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BEIJING (AP) — China says 239 people died from COVID-19 in June in a significant uptick months after it lifted most containment measures. The…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong lawmakers on Thursday passed an amendment to a law to eliminate most directly elected…

By JADE LE DELEY and LORI HINNANT Associated Press CRETEIL, France (AP) — At 19, he was the oldest of the group of teens accused of lobbing Molotov…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares slipped Friday after another decline on Wall Street, where hopes for an end to…

BEIJING (AP) — Employers in Beijing have been ordered to stop outdoor work after scorching summer heat in the Chinese capital was forecast to reach…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The town of Hauula packs hundreds of homes into a narrow strip of land sandwiched between…

By SETH BORENSTEIN and ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press Sweltering heat is blanketing much of the planet, and the past seven days have been…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump’s valet, Walt Nauta, pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges…

By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia fired cruise missiles Thursday at a western Ukraine city far from the front line…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — At the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, the aging men known by their serial…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The first of two Iowa teenagers who pleaded guilty to beating their high school…

By AAMER MADHANI and MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is heading to South Carolina on Thursday to make the case…

By MORGAN LEE and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Family members of the 23 people killed in a racist attack at a Texas Walmart…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Police say five people have been injured in a shooting at a Fort Lauderdale apartment complex. Police Chief Patrick…

TORONTO (AP) — Police say a woman found dead in eastern Ontario 48 years ago has been identified as a Tennessee spa owner who disappeared on a trip…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Coco Lee, a Hong Kong-born singer and songwriter who had a highly successful career in Asia, has died…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Air Force says Russian fighter jets flew dangerously close to U.S.…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Mike Pence says Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis do not grasp the broader implications of…

HONOLULU (AP) — Police say a 20-year-old man has died after setting off fireworks in Hawaii on the Fourth of July holiday. Police and firefighters…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has disclosed some of the previously blacked-out portions of a warrant…

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The combat boots and dog tags that Alan Alda wore when he portrayed the wisecracking surgeon…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County sheriff says a bystander’s cellphone footage showing a deputy…

TOLUCA, Mexico (AP) — A violent drug cartel is suspected of leaving a severed human leg hanging from a pedestrian bridge in the Mexican city of…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The state of Nevada has reached a $285 million settlement with Walgreens regarding the pharmacy chain’s role in the opioid…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A rash of shootings as the U.S. celebrated the Fourth of July is…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A passenger bus lost control and veered off a road and into a 75-foot-deep gully in southern Mexico, killing at least 29…

TROY, N.Y. (AP) — A police dog was stabbed 12 times while biting a burglary suspect in upstate New York but is expected to fully recover. The Troy…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Children experienced the highest number of “grave violations” in conflicts verified…

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Country music star Toby Keith was back on stage over the Fourth of July weekend with his first shows since revealing last…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff’s Senate campaign said Wednesday that the California…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer Tens of millions of people have quickly signed up to Meta’s new app, Threads, as it aims to compete with…

SHINGOBEE BAY, Minn. (AP) — Two scrappy eagles are free to resume their apparent long-running dispute after quick-thinking deputies helped separate…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge is recommending that the U.S. Supreme Court approve a settlement…

By KEVIN McGILL, MATT O’BRIEN AND ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An order by a Louisiana federal judge sets up a high-stakes…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At least 16 people, including three children, were killed by a leak of a…

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Drinking water from nearly half of U.S. faucets likely contains “forever…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press Workers who picketed 19 major Southern California hotels over the long holiday weekend are back on the job, but…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A 23-year-old man in Denmark who opened fire at a mall last year and killed three people believing the victims were…

By COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has been briefed on the investigation into…

MOSCOW (AP) — A prominent Russian investigative reporter has received a brain injury and multiple fractures when she and a lawyer accompanying her…

SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — A Maryland sheriff’s office says a 14-year-old boy was killed and six other people were injured in a shooting at a…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois State Museum have returned nearly 40 sacred artifacts to Kenya so they can go back to their rightful owners.…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a trio of bills…

By ODED BALILTY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Thousands of protesters have blocked Tel Aviv’s main highway and major intersections…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has called a special legislative session so lawmakers can enact…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada’s government says it will stop advertising on Facebook and Instagram in response to Meta’s decision to block…

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Ex-Florida quarterback Jalen Kitna, the son of retired NFL quarterback Jon Kitna, has agreed to a plea deal that will…

CRANDON, Wis. (AP) — State officials are investigating how eight people became trapped upside down on a roller coaster — some of them for more…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland board has approved $2.9 million in compensation for a man who was wrongly…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon on Wednesday announced plans to tighten protection for classified…

By SCOTT BAUER and HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has signed off on a two-year spending plan after…

By SARA HERSCHANDER of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy A new poll of Americans found that nearly half of those who stopped…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump posted on his social media platform what he claimed was the home…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear an appeal as some Jackson residents try to…

By KARL RITTER and JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Quran burning and a string of requests to approve protests involving the…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A man who says Kevin Spacey made crude and racially offensive remarks before grabbing his genitals…

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Five people are dead after a single-engine plane crashed over the weekend in a South Carolina coastal resort town.…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The office of Israel’s prime minister says a dual Israeli-Russian citizen who has been missing in Iraq for months is being…

CORDELE, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a sheriff’s deputy in Georgia has been shot and killed and the suspect tried to flee in the deputy’s patrol…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The United Nations food agency says millions of hungry people in West Africa are left…