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DIXON, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a man accused of wounding three sheriff’s deputies during a standoff at a home in Illinois possessed multiple…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An Army health expert told a panel investigating a mass shooting by a reservist experiencing…

Associated Press President Joe Biden will nominate Christy Goldsmith Romero to replace Martin Greunberg as head of the Federal Deposit Insurance…

LIMESTONE, Tenn. (AP) — A zoo in Tennessee says an antelope choked on a squeezable food pouch and died over the weekend. Brights Zoo is a…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Police say Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman was seen driving at a “high rate of speed” just before he rear-ended another…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Southern Poverty Law Center, a legal and advocacy group, is laying off employees. The union that represents  workers…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says Chinese “overconcentrated supply chains” pose a…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government’s top hostage negotiator is defending prisoner swaps that free Americans…

By ED WHITE Associated Press Wildlife experts have hit a dead end in their quest to determine how a gray wolf arrived in southern Michigan for the…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — People purporting to be pro-Palestinian activists have hurled red paint at the homes of top…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department says Phoenix police violate people’s rights, discriminate against…

LONDON (AP) — A British coroner has criticised the U.S. government over a lack of training for diplomatic personnel prior to a road accident in…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Navy submarine has pulled into Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a show of force as a fleet of…

STARKENBERG, Germany (AP) — There’s a new big-hitter in the world of soccer soothsayers and this one is going for a win for Germany to open the…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press A series of storms flowing from the Gulf of Mexico swamped South Florida with flash floods that stalled cars,…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The United States has granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver that…

NEEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Twenty-three sets of twins have graduated from a Massachusetts middle school, making up about 10% of the eighth-grade class.…

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera sold 72% of available tickets this season, up from 66% in 2022-23. Box…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mortgage rates eased again this week, though the latest pullback leaves the average rate on a…

By TIA GOLDENBERG and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A proposed cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas is raising hopes…

By TERESA MEDRANO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain and Turkey have called on the international community to stop “looking the other way”…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis police shot and killed a man Wednesday who they say was wielding a handgun and threatening people. Police Chief…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — New details from federal investigations into the crash of a gasoline delivery truck that…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The Atlanta Falcons were stripped of a fifth-round pick in next year’s draft on Thursday for violating the…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press Scientists say a large number of whales is visiting the waters off New England, and the group includes an…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer WIESBADEN, Germany (AP) — The Ukraine men’s soccer team was made to feel at home for its first practice in…

By MELINA WALLING Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — It’s a popular notion that men eat more meat than women. Now, new research says it’s…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court ruling means the abortion pill mifepristone remains available,…

By CORAL MURPHY MARCOS Associated Press BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A power company in Puerto Rico has restored electricity to most areas affected…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A watchdog report says a Minnesota state agency’s inadequate oversight of a federal…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unanimously to preserve access to the abortion pill mifepristone, a pill used in the most common…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against a man who wants to trademark the suggestive phrase…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has made it harder for the federal government to win court orders when it suspects a company of interfering in…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims in Mecca in Saudi Arabia are circling the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site,…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A spokesman for California State University, Los Angeles says pro-Palestinian demonstrators have taken over a building where the…

By COLLEEN LONG and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy (AP) — The United States and European countries have agreed to lock up…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The fluttering of 64 kilometers (40 miles) of orange bunting and a hammer driving a…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A top U.N. official has warned that an estimated 200,000 people in Pakistan are likely to be…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials say U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich, jailed in Russia on espionage charges, will stand trial in the city of…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Police say a 9-year-old child has become the fourth young gunshot victim in the city in recent weeks. The shooting occurred just…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is calling on Republicans to drop lawsuits…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale price increases fell in May, the latest sign that inflation pressures in the United…

BY SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The strong El Nino weather condition that added a bit of extra heat to already record warm global temperatures…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits jumped to the highest level in 10 months last week, another…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In 2021, you heard it: Moneybagg Yo’s “Wokesha” blaring from cars and corner stores. The…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Rafael Nadal is going to skip Wimbledon, as expected, and instead prepare for the Paris Olympics by entering a…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission is asking three of the world’s biggest pornography sites to provide details of the measures they have…

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Wimbledon’s total prize money fund will rise to a record 50 million pounds, which is about $64 million. The two singles…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — The Israel-Hamas war is roiling a primary election between two Democrats in New York,…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has invited his political opponents to hold talks on forming a new government.…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A suspected attack Thursday by Yemen’s Houthi rebels saw a missile strike…

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The left-of-center politician aiming to become Britain’s prime minister in three weeks’ time is promising to lead a…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press BRIGHTON, England (AP) — There’s lots of talk of change in Britain’s election campaign, but little talk about…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — If Tesla shareholders approve an all-stock compensation package for CEO Elon Musk that was thrown out…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has reintroduced restrictions on movement along parts of the border with Belarus because of increased migration…

ROME (AP) — Tensions in Italy’s lower house over a government proposal that opponents says will further impoverish the poorer south erupted into…

By NICOLE WINFIELD, PAOLO SANTALUCIA and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy (AP) — A Group of Seven summit opened Thursday with…

By HAVEN DALEY and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press RUTHERFORD, Calif. (AP) — A group of Ukrainian winemakers has visited California’s Napa…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s Parliament is due to elect a president on Friday while major…

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer GENOA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Over the past week, the NHL became the first major sports league to offer play by play…

By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — Historically Black West Coconut Grove is a majority Black neighborhood hidden among some of the most…

By NAPAT KONGSAWAD and DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Human rights groups are urging Thailand not to extradite a Vietnamese activist…

PARIS (AP) — French national Louis Arnaud has arrived in France after being released by Iran where he was imprisoned for over 20 months for…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities are closing down the Acropolis for much of the afternoon for a second day as the country swelters under…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO defense ministers are trying to agree on a new plan to provide long-term security assistance…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Court of Justice has ordered Hungary to pay a fine of 200 million euros and a further 1 million euros per day of delay…

By The Associated Press A guide to everything you need to know about the European Championship, which starts on Friday in…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Now that Europe has announced tariffs on China-made electric cars, the continent is bracing to see…

By FIRDIA LISNAWATI Associated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — A court on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali has began the trial of an…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African lawmakers are expected to elect the country’s president on Friday after…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — For summer trips overseas, a smartphone is essential for most people. How else will you check…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese state media say that a military history buff found a collection of confidential documents related to the country’s…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Thursday, as investors turned their attention to what the Bank of Japan…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s Senate began what’s likely to be an all-night voting…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s grip on a key federal energy commission will last beyond his first term,…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — All five Republicans battling for Utah’s only open U.S. House seat agreed in a…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is making a triumphant return to Capitol Hill to meet with House and…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press A tropical disturbance has brought a rare flash flood emergency to much of southern Florida as residents prepared…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Robert De Niro showed up outside a Manhattan courthouse to decry Donald Trump as his New…

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Desperate hands clutched at Ali Elwan’s arms, legs and neck, and screams misted…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies have agreed to engineer a $50 billion loan…