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By ERIC TUCKER and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged his Russian counterpart, in a rare phone…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two people died and a girl was injured after the hot air balloon they were riding in caught fire near Mexico City. Officials in…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The wheels may be about to come off Paris’ ubiquitous for-hire electric scooters. Zipping…

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer HOUSTON (AP) — San Diego State’s vaunted defense staggered well into the second half as free-flowing…

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media says Israeli airstrikes have hit several sites in Syria’s Homs province,…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An Arizona man was found guilty of killing four people in Minnesota and leaving their bodies in an SUV in Wisconsin. A jury on…

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs must appear in court Thursday in her effort to halt pending executions. A Maricopa County Superior Court…

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and the Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei toured the archaeological site of Tikal on…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer Shaka Smart was voted the AP men’s basketball coach of the year after leading Marquette to regular-season…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of Israelis are protesting a controversial plan to revamp the country’s legal system, despite Prime…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kaley Cuoco is flying high after giving birth to her first child. The star of “ The Flight Attendant ” and “ The Big Bang…

MARATHON, Fla. (AP) — A Florida teenager and an Atlanta woman won the overall men’s and women’s divisions Saturday at a footrace across the…

By JAVIER CORDOBA Associated Press LIMON, Costa Rica (AP) — In this colorful Caribbean port, where cruise ship passengers are whisked to jungle…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Joe Tacopina, a lawyer for former President Donald Trump; former Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Ark.; Eric…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a Sikh and a Christian have been shot dead in separate targeted attacks in the northwest city of…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Three current and former former executives of a shipbuilder that constructs vessels for the U.S. Navy have been indicted on…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani army says four of its soldiers were killed in a militant attack by Iran-based fighters. Saturday’s attack took…

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Analysts say gas prices have increased in New Jersey and around the nation at large amid increased demand as warmer spring…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and likely the future of abortion access,…

_ KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The first group of chaplains to join the Ukrainian military’s command structure has graduated. Although chaplains have…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, COLLEEN LONG and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nine months ago, President Joe Biden signed a…

By MARIAM FAM and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO Associated Press With her 3-year-old daughter sitting inside a red Target shopping cart, Aya Khalil looked…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — States are doling out more cash than ever to lure multibillion-dollar microchip, electric…

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — A women-run radio station in Afghanistan’s northeast has been shut down for playing music during the holy month of…

By ADRIAN SAINZ and ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press WYNNE, Ark. (AP) — Storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes killed at least 26 people…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press GAMBELL, Alaska (AP) — Bruce Boolowon, then a lean 20-year-old, and a group of friends were hunting for murre…

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — When Irwing López made it to Ciudad Juarez on the U.S.-Mexico border in January,…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — It has been more than three years since police announced that two kids were missing from a…

OAKLAND, California (AP) — Sixteen Alaska Native men have been honored for rescuing the crew of a U.S. Navy patrol plane shot down over the Bering…

HELSINKI (AP) — Norwegian authorities plan to evacuate an area in northern Norway where avalanches and landslides have killed four people.…

By KARL RITTER and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Kyiv court ordered a leading priest to be put under house arrest…

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police on Saturday arrested eight people in the southern port city of Karachi after a stampede killed 12 people…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A chipper-sounding Pope Francis was discharged Saturday from the Rome hospital where he was…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The NBA will have labor peace for years to come. The league and its players came to an agreement early Saturday…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Evacuation orders have been lifted in small sections of Tomioka, a town just southwest of the…

By FRANK JORDANS and EMILY SCHULTHEIS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — King Charles III won plenty of hearts during his three-day visit to Germany,…

By BARRY HATTON Associated Press Europe’s biggest armed conflict since World War II is poised to enter a new phase in the coming weeks. With no…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When Donald Trump steps before a judge this coming week to be arraigned in a New York courtroom, it…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has visited a farm outside Zambia’s capital that’s using…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer DALLAS (AP) — Caitlin Clark tossed the ball high in the air as the clock ticked down, gave a huge shout-out…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law placing…

MONUMENT VALLEY, Utah (AP) — A sunset spectacle featuring two mitten-shaped rock formations played out this week at Monument Valley on the Navajo…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Fans of late Canto-pop icon Leslie Cheung, one of the first singers to come out as gay in Hong…

By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s military leaders and pro-democracy forces have said they will delay the signing…

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The man named as a person of interest in the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend and her 7-year-old daughter was charged…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The body of a 2-year-old Florida boy who had been the subject of a frantic search…

By The Associated Press Horse racing’s new anti-doping program has been put on hold for 30 days. A federal judge in Texas ordered the Horseracing…

By LESLIE AMBRIZ Associated Press BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The 34th GLAAD Media Awards featured a surprise Jennifer Coolidge appearance, honors…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say they shot and killed a man who they alleged tried to snatch an officer’s gun…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Without billions of dollars more to feed millions of hungry people, the world will see…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A group of international experts investigating the 2014 disappearance of 43 students in southern Mexico says Mexico’s military…

By WILSON RING Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Thousands of people rallied across the country Friday as part of a Transgender Day of…

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — For UConn players Adama Sanogo, Samson Johnson and Hassan Diarra a traditional pregame meal…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A formerly well-connected Republican donor has been convicted of recruiting teenage girls for sex. A federal grand jury on…

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Attorneys for several insurance companies are appealing a federal judge’s decision to uphold…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico produced more than 53,000 tons of its most famous crop during the last…

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The nine service members who died in a crash involving two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman has left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida could expand what critics call the “Don’t Say Gay” law that limits…

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — The daughter of former U.S. intelligence director John Negroponte has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for fatally…

By HALELUYA HADERO SAULSALITO, Calif. (AP) — Under intense scrutiny from Washington that could lead to a potential ban, the top attorney for TikTok…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president is visiting the border city of Ciudad Juarez, where 39 men died in…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia and the U.S. have clashed in the United Nations over Moscow’s plans to deploy…