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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Noah Eagle is broadcasting his second Olympics this summer. He’s going to his first. NBC Sports announced…

The Associated Press Millions of people around the world will pause on Monday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. It’s an annual event…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer LeBron James is going back to the Olympics for the first time in 12 years. Stephen Curry is headed to the games…

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Jerry Seinfeld’s upcoming Netflix comedy will be featured during this weekend’s IndyCar race at Long…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who’s served more than half of his life in prison for his role in the 2001…

LONDON (AP) — Hugh Grant received “an enormous sum of money” to settle a lawsuit accusing The Sun tabloid of unlawfully tapping his phone,…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A major show of Caspar David Friedrich’s iconic landscapes that marks the 250th anniversary of his…

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Amnesty International says it has documented widespread abuses, including torture and deprivation of…

By JOSH JACQUOT Edmunds Sometimes you need to buy a car you’ve never seen. And there may be powerful reasons to do so. Buying a vehicle online and…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — More than two decades ago, Kate Hudson took on the role of one of the most celebrated music fans…

MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman on Wednesday said Russian forces are being withdrawn from Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region,…

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s parliament has voted in the first reading to approve a proposed law that would require media and non-commercial…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tesla will ask shareholders to reinstate the compensation package for CEO Elon Musk that was rejected by a judge in Delaware…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The police chief in Albany, New York, says an officer was “ambushed” by a driver who shot him the leg as he approached a…

By RONITA CHOUDHURI-WADE of NerdWallet Renters can personalize their living spaces for greater comfort and style without jeopardizing their security…

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — With the Paris Games 100 days away, police carried out a large-scale eviction at France’s biggest…

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Disney has received a key approval to expand its theme park offerings in California as it…

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. population fund says in a new study that an African woman is roughly 130 times more likely to die from pregnancy and…

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand and New Zealand have vowed to boost economic cooperation with an aim to triple two-way trade by 2045, as the New Zealand…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish firefighters were still at work extinguishing the last pockets of a fire that…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is at the forefront of European Union citizens’ minds, with…

By JULIA FRANKEL and NASSER KARIMI Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — British Foreign Secretary David Cameron says Israel “is making a decision to…

By RAHIM FAIEZ ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban have suspended the activities of two TV stations in Afghanistan, alleging they failed to “consider…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — President Joe Biden wants to triple U.S. tariffs on steel from China. The…

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with…

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Dozens of Russian athletes will likely be allowed to compete at the Paris…

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Strikes called by Greece’s largest labor union have halted ferries and public transport services in Athens and other…

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The U.S. 7th Fleet says a Navy P-8A Poseidon flew through the Taiwan Strait, a day…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Heavy thunderstorms have lashed the United Arab Emirates, dumping the heaviest…

By The Associated Press Iran’s president has warned that the “tiniest invasion” by Israel would bring a “massive and harsh” response, as…

BERLIN (AP) — More than 1,000 police officers have searched dozens of homes, stores and lawyers’ offices across western and southern Germany in a…

By MARK BAKER and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — A Muslim community leader in Australia says the father of a boy accused of stabbing…

BRUSSELS (AP) — A gathering of far-right politicians and supporters has resumed, a day after police shut the event down citing concerns about…

By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Lightning and heavy rains led to 14 deaths in Pakistan, officials said Wednesday, bringing…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Tensions in the Middle East and the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine top…

LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. fell to its lowest level in two and a half years in March after a further easing in food prices. The Office for…

By TOUSSAINT N’GOTTA Associated Press ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Authorities in Ivory Coast’s largest city are demolishing homes in…

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia is voting in a parliamentary election after a campaign that centered on a…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed Wednesday, as expectations resurfaced that U.S. interest rates may…

By EDNA TARIGAN and ACHMAD IBRAHIM Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company is “looking at” manufacturing…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says America and its allies are discussing…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Group of Seven foreign ministers are meeting on the resort island of Capri. Soaring tensions in the…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, REBECCA BOONE and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — When wildfires broke out across the Hawaiian island of…

By STEVE PEOPLES and BRIAN WITTE Associated Press STEVENSVILLE, Md. (AP) — Larry Hogan has transformed Maryland’s sleepy Senate race into a…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats could end the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro…

By ANNIE MA Associated Press Four months after a contentious congressional hearing led to the resignations of two Ivy League presidents, Columbia…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday in Democratic Gov. Tony…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press A woman accused by scam victims of crisscrossing the U.S. claiming to be an Irish heiress is expected in court for…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations is appealing for $2.8 billion to provide desperately needed aid to 3…

By TERRY TANG and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the United States are slightly more…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Boeing will be in the spotlight on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Congress is holding two hearings to examine…

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military said Wednesday that ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan recorded a trade deficit for the third straight fiscal year as the costs of energy and other…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — No one was injured when a small plane carrying two people landed in a sprawling park in…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. and two-term Florida Gov. Bob Graham, who gained national prominence as chairman of the Senate…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Liz Truss sparked mayhem on the financial markets and turmoil within her Conservative Party during…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a request by Native American tribes and…

NEW YORK (AP) — Four people were shot — one fatally — on a street corner in the Bronx Tuesday evening by shooters riding on scooters. Police…

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (AP) — Voting has begun across the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific nation’s first general election since the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A voting technology company targeted by bogus fraud claims related to the 2020 presidential election settled a defamation lawsuit…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Dallas pastor who took over leadership of the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s longtime civil rights…

Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman who accused former major league pitcher Trevor Bauer of sexual assault has been charged with…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson’s longtime lawyer in Las Vegas says the end came quickly. Attorney Malcolm…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ office is facing pointed questions from…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Officails say the planned closure of a federal women’s prison in California notorious…

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Plumbing problems at the dam holding back the second-largest reservoir in the U.S. are spurring…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s top public defender is fighting to keep her job as an oversight commission…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Newly unsealed court papers show that Sen. Bob Menendez may seek exoneration at a May bribery…

By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Black immigrants have turned out in the hundreds across from a City Hall, drawing attention to…

NEW YORK (AP) — National Public Radio has reportedly suspended a veteran editor who wrote an essay for an outside outlet that criticized his…

By SEAN MURPHY and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The search for two missing Kansas women came to a fatal end last…

By GONZALO SOLANO and MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador has started to ration electricity in its main cities as a drought…

MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — A man who was caring for a 3-year-old Wisconsin boy when he vanished in late February has pleaded not guilty to a charge of…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is imposing higher taxes on the wealthiest Canadians as part of the federal…

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman accused of luring a pregnant teenager to her home and cutting her baby from her womb with a butcher knife nearly…

NEW YORK (AP) — Will Bynum, who played for the Detroit Pistons for six season, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his conviction in a…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A report from the South Carolina Senate says state Treasurer Curtis Loftis nearly put the…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The mayor of North Carolina’s capital city has announced that she wouldn’t seek reelection this fall. Mary-Ann Baldwin has…