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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the United States has…

HAMBURG, Calif. (AP) — Rural areas near California’s border with Oregon are under evacuation orders after gusty winds from a thunderstorm sent a…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Transgender youth in North Carolina lost access Wednesday to…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Public schools on Maui are starting…

By NICK EL HAJJ Associated Press AL-MADAM, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Nestled in sand dunes an hour’s drive from the skyscrapers of Dubai, a…

By TRAVIS LOLLER, MATT O’BRIEN and BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The company behind a disastrous change to a…

By ARIANA CUBILLOS and JUAN PABLO ARRÁEZ Associated Press MARACAIBO, Venezuela (AP) — The fishermen of Lake Maracaibo say they face their worst…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — As some states ban or restrict certain books in schools and libraries, Vermont’s lieutenant…

By JILL COLVIN and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After every new indictment, Donald Trump has boasted that his standing among…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The International Criminal Court should prosecute Taliban leaders for a crime against…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors have received a second expert analysis of the revolver fired in the fatal shooting…

By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Almost a week after the Apple faithful collectively gasped at the first evidence that the…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press A Florida judge should rule without trial against Disney as the company fights Gov. Ron DeSantis’ takeover of a…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Navy says its personnel seized an open boat carrying three tons of cocaine, about 200 nautical miles (360 kms)…

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Biden administration is rejecting a plea from environmentalists to toughen…

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy are calling Michael Oher’s claims that they enriched themselves at his expense…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A judge has called a new law unconstitutional that passed in the GOP-led Texas Legislature that…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Young environmental activists prevailed in a closely watched Montana lawsuit that said…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — When Denver police responded to a potential case of domestic violence this month, they say a man…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A retired political science professor who traveled in Washington’s elite social circles…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has offered its first official confirmation that it detained a U.S. soldier…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Putting 19 people on trial at the same time is a difficult assignment for any prosecutor —…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The executive director of West Virginia Public Broadcasting has stepped down after one year.…

By AYANNA ALEXANDER and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court will consider a reparations case from…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The rapper Magoo, known for his work in the hip-hop duo Timbaland & Magoo and the hit song…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will pay tribute to Meryl Streep, Oprah Winfrey, Michael B. Jordan and Sofia Coppola in…

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s health department says two residents have died this summer from infections linked to bacteria found in…

By STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO Associated Press Washington (AP) — Congressional leaders are pitching a stopgap government funding package to…

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has set an Oct. 17 trial date for an Oregon man accused of posing as an undercover police officer, kidnapping…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The police chief in Maui has been pleading for patience while the bodies of victims of Hawaii’s…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s office said Tuesday that an auto parts supplier plans a $114 million investment to expand its…

By ED KOMENDA and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press PUUNENE, Hawaii (AP) — Pets and people are recovering this week after fleeing Maui wildfires that…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A legal showdown over the derailed plea deal for Hunter Biden continued Tuesday as…

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The new indictment alleging a conspiracy by former President Donald Trump and his allies to…

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — President Santiago Peña said Paraguay and Taiwan are “not just allies, but also brothers” when he was sworn in as…

By MICHAEL BIESECKER, BERNARD CONDON and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Awakened by howling winds that tore through his Maui neighborhood, Shane…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official has pleaded guilty to a federal…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia agency says it will name a special prosecutor to consider whether the state’s Republican…

By ANDI JATMIKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Their dreams of representing Indonesia in the 2023 Miss Universe pageant turned to…

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — A man who set a fire at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Illinois has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. A judge went…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Researchers in heavily drilled Pennsylvania are adding to a body of evidence suggesting links…

By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer ESPN and host Sage Steele have settled a lawsuit she filed after being disciplined for comments she made about the…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — WeWork has sounded the alarm on its ability to stay in business, prompting…

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A museum in New Mexico to honor the Navajo Code Talkers is about $40 million shy of becoming a reality, according to…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The suspect in a deadly weekend shooting at an indoor trampoline park in Maryland was visiting his…

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California judge charged with killing his wife during an argument while he was drunk…

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Opera News will print its final issue in November and be incorporated into Britain-based Opera…

By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — HP has failed to shunt aside class-action legal claims that it disables the scanners on…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys made brief opening arguments Tuesday in the trial of two white men in…

PARIS (AP) — French authorities say most vacationers have been able to return to their campsites after a wildfire broke out near the seaside resort…

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban view their rule of Afghanistan as open-ended, drawing legitimacy from…

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The “Barbie” movie was pulled from theaters in Algeria this week almost one month after its release in the North…

PLUM, Pa. (AP) — The owners of a home that exploded in western Pennsylvania last weekend were having issues with their hot water tank, authorities…

By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN CRISTOBAL, Dominican Republic (AP) — Authorities say the death toll from a…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press The presidents of 13 universities are elevating free speech on their campuses this academic year, as part of a new…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares declined Wednesday amid worries over discouraging data on China, as well as over the…