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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is suing Shell, alleging a fire at the oil giant’s Houston-area petrochemical plant damaged the environment. The…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — There are so many dots on the maps they blur into blobs — each one reflecting…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian ex-priest convicted of sexually abusing children has had another 12 months added to his 39-year prison…

By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Medical authorities say clashes between rival militias in Libya’s capital have killed at least 27…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — NATO member Poland displayed its state-of-the-art weapons and defense systems at a…

BEIJING (AP) — A vast swath of northeastern China is threatened by flooding as at least 90 rivers have risen above warning levels and 24 have…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A parliamentary committee in Kenya has launched an inquiry into alleged human rights violations…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Giants star Joc Pederson is scared to fly. Outfielder Seth Brown of the…

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee running back Derrick Henry is delighted that his Titans teammate Ryan…

By EDDIE PELLS and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A country spends millions to deliver a major international sports event to…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Finland’s former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb says he will run as a candidate in the presidential election early…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Human rights activists in Niger say they have been unable to gain access to top political…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister has abandoned a trip to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji after a problem…

By DASHA LITVINOVA and DAVID McHUGH Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russia’s central bank made a big interest rate hike Tuesday, an…

By ILLIA NOVIKOV and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces unleashed missiles across Ukraine early on Tuesday,…

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Victor Tsvyk harvested 4,800 tons of wheat this month, but after Russia exited a wartime deal…

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Former Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has been acquitted by the high court…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press TEL MEGIDDO, Israel (AP) — An ancient Christian mosaic bearing an early reference to Jesus as God is at the…

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi says India’s economy will be among the top three in the world…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has renewed a peace pledge as Japan observed the 78th…

MOSCOW (AP) — A massive explosion at a gas station in Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan killed 35 people and injured scores more, Russian…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Palestinian health officials say Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinians,…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and MEG KINNARD Associated Press The fourth indictment of former President Donald Trump may be the most sweeping yet. The…

By STEFANIE DAZIO and TOM KRISHER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A criminal prosecution against a Tesla driver in Los Angeles County whose car…

By EDNA TARIGAN and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Four Australian tourists and two Indonesians have been rescued after…

By CLAIRE RUSH, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — A mobile morgue unit arrived Tuesday to help…

By JEFF McMILLAN and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press States that declared themselves refuges for transgender people have essentially issued an…

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas wants Planned Parenthood to return millions of dollars in Medicaid reimbursements and…

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Outdoor dining was a part of the pandemic that many people actually liked — made possible by…

By CURT ANDERSON and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — President Joe Biden stopped in the battleground state of Wisconsin to discuss how…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president has called for deeper security cooperation with the U.S. and…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s economic growth jumped at an annual pace of 6% in the April-June period, marking the…

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Police in Colombia say the younger brother of Women’s World Cup player Jorelyn Carabalí has been killed in a nightclub…

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Former NFL running back Alex Collins, who played five seasons for the Seattle Seahawks and Baltimore Ravens, was killed in…

QUINCY, Ill. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a former contestant on the television game show “Family Feud” to life in prison after he was…

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Relatives are raising questions about the police killing of a man who was trying to escape in a stolen car after an…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A 45-year-old man was charged Tuesday with threatening to blow up a plane during a…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A strong tropical storm is lashing central and western Japan with heavy rain and high winds,…