to appear in court in New York Thursday afternoon to…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh told a judicial conference on Thursday he hopes…

By RAF CASERT and SYLVAIN PLAZY Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium has acknowledged that its primary rail gateway has become a festering sore…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — One of the few remaining Gullah-Geechee communities in the U.S. is in another fight to hold…

By TRACEE M. HERBAUGH Associated Press For many bird watchers — novices and experts alike — this fall’s migration will have a soundtrack.…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Democratic Florida state attorney is challenging her suspension by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. Monique Worrell filed the…

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Officials say health risks due to high lead levels in drinking water in a majority Black and impoverished Michigan city…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press A report finds that a partial building collapse in Iowa that killed three people was caused by the removal of…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Bruce Springsteen announced Thursday that he’s postponing a slate of concerts in September on the advice of…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is facing American and European condemnations for his recent comments about the Holocaust.…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Victoria’s Secret has been trying to reverse its image built on a man’s vision of…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press Federal officials say the probe into the 2021 collapse of a beachfront condominium building in South Florida that…

By AUDREY McAVOY and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press KAHULUI, Hawaii (AP) — So few tourists are coming to the Hawaiian island of Maui…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Workers are setting the stage for the World Trade Center’s newest component. It isn’t…

By ED WHITE Associated Press One of three men accused of assisting a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is testifying in his own defense.…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has dealt another serious setback to the proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada has announced that a judge will lead a public inquiry into whether China, Russia and other…

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s state-run veterans homes were unprepared to keep residents safe during the COVID-19 outbreak and suffered a…

ROME (AP) — The right-wing government of Premier Giorgia Meloni has approved a decree to crack down on juvenile delinquency, allowing children as…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — For countless fans, giving the heir to the British throne a kiss on the cheek is not usually the done…

By SCOTT BAUER and HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans are threatening to impeach a state Supreme Court…

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says the Russian flag has no place at next year’s Paris Olympics because of the war crimes…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A lawyer for a man sent back to prison in South Carolina after a deal reducing his…

BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. (AP) — Construction work has been temporarily stopped on a $2 billion new electric vehicle plant in South Carolina being built by…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — General Motors made its first wage-and-benefit offer to the United Auto Workers that falls far short…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Drake has announced his highly anticipated eighth studio album “For All the Dogs” will…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s imprisoned former leader, Aung San Suu Kyi is suffering from symptoms of low blood…

TITUSVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A windsurfer who went missing off Florida’s Space Coast on the day Hurricane Idalia made landfall last week has been…

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Police in Rwanda say a suspected serial killer has been arrested after the discovery of…

MIAMI (AP) — A Florida man who was attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a man-made hamster wheel is facing federal charges after it took the…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A jury has begun weighing contempt of Congress charges against Trump White House official…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The MacArthur Foundation is leading a group of donors who have pledge $500 million to help the…

BALTIMORE (AP) — Former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon is again running for office after her previous mayoral tenure ended in a criminal conviction.…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry is attending a charity event Thursday night in London, though he isn’t expected to…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN, ROBERT BUMSTED and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The first day of school is providing challenges for major…

By EDNA TARIGAN and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s president has issued a stark warning after wrapping up a…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia prosecutor who has brought charges accusing former President Donald Trump and others…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Railroad shippers with plants that are only served by one railroad may soon be able to get a bid…

LONDON (AP) — Five retired British police officers have admitted sending offensive and racist social media messages about the Duchess of Sussex and…

Associated Press President Joe Biden will nominate a former Obama administration official to lead the Federal Aviation Administration, which has been…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge in Boston has sentenced a wealthy Russian businessman with ties to the…

By ED DAVEY Associated Press The head of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has asked the country’s top three oilfield services…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The governor of Poland’s central bank says its large interest rate cut is justified despite high inflation because prices…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Former Finnish prime minister Sanna Marin, who was one of Europe’s youngest leaders and a strong voice in supporting…

WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — A murderer who made a brazen escape from a suburban Philadelphia jail yard last week remains on the lam. But some schools…

NEW YORK (AP) — Cornelius Eady, Toi Derricotte and Kimiko Hahn are among this year’s winners of awards from the Poetry Foundation, which…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s prime minister says China’s blanket ban on Japanese seafood in reaction to the release…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Ta’Kiya Young planned to move her growing family into a place of her own, and was just steps away from…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s main opposition leader has accused the conservative government of hypocrisy for allegedly admitting large numbers…

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A police officer has died and another has been injured in a car crash in Connecticut’s capital city. Police said one…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Norwegian man using a metal detector has found nine pendants, three rings and 10 gold pearls on a southern island in…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium midfielder Yannick Carrasco says he does not share the criticism of Saudi Arabia’s…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A top government official says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan supports his new economic team’s plan to increase…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A daughter of a long-detained human rights activist in Bahrain says she will…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A World Bank eport says online gig work is growing globally and is creating an important…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week fell to the lowest level in seven months, another…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has denied allegations in a British…

BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say two Syrian men have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of membership in extremist groups, and one of them is…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lainey Wilson leads the 2023 Country Music Association Awards nominations for a second year in…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Google will soon require that political ads using artificial intelligence be accompanied by a prominent…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Grammy Museum says it is launching the “Hip-Hop America: The Mixtape Exhibit”,…