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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s central bank has increased its benchmark interest rate by another quarter-point to 3.6% as it continues…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency intentionally destroyed a new H3 rocket minutes after its launch Tuesday…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is defending his government’s contentious plan…

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Earthy scents pricked guests’ noses as they entered the venue for Stella McCartney: A manege.…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers in remote Indonesian islands are searching for 47 people who are believed to be buried in their houses by…

NEW YORK (AP) — Two men have been convicted of helping Somali pirates who kidnapped a U.S. journalist for ransom and held him for 2 1/2 years,…

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii officials on Monday cited a Maui man seen on video snorkeling for allegedly harassing a humpback whale and pod of dolphins.…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Police detained a man on suspicion of killing an 11-year-old boy and neighbors wrecked his home Monday amid anger…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A district attorney in Santa Fe fought back Monday against efforts to disqualify the special…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tribal leaders, scientists and conservation advocates buried Southern California’s most…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A nuclear power plant in Georgia has begun splitting atoms in one of its two new reactors, Georgia…

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Military officials in Peru say six soldiers drowned while trying to swim across a river in the Andes to reach a town where…

By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state media say an Israeli airstrike has hit the airport in the city of Aleppo and put…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A private bank is trying to force the Biden administration to end its pause on federal…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The influential sister of North Korea’s leader warned Tuesday that her country is…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Thirty-four Tyson Foods employees, former employees and family members have filed a lawsuit against the company.…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s former spokesperson Hope Hicks met Monday with Manhattan prosecutors who are…

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Election officials in Florida, Missouri and West Virginia say they are…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans issued another series of subpoenas Monday as part of an ongoing…

PEKIN, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man has received an 18-month prison sentence after being convicted of illegally giving his son an assault-style…

By JOSH BOAK and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With an eye on 2024, President Joe Biden will showcase his election-year budget…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona judge has sanctioned former Republican secretary of state candidate Mark Finchem…

By DAVE COLLINS and DAVID SHARP Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Officials say a corporate jet may have experienced stability problems…

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press An employee of Catholic Charities in Omaha, Nebraska, alleges in a lawsuit that she suffered emotional distress…

By RON TODT Associated Press Norfolk Southern announced plans on Monday to improve the use of detectors placed along railroad tracks to spot…

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man tried to open an airliner’s emergency door on a cross-country flight from Los Angeles to Boston and then…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Residents of Southern California mountain towns have continued to struggle to dig out and get necessities in the aftermath of a…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government has escalated the dispute over proposed Mexican limits on genetically modified corn. The U.S. Trade…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. chief says that women’s rights are being “abused, threatened and…

NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona rancher accused of killing a Mexican man on his land near the U.S.-Mexico border has pleaded not guilty to murder…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press The FBI is searching for a Florida woman who was supposed to stand trial Monday on charges stemming from the…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Work to clear tons of ash, silt and other debris from a traditional irrigation…