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By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Family and friends are remembering a late North Dakota lawmaker and his family, who died last…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is heading into one of its biggest sales events of the year — Prime Day — with a…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The NHL sent a memo to teams last week clarifying what players can and cannot do as part of theme celebrations this…

LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government says four Britons who were detained in Afghanistan on allegations that they broke the laws of the country have…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Nearly 30 years since Rena Sofer first joined “General Hospital” as a fast-talking Brooklynite with long,…

BEIJING (AP) — A group of U.S. senators visiting Beijing are expressing hope that they had opened the door ever so slightly to government talks…

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s president says damage to an undersea gas pipeline and telecommunications cable…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from former coal company executive Don Blankenship, who argued that major news outlets…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Lidia is taking aim at Mexico’s Pacific coast resort of Puerto Vallarta. Lidia is strengthening and may have…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that makes it easier for authorities to…

NEW YORK (AP) — The hero of Chris Colfer’s next book series is no ordinary boy. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers announced Tuesday that the…

NEW YORK (AP) — Geraldine Brooks’ “Horse,” a novel about race and forgotten history, and Robert Samuels’ and Toluse Olorunnipa’s “His…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former baseball MVP Steve Garvey is joining the race to succeed the late California Sen.…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Russian teams will not be allowed to play in Under-17 European Championship qualifying…

By TOM KRISHER and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press WAYNE, Mich. (AP) — Electric vehicles and their potential impact on job security have become…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — There should be no effort to impeach a liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice based on what…

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say several more people suspected of being involved in planning a far-right coup and plotting to kidnap the German health…

MOSCOW (AP) — A senior Russian diplomat says that Moscow will move to revoke the ratification of a global nuclear test ban to put itself on par…

By STEPHEN McGRATH and ANDREEA ALEXANDRU Associated press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has traveled to…

By JACKIE VALLEY of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON (AP) — Inside a high school classroom, Bryan Martinez jots down several purchases that…

By DALIA RAMIREZ of NerdWallet Living in a high-cost city can strain your finances, but three tips can help you thrive. Consider shopping at…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s national police chief says an escalation in gang violence this year — with almost daily shootings and bombings that…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer NYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA has decided the future of soccer’s European Championship for the next decade. The…

MOSCOW (AP) — A Wall Street Journal reporter who was detained on espionage charges has lost his appeal against his arrest, meaning he will stay in…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Humanitarian groups are scrambling to assist civilians caught in the war between Israel and…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s coast guard claims to have chased a Philippine navy ship from a disputed shoal in the…

By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese property developer Country Garden has warned it cannot meet deadlines to repay its debts.…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China is touting its 10-year-old Belt and Road Initiative as an alternative model for economic…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two top commanders of the Polish armed forces have tendered their resignations. Polish media have reported on growing…

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A 2-year-old girl has become the second person in Cambodia to die of bird flu this…

By MARK N. MENGONFIA and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberian President George Weah is seeking a second term in office,…

By ISSAM ADWAN Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Tens of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are packed into United Nations…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The world economy is losing momentum in the face of higher interest rates, the ongoing war in…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — U.K. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is delivering that amounts to a public job…

By OMID HAQJO and RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ZINDA JAN, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan rescuers and villagers are still digging through rubble in…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An executive at Japanese publishing house Kadokawa has been found guilty of bribing a former Tokyo…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares have climbed after Wall Street advanced on potentially encouraging news about…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A senior Filipino diplomat known for his past expletive-laced tirade against China joined…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military is accused of launching an airstrike on a camp for displaced persons in the…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The 43 Malaysians rescued from a trafficking syndicate operating a telecommunication fraud in Peru were young people…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia faces a tough fight to regain a seat in the U.N.’s premiere human rights body…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands and Canada are taking Syria’s government to the United…

By JOANNA KOZLOWSKA and MICHAL DYJUK Associated Press CZESTOCHOWA, Poland (AP) — Dominika Gala grew up going to Mass with her grandmother and…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and ISSAM ADWAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli warplanes pounded downtown Gaza City, home to Hamas’ centers of…

TORONTO (AP) — Auto workers have launched strikes at three General Motors facilities in Canada. Their union, Unifor, represents about 4,300 workers…

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has said peace with China is the “only option,” while strongly asserting the self-governing island’s…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s new defense minister says he would push to suspend a 2018 military…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader says the city will seek to strengthen its economic and trade ties with…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s second attempt at student loan cancellation is moving forward as a…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Kari Lake is preparing to launch a U.S. Senate campaign with a splashy rally outside Phoenix,…

By JULIA FRANKEL and ADAM GELLER Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The families of some 130 Israelis kidnapped by Hamas are anxiously waiting to…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As Donald Trump’s longtime finance chief, Allen Weisselberg helped spare the former…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Lawyers will make closing arguments in the trial of the first two officers to be prosecuted in the…

By AAMER MADHANI and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than three weeks ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sat…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The nonprofit Turning Point rocketed to prominence by latching on to Donald Trump’s 2016…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The nonprofit Turning Point rocketed to prominence by latching on to Donald Trump’s 2016…

By BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated press NEW YORK (AP) — Misty Copeland has her hands (and feet!) in many different projects simultaneously, but all are…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called Niger’s deposed President Mohamed Bazoum…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A vehicle has crashed into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco, prompting a massive response from police and fire…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia’s U.N. ambassador claimed Monday that alleged “neo-Nazis” and men of…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press Five women on Monday sued the founder of an anti-child-trafficking group that inspired a popular movie this year,…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The deposition hearing in the civil lawsuit against retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre in connection with Mississippi’s…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling delaying the execution of a Texas inmate who had been…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Shares in Walmart’s Mexico subsidiary have dropped about 3.3%  after Walmart de Mexico announced it is being investigated for…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has been interviewed as part of an independent investigation into his…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama public library director says the library mistakenly added a children’s picture book to a list of potentially…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Another Republican presidential candidate has dropped out of the crowded 2024 field. Former Texas congressman Will…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The U.S, casino gambling industry says it generates nearly $329 billion a year in…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Texas congressman Will Hurd suspended his Republican presidential bid Monday, abandoning…

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican Republic government says it will temporarily allow the trade of essential Dominican…

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s largest teachers union has filed a lawsuit challenging a state…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A lawyer says video showing an Atlanta traffic stop that led to the death of a 62-year-old Black deacon…

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A Minnesota horticulture teacher has set a new world record in California for the heaviest pumpkin after growing a…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood writers have voted almost unanimously to approve the contract agreement reached by their union leaders that ended a…