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By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian officials say heavy rain in Quebec in recent days missed the places where wildfires are…

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian authorities have declared a news outlet critical of the Kremlin an “undesirable” organization, effectively…

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey political consultant who hired two career criminals to kill a friend and…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study says climate change is turning major snowfalls into more extreme rain over mountains, somehow…

By ÉDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Assailants have tossed at least one explosive device at a police station in the…

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Former U.S. Senator and Connecticut governor Lowell P. Weicker Jr., has died following a…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York started new inspections this month at the unlicensed pot shops that are troubling the…

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee State announced it will become the first historically Black college and…

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A man convicted of driving into a fundraiser crowd in Pennsylvania last summer, killing one and injuring 19 others, then…

By JOSH BOAK, EMILY SWANSON and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — President Joe Biden made his pitch Wednesday to a skeptical public…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Adrian has become the first hurricane of the eastern Pacific hurricane season off Mexico’s western Pacific coast. The U.S.…

By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A federal jury has ruled that a health clinic in a Montana town where…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A retired Philadelphia police officer already in custody on child sex assault charges is now charged with dozens more sex…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary has again postponed a long-delayed vote ratifying Sweden’s NATO accession bid.…

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press One of the mothers who successfully sued a North Carolina charter school over its requirement that girls wear skirts…

TIFFIN, Ohio (AP) — Authorities in Ohio say a man abducted a 7-month-old child and crashed his car into a house while fleeing from police, killing…

By ERIK VERDUZCO and REBECCA REYNOLDS Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Passengers aboard a Delta flight disembarked using the jet slide…

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer Simone Biles is back. The gymnastics superstar plans to return to competition at the U.S. Classic outside Chicago in…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN and TERRY CHEA Associated Press Writers SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — On a recent afternoon in San Francisco, a DoorDash driver was…

By AARON MORRISON AP National Writer REPRESA, California (AP) — The graduates lined up, brushing off their gowns and adjusting classmates’…

PARIS (AP) — Kylian Mbappé and other prominent French soccer players have expressed their indignation after a 17-year-old delivery driver was shot…

By KEVIN SCHEMBRI ORLAND Associated Press VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Maltese lawmakers have unanimously approved legislation to ease the the strictest…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan Seacrest earned a plum gig this week, replacing the retiring Pat Sajak as host of “Wheel of…

HELSINKI (AP) — The deputy mayor of Finland’s capital is facing possible legal action and calls for him to pay compensation for damages and to…

By KEVIN McGILL and KEN MILLER Associated Press Scorching heat blamed for at least 13 deaths in Texas and another in Louisiana blanketed more of the…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — USA Today’s weekly list of bestselling books returned Wednesday, ending a monthslong hiatus.…

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison in a murder-for-hire plot against a girl with whom…

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Space disco cowboy. Yacht Shabbat. Burning Man Formal. Dress to Express Your Inner Spirit. More…

Tour de France riders who test positive for COVID-19 won’t be automatically expelled from the race. The International Cycling Union says the health…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. Marine veteran has pleaded not guilty to second-degree manslaughter and criminally…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press The United States is about to start the countdown to its 250th anniversary. The buildup begins this July 4 at a…

By AARON MORRISON AP National Writer Thousands of prisoners throughout the United States get their college degrees behind bars, most of them paid for…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Backups are easing at U.S. airports thanks to a break in the weather, but travelers are still…

BERLIN (AP) — German police have warned of a potentially lethal “Blue Punisher” variety of ecstasy in circulation after the death of two…

By DEEPA BHARATH of The Associated Press and ALEJANDRA MOLINA of Religion News Service OAK FLAT, Ariz. (AP) — Azee Romero climbed barefoot on the…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — World Bank President Ajay Banga, Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan, singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Dozens of Israeli air force reservists say they won’t show up for duty if the…

By JAIME HANSON of NerdWallet The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is considering a new rule that would slash credit card late fees by 75%, from…

By MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds Three-row SUVs have been a popular choice among car shoppers with large families. They typically seat up to eight passengers…

LONDON (AP) — Two protesters from the Just Stop Oil group have run onto the field at Lords and briefly disrupted play about five minutes after the…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Iga Swiatek is coming off her third title in the past four years on the French Open’s red clay. She also won a…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer There’s a youth movement going on in the National Women’s Soccer League. Eighteen-year-old Alyssa…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus is battling an influx of disease-carrying mosquitoes by bringing in hundreds of thousands of the insects after being…

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — Several people with autism and intellectual disabilities have been legally euthanized in the…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway has approved 19 oil and gas projects on the Norwegian continental shelf, saying the total investments are worth…

By OLEG CETINIC and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press NANTERRE, France (AP) — Police clashed with protesters overnight just hours after French…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders will push ahead this week with plans to beef up the bloc’s borders and…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities on Wednesday arrested a man they accused of helping Russia direct a…

By HOGIR ABDO and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — A 13-year-old Kurdish girl went missing on her way home from a school exam…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Threatened by possible shortages of lithium for electric car batteries, automakers are racing to…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Few places in Jerusalem speak of the larger conflict being waged over the city more than the…