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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A blast caused by a gas leak has seriously injured two people and destroyed several homes under construction in an Ottawa…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For years, Nashville leaders have watched Tennessee’s GOP-dominated Legislature…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — After a gunman murdered 14 students and three staff members at Parkland’s Marjory…

By DEEPTI HAJELA and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man driving a U-Haul truck swerved onto sidewalks and plowed into cyclists…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese nuclear regulators have approved contentious safety evaluation changes and draft…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer The CEO of a nonprofit that helps people with medical debt wants to expand the amount of debt her organization buys,…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press A pathologist detailed the close range shots that killed Alex Murdaugh’s wife and son as prosecutors on…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge has ordered the partial release later this week of a report by a special grand…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Many Mainers know Democratic Gov. Janet Mills as a level-headed leader, a pragmatic…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer The Walt Disney Co. is planning to add an Avatar experience to Disneyland and explore other opportunities at…

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer MERIBEL, France (AP) — When Paula Moltzan finished second behind Mikaela Shiffrin for the U.S. ski team’s first…

BERLIN (AP) — A German newspaper critic had animal feces smeared on her face by a ballet director in the city of Hannover after he apparently took…

BY RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI Associated Press SWIETOSZOW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president and defense minister have met with Polish and foreign…

PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) — Czech Republic midfielder Jakub Jankto posted a video on social media on Monday saying he is gay, making him one of…

By MEGAN JANETSKY and FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Nadia hushes the crying 3-month-old baby swaddled in her arms,…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s main opposition party is celebrating its victory in a Berlin state election re-run made…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s main opposition party has launched an effort to expel from its ranks a former head of the country’s intelligence…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Arne Treholt, the former Norwegian Foreign Ministry official who was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union in what…

By The Associated Press More than four in ten Jews in the United States feel their status in America is less secure than it was a year earlier,…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s intelligence serivce says Russia is the main security threat for Norway and Europe. The domestic security…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — On Colorado’s northeastern plains, where the pencil-straight horizon divides…

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi has once again put himself at odds with Premier Giorgia Meloni by…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City police officer was hit by gunfire and wounded at the department’s headquarters shortly after the Chiefs won…

LONDON (AP) — “Killing Eve” star Jodie Comer has been named best actor at London’s WhatsOnStage awards. Female performers dominated the…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has offered a monologue of praise for…

SAMYA KULLAB and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Fierce battles raged outside Bakhmut as Russian forces pushed their advance…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A leading rights group has urged the U.S. and Libya to clarify the legality of a surprise extradition…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is defending the shootdowns of three unidentified objects in as many days even as…

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer COURCHEVEL, France (AP) — Overall World Cup winners Mikaela Shiffrin, Federica Brignone and Aleksander Aamodt…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain has announced a security review after several unidentified objects were shot down in the…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — For years, some New Jersey lawmakers have introduced bills that would ban smoking in Atlantic…