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NEW YORK (AP) — Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. was arrested Monday and charged with assault and strangulation after allegedly attacking his…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said Monday that she has chosen Anne Kirkpatrick, a former…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Most fast food workers in California would get a raise next year under a new bill in the…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against a onetime business partner of former…

DENVER (AP) — Retired Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton is teaming up with the organization RIP Medical Debt to help eliminate $10 million…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has cleared the way for the release of five American citizens…

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Advocates are asking a Missouri judge to rewrite what they say are misleading…

By ED WHITE Associated Press A man charged with assisting the leaders of a plan to kidnap Michigan’s governor is denying any role. But he told…

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who Republicans are threatening…

PAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma prosecutor says there’s insufficient evidence to charge the BTK serial killer in the 1976 disappearance of a…

WINDSOR, Ontario (AP) — Canadian federal prosecutors are arguing that a man facing murder charges in the deaths of four members of a Muslim family…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Sports betting company DraftKings apologized Monday after using the Sept. 11, 2001,…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors say a 68-year-old man walked into an FBI field office in Oregon and confessed to…

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Croatia climbed atop its European Championship qualifying group by beating Armenia 1-0 away thanks to Andrej…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino and hotel giant MGM Resorts International says a cybersecurity issue led to the shutdown of computer systems at its…

By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The president of the Dominican Republic says he has…

By R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Officials from the City of Atlanta have refused to verify tens of thousands of signatures submitted by…

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba has tested positive for testosterone. Italy’s anti-doping agency…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The British foreign secretary has arrived in Israel on a three-day visit to a country in turmoil, facing its biggest protest…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators have approved updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, shots…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The sheriff in New Mexico’s largest metro area has vowed not to enforce an…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The deadly firestorm in Hawaii and Hurricane Idalia’s watery storm surge helped push the United States to an…

By AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia has launched a joint military exercise with the United States, a move that has…

LONDON (AP) — The fashion designer who created the wedding dress of Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, is stepping down as creative director at…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J. (AP) — As the U.S. races to build offshore wind power projects that will transform…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Britain have invited ambassadors, journalists and representatives…

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A trial is underway over a sweeping Texas voting law that set off a 38-day walkout by Democrats in 2021 and resulted in…

MILAN (AP) — An American literary historian, a French paleoanthropologist, a Danish evolutionary geneticist and a German-Dutch radio astronomer…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One of three active-duty Marines who stormed the U.S. Capitol together has been sentenced…

HEBRON, Ky. (AP) — Former Cincinnati Bengals defensive back Adam “Pacman” Jones was arrested early Monday after police responded to a report of…

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby has apologized after his father-in-law, disgraced…

ARROWSIC, Maine (AP) — A nonprofit group says a lighthouse that was the site of a walkway collapse that injured 11 people will remain closed for an…

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — The heads of state of six Western Balkan countries that are seeking to join the European Union have urged the bloc…

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri jury has awarded $745 million to the parents of a young woman killed on a sidewalk outside an urgent care center by…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s conservative ruling party has unveiled a new campaign ad that portrays…

NEW YORK (AP) — Disney and Charter Communications announced a deal to settle a dispute that had cut some 15 million cable TV customers off from…

NEW YORK (AP) — A Ukrainian composer has been commissioned to write an opera about mothers from that country going into Russia to rescue their…

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A Portuguese hacker whose bombshell revelations on the “Football Leaks” website rocked European soccer has been…

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A court in Bosnia says it has confirmed an indictment against Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik on…

By EVA VERGARA and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile on Monday was commemorating the 50th anniversary of the coup led by…

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial on abuse of power charges could be…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Public health officials are warning residents of flood-stricken central Greece to avoid using floodwater for domestic chores…

By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Senate’s elections committee is set to vote Monday…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer The U.S. government is taking aim at what has been an indomitable empire: Google’s ubiquitous search engine…

NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris, Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former New York City Mayor Rudy…

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s military chief has traveled to Eritrea for a meeting with President Isaias Afwerki, the general’s latest international…

ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian military says it recaptured strategic gas and oil drilling platforms from Russia…

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN VIENNA (AP) — Estonia and Latvia have signed an agreement with Germany to purchase a medium-range air defense missile…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — If you’re thinking of checking out the new memoir by Elton John’s lyricist to learn…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — You can work up quite an appetite sitting around a table plotting world domination.…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s home secretary says she is seeking “urgent advice” on banning a type of American bully dog, highlighting an attack on…

By FADI TAWIL Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — Fighting has intensified in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp claiming the life of…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in Jamaica have charged a man they suspect is a serial killer involved in the deaths of at least four people…

LONDON (AP) — The British scientist who led the team that cloned Dolly the Sheep in 1996 has died at age 79. The Roslin Institute at the University…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzania’s opposition leader Tundu Lissu was briefly arrested on Sunday before being…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant says it has safely completed the first…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish court has sentenced a 57-year-old Norwegian man for fraud and falsifying records for putting his dead partner in a…

By STEPHEN McGRATH and VADIM GHIRDA Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — NATO Deputy-General Secretary Mircea Geoana says there is “no…

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A major rescue operation is underway in Turkey’s Taurus Mountains to bring out an American…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul plan has plunged the country…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The death toll in the boat accident in north-central Nigeria’s Niger State has risen to…

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer Spanish soccer is ready to move forward three weeks after its women’s team won the Women’s World Cup but had its…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief has called for an “urgent reversal” of military takeovers and return…

By The Associated Press Russia’s Central Election Commission says the country’s ruling party won the most votes in elections held in occupied…

LONDON (AP) — Prosecutors say a former British soldier who escaped from prison may have snuck out by using bedsheets to strap himself to the bottom…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Lee is whipping up waves of more than 15 feet as the Category 3 storm cranked through open waters just north…

PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Authorities searched Monday for an escaped murderer who has eluded capture since breaking out of a southeastern…

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet After a summer that might have included more spending than usual, a fall financial cleanse could get you back on…

Greece’s shipping minister has resigned over the death of a man who was pushed off a ferry ramp by a crew member after arriving late. Political…

By SAM METZ and MOSA’AB ELSHAMY Associated Press TAFEGHAGHTE, Morocco (AP) — Moroccan soldiers and aid teams in trucks and helicopters…