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By The Associated Press SPICEWOOD, Texas (AP) — Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Picnic is two-stepping out of Texas to the Philadelphia area. The…

By The Associated Press A container ship struck a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, causing it to plunge into the river below. From 1960 to…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese electric vehicle makers are showcasing their latest models, including a flying car,…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian state news agency Tass says 22 victims of the concert hall attack that killed more than 130 people remain in serious…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A former Hungarian government insider has published an audio recording that he says is…

BERLIN (AP) — Train drivers and some crew for Germany’s main railway operator will see their working week reduced from 38 hours to 35 by 2029…

By BABACAR DIONE and JACK THOMPSON Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal woke up to a new president-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a former…

By SARA HERSCHANDER of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy NEW YORK (AP) — As government officials debate how to handle the…

By JACKIE VELING of NerdWallet A record number of Americans who rent are now considered cost-burdened, with 30% or more of their income going toward…

LONDON (AP) — A British court says Julian Assange can’t immediately be extradited to the U.S. on espionage charges, in a partial victory for the…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber in northwest Pakistan has rammed his explosive-laden car into a vehicle on Tuesday, killing five Chinese…

BEIJING (AP) — China said Tuesday that it has filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization over US subsidies for electric vehicles. The…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African court has dismissed the ruling party’s case demanding a rival opposition…

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Vietnamese automaker VinFast plans to sell its electric vehicles in Thailand. It has partnered…

MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court has ordered Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to remain in jail on espionage charges until at least late…

By RENATA BRITO and KERSTIN SOPKE Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A decade has passed since the launch of the Missing Migrants Project, which has…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Egg prices are at near-historic highs in many parts of the world as Easter and Passover approach. The cost of…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will team up in Raleigh, North Carolina,…

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Racism has long permeated the world’s most popular sport, with soccer players…

By PIYUSH NAGPAL Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police have detained dozens of opposition protesters to stop them from marching to Prime…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s top security official says the country will carry out border controls at all its frontiers during soccer’s European…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Dozens of tractors have sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU agriculture ministers are planning…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The owners of a Malaysian convenience store chain and one of its suppliers were charged Tuesday with offending the…

By WAFAA SHURAFA and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas has rejected the latest proposal put forward by international…

BALTIMORE (AP) — A portion of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed after a large boat collided with it early Tuesday morning, and…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed in muted trading Tuesday, as buying in some markets was soon erased by…

NEW YORK (AP) — As Donald Trump’s social media company begins trading publicly, would-be investors might ask themselves if the stock is too…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader John Lee says prisoners convicted for serious national security crimes will not…

DERA ISLAMIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says the country’s security forces have killed four insurgents in an overnight…

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The main Venezuelan opposition coalition has said that electoral authorities didn’t let it register its candidate for…

Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The former president of the Chinese Football Association has been sentenced to life in prison amid a wide-ranging…

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — On Sunday, millions of voters in Turkey head to the polls to elect mayors and administrators…

ASHLAND, Oregon (AP) — The remote expanse of wilderness along the California-Oregon border that makes up the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument…

The world’s governments have agreed they want to triple renewable energy by 2030, a goal laid out at the U.N. climate summit in December. But right…

By FÉLIX MÁRQUEZ Associated Press NOGALES, Mexico (AP) — Forest fires were burning in nearly half of Mexico’s drought-stricken states fueled by…

By MEG KINNARD and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Now that Nikki Haley has shuttered her presidential campaign, one person…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. warning to Russia couldn’t have been plainer: Two weeks before the deadliest…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to announce his running mate as he races to secure a…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — She has crisscrossed the country saying she’s an Irish heiress, a psychic and good friends…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the first nine months of 2023, Sean “Diddy” Combs triumphantly performed…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will meet with Israel’s minister of defense on Tuesday…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — When Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s returns to court over felony securities fraud charges…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine needs any edge it can get to repel Russia from its territory. One emerging bright…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in its first abortion case since conservative justices…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — For years, pinning down the source of a bill in the Kansas Legislature could be a chore for…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A London court is due to rule whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can challenge extradition to…

By The Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The numbers have been drawn for an estimated $800 million Powerball jackpot that has grown so large…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Hackers linked to the Chinese government launched a state-sponsored operation that targeted New Zealand’s…

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer was shot and killed Monday during a traffic stop, the city’s mayor said. Mayor Eric Adams…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet OK’d a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets to other countries on…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal court has rejected an appeal from former coal executive Don Blankenship, who argued that Donald Trump Jr. defamed…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet has approved a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets that it’s…

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland Senate panel has voted to support a Republican nominee to the state elections board to replace a previous board…

By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer The NCAA Tournament could be heading toward expansion. The tournament field is currently set at 68. That number…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A high school teacher and two students are suing Arkansas over the state’s ban on…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City plans to intensify a crackdown on subway fare-beating by sending at least 800 police officers specifically to keep…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Republican-controlled Senate has tweaked a proposal initially designed…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two men charged in a brazen prison escape and ambush at an Idaho hospital that left three…

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey has a well-earned reputation as a home to backroom political dealing, but some…

NEW YORK (AP) — An early morning dispute over smoking on a New York subway train has led to one man being stabbed multiple times and another man…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Federal Police on Monday launched an investigation into former President Jair…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press New York City’s celebrity owl Flaco was suffering from a pigeon-borne illness and high levels of rat poison…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico has declared an epidemic following a spike in dengue cases. The U.S. territory of 3.2 million people has…

By MIKE STOBBE and JONEL ALECCIA Associated Press Federal officials say that milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas has tested positive for bird…

By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Fresh turmoil involving a transitional presidential council that will be responsible…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A bill that ultimately would have let voters decide whether or not abortions should be legal…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two properties belonging to rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs’ in Los Angeles…

By KATHRYN POST Religion News Service (RNS) — Sarah Bowen says she’s been doing the work of an animal chaplain since she was 6 years old. Raised…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Imprisoned ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder has been indicted on 10 new felony…

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thousands of Southern California hospitality workers have ratified a new contract with 34…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Immediately after the Friday evening attack in Moscow that killed at least 137 people,…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are threatening to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of…

BERLIN (AP) — A union representing many of Germany’s train drivers says it and the country’s main railway operator have reached a deal…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press Former President Donald Trump says he would have responded the same way as Israel did after the Oct. 7 attack…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Former NBA guard Ben Gordon could see criminal charges against him in Connecticut erased from his record next year…

MIAMI (AP) — Two graduate students from China whose studies were put on hold, and a professor who says he is unable to recruit research assistants,…

LONDON (AP) — The newest endangered baby gorilla at the London Zoo is more than six weeks old but doesn’t yet have a name. Zookeepers aren’t…

FRANKLINVILLE, N.J. (AP) — Firefighters in southern New Jersey came to the rescue of a dog who got stuck in a spare tire. The Franklinville…

GEORGETOWN, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have identified the brothers who were attacked, one fatally, by a mountain lion in Northern California during…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The interim report from the commission investigating Maine’s deadliest mass shooting…

By ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say Pakistani security forces have killed four insurgents as they foiled an…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press An Ohio man who acknowledged making death threats in voicemails left for then-Arizona Secretary of State Katie…

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A state parole board member has resigned after recommending the release of a…