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By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mortgage rates eased again this week, though the latest pullback leaves the average rate on a…

By TIA GOLDENBERG and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A proposed cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas is raising hopes…

By TERESA MEDRANO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain and Turkey have called on the international community to stop “looking the other way”…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis police shot and killed a man Wednesday who they say was wielding a handgun and threatening people. Police Chief…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — New details from federal investigations into the crash of a gasoline delivery truck that…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The Atlanta Falcons were stripped of a fifth-round pick in next year’s draft on Thursday for violating the…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press Scientists say a large number of whales is visiting the waters off New England, and the group includes an…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer WIESBADEN, Germany (AP) — The Ukraine men’s soccer team was made to feel at home for its first practice in…

By MELINA WALLING Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — It’s a popular notion that men eat more meat than women. Now, new research says it’s…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court ruling means the abortion pill mifepristone remains available,…

By CORAL MURPHY MARCOS Associated Press BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A power company in Puerto Rico has restored electricity to most areas affected…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A watchdog report says a Minnesota state agency’s inadequate oversight of a federal…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unanimously to preserve access to the abortion pill mifepristone, a pill used in the most common…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against a man who wants to trademark the suggestive phrase…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has made it harder for the federal government to win court orders when it suspects a company of interfering in…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims in Mecca in Saudi Arabia are circling the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site,…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A spokesman for California State University, Los Angeles says pro-Palestinian demonstrators have taken over a building where the…

By COLLEEN LONG and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy (AP) — The United States and European countries have agreed to lock up…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The fluttering of 64 kilometers (40 miles) of orange bunting and a hammer driving a…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A top U.N. official has warned that an estimated 200,000 people in Pakistan are likely to be…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials say U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich, jailed in Russia on espionage charges, will stand trial in the city of…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Police say a 9-year-old child has become the fourth young gunshot victim in the city in recent weeks. The shooting occurred just…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is calling on Republicans to drop lawsuits…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale price increases fell in May, the latest sign that inflation pressures in the United…

BY SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The strong El Nino weather condition that added a bit of extra heat to already record warm global temperatures…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits jumped to the highest level in 10 months last week, another…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In 2021, you heard it: Moneybagg Yo’s “Wokesha” blaring from cars and corner stores. The…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Rafael Nadal is going to skip Wimbledon, as expected, and instead prepare for the Paris Olympics by entering a…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission is asking three of the world’s biggest pornography sites to provide details of the measures they have…

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Wimbledon’s total prize money fund will rise to a record 50 million pounds, which is about $64 million. The two singles…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — The Israel-Hamas war is roiling a primary election between two Democrats in New York,…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has invited his political opponents to hold talks on forming a new government.…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A suspected attack Thursday by Yemen’s Houthi rebels saw a missile strike…

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The left-of-center politician aiming to become Britain’s prime minister in three weeks’ time is promising to lead a…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press BRIGHTON, England (AP) — There’s lots of talk of change in Britain’s election campaign, but little talk about…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — If Tesla shareholders approve an all-stock compensation package for CEO Elon Musk that was thrown out…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has reintroduced restrictions on movement along parts of the border with Belarus because of increased migration…

ROME (AP) — Tensions in Italy’s lower house over a government proposal that opponents says will further impoverish the poorer south erupted into…

By NICOLE WINFIELD, PAOLO SANTALUCIA and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy (AP) — A Group of Seven summit opened Thursday with…

By HAVEN DALEY and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press RUTHERFORD, Calif. (AP) — A group of Ukrainian winemakers has visited California’s Napa…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s Parliament is due to elect a president on Friday while major…

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer GENOA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Over the past week, the NHL became the first major sports league to offer play by play…

By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — Historically Black West Coconut Grove is a majority Black neighborhood hidden among some of the most…

By NAPAT KONGSAWAD and DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Human rights groups are urging Thailand not to extradite a Vietnamese activist…

PARIS (AP) — French national Louis Arnaud has arrived in France after being released by Iran where he was imprisoned for over 20 months for…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities are closing down the Acropolis for much of the afternoon for a second day as the country swelters under…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO defense ministers are trying to agree on a new plan to provide long-term security assistance…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Court of Justice has ordered Hungary to pay a fine of 200 million euros and a further 1 million euros per day of delay…

By The Associated Press A guide to everything you need to know about the European Championship, which starts on Friday in…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Now that Europe has announced tariffs on China-made electric cars, the continent is bracing to see…

By FIRDIA LISNAWATI Associated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — A court on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali has began the trial of an…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African lawmakers are expected to elect the country’s president on Friday after…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — For summer trips overseas, a smartphone is essential for most people. How else will you check…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese state media say that a military history buff found a collection of confidential documents related to the country’s…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Thursday, as investors turned their attention to what the Bank of Japan…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s Senate began what’s likely to be an all-night voting…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s grip on a key federal energy commission will last beyond his first term,…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — All five Republicans battling for Utah’s only open U.S. House seat agreed in a…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is making a triumphant return to Capitol Hill to meet with House and…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press A tropical disturbance has brought a rare flash flood emergency to much of southern Florida as residents prepared…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Robert De Niro showed up outside a Manhattan courthouse to decry Donald Trump as his New…

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Desperate hands clutched at Ali Elwan’s arms, legs and neck, and screams misted…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies have agreed to engineer a $50 billion loan…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press BARI, Italy (AP) — A Group of Seven summit is opening in Italy with agreement on a U.S. proposal to back a $50…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For nearly a decade, Ozy Media projected an image of new-media success. The company boasted…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Bob Good is fighting a two-front battle to hold his seat in Virginia’s 5th…

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Jayson Tatum scored 31 points, Jaylen Brown had 30 and the Boston Celtics held off a furious…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The head of the U.N. refugee agency says he understands that the Biden administration enacted new…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A widespread power outage has hit Puerto Rico and left more than 340,000 customers without electricity after two of…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — One thousand days have passed since girls in Afghanistan were banned from attending secondary…

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady brought the New England Patriots endless memories and six Super Bowl trophies…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona lawmakers have voted to send an initiative to the November ballot that would protect two…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees have given final approval to an agreement that…

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — China’s Premier Li Qiang has arrived in New Zealand at the start of…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press READING, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign has teamed up with the Republican National Committee and…

By GABE STERN Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada GOP Senate Republican runner-up Jeff Gunter has continued his attacks on the nominee and…

By STEVEN DuBOIS and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press Neil Goldschmidt, a former Oregon governor whose confession that he had sex with a…

By KAITLYN HUAMANI Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — After organizers for Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog-eating contest said Joey…

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors say a man charged with taking three people hostage while robbing a Southern California bank last month had…

SEATTLE (AP) — A woman armed with a handgun was taken into custody after an hourlong standoff at the FBI building in Seattle. That’s…