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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Lee is starting to spin away from the northern Caribbean as the Category 3 storm aims for Atlantic Canada…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The HBCU Transformation Project, a coalition of 40 historically Black colleges and universities,…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday agreed to delay Joran van der Sloot’s trial on extortion charges until later this year in…

By PAUL J. WEBER and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press A woman with whom Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s staff say he carried on an…

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — A Russian journalist who was head of the news outlet Sputnik Moldova was declared a national security threat and expelled…

By FOSTER KLUG and EMMA BURROWS TOKYO (AP) — The world is largely relying on North Korean and Russian media for information about the unusual train…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium’s top administrative court has overturned a government decision to refuse to provide shelter for single men seeking…

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The National Toy Hall of Fame has announced the 12 finalists being considered for induction this year. Barbie’s…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have hailed China’s new ambassador to Afghanistan with fanfare, saying his arrival is a sign for other…

By MARK LEWIS Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — The Norwegian king’s eldest child, Princess Märtha Louise, will marry her Hollywood…

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA and CARA ANNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda’s atomic energy board says it has signed a deal with a…

NEW YORK (AP) — A prisoner who used a rope made of bedsheets to escape from the fifth floor of a New York City hospital has been rearrested after a…

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian space launch facility where President Vladimir Putin has hosted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reflects an ambitious…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The National 4-H Council is growing in a new direction – online – by launching its…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s government has deployed army troops at railroad stations as…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish media say that a coal mine has collapsed in northern Turkey, and at least one miner was injured and taken to…

POTTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — An escaped Pennsylvania murderer was captured Wednesday after eluding hundreds of searchers for two weeks by hiding out in…

PARIS (AP) — France’s top financial prosecutor says that investigations into the organization of the 2024 Paris Olympics have not revealed any…

HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have banned vehicles with Russian license plates from entering their territory as part of the…

By STEPHEN McGRATH and ANDREEA ALEXANDRU Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — NATO member Romania has found what appear to be drone fragments…

By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press LAMEGO, Portugal (AP) — Galego and Cabano, two dark-haired oxen, pulled the sacred image of Our Lady…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The California professor who testified that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had assaulted…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A senior prosecutor in Greece has ordered an investigation into allegations that officials in the disaster-hit central area…

BEIJING (AP) — China has announced that it is upgrading its diplomatic ties with Venezuela to an “all weather” partnership, a label reserved…

By SAM METZ and MOSA’AB ELSHAMY Associated Press IMI N’TALA, Morocco (AP) — Moroccan rescue crews have been joined by international…

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian political factions have raged against dozens of Palestinian academics who criticized President Mahmoud…

MINSK MAZOWIECKI, Poland (AP) — South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo is in Poland for talks on regional security amid war in neighboring…

By ALEX ROSENBERG of NerdWallet Making more than the maximum income level for Medicaid isn’t necessarily a deal breaker. After a long pause during…

By NICK KURCZEWSKI Edmunds The Nissan Ariya is an all-new electric SUV for the 2023 model year. It’s Nissan’s second EV and serves as a roomier…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A fishery vessel will attempt to use the high tide to pull free a Bahamas-flagged Norwegian cruise ship carrying 206…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo has taken a test ride on Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway, a key project…

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is launching a major series of policy reviews to ensure that the EU can still…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Global energy giant BP is scurrying to find a new chief executive after CEO Bernard Looney became…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Parliament has passed a law that sets out to lay the ghosts of decades of violence…

By MUHAMMAD HATTA Associated Press PALEMBANG, Indonesia (AP) — Firefighters in Indonesia are battling several peatland fires in three villages on…

ROME (AP) — The Italian Red Cross is sounding the alarm about humanitarian conditions on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa after more than 5,000…

BERLIN (AP) — Berlin police are praising the actions of about 40 people who lifted a bus to free a young man trapped under the vehicle. Police in…

BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army says two land mines exploded along the Lebanon-Syria border wounding three Syrians trying to illegally cross into…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is launching an investigation into subsidies that China provides to electric vehicle makers. European Commission…

PARIS (AP) — A French government watchdog agency has ordered Apple to withdraw the iPhone 12 from the market, saying it emits levels of…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ending a global guessing game on when and where they would meet, North Korean leader…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Emergency crews are working to protect the Outback Australian town of Tennant Creek with…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Rescuers have found more than 2,000 bodies as of Wednesday in the wreckage of a Libyan city where…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Stocks fell Wednesday in Asia after a slide in technology stocks dragged Wall Street lower ahead of a key…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Qantas Airways has lost its challenge to a court ruling that the Australian flag carrier…

By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — North Korea’s Kim Jong Un’s train journey to Russia has a storified history. The…

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut mayor who regained his office after serving prison time for corruption has won another Democratic primary,…

By JEFF AMY and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia will give Hyundai Motor Group a projected $2.1 billion in tax breaks and…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press HERZLIYA, Israel (AP) — They contended with bloody uprisings, destabilizing wars and even the assassination of a…

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Around a dozen people are feared dead after a massive fire broke out at an apartment building in Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi,…

By MICHAEL CASEY and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press LEOMINSTER, Mass. (AP) — People in flooded parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island are…

By The Associated Press The Sevastopol Shipyard in Russian-annexed Crimea was on fire Wednesday after a Ukrainian attack, and 24 people were injured,…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — School district officials in Las Vegas are asking a judge to put an end to what it claims is a…

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A record of more than one in five young Chinese are out of work, their career ambitions…

By ED WHITE Associated Press A jury is set to hear closing arguments in Michigan in the fourth trial connected to a scheme by anti-government…

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press CASTLETON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. (AP) — The Hudson River is 315 miles from its source in the Adirondack Mountains to New…

By MARÍA VERZA and MADDIE BURAKOFF TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Preventing dengue fever has long meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has been talking for several…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired two ballistic missiles toward the sea Wednesday, as leader Kim Jong…

By MARÍA VERZA and MADDIE BURAKOFF TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Preventing dengue fever has long meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and…

By WILL WEISSERT and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The prospect of an auto workers strike could test Joe Biden’s…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharp increase in gas prices likely pushed inflation higher in August compared with…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state will intervene in an ongoing court case…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile toward its eastern seas. The launch…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is shuffling his Cabinet and party posts, in an apparent move…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s pension funds and the state of Oregon are suing Fox Corporation over Fox News’ 2020 election coverage. The…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Republicans in the Legislature have backed off…

DERBY, Conn. (AP) — A Republican primary between the incumbent mayor of Connecticut’s smallest city and an alderman facing criminal charges that…

COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A company seeking to restart a southwestern Michigan nuclear power plant says it has taken a major step forward with…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Lawyers for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich are asking a United Nations…

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — A lawsuit accuses Beverly Hills police of racially profiling more than 1,000 Black people during traffic stops. The…

By ADAM BEAM AND SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers are working through hundreds of…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt is unveiling a proposal for a new $900 million downtown arena that would keep the NBA’s…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Newly reelected Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sworn in a new Cabinet that…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press DARIEN, Ga. (AP) — Descendants of enslaved people living on a Georgia island are vowing to keep fighting after…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — International aid groups have mobilized in Morocco where a 6.8 magnitude earthquake Friday night…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The top-selling vehicle in America will get a bit of a facelift next year, one of just a few new or…

By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Attorneys say a former executive and two operations managers for the classified site Backpage.com on…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Prosecutors who have accused former President Donald Trump and 18 others of participating in an…