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By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is getting some unwanted help in its drive to slow the U.S. economy and…

WINCHESTER, Ohio (AP) — Seven law enforcement officers have sued rap artist Afroman, accusing him of improperly using footage from a police raid on…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press A Missouri grade school that was shut down last year amid concerns of possible radioactive contamination will not…

By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press TikTok’s CEO was relatively unknown to the U.S. public before Thursday, when he testified before a…

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and MARIAM FAM Associated Press Muslims around the world are welcoming the start of Ramadan, a month of fasting, increased…

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A lack of drinking water and healthy sanitation infrastructure around the world is…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Officials were working Thursday to capture an endangered hooded vulture that escaped from a zoo aviary in the San Francisco…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An asteroid big enough to wipe out a city will zip harmlessly between Earth and the…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As revelations that a defense witness was also an FBI informant…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hip-hop became a cultural phenomenon against the backdrop of American history,…

BOARDMAN, Ore. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is urging Oregon to clean up water contamination from nitrates in the eastern part of the…

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister has urged North Macedonia’s leaders to…

By MEAD GRUVER and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A woman accused of setting fire last year to a Wyoming abortion clinic…

By JOSH BOAK and ROB GILLIES Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — President Joe Biden arrived in Canada on Thursday with a focus on big global…

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — The wife of a former Connecticut state lawmaker was sentenced Thursday to six months in federal prison in connection with…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Track and field banned transgender athletes from international competition Thursday, while adopting new regulations…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia police officer has been fired after fatally shooting a shoplifting…

NEW YORK (AP) — Five mischievous boys had to be rescued after they crawled through a storm drain tunnel in New York City and got lost. It happened…

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Paraguay’s attorney general has launched a criminal investigation into U.S.…

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Unrest in France is tarnishing the sheen of King Charles III’s first overseas trip as U.K.…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon leaders have told Congress that the U.S. military must be ready for…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman’s office said Thursday that he is expected to return…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaders of the Senate’s banking committee are telling former chief executive officers at the…