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CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian appeals court has upheld a six-month prison sentence for a fierce government critic who was convicted of defamation. The…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Without warning on Saturday, Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers attacked Israel by air, land and sea.…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Washington is working to finalize the hire of Tulane athletic director Troy Dannen to fill its vacant AD…

BEIRUT (AP) — An opposition war monitor and a paramedic group say Syrian and Russian bombardment of rebel-held parts of northwest Syria killed…

By COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Migration and interior ministers from the Med 5 – Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A little too country for rock ‘n’ roll, and a little too rock ‘n’ roll for country,…

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Ballot drop boxes have been a prime target for those pushing…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Rebeca Andrade of Brazil has denied Simone Biles a 22nd world title by winning the…

CASTLETON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont State Police are asking the public, businesses and hunters near a state university campus to review their…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump is continuing his autumn push in Iowa on Saturday with presidential…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The collapse of Ukraine aid in Congress was months in the making, and exactly what…

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press ROBBINSVILLE, N.J. (AP) — If stones could talk, sing and tell stories, Yogi Trivedi…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A strong earthquake with several aftershocks has been reported from Herat province in western Afghanistan, according to an…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer A dose of patience may come in handy at the pharmacy counter this fall. Drug and staffing shortages haven’t gone…

CHICAGO (AP) — Two people were injured at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport during an accident on the ground involving an airplane…

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations is warning that forcibly deporting Afghans from Pakistan could lead to severe…

By WASBIR HUSSAIN and ANUPAM NATH Associated Press GANGTOK, Sikkim (AP) — Rescuers in India have found more bodies as they dug through slushy…

SHANGHAI (AP) — A delegation of U.S. lawmakers led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has arrived in China on Saturday in the first…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Yoji Yamada has directed 90 films, including “Tora-san,” which tops the Guinness World Records…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A 5.9-magnitude earthquake has shaken southern Mexico Friday night, setting off alarms as far away as Mexico City, but without…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An estimated $1.4 billion Powerball jackpot that has been growing since July is about to be on the line. Saturday night’s…

By WILL WEISSERT and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The ad sounds like something out of the GOP 2024 playbook, trumpeting a…

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is ready to bring colorful displays to the New Mexico…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is nervously watching a dispute between Canada and India, with some…

BEIJING (AP) — Tourism in China has bounced back to pre-pandemic levels during a recent eight-day national holiday, giving a temporary boost to the…

By STEPHEN GROVES and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is again testing the power of his endorsement. With an early…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper 21 Savage can now legally travel outside the United States and plans to…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The data breach that MGM Resorts is calling a cyberattack is expected to cost the…

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorian officials say six Colombians arrested as the alleged assassins of a candidate in Ecuador’s August…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press PENFIELD, Pa. (AP) — New eyewitness accounts are raising questions about the FBI’s secretive 2018 dig for a…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press PENFIELD, Pa. (AP) — New eyewitness accounts are raising questions about the FBI’s secretive 2018 dig for a…

By The Associated Press The remnants of former Tropical Storm Philippe are bearing down on waterlogged New England with the promise of rain, wind and…

By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer PHOENIX (AP) — In fifth grade, Stella Gage’s class watched a video about puberty. In ninth grade, a…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip launched dozens of rockets toward Israel early Saturday, setting off air raid sirens…

PHOENIX (AP) — Guns N’ Roses is giving way to the Arizona Diamondbacks so the team can host Game 3 of the NL Division Series next week. The rock…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon officials are seeking more than $27 million in damages over dam…

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — Two teenagers have been indicted and charged as adults with several felonies,…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury on Friday convicted a Portland, Oregon, man of murder in the shooting deaths of three of his neighbors. Brett Pruett,…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado judge has ruled that the man accused of killing 10 people at a…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge in Oklahoma has declined to stop a new law from taking effect that makes it a…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana grand jury has decided against indicting anyone in the deadly collapse four years ago of a Hard Rock Hotel that was…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Defense attorneys for rapper YNW Melly say South Florida prosecutors committed felony obstruction of justice by not…

WILLOWBROOK, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a suburban Chicago man has been charged in connection with a June shooting where one person died and 22…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s Democratic nominee for governor says the election…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Texas man who attacked the U.S. Capitol with a metal tomahawk — and is now the face of…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A neck hold that Denver-area police used on Elijah McClain prior to the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Reps. Ken Buck, R-Colo., and Pete Aguilar, D-Calif.; former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, a…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A newly elected liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice has declined to recuse herself from a…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. independent investigator says Iranian authorities are cracking down on…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Attorneys say a $7 million settlement has been reached with the California Highway Patrol in the fatal shooting of a driver…

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press The New Jersey attorney general’s office has opened an inquiry into how local law enforcement handled an…

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A teenager and her parents have filed a $30 million lawsuit against a Virginia school system after she was sexually…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that a slain Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter’s personal devices and other records are…

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — City and state officials asked for patience Friday in the investigation of the fatal police shooting of a Black man at his…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee has filed a federal lawsuit against a…

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — An Oregon man who fatally shot a sheriff’s deputy in southwest Washington state has been sentenced to life in prison…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A former U.S. Army intelligence officer has been charged with attempting to provide classified…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Five former inmates at an Arkansas county jail have settled their lawsuit against a…

By HANNA ARHIROVA and LORI HINNANT Associated Press HROZA, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian village of Hroza has been plunged into mourning by a…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Nearly three months after severe flooding inundated Vermont’s capital city, Montpelier is…