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Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A U.N official says a U.N.-led meeting held in Qatar with the Taliban on increasing engagement with Afghanistan…

Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Much of the U.S. may be looking forward to July Fourth for dazzling displays of fireworks or setting off…

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, the parent of DVD rental operator Redbox, has filed for Chapter 11…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Victims of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel sued Iran, Syria and North Korea on Monday, saying their governments…

Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — At just 28 years old, Jordan Bardella has helped make the far-right National Rally the strongest political…

NECEDAH, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a house fire in Wisconsin has killed six family members. Early indications are that the blaze was accidental.…

CRETE, Neb. (AP) — A white Nebraska man described as reclusive and confrontational shot and wounded seven neighbors who are Guatemalan immigrants,…

AP National Writer World Athletics leader Sebastian Coe visited Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv over the weekend. He reiterated his…

Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations food agency says more than half of households in Yemen are not eating enough due to poor economic…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has had the kind of weekend on which history pivots. He has tried to stabilize his campaign after a…

Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Backers of a proposal to change Ohio’s troubled political mapmaking system have delivered hundreds of…

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A stingray that got pregnant at a North Carolina aquarium this winter despite not having shared a tank with a male of…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s ruling Monday in former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Monday filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Merrick Garland for the audio recording of…

AP National Writer Simone Biles is heading back to the Olympics with a few of her friends. Biles and 2020 Olympians Sunisa Lee, Jade Carey and Jordan…

AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Naomi Osaka has played a match at Wimbledon for the first time in five years and played at the…

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a roadside bomb explosion in Pakistan’s volatile Baluchistan province has killed a woman and two children.…

CINCINNATI (AP) — Police say five people have been shot, including three fatally, near the University of Cincinnati campus. Police say two people…

Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden is launching a groundbreaking new law that allows grandparents to care for their grandchild and…

LONDON (AP) — Actor Ian McKellen said Monday he is withdrawing from a U.K. tour of his latest play because he needs more time to recover after…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is keeping a hold on efforts in Texas and Florida to limit how Facebook, TikTok, X, YouTube…

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — England star Jude Bellingham is being investigated by UEFA over a potentially offensive gesture made during a European…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has opened the door to new, broad challenges to regulations long after they take effect, the…

AP Health Writer Summer means playgrounds, pools, bikes and being outside for kids. Pediatricians say it can also mean more potential for injuries…

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ira Galtman is part of a small community of corporate archivists. They are historians, cataloguers and…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S, military has raised the security protection measures it is taking at its bases throughout Europe,…

Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused opposition parties of stoking xenophobia and…

MASONVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say five members of a family from Georgia who were visiting Cooperstown, New York, for a baseball tournament…

AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — SZA might be known for hit songs like “Kill Bill” and “Snooze,” but the R&B star unveiled…

Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A controversial spiritual leader known as “Buddha Boy” has been sentenced to a 10-year prison term for…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom will hold its first national election in almost five years on Thursday, with opinion polls…

LONDON (AP) — The British Army says three runaway horses have been captured after bolting through the streets of central London. The incident…

Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The only three Republican women in the South Carolina Senate took on their party and stopped a total…

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The word “onigiri” (OH-knee-GEEH-reeh) just became part of the Oxford English Dictionary this year. The humble…

Associated Press Do you want orange creamsicle or minty watermelon? Homemade popsicles are not only easy to make, they’re healthier than anything…

Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has included seven different parties in his Cabinet in an…

Associated Press ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Official results have confirmed that Mongolia’s ruling party won a much smaller majority in a…

Associated Press BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) — Hurricane Beryl strengthened to Category 5 status late Monday after it ripped doors, windows and roofs…

WILLIAMS, Ariz. (AP) — One way to help tell how a Tyrannosaurus rex digested food is to look at its poop. Bone fragments in a piece of fossilized…

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia is imposing new restrictions on the sale of hemp products, requiring some basic standards for rented…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s final day of the term will be Monday, when it issues a critical decision on whether…

AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Surveys of Chinese factory managers show a mixed outlook for the world’s No. 2 economy, with growth steady…

Associated Press YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A 17-year-old Chinese badminton player has died after collapsing on court during an Asian tournament…

TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet, has reached a deal with its mechanics to end a strike that had disrupted the travel…

Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli army ordered a mass evacuation of Palestinians from much of Khan Younis on Monday, a…

Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Signs reading “I’m buying dollars” line the doors of Víctor Vargas’ shoe shop in the heart of…

Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday after stocks advanced on Wall Street and yields jumped in the U.S. bond market as…

Associated Press DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — At a rural penal colony in southeast Ukraine, several convicts stand assembled under barbed…

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Boeing announced plans to acquire key supplier Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7 billion, a move that it says will improve plane…

Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Top California Democrats have announced their backing for a ballot measure targeting retail theft. The…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s hard to refer to someone as “Hitler” and end up in their good graces, let alone potentially become…

Associated Press WEST BATH, Maine (AP) — A man who confessed to killing his parents and two of their friends and wounding three people in a highway…

Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia has appointed Sam Mostyn as only its second woman governor-general, a largely ceremonial…

Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has named a new Cabinet after his African National…

AP Health Writer A man on Florida’s northeast coast was bitten by a shark this weekend but is now recovering, authorities said Sunday, in the third…

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French voters face a decisive choice in the runoff Sunday of snap parliamentary elections that could produce the…