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By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A devastating earthquake that toppled buildings across parts…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares slipped in Asia on Friday after benchmarks on Wall Street had their biggest drop in…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Israel’s foreign minister is in Kyiv for the first public visit to Ukraine’s capital…

By JOHN LEICESTER and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A senior Ukrainian official says Russia is using decoy missiles to fool…

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a powerful explosion inside a moving passenger train has killed at least one person and wounded eight others…

HEBRON, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces have demolished the home of a Palestinian behind a deadly shooting in the occupied West Bank. The home, in…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A rare public show of division within the ranks of Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban emerged in…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The outgoing president of Paraguay, whose country is one of Taiwan’s few remaining…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Two sheriff’s deputies who have been suspended for five days for their role in the…

By PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency got a first-hand look Thursday…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A special grand jury investigating efforts by then-President Donald Trump and his allies to…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s ceremonial parliament has accused American lawmakers of trampling on the sovereignty of other nations after the U.S.…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the war rages on in Ukraine, the United States is doing more than supporting an ally. It’s…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A strong earthquake has rocked a central Philippine province, sending people out of their homes at night, prompting…

By NARDOS HAILE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Blonds shined like gaudy, shimmering jewels in the label’s fall/winter debut, which…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Plans for a major renovation of the National Archaeological Museum in Greece have been…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California congresswoman Barbara Lee has filed paperwork to enter the race for the seat…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — National Park Service employees have swept through a large homeless encampment three blocks…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Subpoenas have been sent to the chief executives of the five largest tech companies as…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Democratic lawmakers in Colorado are considering repealing the state’s ban on…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the arms embargo on Yemen’s Houthi rebels and an asset freeze and…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The University of Texas at Dallas says it has banned a woman from attending classes on campus while…

By GABRIELA SELSER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua has cancelled the citizenship of 94 political opponents, including writers Sergio…

By ERIC TUCKER and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI searched the University of Delaware in recent weeks for classified…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Oakland Police Department has lost its seventh head of police in as many years over…

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears have bought the property that they’ve been sizing up for a new enclosed stadium in suburban…

By KIMBERLY CHANDLER, LOLITA C. BALDOR and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A Black Hawk helicopter from the Tennessee…

By SOPHIE AUSTIN and GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California and Nevada could ban involuntary servitude…

BEIJING (AP) — China said Wednesday it will take measures against U.S. entities related to the downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the…

By CLAIRE RUSH and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Local governments in Oregon can’t declare themselves Second…

By MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois grand jury on Wednesday formally indicted the father of a man charged with fatally…

By BERT WILKINSON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Top officials from Canada, the U.S. and Haiti are meeting behind…

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The NCAA asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to reject a legal effort to make…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Transgender teens, their parents and supporters have protested outside the…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The head of Alabama’s prison system said Wednesday that a protocol for using…

By TRISHA AHMED and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court has upheld state laws that…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis woman depicted in videos pounding on a family’s door and hurling racial insults is facing charges. Judy Kline,…

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The state commission that regulates slap fighting — in which opponents take turns striking…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A record 193 homeless people died in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The top Republican in Pennsylvania’s Democrat-controlled House is warning of…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — When the texts began coming in about a shooter at Michigan…

WASHINGTON (AP) — David Malpass is stepping down as president of the World Bank, four years after former President Donald Trump picked him to run…

By SAM METZ Associated Press SANDY, Utah (AP) — Shawn Blymiller spent 10 years of feeling mostly numbed while prescribed traditional…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The small Mexican airline Aeromar has announced it is closing down due to financial problems. The regional carrier operated 21…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin said Wednesday he never intended to offend anyone for…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — An autopsy has found that the death of a man who was handcuffed after a mental health team was…

PARIS (AP) — A government audit says Noël Le Graët no longer has legitimacy to remain as French soccer federation president because his…

By CURT ANDERSON, MICHELLE L. PRICE and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Matt Gaetz says the Justice Department has ended a…

By CODY JACKSON and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A loggerhead sea turtle named Rocky paused briefly on the sand…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN, JOSH BOAK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Budget Office says it expects the U.S. economy…

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is calling for making preschool available to every…

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Oil-dependent Alaska has long sought ways to fatten its coffers and move away from the…

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Republican Nikki Haley has joined the 2024 race for president. The 51-year-old is the first major rival to former President…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky lawmaker has introduced a bill to prosecute illegal abortions as homicides.…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Sweden emerging as the front-runner in a troubled search for a 2030 Olympics host is a surprise in…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Commercial casinos in the United States won more than $60 billion from gamblers in 2022,…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A bill in Kansas and similar legislation in at least seven other states have LGBTQ-rights…

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says the league is prepared for whatever happens with Diamond…

Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Hospitals in Bolivia’s Santa Cruz region are struggling to keep up with an outbreak of dengue that has…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s political leaders are making their case for moving the FBI headquarters to…