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BEIJING (AP) — China’s defense minister will visit Moscow for meetings with his Russian counterpart and other military officials. The Defense…

By AHMED AL-HAJ and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — An exchange of more than 800 prisoners by Yemen’s warring parties has begun.…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press LINGEN, Germany (AP) — Germany is shutting down its last three nuclear power plants on Saturday as part of an…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Fort Lauderdale’s 25 inches of rain is a case of a strong thunderstorm not knowing when to say when.…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are slipping Friday as a swirl of competing forces spins Wall Street, from strong profits…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — The scent of the Mississippi Delta’s soil took hold of…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The trip by Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to Beijing…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, COLLEEN LONG, CHRIS MEGERIAN and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press BALLINA, Ireland (AP) — President Joe Biden ended his trip to…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Andre Blount has been serving food to dignitaries at World Bank headquarters for nearly 10…

By WILL WEISSERT and TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Top Republican hopefuls for the 2024 presidential race vowed Friday at the…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Makoto Shinkai doesn’t yet know the story he will tell in his next film, only that it will be…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — On a breezy spring day, scientists and conservationists methodically conducted…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China sanctioned a United States lawmaker Thursday for his visit to Taiwan, saying he…

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — They’re the biggest of brands. But with no logos. And that’s the whole point. Call it…

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL AP Science Writer SURGUJA, India (AP) — Poonam Gond is learning to describe her pain by numbers. Zero means no pain and 10 is…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A bus carrying Israeli tourists fell on its side on a road in southern South Korea, killing one woman and injuring 34…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press SAINT-LOUIS, Senegal (AP) — When the gas rig arrived off the coast of Saint-Louis, residents of this seaside…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal prosecutors accuse two former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies of violating…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press The son of a man killed in a 2021 mass shooting at an Indianapolis FedEx facility and two survivors have…

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Two U.N. groups said Thursday that the number of migrants crossing the dangerous Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama could…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill approved by the…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative mega-donor Harlan Crow purchased three properties belonging to Supreme Court…

By JAMIE STENGLE Leaders in a rural Texas county held a special meeting Thursday to consider the drastic option of shutting their public library…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will soon no longer require unanimous jury recommendations for judges to…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press DAISETTA, Texas (AP) — When the massive sinkhole first appeared in Daisetta in May 2008, some residents had…

By MATT O’BRIEN and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The chatting app Discord is one of the most popular ways gamers…

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Peruvian judge has convicted retired army general and conservative politician Daniel…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it successfully test-launched a new…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In trying to identify who was behind a major breach of classified U.S. documents, federal…

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A rapid spring snowmelt after an unusually wet winter is unleashing flooding from the Southwest to the Rockies, causing…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press Funerals are set for most of the five bank employees who were fatally shot by a co-worker this week in Louisville,…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The judge who oversaw the sentencing of the Parkland massacre gunman won’t be able to oversee proceedings in another…

By MARIA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican prosecutors say the head of the country’s immigration agency is scheduled to make an…

By JAVIER COLÓN DÁVILA Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Two cousins of Puerto Rico’s Gov. Pedro Pierluisi have pleaded guilty for…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s most powerful tropical cyclone in eight years lashed its northwest coast…

By ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press A startup business that places small turbines in irrigation canals to generate electricity has raised…

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher in Virginia has been formally arrested on charges of child…

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant has filed a countersuit against the Memphis teenager suing the two-time…

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian authorities say at least 25 African migrants died and 15 are missing after a boat carrying them toward Europe sank…

BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (AP) — A federal lawsuit alleges that a man with a history of mental illness died after 20 days locked away, naked, in a…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Federal officials say they have asked the FBI to consider criminal charges against more than 250 unruly airline…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge says a civil rape trial for former President Donald Trump will begin as…

By SUMMER BALLENTINE and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press COLUMBIA. Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s attorney general has announced new restrictions…

By LAURA UNGAR and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press Doctors, clinics and telehealth providers across the country are scrambling to figure out how they…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s monthslong absence from the Senate to recover in California…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press The city of Minneapolis agreed Thursday to pay nearly $9 million to settle lawsuits filed by two people who said…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Martin Scorsese was knee-deep in preparation for “Killers of the Flower Moon” when Mara Hennessey…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ government says it’s looking into how a number of Cypriot nationals were included in new round of U.S. and…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say they’ve arrested a suspect who made threats against…

DIMMITT, Texas (AP) — An explosion at a dairy farm in the Texas Panhandle that critically injured one person and killed an estimated 18,000 head of…

By ADAM PEMBLE Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s foreign minister says his country won’t budge from its demand that Russia…

By ARLEIGH RODGERS and MICHAEL CONROY Associated Press RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — Schools in an Indiana city are closed for a second day while crews…

CINCINNATI (AP) — A pitcher with the Philadelphia Phillies is criticizing some Major League Baseball teams for extending alcohol sales with games…

BY DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it’s investing $177 million to create 17…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jared “Drake” Bell, an actor best known as a star of the Nickelodeon television show “Drake & Josh,” was…

By ROB MAADDI and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writers A person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press that a group led by Josh Harris…

By AMY BETH HANSON and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana lawmakers were expected to take a big step forward Thursday on…

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jury selection began behind closed doors Thursday in a defamation lawsuit seeking to hold…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A tech consultant was arrested and charged with murder Thursday in the…

MANCHESTER, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a fire that tore through 6 square miles of New Jersey’s Pine Barrens this week has now ben fully…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A U.S. Capitol police officer who tried to help a Virginia fisherman avoid criminal charges for joining the…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation that will enact safe storage…

WEST LIBERTY, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say two former correctional officers at an eastern Kentucky prison have pleaded guilty to charges related to…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany has approved Poland’s request to transfer five Soviet-designed fighter jets to Ukraine. The permission was needed because…

By ERIC TUCKER, TARA COPP and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Massachusetts Air National Guard member was arrested Thursday in…

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews will not return to the team next year, ending a wildly successful…

MUNICH (AP) — Rally driver Craig Breen was killed in an accident Thursday during a test event ahead of a world championship race in Croatia, his…