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By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Former Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has been sentenced to a year in prison…

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen have killed seven barbers in a home in a volatile province in southwestern Pakistan. Police and a government…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed two missile attacks in the Gulf of Aden on two…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union marks its annual Europe Day on Thursday. But instead of the humdrum celebrations,…

By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — China reported Thursday that its exports and imports returned to growth in April, suggesting that…

BEIJING (AP) — A crash between a truck and a passenger van on a highway in northwestern China’s Ningxia region has killed nine people. State…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England is expected to maintain interest rates at a 16-year high of 5.25% Thursday, but a…

By GEORGE WALKER IV, JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ED WHITE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) — Severe storms are tearing through the southeast U.S.,…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — This December marks the centennial of Rod Serling, the late host and writer of the classic TV…

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Torchbearers are to carry the Olympic flame through the streets of France’ southern port city of Marseille, one day…

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hardline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tried and failed in a brazen push to oust…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Six months into an offensive against Myanmar ’s military government, opposition forces have made…

By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fellow former hostages, family and coworkers celebrated the life of journalist and…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia is wrapping itself in patriotic pageantry for Victory Day, a celebration of its defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II that…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican crosses a key milestone Thursday in the runup to its 2025 Jubilee with the…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California regulators are likely to change how some power companies calculate their…

MOSCOW (AP) — Armenia’s prime minister has talked with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow as tensions are spiraling between the estranged…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JAKE OFFENHARTZ, JENNIFER PELTZ and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Stormy Daniels will return to the witness…

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press A battle is underway in California between a unit of the Wonderful Co. and United Farm Workers over how a group of…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia has struck a new security deal with Tuvalu after critics complained that a…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron Trump, has been chosen to serve as a…

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s military is criticizing the U.S. as hyping its warship’s passage…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A transitional council tasked with choosing new leaders for Haiti is changing the way…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Ownership of the NHL’s team in Utah has given fans 20 choices to vote on for the franchise’s new name,…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania election officials say the rate of mail-in ballots rejected for technicalities…

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania has defended the decision not to allow Russian and Belarusian observers to monitor its upcoming presidential…

MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York City’s watchdog agency says it has launched a probe into…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Prosecutors say a former Memphis police officer has been charged with federal civil rights…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general has announced charges against a former small-town…

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SARAH EL DEEB and LEE KEATH Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Tens of thousands of displaced and exhausted Palestinians…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Nikola Jokic did it all again. And the NBA MVP trophy is his again. The Denver Nuggets star from Serbia was…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Homeless people who camp on public property in Portland, Oregon, and reject offers of shelter could be fined up to $100 or…

By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A civil rights attorney says deputies responding to a disturbance call at a Florida apartment…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro will sign legislation to criminalize the misuse of a powerful animal tranquilizer called…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York real estate developer was charged with felony assault after police said he hit a…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top prosecutor has announced charges against three men who are…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis police have announced they’ve opened an investigation into an “NBA player and citizen” altercation that…

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Former California Congressman Pete McCloskey, who ran as a Republican challenging President Richard Nixon in 1972, has died.…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer Steve Albini, a legendary rock producer who shaped the musical landscape through his work with Nirvana, the Pixies,…

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hardline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has called for a vote to oust Speaker…

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Democrats have changed the way candidates for the General Assembly get…

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York-area doctor has been convicted in the yearslong sexual abuse of multiple patients. Darius A. Paduch of North Bergen, New…

By MAKIYA SEMINERA and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A bipartisan group of North Carolina lawmakers has approved a bill…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Attorney General Dave Yost has advised Ohio’s public universities that…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration plans to propose a new rule Thursday aimed at…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani has…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has scheduled a second execution to be carried out with nitrogen gas. Gov. Kay…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Star sports columnist Gregg Doyel will not cover the Indiana Fever in person this season after an awkward…

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas man is petitioning a court for information over his former partner’s alleged…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled a Catholic school in North Carolina had the right to…

AMSTERDAM (AP) — In sometimes violent confrontations, police have broken up a protest by pro-Palestinian activists at the University of Amsterdam…

By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia man has been indicted on murder charges by a grand jury that said he intended to rape a…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers vowed they were going to rein in tax breaks for businesses this year, but their…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bill passed by the South Carolina House that power companies said is vital to keep the…

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) — Things are going well for Nelly Korda these days, that’s for sure. The 25-year-old has…

By AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting rights advocates have created a new initiative to increase Black voter turnout ahead…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press Steward Health Care says it plans to sell off all its hospitals after announcing this week that it filed for…

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — After nearly a decade, Nicaragua’s congress has finally canceled a controversial canal concession granted to a Chinese…

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A group of Tennesseans who say they were intimidated into not voting in a primary…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Defense attorneys for a woman charged with killing her Boston police officer boyfriend are ramping…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has paused a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel over concerns that the country has…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Xavier University’s pick to deliver its undergraduate commencement address has sparked criticism among students who oppose…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer TORGIANO, Italy (AP) — The Prada Group is expanding its production footprint in Italy, including dozens of new…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Prices in Argentina have surged so dramatically in recent months that the government has multiplied the size of its…

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — A northern Idaho prosecutor won’t bring hate crime charges against an 18-year-old accused of shouting a racist…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — Authorities in southern Brazil are rushing to rescue…

ATLANTA (AP) — A music festival that draws tens of thousands of people to Atlanta’s Piedmont Park will not take place this year. Posts Wednesday…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s public hospital doctors union has called off a national strike that had…

NEW YORK (AP) — A cruise ship sailed into New York City with a 44-foot dead whale across its bow. A spokesperson for the National Oceanic and…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled Arkansas cannot prevent two high school teachers from…

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — It’s been two months since Nikki Haley dropped out of the Republican race, but the…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer Two Republican Congressmen have introduced a bill that would provide the NCAA, college conferences and…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Kosovo’s prime minister has deplored the fact that some Western powers reportedly have…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — Internet casino gambling is legal in only a handful of states, but the industry is convinced…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has challenged Donald Trump to a head-to-head debate for when both…

By HOGIR AL ABDO Associated Press AL-HOL CAMP, Syria (AP) — Scores of Syrian women and children linked to the Islamic State group have left a…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats plan to spend $7 million on television ads in five state Senate races…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban official says A sticky bomb exploded in northeastern Afghanistan, killing at least three police officers. AAbdul Mateen…

By ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Tornado emergencies have been called in Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa and more states over the past…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Travis Kelce continues to work in the NFL off season. The Super Bowl winner has booked a role on “American…

By ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns that the…