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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Two men who stepped into 6-inch heels for “Kinky Boots” on Broadway will play the title…

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nick Farrow wanted what a lot of people do: a child, and a parenting partner. At 45, after a…

By GARY FIELDS Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Andrew Young, one of the last surviving members of Martin Luther King Jr.’s inner circle,…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Licht is out after a year as chief executive at CNN, following a series of missteps and…

By GARY FIELDS Associated Press People at the epicenter of the fight for voting rights six decades ago are reflecting on the times and their…

By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Joel Finkelstein was an accidental witness to one of the seminal events during the Civil Rights…

By GARY FIELDS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Schwerner doesn’t remember how he learned that his younger brother Michael was missing in…

By GARY FIELDS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Norman Hill was an activist in the early 1960s fighting against segregation when he made a switch…

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has presided over a groundbreaking ceremony for construction of the country’s second…

By JILL LAWLESS and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The war in Ukraine is top of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s agenda as…

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — There are very few things that make Scott Bonnett panic. Spending the last 15 years making sure…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer New York City has filed a lawsuit against Hyundai and Kia, joining a host of other cities beset by a social…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A U.S. envoy for the Balkans has urged Kosovo and Serbia to deescalate simmering ethnic tensions in the former Serbian…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German government says it is concerned by the recent detention of a prominent environmental…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press Southern Baptists form a core part of the white evangelical Christian bloc that has reliably and overwhelmingly voted…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — Lionel Messi has pulled off his latest stunning feat: He is headed to Major League Soccer and joining…

MADRID (AP) — Three U.S. biologists who are pioneers in microbial and bacteria studies have won Spain’s Princess of Asturias Award for Scientific…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A former executive at ByteDance, the Chinese company which owns the popular short-video app TikTok,…

By NICK KURCZEWSKI Edmunds As car shoppers continue to flock from economy cars to small SUVs, sales are booming for this budget-conscious…

BERLIN (AP) — Residents of a Swiss village under threat from a massive rockslide have been allowed back for the first time since they were…

MEULABOH, Indonesia (AP) — An Australian surfer who was jailed for attacking several people while drunk and naked in Indonesia’s deeply…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s foreign minister has chided U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris for speaking out against Prime Minister Benjamin…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — When an increasingly fractious committee of Federal Reserve policymakers meets next…

MADRID (AP) — Spain registered its hottest spring on record this year, and its second driest ever, the state meteorological agency says. A…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish lira has tumbled to fresh record lows, extending its slide against the U.S. dollar. The lira weakened by around…

By CURT ANDERSON and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A woman accused of shooting and killing a mother in front of her kids last…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — United Nations judges have declared an elderly Rwandan genocide suspect unfit to…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI and DESMOND TIRO Associated Press MBIRIKANI, Kenya (AP) — Parkeru Ntereka lost almost half of his goat herd to hungry lions that…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and MARIA CHENG Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis underwent successful surgery Wednesday to repair a hernia in his…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The global economy is bouncing back from an an energy price spike fed by…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese writer Haruki Murakami says walls are increasingly built and dividing people and countries…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A real estate deal in Jerusalem’s Old City, at the epicenter of the Israeli-Palestinian…

By MARIAM FAM Associated Press As Mina gets increasingly sick, her body withering away, her husband dotes on her: He washes her hair, helps her…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares fell Thursday after heavy selling of big-name tech stocks pushed benchmarks lower on…

By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities rushed to rescue hundreds of people stranded on rooftops and supply…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JACK DURA Associated Press North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia regulators have voted to advance Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s plan to withdraw…

By BRITTANY PETERSON and DREW COSTLEY Associated Press As 30 environment and trade ministers, and 50 CEOs gather in Paris for the 8th international…

By JOHN FLESHER Associated Press BELLAIRE, Mich. (AP) — A man accused of supporting a foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer plans to…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — After a payment pause that has lasted more than three years, more than 40 million student…

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican federal official says the Attorney General’s Office is investigating a possible…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — An Air India flight from New Delhi to San Francisco has been diverted to Russia after it…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Leaders of Venezuela’s fractured opposition are shaking voters’ hands and…

By ANNIE MA, CLAUDIA LAUER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press NOLENSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The first encounter with racism that Harmony Kennedy…

By JILL COLVIN and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence opened his bid for the Republican…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s exports fell 7.5% from a year earlier in May and imports were down 4.5%, adding to…

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — Search crews on Mount Rainier have found and recovered the body of a man matching the description of an…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — As many as eight young workers were confirmed dead Tuesday in Mexico after they apparently…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are using a grand jury in Florida as part of their investigation into the…

By JENNIFER PELTZ and ROB GILLIES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Smoke from Canadian wildfires poured into the U.S. East Coast and Midwest on…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Fiji’s leader indicated his nation is reconsidering its security ties with China at…

DENVER (AP) — Former Colorado state senator Mike Johnston claimed victory as opponent Kelly Brough conceded Tuesday night in a runoff election to…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard will resign his position next week to dedicate himself to seeking the…

By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — As shelling from Russia’s war on Ukraine echoed overhead, dozens of evacuees on an…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Democratic lawmakers stood on the steps of the state Capitol Tuesday and implored…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House conservatives staged a mini-revolt Tuesday in retaliation for Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s…

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Attorneys for Delaware’s largest county and three police officers are asking a federal…

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Françoise Gilot, a prolific and acclaimed painter who produced art for well more than a…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — One passenger was a caretaker from Jamaica known for her generous portions of…

By SARAH RANKIN and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Seven people were shot, two fatally, when gunfire rang out Tuesday outside…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A woman who received a desperate text from her husband indicating he had been taken hostage said…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The promotion of certain beliefs that some North Carolina lawmakers…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two former executives of a company known for offering “orgasmic meditation” sessions have…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The PGA Tour’s merger with rival LIV Golf has reignited a debate over sportswashing and drawn critics ranging…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Once rivals in court, the PGA Tour and LIV Golf are now partners in business. The PGA Tour, Europe tour and Saudi…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida law banning transgender youth from getting medical treatment is temporarily on hold after a surprise decision…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan’s top prosecutor has disavowed over 300 convictions tied to New York City police…

BY BEN FINLEY Associated Press The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in Virginia is now facing federal charges that she used marijuana…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Researchers at California State University, Long Beach, used drones to study juvenile white…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers are scheduled to introduce bipartisan legislation that would give…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A conservative American think tank says the past drug use that Prince Harry detailed in…