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MILWAUKEE (AP) — A white lawyer who spat on a Black high school student during an anti-racism march in suburban Milwaukee in 2020 has chosen jail…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Recent shark bites in Florida and Hawaii and a suspected case in New Jersey have piqued…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer Organizers of the Paris Olympics say they have sold 6.8 million tickets out of 10 million available with 14…

WYNNEWOOD, Okla. (AP) — A fire at an oil refinery in southern Oklahoma has left two people injured, according to CVR Energy, the Sugar Land,…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press A divided federal appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of a new admissions policy at an elite Virginia…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen play best friends in a new comedy series for Apple TV+ called “Platonic,” but…

By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say they’ve foiled an elderly businessman’s plan to escape a…

By FRANK JORDANS Ass BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s government is facing a major test after two junior partners in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s…

URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A prominent Ohio farmer whose image was used in a popular social media meme touting the value of “hard work” has died after…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Italian government has approved more than 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) in aid for the…

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has extended the arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich by three months. The decision came in a…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills are taking it slowly with safety Damar Hamlin, who is being held back…

By TERRY TANG Associated Press Gene Luen Yang remembers feeling pumped in 2007 when Hollywood came calling about his trailblazing graphic novel…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Eurico Rosa da Silva was in a dark place. On the track, the jockey in his early 30s was winning…

By KATHLEEN FOODY and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — More than 450 Catholic clergy in Illinois sexually abused nearly 2,000 children…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two-time Academy Award nominee Adam Driver will serve as the honorary starter for the 107th…

PARIS (AP) — Several hundred documents and items giving the details of victims of slavery in France’s colonial empire is being added to…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s government has for the first time publicly laid out some of the gritty details of its…

LONDON (AP) — Climate change protesters have been dragged away as they tried to storm the stage at Shell’s shareholder meeting. Activist…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s foreign policy chief says that the U.S. green light to allow Ukrainian pilots…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Missouri man rented a U-Haul truck Monday evening and then crashed it into a security…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Rolf Harris, the veteran entertainer whose decades-long career as a family favorite on British and…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Yekaterina Maksimova can’t afford to be late, the journalist and activist…

By PETER SMITH and HOLLY MEYER Associated Press The Rev. Bill Farmer reached the point where he couldn’t stay in the United Methodist Church…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says the British economy will avoid falling into recession this year.…

BOSTON (AP) — A father and son from Massachusetts have both been sent to prison for running an elaborate lottery fraud scheme designed to enrich…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say that dozens of militants attacked an oil and gas plant in the country’s remote northwest, near…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish prosecutors say they will ask for a 23-year-old man to be detained in a secure mental health facility if he is…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ peace envoy for Ukraine has blasted war as a “pandemic” and said all Christians…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is heading toward a new general election, two days after Prime Minister Kyriakos…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Swiss watchmaker Swatch says Malaysian authorities have raided its stores and confiscated 164 watches from its Pride…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A London judge ruled Tuesday against Prince Harry in his efforts to pay for police protection when…

LONDON (AP) — Wish you could reword that snarky text message you just sent? WhatsApp is allowing users to do just that, for up to 15 minutes after…

By FILIPE BENTO Associated Press ARADE DAM, Portugal (AP) — Police on Tuesday renewed the search for Madeleine McCann, the British child who…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Humanitarian agencies are calling for the full funding of the U.N.’s $7 billion…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer The U.S. surgeon general is warning there is not enough evidence to show that social media is safe for…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army has demolished the home of an attacker who killed a man and wounded two others on one of Tel Aviv’s busiest…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office says that criminal police have detained three more…

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Seven people accused of racially abusing Real Madrid player Vinícius Júnior have been arrested in…

By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister has received a long-sought invitation to visit the United Arab…

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops and security forces quashed an alleged cross-border raid from Ukraine in what…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has taken his legal battle to a court in the…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — South Korean experts are looking at the facilities related to slightly radioactive wastewater at…

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish people and economy are being pummeled by sky-high inflation, and many are still…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Festus Nyoni picked out a few items in a supermarket in Zimbabwe’s capital, looked at…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee is condemning an unusual rise in the number of withdrawal…

By GANTRY MEILANA Associated Press DILI, East Timor (AP) — The National Elections Commission says East Timor’s opposition party has won…

By JESSE BEDAYN and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The parents of a 22-year-old Colorado man killed by a sheriff’s deputy while…

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita has scaled Mount Everest for the 28th time Tuesday,…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A top Russian official who faces sanctions in the West over Moscow’s war on…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s ongoing medical struggles have raised a sensitive…

By KAT STAFFORD Associated Press From birth to death, Black Americans fare worse in measures of health compared to their white counterparts. They…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say U.S. Border Patrol agents answering reports of gunfire shot and killed a man on a…

LONDON (AP) — Several dozen youths pelted police with objects and set cars and trash bins ablaze in Cardiff in local unrest that erupted after two…

By KAT STAFFORD Associated Press FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Constance Guthrie is not yet dead, but her daughter has begun to plan her funeral. It…

By ANNIE MA Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — To her students who need the most support, India Strother is rarely just “Ms. Strother” —…

By KAT STAFFORD Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Amid the balloons, cake and games at his best friend’s birthday party on a farm,…

By KAT STAFFORD Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Angelica Lyons knew it was dangerous for Black women to give birth in America. As a public…

By VALERIA OLIVARES, The Dallas Morning News DALLAS (AP) — Daisy Donjuan’s family never saw the value in college. After graduating from high…

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s push to become a bigger player in the clean energy market is in the spotlight…

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two Ukrainian war veterans who lost limbs in the 2014 war with Russia have taken part in a…

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge on Monday dismissed the only remaining legal claim in Republican Kari Lake’s challenge of her loss in last year’s…