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STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden-based online fashion retailer Bootz AB says it has blocked 42,000 customers for returning too many items they had…

By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press LAGKADAS, Greece (AP) — Sotirios Gkaintatzis danced across burning coals, his stomping bare feet…

By JEFF McMURRAY Associated Press Delaware’s low elevation mixed with crowded beaches and limited exit routes make the state particularly…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Official figures show the number of people moving to Britain reached a record high of 606,000 in…

By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet The COVID-19 public health emergency that started in January 2020 ended on May 11, 2023. When that happened, several…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russia and Belarus signed a deal Thursday formalizing the deployment of Moscow’s…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has launched a commercial-grade satellite for the first time as part of its…

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Four people accused of hanging an effigy of Real Madrid player Vinícius Júnior off a…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus authorities say they’re taking extra efforts to ensure flight safety isn’t compromised from Turkish warplanes and…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s energy regulator says the typical household energy bill will come down by around $495 a…

By BORIS HEGER and ARND WIEGMANN Associated Press KUESNACHT, Switzerland (AP) — In her adoptive country, Tina Turner was more than just a…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Team Penske has struggled at the Indianapolis 500 the past few years, both in qualifying and…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Police said they arrested a man Friday who had holed up in his father’s house armed with a…

WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Wrexham’s shirts will have a taste of Hollywood next season. The Welsh soccer team has secured its latest celebrity linkup…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A nuclear watchdog has asked the operator of Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant to assess…

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s top opposition party was barred Thursday from participating in…

By LORI HINNANT and VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press LYSOHIRKA, Ukraine (AP) — Damage that has gone unrepaired for months at a Russian-occupied…

by KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A 21-year-old Hong Kong man has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for participating…

By MEHDI FATTAHI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has unveiled what it dubbed the latest iteration of its liquid-fueled…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian markets were mixed Friday as a deadline loomed for Congress to reach a deal on the U.S. government debt…

BERLIN (AP) — The German economy has shrunk unexpectedly in the first three months of this year, marking the second quarter of contraction that is…

CAIRO (AP) — A Hong Kong-flagged ship briefly ran aground in Egypt’s vital Suez Canal, though authorities said they were able to refloat it after…

By SUZAN FRASER and AYSE WIETING Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Two opposing visions for Turkey’s future are on the ballot when…

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — More than 500 companies have suspended their business in Russia, and a similar number have withdrawn completely. A…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer When Russia invaded Ukraine, global companies were quick to respond, some announcing they would get out of Russia…

By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Mahmoud almost never leaves his small apartment in east Khartoum. Electricity has been out for most…

By TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana board decided Thursday night to reprimand an Indianapolis doctor after finding that…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — On the 75th anniversary of U.N. peacekeeping, the United Nations chief said Thursday…

By SOPHENG CHEANG and GRANT PECK Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A labor union leader who led a long-running strike against…

By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. (AP) — The 24 bright green baby parrots began chirping and bobbing their heads the second…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s governor has signed a bill banning most abortions…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The United States grew older, faster, last decade. The share of residents 65 or older grew by more than a third…

BEIJING (AP) — Former Houston Rockets star Yao Ming has stepped down as head of China’s struggling national basketball league. The eight-time…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A new report says the world’s 20 richest countries are fueling forced labor and…

BY ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Before Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis were leading rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force fighter pilot about to be nominated as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press RUBY VILLAGE, Guyana (AP) — A small group of Indigenous women in northern Guyana are the latest weapon in the…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Oath Keepers extremist group founder Stewart…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press WAYNESBORO, Ga. (AP) — The first of two nuclear reactors in Georgia is generating electricity and could be days away…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press WAYNESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Two nuclear reactors in Georgia were supposed to herald a nuclear power revival in the United…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The unofficial start of the summer travel season is here, with airlines hoping to avoid the chaos of last year and…

By AARON MORRISON and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police was three…

PANAMA CITY (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 has struck in the Caribbean Sea just off…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk delivered for Florida, again. Sergei Bobrovsky denied Carolina, again. The…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean and U.S. militaries have conducted large live-fire drills near the…

By CARLOS VALDEZ Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Leaders of the Roman Catholic Church in Bolivia acknowledged Wednesday that the church had…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — As Typhoon Mawar aimed its fury at Guam, residents facing terrifying winds and crashing waves…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Elon Musk wants to turn Twitter into a “digital town square,” but his much-publicized Twitter Spaces…

By GRACE GARCES BORDALLO and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Many residents of Guam remained without power and…

From Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger to NBA legend Magic Johnson, many paid tribute to music superstar Tina Turner following her death on…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Standing in a Tennessee museum, near exhibits of shimmering dresses worn by Tina Turner,…

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — The vessel UHF Felicity pulled into the port of New Bedford shortly before 5:00…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer STRESA, Italy (AP) — Destination cruise shows are among the fashion world’s most ambitious, winging the…

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Officials say an Indiana woman died earlier this month while hiking inside Grand Canyon National Park. The…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 17-year-old boy fell to his death this weekend while climbing a Los Angeles bridge in an apparent social media stunt, police…

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — As friends and family looked on, rapper Fetty Wap on Wednesday apologized for his…

By The Associated Press Typhoon Mawar was a Category 4 super typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph or greater when it crossed the northern…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican leaders in Oklahoma unveiled the largest-ever budget proposal this week, although…

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will announce Thursday that he is tapping a history-making…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Shell has agreed to pay $10 million to resolve allegations that it polluted the air around its massive new…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Arkansas man who propped his feet on a desk in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press The powerful Typhoon Mawar lashing Guam has interrupted travel and tropical island life for residents and U.S.…

PHOENIX (AP) — The widow of former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods has announced her candidacy for the congressional seat currently held by…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Target is removing some items and making other changes to its LGBTQ+ merchandise nationwide after intense…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s outgoing prime minister says he has ordered a probe into a report that authorities illegally deported back to…

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Towering a couple of hours from one of the world’s largest cities, the Popocatepetl volcano…