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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say three Kansas City police officers were shot and wounded while executing a search warrant, prompting a…

By CHRISTINA MALKIA Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities in Congo say at least 22 people, including children, have been abducted…

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — COVID-19’s origins remain hazy. Three years after the start of the pandemic, it’s…

PARIS (AP) — Just Fontaine, the French soccer great who scored a record 13 goals at the 1958 World Cup, has died. He was 89. Fontaine’s…

BEIJING (AP) — China says a ban on the use of TikTok by official European Union institutions will harm business confidence in Europe. In the latest…

BEIJING (AP) — For the second day in a row, China on Wednesday dismissed U.S. suggestions that the COVID-19 pandemic may have been triggered by a…

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press LEST, Slovakia (AP) — Former Soviet satellite Slovakia has been a NATO member since 2004, but the reality of…

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — An international archeological mission has uncovered the remnants of what is believed to be a…

By OMAR FARUK and CARA ANNA Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The United States is increasing its military assistance to Somalia as the…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A group of women stands in front of a vegetable vendor at a street market in one of Cairo’s…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer MILAN (AP) — Putting olive oil in coffee is hardly a tradition in Italy, but that didn’t stop Starbucks…

By TIA GOLDENBERG and ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israelis protesting a contentious government plan to overhaul the…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after signs of enduring upward pressure on American…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says China sent 25 warplanes and three warships toward the island on Wednesday, as tensions…

By JOHN ANTCZAK, AMY TAXIN and BEN FINLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Emergency crews in California scrambled Wednesday to shuttle food and…

By The Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is wrapping up a brief tour of Central Asia in Uzbekistan before heading to India for…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says the country’s ban on same-sex marriage is not discriminatory,…

By ANDREW DALTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The family of the late Kobe Bryant has agreed to a $28.5 million settlement with Los Angeles…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president has called Japan “a partner that shares the same universal…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The second half-century for the world’s most famous sled dog race is getting off to a…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were higher Wednesday after reports on key measures of China manufacturing showed a…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court should reverse the conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell or grant a new…

By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California panel on Wednesday denied parole for Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan,…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Award-winning Haitian broadcaster Michele Montas, who was exiled three times and served…

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By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Niara Thompson couldn’t shake her frustration as the Supreme Court debated President Joe…

By PATRICIA LUNA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The transformation begins as night falls on this semi-desert esplanade on the outskirts of…

BEIJING (AP) — Two surveys show China’s factory activity accelerated in February as the economy revived following the end of anti-virus controls…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerians awoke to a new president Wednesday, with ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Residents of Vanuatu are hunkering down as a cyclone barrels through the Pacific…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republicans are considering a new wave of election legislation that could make it easier for…

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Family members of victims killed in the Uvalde school shooting have confronted Texas’…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho has joined a Texas lawsuit against the Biden administration’s waterway…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service says a specialized team of wildlife managers has killed 19…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi residents might get back the ability to enact public…

By ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Republican state Senators are advancing a proposal to ban all…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM and JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia bill described by supporters as a tool to protect…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow teachers and school staff to…

By CURT ANDERSON and JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Trustees picked by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to oversee New College…

By COSTAS KANTOURIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press TEMPE, Greece (AP) — A passenger train carrying hundreds of people collided at high speed…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Nine emerging scholars of history from around the world have been announced as winners of the prestigious Dan David Prize, with…

By The Associated Press A man who federal agents say tried to board a plane in New Jersey with three guns, including a semi-automatic rifle, and a…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials sued a Louisiana chemical maker on Tuesday, alleging that…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Prosecutors say a 15-year-old boy and a 21-year-old man have been indicted in the carjacking…

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — After Milan, global fashion’s spotlight shifted to the final stretch of ready-to-wear shows…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s opposition demanded a revote Tuesday for the country’s presidential…

By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is defending his decision to give Fox…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohioans wagered more than $1.1 billion on sports betting in January, the first month sports gambling was legal in the state.…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Prosecutors have called their final witnesses in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial. The jury will now head…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is citing her recently born child as another reason she should be allowed to delay…

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — A south Alabama man has been arrested on reckless murder charges after his 2-year-old child died Monday after being left in a…

PHOENIX (AP) — Jack Holder, a Pearl Harbor survivor who went on become a decorated World War II flyer, has died in Arizona. He was 101. Darlene…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There was a major breach of a U.S. Marshals Service computer system this month with…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Gov. Bill Lee says it would be “ridiculous” to conflate a recently…

By The Associated Press A spate of drone attacks that Russian authorities blamed on Ukraine has targeted areas in southern and western Russia,…

STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Law enforcement officials seized dark clothing, medical gloves, a flashlight and other items from a Pennsylvania home where…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria have killed at least 50,000…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s inspector general says his office has found no evidence…

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A judge has ordered Flint, Michigan, to replace any remaining lead or steel water lines by Aug. 1. It’s the latest…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Memphis police officer who was shot while responding to a confrontation at a library has been remembered at his funeral as…

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama coach Nate Oats apologized and took responsibility for allowing freshman forward Brandon Miller to continue going…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — FIFA’s choice of Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima as its first global fan ambassador is not…

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press Opera Philadelphia has rescheduled three new works composed by women that were delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.…

BOSTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration says a JetBlue pilot had to take evasive action while landing at Boston’s Logan International…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The clock is ticking for New Hampshire to stop the involuntary holding of psychiatric patients…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — They dreamt up universes of hotdog fingers, googly-eyed rocks and “Raccaccoonie.” But Daniel Kwan…

MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Struggling low-cost airline Viva Air has suspended its operations in Colombia and Peru. That…

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Carnegie Hall will reach its pre-pandemic level of 170 concerts during a 2023-24 season that…