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By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Work on compromise budget legislation Virginia lawmakers will take up later this week is…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief is urging Sudan’s warring parties to halt hostilities during…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. general for the Middle East tells Congress that exploding regional violence…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Republican-controlled Statehouse is once again looking to tweak how…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek novelist and his partner have become the first same-sex couple to be married in Athens’ city hall following the…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The future of online gambling will be more social, more engaged with players and more targeted to…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A sweeping bank regulatory proposal will be significantly revised by year’s end,…

PHOENIX (AP) — Four young males have been indicted and two more were arrested on Thursday in the fatal beating of a teenage boy during a Halloween…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has met with his child protection board as new developments outside the Vatican…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government said Thursday that it was extending a state of emergency and nighttime curfew to try and curb…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — When Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry filled the void left by the assassination of the…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The estranged wife of a New Hampshire man convicted of killing his 5-year-old daughter and…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will announce a plan in his State of the Union address Thursday for the…

The Associated Press A major electrical transmission line proposal intended to carry power to New England from Canada through Vermont and New…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A coalition of humanitarian and nongovernmental groups has slammed Israel’s halt in…

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee have identified the victims of a small plane crash near downtown…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa has been the only state in the U.S. to explicitly mandate that state, county and…

By MATTHEW LEE and LORNE COOK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sweden has formally joined NATO as the 32nd member of the transatlantic military…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish energy minister says Turkey and Somalia have struck an oil and gas cooperation agreement for the Horn of Africa…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Every time long jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall steps onto a runway, there’s a chance the silver medal she won at last…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A rebel group in Myanmar’s northern state of Kachin says its troops have attacked more than 10 army…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Luke Grimes, best-known for his portrayal of the complex cowboy character Kayce Dutton on the…

CANADIAN, Texas (AP) — The utility provider Xcel Energy said Thursday that its facilities appeared have played a role in igniting a massive…

By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press POGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — A Montenegrin court has ruled that cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon should be handed over…

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Social media star-turned-boxer Jake Paul will fight former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson on July 20 at AT&T Stadium.…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas would require abortion providers to ask patients why they’re terminating their…

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Happy 150th birthday, dear jockstrap. How far you’ve come from your modest but mighty days…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Leading British economic think tanks are warning that whoever wins the country’s general election…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is stepping up its focus on artificial intelligence. Officials are set to…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s and India’s foreign ministers have agreed to step up security and economic…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Police in Canada’s capital capital of Ottawa are investigating the deaths of six people including four children and two…

By ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy As longtime progressive movement organizer Deepak Bhargava takes the…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has transferred another 8% of shares in the…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer U.S. applications for jobless benefits were unchanged last week, settling at a healthy level as the labor market…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state media say a fire at an oil refinery in the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas has killed at least one…

By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Christian voters and faith leaders have long been in the frontlines of providing…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Simon’s latest honor places him among public figures well outside the music industry. He…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press MAASTRICHT, Netherlands (AP) — Old Masters, Roman statues, modern furniture, tribal masks and vintage watches are…

NEW YORK (AP) — Few swimmers have made a splash as big as Katie Ledecky, the Olympic gold medalist and two-time winner of The Associated Press…

BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The military juntas ruling Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger say they have agreed to create a joint…

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities have carried out raids across Germany against people suspected of posting misogynistic hate speech online. Police…

PRAGUE (AP) — Czech farmers have blocked traffic in Prague, cramming the streets with hundreds of tractors and other vehicles as they rallied…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The United Nations’ refugee chief has raised a new alert over 780,000 displaced…

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a quarter of female Black voters describe abortion as their top issue in this…

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The European Union’s largest political party has endorsed Ursula von der Leyen’s bid for a second five-year term at…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer A major French union is warning of possible strikes in the public sector, including at hospitals, during the…

By SAMY MAGDY and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Hamas said Thursday that its delegation has left Cairo and that talks on a Gaza…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators want to question Apple over accusations that it blocked video game…

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A mother and her 11-year-old daughter have been fatally shot while sitting in a parked SUV in a Massachusetts neighborhood.…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The United Nations office in Nigeria says at least 200 people, mostly women and children…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Gum makers are trying to figure out what will make Americans start chewing again. Generational habits, health…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is going into his third State of the Union address with an expanded plan to…

By The Associated Press The guest list for President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address speaks volumes about what Democrats and Republicans…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Apple is opening small cracks in the iPhone’s digital fortress as part of a regulatory clampdown in Europe…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Millions of travelers across Germany are being affected by strikes again after two unions…

HOUSTON (AP) — A United flight from Houston to Fort Myers, Texas, was forced turn around Monday after one of the plane’s engines caught fire.…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The top American diplomat for East Asia and the Pacific is criticizing China for using intimidation…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says that the United States has become more…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — As Japan prepares to mark the 13th anniversary of its worst-ever nuclear disaster, the man in…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China’s exports and imports for the first two months of the year beat estimates, an indication that…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed Thursday, after Wall Street recovered some losses from the day…

By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Corruption is a key issue in Portugal’s early general election on Sunday.…

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Once again, most Americans will set their clocks forward by one hour this weekend, losing perhaps a…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Now that jurors in New Mexico have convicted a movie weapons supervisor of involuntary…

By SAM METZ Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Climate change and a yearslong drought have forced Morocco’s famous public baths to close…

By MORGAN LEE and ANREW DALTON Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The trial and conviction of a movie armorer in connection with a fatal…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Millions of Americans who have dropped pounds and boosted their health using popular obesity drugs like Wegovy are…

By DAVID SHARP and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Robert Card, an Army reservist who shot and killed 18 people in Maine…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Criticizing laws or chanting anti-government slogans can be enough to jail someone for sedition in…

BY JOEAL CALUPITAN AND AARON FAVILA Associated Press ABOARD BRP SINDANGAN (AP) — It was a heart-pounding moment far out in the disputed South China…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Women across the world will demand equal pay, reproductive rights, education, justice,…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe’s energy crisis sparked by Russia’s war in Ukraine has eased.…

By AYSE WIETING and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — At least 71 women have been killed in Turkey this year as activists say the…

By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Jurors will soon hear opening statements and the first batch of witnesses in the trial of the…

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Nearly two years after the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — It’s not just opposition politicians who are targeted in the crackdown by Russian…