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By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Its balmy beaches have been vacation spots for Russian czars and Soviet general…

By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A psychologist is testifying in a Michigan court where a judge must decide whether the Oxford…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — A French military transport plane carrying Europeans from Niger arrived in Paris Wednesday, in…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say days of unusually heavy rains around China’s capital, Beijing, have flooded houses, torn apart roads and…

By EVENS SANON and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Efforts to help Haitians through the gang violence ravaging their…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Singer and songwriter Coco Lee is being mourned by family and friends at a private ceremony a day…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Republican judicial candidate who lost a district court election in Harris County, Texas, is…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Jan Pappas and Ronald Yasuda hired a contractor to fasten the roof of their 1960s-era home to…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man who abducted and beat a 6-year-old girl to death at an abandoned factory…

NEW DELHI (AP) — A huge crane collapsed at a highway construction site in western India, killing at least 16 workers, the country’s National…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime Mar-a-Lago staffer who spent years fetching luxury cars for club members is the latest…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime Mar-a-Lago staffer who spent years fetching luxury cars for wealthy club members is the…

By SAM KEMMIS of NerdWallet Mystery travel involves setting off on a trip where you only know the destination once you board the plane. These trips…

NEW YORK (AP) — Rachel Maddow’s next book will be an exploration into right-wing extremism in the U.S., including a plot to overthrow the…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The $3.9 billion humanitarian appeal for war-torn Ukraine is less than 30% funded as the…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief has welcomed Kenya’s offer to “positively consider”…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press New York officials have shut down what they call seven unlicensed cannabis dispensaries in the western part of the…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An out-of-session hearing by the Nebraska Legislature’s Education Committee is…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A brightly flashing “X” sign has been removed from the San Francisco headquarters of the company formerly known as Twitter…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press A federal appeals court is allowing Kentucky to enforce a recently enacted ban on gender-affirming care for young…

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A former millionaire real estate developer has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for fraud involving a…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers shooting guard Amir Coffey was arrested on a firearms misdemeanor in…

PANAMA CITY (AP) — The number of migrants crossing Panama’s dangerous, jungle-clad Darien Gap has swelled to almost 250,000 in the first…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A group of parents, faith leaders and a nonprofit public education group are suing to stop…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angus Cloud, the actor who starred as the drug dealer Fezco “Fez” O’Neill on the HBO series “Euphoria,” has died.…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has rejected an attempt by former President Donald Trump to keep a Georgia district…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis, Tennessee, police say officers shot a suspect after he attempted to enter a Jewish…

By ZANE IRWIN and BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s government has dissolved a major opposition party and restricted…

By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A leading anti-abortion organization has criticized Republican Ron DeSantis for not supporting a…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Greece’s prime minister says his country wants to take full advantage of a more positive climate with neighboring Turkey…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is listening for any peep from Voyager 2 after losing contact with the…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s political operation enters the second half of the year in a…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Two pipeline operators have agreed to pay a $12.5 million civil penalty related to crude oil…

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro has been known for years for her colorful clothing and hairstyle. But it has taken one…

By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A migrants rights group says security authorities in eastern Libya have freed at least 385 Pakistani…

HAMPTON BEACH, N.H. (AP) — A small plane that crashed into the ocean just off a New Hampshire beach over the weekend flipped upside down when it…

By ABBY SEWELL and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Organization for Islamic Cooperation is urging its member nations to take action…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin says he’s put aside his fear to find joy after…

By PETER SMITH and MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — A jury is set to deliberate whether to impose the death penalty or a…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The mother of an 18-year-old who is accused of trying to become a fighter for the Islamic State…

BY ANITA SNOW and DREW COSTLEY Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A record string of daily highs over 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius) in…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma House has voted to override Gov. Kevin Stitt’s veto of a bill to extend…

By EVENS SANON and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Hundreds of Haitians have marched through the capital,…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — If it seems like lottery jackpots topping $1 billion are more common nowadays,…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Reubens, the actor and comedian whose Pee-wee Herman character — an overgrown…

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Attorneys for the tech consultant charged in the death of Cash App founder Bob Lee say their…

MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE, Calif. (AP) — Crews battled “fire whirls” in California’s Mojave National Preserve as a massive wildfire crossed…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Health care providers in Alabama have filed lawsuits against state Attorney General Steve…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Churchill Downs will implement safety measures for its September meet including new track surface maintenance equipment and…

By JENNA FRYER AP National Writer AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — The United States arrived at the Women’s World Cup as the favorite to win an…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Institutes of Health is beginning a handful of studies to test possible…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court said Monday that a full panel of 15 justices would hear petitions in September against a contentious…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — If you believe Janelle Monae’s hyper-sexual expression is a front, think…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — In a new policy plan unveiled Monday, Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis took aim…

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has threatened to sue a group of…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden’s former business partner insisted in testimony to Congress Monday that…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When actor Casey Likes watched “Back to the Future” growing up, his mom would always…

By MICHELLE R. SMITH and ALI SWENSON Associated Press Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is running as a Democrat against President Joe Biden, tells many…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI should stop using a U.S. spy database of foreigners’ emails and other…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The discovery of a whale carcass in Hong Kong waters Monday sparked an outpouring of grief on…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court is out with a decision that provides critical relief for thousands of people…