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By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is urging the Senate to move forward with votes on more…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Republicans have rejected proposals to create a second majority Black voting…

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending additional fighter jets and a warship to the Strait of…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — When student activists assembled in Florida last year for Turning Point Action’s…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Dozens of followers of Pakistan’s former prime minister and top opposition leader Imran Khan…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The young cardinal in charge of Mongolia’s tiny Catholic community says Pope Francis’…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper says he’ll keep to a lower public profile this week after testing positive for COVID-19. The…

By DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian composer and pianist João Donato, who helped lay the groundwork for bossa nova…

By KATE BRUMBACK and JEFF AMY Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — A few hundred people gathered Monday for a vigil to remember four victims of a…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A review of the status of a vanishing species of whale found that the animal’s…

PRAGUE Officials says two buses have collided on a highway in the southeastern Czech Republic, killing at least one person and injuring 76. Police…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Leaders from the Western Balkan countries are meeting informally in the Albanian capital,…

CAIRO (AP) — BBC’s employees in Cairo have gone on a three-day strike to demand equal pay with other colleagues in the Middle East as…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Meta will face a hefty fine over advertising practices that violate user privacy,…

OGDENSBURG, N.Y. (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg in northern New York says it is filing for bankruptcy protection. Ogdensburg and…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say a Russian warplane crashed into the sea during a training mission and that its pilot died after ejecting. The…

CINCINNATI (AP) — Hall of Famer Johnny Bench apologized for an antisemitic comment made at an event to honor former Cincinnati Reds general manager…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — To get a sense of just how much animosity is flying around Hollywood these days, watch how Ron Perlman…

ANTIOCH, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say carnival rides were shut down at an Illinois festival after a 10-year-old boy was thrown from his seat and…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is running for the U.S. Senate. The Republican’s…

LONDON (AP) — A pod of 55 pilot whales have died after they were found washed ashore on a beach in Scotland in the worst mass whale stranding in…

BERLIN (AP) — An American woman has been fined after attempting to bribe a police officer at the Munich airport’s passport control over the…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Detectives on Long Island are hunting for fresh clues about an architect arrested…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Another experimental Alzheimer’s drug can modestly slow patients’ inevitable worsening…

By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — A regional governor says an attack by armed separatists killed at least 10 people…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.N.’s World Food Program says it is facing a shortage of funds and won’t be able to help 100,000 people in…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore’s prime minister says two lawmakers from the ruling party have resigned for failing to end their…

By PETROS GIANNAKOURIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press LOUTRAKI, Greece (AP) — Wildfires outside Athens forced thousands to flee seaside…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Biotech entrepreneur and Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy on Monday released a list of 16 people…

LONDON (AP) — A red sweater adorned with a flock of sheep worn by the young Princess Diana is expected to sell for more than $50,000 at auction.…

BERLIN (AP) — The captain of a humanitarian rescue ship who was arrested in 2019 for docking in an Italian port without authorization has been…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Officials say a small and rare tornado that swept briefly through a town in…

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China is criticizing an upcoming stopover in the United States by Taiwan’s vice…

WHITEMARSH TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — A freight train derailment in southeast Pennsylvania has spurred precautionary evacuations, but officials say no…

The Associated Press The bridge connecting Crimea and Russia carries heavy significance for Moscow, both logistically and psychologically, as a key…

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Child star and activist Mia Armstrong has a picture book coming out next year about her experiences with…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited the United Arab Emirates as part of a swing through the Arab Gulf…

By The Associated Press More mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner military contractor have rolled into Belarus, continuing their relocation to the…

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Ryan Reynolds has already taken Hollywood to Wrexham. Now the Welsh soccer team is on…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s central bank says the country’s economy appears to have returned to slight growth in the April-June period…

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet The cash-stuffing method of budgeting has revived the popularity of an old concept known as the envelope system. You…

ROME (AP) — Italian health officials intensified heat warnings as southern Europe began a brutally hot week on Monday with temperatures expected to…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Kevin Spacey ‘s lawyers enlisted the help of an A-list star Monday in his sexual assault…

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says more than two dozen cats have been infected with bird flu across Poland, but no people appear to…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s governing coalition is pushing ahead with a contentious plan to overhaul the…

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Mike Berent has spent more than 27 years rushing into burning houses in Detroit, pulling people…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Leaders from the European Union and Latin America have gingerly hugged at the opening of their first…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Shares were mostly lower Tuesday in Asia as optimism over a Wall Street rally was countered by…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Heavy downpours lashed South Korea for a ninth day on Monday as rescue workers…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Schools and the stock market have been shuttered in Hong Kong as Typhoon Talim sweeps south of the…

By ERIC TUCKER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A month after former President Donald Trump was charged with mishandling…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press WILTON MANORS, Fla. (AP) — When Alicia Griggs steps outside her suburban Fort Lauderdale home, Florida’s…

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press LA PLATA, Argentina (AP) — Three decades ago, when he was a parish priest in Argentina, the man named by…

By The Associated Press An attack before dawn Monday damaged a bridge linking Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea that is a key supply route for Kremlin…

By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include a documentary on Apple TV+ that chronicles the atypical path Stephen Curry…