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by BARBARA SURK Associated Press A bill to enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the French constitution goes to a historic vote on Monday, as…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — An independent commission investigating the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief has called for a quick end to the “repression of independent voices”…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Cambodia is rejecting allegations it violated international law by evicting people living around…

By JIWON SONG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government is pressing ahead with its vow to suspend the…

By The Associated Press Moscow has summoned Germany’s ambassador to Russia’s foreign ministry, days after Russian state media released an audio…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A group of Indigenous women in Greenland has sued Denmark for forcing them to be fitted with intrauterine contraceptive…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — John Kerry feels he’s going out on a high note as he retires from leading U.S. efforts in…

KING CITY, Calif. (AP) — Police say a group of men in masks opened fire at an outdoor party in central California, killing four people and injuring…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Malaysia’s prime minister has spoken up in defense of his administration’s ties…

By The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian hard-line politicians dominated the country’s vote for parliament, according…

BERLIN (AP) — Four people have died and at least 21 were injured in a fire at a retirement home in the western German state of North…

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks were mostly higher Monday ahead of China’s top annual political gathering, while…

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — NATO will kick off an exercise on Monday to defend its newly expanded Nordic territory when more…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese coast guard helicopter has rescued 24 fishermen from the deck of a half-submerged ship…

VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Strong winds spread flames on Sunday and prompted at least one evacuation while airplanes…

By DAKE KANG and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s efforts to restore confidence and rev up the economy will top the…

BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court on Monday dropped a charge against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, now living in exile, for mishandling…

NEW DELHI (AP) — India announced plans for a new naval base off the country’s south-west coast and close to Maldives, as tensions are running…

By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The flow of millions of small parcels into the U.S. from China thanks to the explosive growth of…

BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government says it is eliminating an annual news conference by the premier that was one of the only times a top Chinese…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The proposed move of the Capitals and Wizards sports teams to nearby Virginia has stoked…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Republican presidential caucuses are Monday, when voters will gather at 12…

By JILL COLVIN and BILL BARROW Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — He’s argued his four criminal indictments and mug shot bolstered his…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking highly…

By BROOKE HESS and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — A powerful blizzard that closed highways and ski resorts had mostly…

By DREW CALLISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Omar Abu Kuwaik is far from his home in Gaza. The 4-year-old’s parents and sister were killed…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is almost certainly about to get its first woman president. Ruling-party candidate…

By TERRY TANG and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Regina Lawless hit a professional high at 40, becoming the first director of…

By AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday is hosting a member of Israel’s…

By EVENS SANON and PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government has declared an emergency and a…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump could learn Monday whether the Supreme Court will let him appear…

By JOSH BOAK and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A poll finds that a growing share of U.S. adults doubt that 81-year-old…

By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include a new album from pop princess Ariana Grande, a docuseries on…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government began steps Monday to suspend the medical licenses of…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts headed to the International Space Station on Sunday where they will…

HONG KONG (AP) — Japan’s Nikkei 225 share benchmark topped 40,000 on Monday for the first time as strong demand for technology shares keeps…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The foreign minister of the Philippines is urging regional neighbors to stand together…

By MEG KINNARD and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nikki Haley has won the Republican primary in the District of Columbia,…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An increasingly assertive China and a humanitarian crisis in Myanmar are likely to be…

NEW YORK (AP) — Arkhouse Management and Brigade Capital Management are upping their offer to acquire Macy’s in a deal now valued at $6.6 billion.…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea and the United States have begun large military exercises to bolster their…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Chris Mortensen, the award-winning journalist who covered the NFL for close to four decades, including 32 as a senior…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders on Sunday came out with a package of six bills setting full-year spending…

VALERIE GONZALEZ McALLEN, Texas (AP) — As firefighters battle against strong winds in their efforts to contain the unprecedented wildfires in the…

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A volcano on an uninhabited island in the Galapagos has begun erupting and lighting up the nighttime sky as lava tumbles down…

By GISELA SALOMON Associated Press Joe Biden has made more use of immigration “parole” than any American president to bypass an uncooperative…

NEW YORK (AP) — More than 61,000 pounds of steamed chicken soup dumplings sold at Trader Joe’s are being recalled for possibly containing…

NEW YORK (AP) — Mournful fans of Flaco the Eurasion eagle-owl are gathering in New York City to say goodbye to the beloved celebrity creature who…

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer Iowa’s Caitlin Clark has become the all-time NCAA scoring leader, breaking the late Pete Maravich’s 54-year-old…

AUSTELL, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a 15-year-old boy was critically injured in a shooting near the Six Flags Over Georgia amusement park after…

CLEVELAND (AP) — Drivers on an Ohio interstate came upon an unusual traffic hazard over the weekend — a pair of horses trotting against traffic.…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Supreme Court decision could come as soon as Monday in the case about whether former President…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There are few times in a American presidency that the art of speechwriting is more on display…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press ARECIBO, Puerto Rico (AP) — Top surfers Gabriel Medina of Brazil and Sally Fitzgibbons of Australia have won the…

By The Associated Press Six alleged Islamic State group members have been killed in a “counterterrorism” operation in Russia’s volatile…

NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida woman who says she was struck and dragged by a New York City bus and left partially paralyzed has been awarded $72.5…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley says she no longer feels bound by a pledge that required all GOP contenders to…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Movie theaters were looking for a savoir and “Dune: Part Two” is delivering on the promise. Armed with sandworms,…

By TSAFRIR ABAYOV Associated Press AP photographer Tsafrir Abayov has been covering the border between Israel and Gaza for almost 20 years. When he…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Germany’s defense minister has described Russia’s leak of a conversation by ranking German military officers as part of…

PARIS (AP) — Authorities in northern France say a young girl died on Sunday after a small boat capsized on the treacherous English Channel crossing…

By EVENS SANON and PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — At least three people have been killed and hundreds of…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic infighting is rattling elections in swing congressional districts in…

By BROOKE HESS and KEN RITTER Associated Press TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — The winds are expected to wane, but more snow is on the way after a powerful…

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — It took 10 years and three rounds of in vitro fertilization for Rania Abu…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Republican Steve Womack faces a challenge from the right in the Arkansas primary from a…

PARIS (AP) — French authorities are searching for an assailant who attacked a man near a synagogue in Paris, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Donald Trump easily won South Carolina’s GOP primary. but the biggest winner on that night…

By HOLLY MEYER Associated Press The Miami Archdiocese’s superintendent of schools says Catholic education is increasingly in demand in South…

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A court in Bangladesh has granted bail to Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus in a $2.3 million…

By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Super Tuesday is almost here, with 16 states holding contests this coming week. It’s the…

COLUMBUS, Texas (AP) — Police in Texas have arrested a man suspected in the disappearance of a girl who was missing for eight days before she was…