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Associated Press PARIS (AP) — These may be the most luxurious Olympics ever. A key sponsor is LVMH, the biggest seller of luxury goods in the…

Associated Press In under 48 hours, the head of the staunchly conservative public-policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention rankled fellow…

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Multiple wildfires in the Canadian Rockies’ largest national park sent up to 25,000 visitors and residents fleeing…

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A consortium of international human rights organizations is calling for Belarus not to execute a German citizen recently…

LONDON (AP) — Pilots at Ireland’s national airline, Aer Lingus, have voted to accept a pay increase that ends a labor dispute that led to the…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary has been convicted by a London jury of directing a terrorist group.…

AP Film Writer Five years after “Joker” won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, filmmaker Todd Phillips is returning with the sequel.…

Associated Press HINCKLEY, Minn. (AP) — At summertime social powwows and spiritual ceremonies throughout the Upper Midwest, Native Americans are…

RONKONKOMA, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say two people were killed when a small plane crashed shortly after takeoff on New York’s Long Island.…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia has evacuated 123 of its citizens from Bangladesh in response to violent unrest that has killed dozens of…

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Kamala Harris was greeted by a massive, cheering crowd during the first rally of her newly announced presidential…

AP Business Writer Coca-Cola is raising is full-year sales guidance after a stronger-than-expected second quarter. The Atlanta beverage giant said it…

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Kamala Harris stepped onto the national political stage as Barack Obama was leaving. The loftiest forecasts in 2017…

Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Anti-government protesters in Kenya’s capital have clashed with an emerging pro-government group as weeks…

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Three days before the start of the 2024 Olympics, France’s interior minister said about 1,000 people suspected…

AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. customers who bought a new General Motors vehicle last quarter paid an average of just under $49,900, a price…

AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Welcome aboard, hope you are standing comfortably. For the horses on the U.S. eventing team, the journey to France…

MILAN (AP) — A pedestrian walkway in a massive housing project has collapsed in the southern Italian city of Naples, killing two people and…

AP Sports Writer Before there was Michael Phelps or Mark Spitz winning multiple Olympic gold medals in swimming for the United States — there was…

Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan security forces have arrested dozens of people who tried to walk to the parliamentary building in…

BANGKOK (AP) — China’s Baosteel says it will acquire Nippon Steel’s 50% stake in their auto steel joint venture for about $242 million. The…

Associated Press WEST ALLIS, Wisconsin (AP) — A roaring crowd of battleground state voters greeted Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday as she…

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Eleven prominent Algerian opposition figures have written an open letter this week, denouncing “the authoritarian…

Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to raise spending to create more jobs and spur economic growth. In her…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s defeated Conservatives will spend more than three months picking a new leader to replace former Prime…

Asian stocks mostly fell on Wednesday as markets digested Japanese and Australian business data, after U.S. stocks held relatively steady as earnings…

Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Mudslides triggered by heavy rain in a remote part of Ethiopia have killed at least 229 people. Local…

Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have agreed to form a government together. The two groups made the…

AP Science Writer When it comes to climate, extreme weather and other so-called natural disasters, people generally look to America’s hurricane…

Associated Press SILVERDALE, Wash. (AP) — Voters in Washington state will decide this fall whether to keep one of the country’s more…

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean prosecutors have arrested the founder of the country’s tech giant Kakao Corp. on…

Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Several thousand mourners have attended the funeral for a Ukrainian former lawmaker best known for her…

Associated Press ROME (AP) — The daughter of the late Colombian artist Fernando Botero has helped to turn the streets and piazzas of the Italian…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate will consider legislation this week that aims to protect children from dangerous online content,…

Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — An approaching typhoon has prompted the cancellation of air force drills off Taiwan’s east coast. But…

Associated Press Family members of a woman slashed and stabbed to death in 1998 pressed Utah officials Tuesday to proceed with next month’s…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Comedian Jon Stewart is pressing the Biden administration to fix a loophole in a massive veterans aid bill that…

Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — On a recent morning in an Afro-Caribbean community in northeast Puerto Rico, Dr. Pedro Juan Vázquez…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington this week is looming as a fraught one…

Associated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden says he’s “determined to get as much done” as he possibly can in his…

Associated Press AGUA CALIENTE, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is working hard to shore up the loyalty of the armed forces…

Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nearly 40 million people were living with the HIV virus that causes AIDS last year, over 9 million weren’t…

Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s Canary Islands are struggling to deal with thousands of teenagers and children traveling…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The head of an oversight board that investigates allegations of misconduct by New York City police officers has…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fresh off victories in other legal cases, Donald Trump on Monday pressed a New York appeals court to overturn the…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from his reelection bid and his endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris…

Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian legislators have begun an investigation into the alleged importation of contaminated fuel into the…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic Party plans to push forward with a virtual roll call in which delegates to its convention can…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials are investigating an incident in which a Southwest Airlines jet flew as low as 150 feet over water while it was…

Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The top U.N. envoy for Syria told the Security Council the threat of terrorism is “resurging” with…

Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — An armed group has killed at least 26 villagers in central Mali near the border with Burkina Faso. A local…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new Pentagon strategy says the U.S. must invest more to upgrade sensors, communications and space-based…

AP Film Writer The Angelina Jolie-directed war film “Without Blood,” a documentary about Bruce Springsteen and Mike Leigh’s contemporary…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Ethics Committee has voted unanimously to review allegations that Sen. Bob Menendez violated Senate rules. The panel…

Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri judge on Monday overturned the conviction of Christopher Dunn, who has spent more than 30 years in…

A Massachusetts woman has been sentenced to three years of probation for calling in a fake bomb threat at Boston Children’s Hospital as it faced a…

Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Bernice Johnson Reagon, a musician and scholar who used her rich, powerful contralto voice in the service…

AP Sports Writer Turner Sports intends to continue its longtime relationship with the NBA. Warner Bros. Discovery informed the league Monday that it…

NEW YORK (AP) — Will Maya Rudolph’s “funt,” aka Vice President Kamala Harris, be back on “Saturday Night Live?” Speculation has been…

Associated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor says President Joe Biden’s “symptoms have almost…