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MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Supreme Court has upheld the 135-year prison sentence of a British teacher and nanny who created and distributed…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ defense minister says the island nation is working together with Irish…

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dutton and Wrenlee are on the rise but they’re no match for champs Liam and Olivia as the top baby…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — McDonald’s and a franchise holder are at fault after a hot Chicken McNugget from a Happy Meal fell on a little…

BRIENZ, Switzerland (AP) — Stragglers packed up belongings in cars, trucks and a least one pickup truck before a looming deadline on Friday to…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s foreign ministry has summoned the U.S. Ambassador to a meeting…

BERLIN (AP) — A labor union representing more than 200,000 railway workers says it’s going ahead with a planned strike next week after its…

By ELAINE GANLEY PARIS (AP) — France’s foreign minister says two French citizens imprisoned in Iran have been freed. Benjamin Briere and…

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer As Republican-governed states across the nation advance myriad bills targeting transgender young people,…

By JOVANA GEC and DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tens of thousands of people have marched through the Serbian capital,…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Forty years after California condors were on the brink of extinction, aggressive conservation…

By KRISTA LARSON Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A new report from the U.N. Human Rights Office says the death toll from a massacre last…

ZURICH (AP) — A FIFA fund to compensate for unpaid wages helped 225 players in the latest round of payments. The governing body of soccer says 61…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A top Vatican cardinal is defending Pope Francis’ “drastic” leadership firings at the Holy…

BEIJING (AP) — China is sending a special envoy to Ukraine and Russia starting next week in what it calls an effort to help reach a political…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Aaron Rodgers nearly upended the NFL schedule two years ago when he told some within the Green Bay Packers organization…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. Marine veteran who placed an agitated New York City subway…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. economy grew sluggishly during the first three months of the year as double-digit inflation…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Commerce Department is launching the application process for cities to receive a total of $500…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and PAOLO SANTALUCIA Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has joined Italy’s conservative premier in encouraging Italians…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer NIIGATA, Japan (AP) — Financial leaders of the Group of Seven advanced economies are focusing on ways to…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — This weekend’s Eurovision Song Contest will have Ukrainian flags, Ukrainian musicians…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press VOLOS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister says his government is exploring a “win-win” solution to…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press VOLOS, Greece (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has told The Associated Press in a wide-ranging…

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Authorities in Bangladesh and Myanmar prepared to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Another seemingly listless week on Wall Street came to a quiet close on Wall Street Friday, but big…

By FARES AKRAM and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes have killed a senior militant commander in the…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has left a high court in Islamabad after it granted…

BEIJING (AP) — Australia’s Trade and Tourism Minister Don Farrell appears to be making progress in restoring a nearly decade-long rift in…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Over recent years, Sudan’s military and a separate armed force accumulated power, each suspicious of…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press Japanese and South Korean officials have agreed on a visit later this month by South Korean experts to the…

By STEPHEN SMITH and KEVIN McGILL Associated Press BENTLEY, La. (AP) — They were born and raised in captivity, but as they slowly slithered away…

By AARON MORRISON AP National Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tirzah Patterson will dedicate this Mother’s Day to the hardest part of a mother’s…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho mother Lori Vallow Daybell was convicted Friday in the murders of her two youngest…

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cassandra Nuñez and her grandmother cast their first ballots in a U.S. presidential…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Voters disaffected by nine years of plodding rule by a coup-making army general are expected to…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s budget deficit is now nearly $32 billion. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday…

By VALERIE GONZALEZ, ELLIOT SPAGAT and GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The border between the U.S. and Mexico is…

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A bipartisan group of Nevada lawmakers has introduced a bill that would…

By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Attorneys for young people suing Montana over damages caused by climate…

By WILSON RING Associated Press DORSET, Vt. (AP) — Deep in a cool, damp cave in Vermont, tens of thousands of furry, chocolate brown creatures…