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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A court in central Japan has ruled that it is unconstitutional to require a transgender person to…

MUMBAI, India (AP) — The Russian Olympic Committee has been suspended by the IOC for breaching the Olympic Charter by incorporating sports bodies…

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The average onset of puberty is about two years earlier than a generation ago. Well over half of…

By JOSH BOAK ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department has imposed its first set of sanctions on two companies that shipped…

LONDON (AP) — The English Football Association says it will pay tribute to the Israeli and Palestinian victims of the war in the Middle East when…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press Eviatar Moshe Kipnis and Lilach Lea Havron are among the estimated 150 people believed held by Hamas in Gaza. The…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — U.N. officials say more than 90% of the people killed by a 6.3-magnitude earthquake in western Afghanistan were women and…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) — Playing video games has long been a challenge for many people with disabilities,…

By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — For a few hours, Krystal Curley and her Indigenous women’s work group took over a college…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 3.2% increase in their benefits in 2024, far…

LONDON (AP) — A British judge has ruled in favor of Richard Branson’s Virgin group in its lawsuit against a U.S. train company over a licensing…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An investigation into academic research leads to the resignation of Stanford University’s…

By JUSTIN KABUMBA and JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — A U.N. official says the eight peacekeepers have been suspended and…

By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state media says Israeli airstrikes have hit the international airports of the Syrian…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore low-cost airline Scoot says one of its planes made a U-turn back to the city-state an hour after taking off…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union significantly escalated its walkout against Detroit’s Three…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German government has drawn up legislation to ease deportations of unsuccessful asylum-seekers…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has been given a suspended prison sentence after he pleaded…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is accusing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s financial regulator has fined the American former chief executive of Barclays, Jes Staley, 1.8 million pounds ($2.2…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Three months after Turkey agreed to expedite Sweden’s NATO membership bid, little sign of…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is ordering U.S. biotech giant Illumina to undo its $7.1 billion purchase of…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A 300-year-old tree near the Roman landmark of Hadrian’s Wall in northeastern England that was cut…

By STEPHEN MCGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Authorities in Romania found a crater on their territory near the border with Ukraine…

KISKUNMAJSA, Hungary (AP) — Two people have been killed and six are injured in a car accident in Hungary after a vehicle suspected of transporting…

ATLANTA (AP) — Police say a woman is in custody after she allegedly stabbed three people at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. They…

LONDON (AP) — The Grand National is implementing a series of significant changes that will take effect from next year in an effort to make the…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Armenia is urging the United Nations’ top court to impose new interim orders on…

HELSINKI (AP) — The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service says Finland’s relationship with Russia has significantly deteriorated due to the…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The head of Elon Musk’s social media platform X says the company formerly known has Twitter has…

BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say a former member of communist East Germany’s secret police has been charged with murder over the killing of a Polish…

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA has postponed Israel’s European Championship qualifying game against host Kosovo on Sunday. The decision by…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The Malaysian government has questioned a move by Goldman Sachs to file for arbitration in a dispute connected with…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany is offering military help to Israel and promising to crack down on support for the militant Hamas group at home following its…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan is closely watching the war in the Middle East sparked by the unprecedented attack on Israel by Hamas militants from…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Dozens of activists in Norway are blocking the entrance to one of the main operators of a wind farm they say hinders the…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s top automaker Toyota and Idemitsu, a major oil company, say they will cooperate on…

By The Associated Press President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Kyrgyzstan on a rare trip abroad for the Russian leader who was indicted by the…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Thursday as investors awaited the release of U.S. consumer price data and…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka says that it has reached an agreement on key terms and principles on its…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s commitment to transform long-marginalized rural…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Strike talks have broken off between Hollywood actors and studios. The alliance of…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong is crediting improved relations with China for…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government is convening a religious affairs council to decide whether to seek a court…

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press RAVENA, N.Y. (AP) — New York is dramatically expanding a legal marijuana market plagued by a sluggish rollout of…

By AMY BETH HANSON and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments in a case filed by TikTok and five Montana…

By JOSEPH KRAUSS and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinians in Gaza spent the night in pitch darkness, surrounded by the…

By TAIWO ADEBAYO Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Most of the population in conflict-affected countries like Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The hard-hitting Arizona Diamondbacks rode a record-setting barrage of solo homers in the third…

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer It’s been 25 years since Matthew Shepard, a gay 21-year-old University of Wyoming student, died six days…

By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Having won the nomination to be the next House speaker, Rep.…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — While revealing new details about one of the most famed CIA operations of all…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press GREENWOOD, Ark. (AP) — An Oklahoma man who was freed after being imprisoned for decades on a murder conviction says…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Duane “Keffe D” Davis is the last living suspect in one of hip-hop’s most enduring…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Within hours of the horrific attack by Hamas, the U.S. began moving warships and aircraft to the…

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With his walker positioned on the mound, Rep. Steve Scalise threw out the…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer As the auto workers strike approaches the one-month mark, more Americans sympathize with the striking workers than…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation in the United States likely eased again last month, though the decline might…

NEW YORK (AP) — Nets coach Jacque Vaughn says their opponent from Israel still wants to play an exhibition game Thursday night in Brooklyn, days…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A seventh person has been arrested on murder charges after a South Korean woman’s body was found…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has arrived in South Korea in a demonstration…

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — José Abreu homered for the third time in two games, a two-run rocket in the fourth inning…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has honored a former defense secretary whose high-profile arrest in the U.S. three years ago strained…

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — A sculpture commemorating the famous 1967 meeting of Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown and other athletes…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s newly appointed U.S. senator is facing a risky decision: whether or…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge will allow enforcement of a public health order that suspends the right to…

NEW YORK (AP) — Three books that explore and celebrate the diversity of American culture were awarded Kirkus Prizes on Wednesday night, with each…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law to fast-track low-income housing on…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service says Microsoft owes the U.S. Treasury $28.9 billion in back taxes, plus penalties and interest.…

TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sacramento leaders and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration announced Wednesday the state…

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman accused of falsely telling police she was abducted after stopping to check on a toddler wandering along a…

ELWOOD, N.Y. (AP) — A police officer has shot and killed a man who charged at authorities with two swords on New York’s Long Island, and the…

By ISABEL DEBRE and FATIMA SHBEIR Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hallways filled with screaming voices. A terrible stench in the…

By DANIEL SHAILER The Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican government official says the military continues to obstruct the search for…

By SAM McNEIL KIBBUTZ BE’ERI, Israel (AP) — Trudging down a cul-de-sac turned to rubble, an Israeli army commander stopped in front of one…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — One of the people being sued by the Mississippi Department of Human Services over…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Spending more than three and a half days aloft and traveling more than 1,653 miles, a French ballooning team has traveled…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union significantly escalated its strikes against Detroit Three automakers…

By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer After serving more than a month of in-school suspension over his dreadlocks, a Black high school student in…