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HOMESTEAD, Florida (AP) — A member of the U.S. Army Parachute Team has died after sustaining injuries during a training jump at Homestead Air…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Russia has affirmed the right of a man mobilized to fight in Ukraine to…

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Rescue operations at a coal mine in central Colombia that collapsed earlier this week have…

By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Authorities have forcibly removed Senegal’s opposition leader Ousmane Sonko from his…

SINGAPORE (AP) — United States Indo-Pacific Command chief Adm. John Aquilino says that Washington does not seek to contain China, nor seek…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The attempted theft of a helicopter ended in wreckage on Wednesday when it crashed at Sacramento Executive Airport,…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank has carried through with a large interest rate increase,…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president said Thursday that his country plans to give Ukraine around a dozen MiG-29 fighter jets, which would…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s embattled Central Bank chief has appeared for questioning for the first time before a…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Fewer Americans applied for jobless claims last week as the labor market continues to thrive despite the Federal…

LONDON (AP) — British authorities say they’re banning the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from government mobile phones on security…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will spend about $30 million to build 1,200 small homes across the state this…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press The stakes are higher in Ohio this year for March Madness — and not just because it’s a regional host for…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A senior Iranian official has visited the United Arab Emirates just days after Tehran agreed to restore…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Clashes have broken out in Athens and a southern city during a general strike in Greece…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has presented plans to fundamentally revamp its policies on dealing with critical…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Virgin Orbit said Thursday it is pausing all operations amid reports that the company is furloughing…

VIENNA (AP) — Austrian police have issued a terror threat warning for the city of Vienna, saying there was an “abstract” danger for Syrian…

By RASHID YAHYA Associated Press DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — An Iraqi Kurdish counterterrorism agency and a spokesperson for Iraq’s northern…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish court has given a life sentence to the man who fatally stabbed the popular mayor of Gdansk in 2019. The killing of…

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — The Women’s World Cup is getting 300% increase in prize money for this year’s tournament. The $150 million fund for the…

By TRISNADI MARJAN Associated Press SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian court has acquitted two police officials charged with negligence…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A week after the second-largest bank collapse in U.S. history, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen…

By SAM KEMMIS of NerdWallet Sticking with one airline, hotel or car rental brand and avoiding others is the basic premise of brand loyalty. The…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish authorities say the nation’s security services have detained members of a Russian espionage ring. They say that the…

By TAIJING WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The founder of the processor chip industry’s biggest manufacturer is warning that U.S.…

TOPOCK, Ariz. (AP) — A freight train carrying corn syrup, not hazardous materials, derailed in western Arizona, near the state’s border with…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz says that Germany will have to do a better job at clamping down on…

BEIJING (AP) — China accused the United States on Thursday of spreading disinformation and suppressing TikTok following reports that the Biden…

By HELENA ALVES and BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s center-left Socialist government is set to approve a package…

By BABAR DOGAR and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court has rejected former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese search giant Baidu has unveiled its artificial intelligence chatbot Ernie Bot, presenting its…

MOSCOW (AP) — A former mayor of Russia’s fourth-largest city has been detained on charges that could land him behind bars as part of…

By FAY ABUELGASIM and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — On a recent school day, the Rene Mouawad High School in Beirut was empty, its…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Thousands of students and other opponents of Hungary’s right-wing government have…

ROME (AP) — Italy’s highest court has ordered a retrial for two American citizens who were convicted in the slaying of an Italian carabiniere…

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Behind some great men, there is a bigger brother. Claude Monet’s older sibling is the focus of a…

TOKYO (AP) — The U.S., Canada, India, Japan and South Korea are staging joint anti-submarine warfare drills amid talks between Japanese and South…

By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer For nearly four decades, Jean-Luc Picard of “Star Trek” has largely been presented as genteel, erudite and —…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Record snowfall and rain have helped to loosen drought’s grip on parts of the…

By MARK THIESSEN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Biden administration’s approval this week of the biggest oil…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Several dozen workers among thousands at a Nissan factory in Tennessee voted not to…

By JAMEY KEATEN and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Credit Suisse shares surged Thursday after the Swiss central bank agreed to loan…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The first Republican presidential primaries are nearly a year away and the candidate field is…

By AAMER MADHANI, MATTHEW LEE and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a matter of days, Saudi Arabia carried out blockbuster…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Deaths of pregnant women in the U.S. fell in 2022, dropping significantly from a six-decade high…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s dispute with Japan over tiny Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea is heating up, with both sides accusing…

WASHINGTON (AP) — TikTok was dismissive Wednesday of reports that the Biden administration was calling for its Chinese owners to sell their stakes…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tens of thousands of workers in the Los Angeles Unified School District will strike for three days next week over stalled…

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A powerful explosion tore through a series of five coal mines interconnected by tunnels and ventilation systems in a rural…

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a house fire in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has killed an adult man and three young children. The…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he wants state regulators to decide whether to impose the…

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — A business owner whose luxury yacht ran aground and leaked diesel fuel into waters off the Hawaiian island of Maui last…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is demanding an immediate end to all fighting in South Sudan…

By MATTHEW BROWN and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — Dozens of bison from a mountain park outside Denver were transferred…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Attorneys for a man accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Texas high school in 2018 are…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is being criticized by a victim’s sister and a powerful county…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer Bobby Caldwell, a soulful R&B singer and songwriter who had a major hit in 1978 with “What You…

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco supervisors have backed the idea of paying reparations to Black people, but…

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two men were found dead after floodwaters poured into a slot canyon near the Utah-Arizona…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republican lawmakers have taken another swing at adding a narrow exemption…

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press The Minnesota labor department is asking a district court to issue a temporary restraining order and injunction…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A bill preventing transgender people at public schools from using restroom that…

NEW YORK (AP) — A onetime aide to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who accused him of sexual harassment in a federal lawsuit has filed a separate…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lawmakers investigating the South Carolina comptroller general’s $3.5…

By MARCOS ALEMAN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s government sent 2,000 more suspects to a huge new prison built…