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By ZANE IRWIN Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A lawyer for Senegal’s embattled opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has filed a lawsuit in…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought his comedy game to…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Pop star Kesha and producer Dr. Luke have settled nearly a decade of suits and countersuits over…

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The French government says that Zambia has reached a deal with China and several other government…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first gene therapy to treat a deadly…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The intersex documentary “Every Body” shines a warm spotlight on a much-misunderstood community,…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday defended his harsh public comments on…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A lockdown on a Tennessee’s legislative office building in Nashville has been…

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A federal court has sentenced Brazilian engineer Mário Marcelo Santoro to 27 years in…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has collected DNA samples from more than 200 families following last week’s sinking of an overcrowded smuggling vessel…

By HOLLY RAMER, JENNIFER McDERMOTT and BEN FINLEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — About an hour and a half into its voyage, a missing submersible on…

By BEATRICE DUPUY and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A brief but fierce storm pummeled concertgoers at the iconic Red Rocks…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has given final legislative approval to a bill banning…

MACON, Ga. (AP) — A doctors’ group that promotes animal rights is makin’ a fuss over the Macon Bacon baseball team. The Physicians…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators have sent warning letters to dozens of retailers selling fruity disposable…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Chair Jerome Powell reiterated that the Federal Reserve will likely raise interest rates at…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two relatives helped indicted U.S. Rep. George Santos stay out of detention while he awaits…

HAVEN DALEY SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The giant canvas pink triangle that is one of the LGBTQ+ community’s Pride month symbols in San Francisco is…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A new survey says America’s honeybee hives just staggered through the second highest…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — In a story published June 22, 2023, about the NTSB hearings on the Ohio train derailment, The Associated Press quoted National…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a man whose conviction on gun charges was called into question by a recent high court…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the year since the Supreme Court overturned the national legal right to abortion, President…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The desperate search for a submersible that disappeared while taking five people to view the…

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled against the Navajo Nation on Thursday in a dispute involving water…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes edged higher in May and the national median sale price…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Bret swirled close to St. Vincent late Thursday as it began pushing…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyans are preparing for tough times after lawmakers approved tax increases that are…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits remained elevated last week, a possible sign that the…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A teenage volleyball player from Tennessee is suing the city of St. Louis and two drivers who struck her in February, causing her…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German government has announced draft plans to boost domestic research into development of…

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The rapper Quando Rondo has been jailed after being indicted on drug and gang charges in his hometown of Savannah. The…

By CARLA BRIDI and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s top electoral court has started hearing a case that could…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Three people have been charged with forgery and other crimes in an investigation of phony petition signatures that spoiled…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The International Boxing Association has been banished from the Olympic family but the sport will…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Texas congressman Will Hurd says he’s running for president. Hurd hopes to build…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard ship sailed through the Taiwan Strait a day after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken completed a trip…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Fears that the British economy is heading for recession have mounted sharply after the Bank of England…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is rolling out endorsements from 15 South Carolina lawmakers. The…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An explosion damaged a bridge that is one of the few links between Crimea and Ukraine’s mainland, Russia-backed…

By KATIE TAM Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Thousands gathered Thursday in southern Hong Kong to watch the iconic dragon boat races, a highlight…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The president of the United Arab Emirates has met with Iran’s visiting foreign minister in the latest sign of…

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has defended a deal to stop migrants from entering the European Union until their chances of getting…

By AAMER MADHANI, COLLEEN LONG and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday pronounced the U.S.-India…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — European Union officials say there is a growing risk of mosquito-borne viral diseases…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s central bank says it has raised its key interest rate by half a percentage point in an effort to “bring…

MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court has ruled that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich must remain in jail on espionage charges until at least…

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Switzerland’s central bank has raised its key interest rate as it seeks to combat inflation and said “it cannot be…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mostly lower Thursday following a retreat on Wall Street after the Federal…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has summoned the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo for emergency talks to try to bring…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press MECHELEN, Belgium (AP) — The confessionals where generations of Belgians admitted their sins stood stacked in a…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Seventy-five years ago, a ship landed at Tilbury Dock near London, carrying more than 800 passengers…

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia has ambitious plans to welcome millions more pilgrims to Islam’s…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Abortion pills will remain legal in Wyoming for now, after a judge ruled Thursday that the…

MATADOR, Texas (AP) — A line of severe storms produced multiple tornadoes Wednesday evening on the Rolling Plains in Texas, killing at least three…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s online safety watchdog has issued a legal notice to Twitter demanding an…

By MARLON GONZÁLEZ Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Authorities in Honduras began to hand over to relatives the hacked, burned…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington in June was expected to reduce…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday struck down Florida rules championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis restricting Medicaid coverage for…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to impeach President Joe Biden, hard-right House Republicans forced a vote…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealanders this week have been debating a thorny health care issue — whether…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer When I told friends and family I was reporting on the first chicken meat grown from animal cells, their first…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Without immigration, the white population in the U.S. would have declined last year. Immigration also propelled…