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TOKYO (AP) — Old-time baseball players would be appalled. Italy’s dugout at the World Baseball Classic comes outfitted with an espresso machine.…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics said Wednesday it expects to invest $230 billion over the next 20…

By VITUS-GREGORY GONDWE and WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Monitors say Cyclone Freddy has dissipated after killing…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — On Twitter, the Ugandan president’s son has mused about invading neighboring Kenya,…

BERLIN (AP) — German police have conducted a major raid against a group of suspected people smugglers. German news agency dpa reported that around…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A new populist party riding the anger among Dutch farmers and rural communities at…

By SYLVIE CORBET and ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French people hoping to preserve their retirement benefits are marching in the…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt has predicted the country will not enter technical recession this…

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police have detained a senior police officer who fired multiple gunshots from his home in Bangkok, ending a standoff of over 24…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan health, railway, port and other state workers are on a daylong strike to…

By BABAR DOGAR and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — After clashing with supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran…

SYDNEY (AP) — Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating has launched a blistering attack on his nation’s plan to buy nuclear-powered…

By SEAN MURPHY and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas raised questions Wednesday about a Christian…

By SALLY HO and GARANCE BURKE Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — For the two weeks that the Hackneys’ baby girl lay in a Pittsburgh hospital bed…

By SALLY HO and GARANCE BURKE Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — For the two weeks that the Hackneys’ baby girl lay in a Pittsburgh hospital bed…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty years after the U.S. invaded Iraq — in blinding explosions of shock…

By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — When Quentin Fulks went back home to Ellaville, Georgia, last year, people kept telling him how…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A special prosecutor who doubles as a state legislator is stepping down from her role in the…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico legislators rejected a proposal Tuesday to prohibit state and local government…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Chevron says it has reported how much money it made in January from selling gasoline in…

By LISA MASCARO, CHRIS MEGERIAN and PAUL WISEMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, California…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Diamond Sports Group, the largest owner of regional sports networks, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina Supreme Court is hearing arguments again in a redistricting case it…

By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets in Senegal’s capital in a peaceful show…

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Rep. George Santos filed paperwork Tuesday indicating his intent to run for reelection, even as he faces calls to resign amid…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Tuesday restricting…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An arrest warrant has been issued for a 19-year-old Indianapolis man charging him with voluntary manslaughter and battery in a…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Antonina “Ann” Uccello, the first woman elected a mayor in Connecticut when she won an…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Senate has approved legislation to repeal the state’s…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An anti-abortion monument would be built near Arkansas’ Capitol under legislation…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia prosecutor says seven sheriff’s office employees have been charged with…

By CLAIRE SAVAGE and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Doug Knight’s family has owned Springfield amusement…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A Princeton University student was arrested Tuesday on charges that he joined other rioters in pushing against…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island woman who pretended to be a sick Marine veteran to collect about $300,000 in benefits, charitable…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When a Russian fighter jet collided with a large U.S. surveillance drone over…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The conductor of a San Francisco train that in 2021 dragged to death a woman has been cleared of wrongdoing by federal…

MIAMI (AP) — Already considered a hub for Latin, hip hop and electronic music, now Miami is going country. Tickets for the Country Bay Music…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Ryan Redington on Tuesday won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, bringing his six dogs…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are emerging as leading rivals…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The FBI has arrested two Florida law enforcement officers on charges of involvement with illegal drugs after both had…

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — State lawmakers worry that southern Kansas is vulnerable to oil spills from the Keystone…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed as “sheer nonsense” allegations that…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A former New Orleans police officer has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — It was a mundane, unanimously supported bill on liquor taxation that saw state Sen.…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — In a ruling issued Tuesday, a Baltimore judge granted the Maryland Attorney General’s Office…

By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Supporters gathered Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro to mark five years since the assassination…

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press The city of Wichita has agreed to pay $5 million to the family of a man who was shot and killed by a police…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Health authorities in Mexico say they will use more traditional medicine and more Cuban doctors in the country’s woefully…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A retired Wisconsin detective has lost a defamation lawsuit against streaming giant Netflix over his portrayal in the 2015…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lindsay Lohan is expecting her first child. The “Mean Girls” star announced her pregnancy in an Instagram post on Tuesday,…

By JIM SALTER and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press The U.S. attorney in North Dakota says he will no longer seek the death penalty for Alfonso Rodriguez…

By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Ohio filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern to make sure it pays for the cleanup and environmental damage…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles prosecutors say they will not retry Harvey Weinstein on rape and sexual…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to review a judge’s order that is blocking…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The largest corruption case in Ohio history culminated last week with guilty verdicts…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is facing stinging criticism for missing what…

LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his family were spoken to by a police officer after letting their dog off the leash in London’s…

By SEAN MURPHY and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — A federal judge overseeing a high-stakes case that could threaten access…

DALLAS (AP) — Dallas police say a 14-year-old on horseback was killed and two other teens were injured in a collision between a vehicle and the…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov and acclaimed Guadeloupe-born writer Maryse Condé are among 13…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s leaders, on the defensive after a smugglers’ boat shipwrecked meters…

Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A long-delayed vote in Hungary’s parliament on ratifying the NATO accession bids of Sweden and Finland…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A 38-year-old Canadian man is facing murder charges after a pickup truck rammed into pedestrians,…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The mayor of New Orleans is challenging a court settlement that significantly lowered the…

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — The expanded World Cup in North America has gotten even more supersized. The governing body of soccer increased the size of…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed the first federal…

By VITUS-GREGORY GONDWE and WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — The devastating Tropical Cyclone Freddy which has ripped…