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By CRAIG JOSEPH of NerdWallet An estimated $135 billion will be spent on back-to-school and back-to-college shopping in 2023, according to the…

By MARK THIESSEN and AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press KAHULUI, Hawaii (AP) — The wildfire that has brought sheer devastation to Maui is especially…

PARIS (AP) — A prosecutor says required safety standards weren’t met at a vacation home housing adults with disabilities at which a fire killed…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China accused Washington on Thursday of trying to block its development after President Joe Biden…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A British man has been killed amid violent protests in the South African city of…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Rescuers on Thursday evacuated inundated areas of southeastern Norway and residents…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government says it has banned all Swatch watches that contain lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s government and residents say the military has recaptured several areas in the…

By RAFIQ MAQBOOL Associated Press MUMBAI, India (AP) — Fans of Rajinikanth, one of India’s biggest movie superstars, are thronging theaters and…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s defense minister says the country intends to put 10,000 soldiers along its border…

BEIJING (AP) — China has increased the number of countries that its big-spending tourists can visit by more than 70 following the lifting of its…

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s national statistics bureau says inflation has reached a record high in July. It said Thursday that consumer prices rose…

By SAM MEDNICK and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s junta told a top U.S. diplomat that they would kill deposed…

By ILLIA NOVIKOV and EMMA BURROWS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities ordered a mandatory evacuation Thursday of nearly…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s army moved a truck that had carried Hezbollah munitions from the road where it…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Taylor Swift closed the 2023 U.S. leg of her landmark Eras Tour Wednesday night in Los Angeles…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets declined Friday after U.S. inflation edged higher, fueling unease about the…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A Palestinian militant group says Israeli forces have shot and killed one of its members in the occupied West Bank. The…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Officials have broken ground in southeast Louisiana on a nearly $3 billion project to fight…

By TY O’NEIL, CLAIRE RUSH, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — A search of the wildfire…

By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — For months, Iranian authorities did little to enforce the law on women…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Food service workers at a Las Vegas Strip arena who want higher pay and better benefits are rallying…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian lawmakers have approved a data protection legislation that “seeks to better regulate big tech firms and penalize…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his military to sharpen its war plans and…

By JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press When philosophy professor Darren Hick came across another case of cheating in his classroom at Furman University…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer ST. LOUIS (AP) — Firefighter and paramedic Mike Camilleri once had no trouble hauling heavy gear up ladders.…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — President Joe Biden evoked the memory of his late son and praised leaders from both…

By CURT ANDERSON and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump’s valet pleaded not guilty on Thursday to new…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California regulators on Thursday approved an expansion that will allow two rival…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation in the United States edged up in July after 12 straight months of declines. But…

By MARTHA MENDOZA and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and its European allies are importing vast amounts of nuclear…

By EILEEN NG Associated PRess KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — In the past two weeks, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has zig-zagged across the…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president is asking why, if a woman criticizes him, he isn’t considered victim of gender violence. Mexico has…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Michael Lorenzen walked to the mound to start the ninth inning — of just his second start…

By GONZALO SOLANO and REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The six men arrested as suspects in the assassination of an…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG, YONG JUN CHANG and AHN YOUNG-JOON Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Tropical Storm Khanun poured intense rain on South…

By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writer Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger vowed to make its streaming services profitable via a planned October price hike on its…

By CLAIRE RUSH, SETH BORENSTEIN and JENNIFER MCDERMOTT Associated Press A dangerous mix of conditions appear to have combined to make the wildfires…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says the agreement it reached with Syria to reopen the main border…

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California energy officials have voted Wednesday to extend the life…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The discovery of an illegal medical lab in central California by a code enforcement…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Gun safety groups are joining together to endorse President Joe Biden in 2024,…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is raising money for his reelection campaign by offering donors the chance…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Police in Alabama arrested two boaters on misdemeanor assault charges in connection with a riverside brawl that drew…

BELEN, N.M. (AP) — President Joe Biden says he’s open to granting assistance for people sickened by exposure to radiation during nuclear weapons…

By DENISE LAVOIE and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Department of Corrections, under scrutiny over the death of an…

By TARA COPP, LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will provide Ukraine with $200 million in weapons…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is facing a lawsuit over a congressional redistricting map that carved up…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Groups opposed to Maine’s new law expanding access to abortions won’t attempt to…

BEIRUT Lebanese security officials and the militant Hezbollah group say a truck belonging to Hezbollah overturned on a mountain road near Beirut and…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Robbie Robertson, The Band’s lead guitarist and songwriter who in such classics as “The Weight” and “Up…

Associated Press The Federal Aviation Administration is letting airlines continue to reduce their flights in the New York City area beyond summer and…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday to block and regulate high-tech U.S.-based…

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Northwestern athletic director Derrick Gragg criticized assistant football coaches and…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and SAM METZ Associated Press PROVO, Utah (AP) — An armed Utah man accused of making violent threats against President Joe…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump and officials in Atlanta are bracing for a new indictment that could come as soon as…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Regulators say Norfolk Southern has made improvements since a fiery Ohio derailment but still…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With thousands of migrants still arriving in New York City, Mayor Eric Adams is renewing his…

By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America The Archdiocese of Philadelphia will pay $3.5 million to settle a case that alleged one of its…