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Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee election officials are disputing a judge’s ruling that restored the voting rights of four…

AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — As if the largest bug to ever live – a monster nearly 9 feet long with as many as 64 legs – wasn’t…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed former British diplomat Tom Fletcher as the U.N.’s new humanitarian…

Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s attorney general testified before a state commission during a hearing that could lead to…

Associated Press South Dakota’s top elections official has removed 273 people from the state’s voter rolls as general election voting is…

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court said Wednesday that Gov. Tony Evers’ creative use of his…

Honda Motor Co. is recalling close to 1.7 million vehicles due to a manufacturing issue that could make it difficult to steer the vehicles and lead…

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Former Sen. Tim Johnson, a centrist who was the last Democrat to hold statewide office in South Dakota and who spent…

Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The social media platform X is returning to Brazil after remaining inaccessible for more than a month…

Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The family of Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert F. Kennedy, says she’s been hospitalized after suffering a…

Associated Press PONT-SONDÉ, Haiti (AP) — The death toll in a horrific gang attack last week on a small town in central Haiti has risen to 115.…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday held their first call in seven…

Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump hurled insults at his rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, and other women…

AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — “Disclaimer” pulls the rug out from the audience before they’ve had the chance to get settled. There’s…

Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Increasingly hot summers and methamphetamine are a deadly mix. The stimulant is playing an outsize role in…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s government says its economy is on track to shrink for a second consecutive year. The German economy is Europe’s…

NEW YORK (AP) — A Turkish Airlines jetliner headed from Seattle to Istanbul made an emergency landing in New York after the captain died on board.…

Associated Press If the high stakes presidential election is causing troublesome thoughts, existential dread or rifts with loved ones, there’s no…

MOSCOW (AP) — A jailed leader of a prominent independent election monitoring group in Russia appeared in court on Wednesday as his trial continued…

MOSCOW (AP) — An American who spent three years behind bars in Russia before being released in a prisoner exchange has been convicted in absentia…

Associated Press Melinda French Gates will grant $250 million to support women’s health around the world through an open call for nonprofits to…

Associated Press Writer MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Human rights activists called on Filipino voters to reject former President Rodrigo Duterte and…

Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister warned on Wednesday that his country’s retaliation for a recent Iranian…

Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police have clashed with supporters of a rights group for the Pashtun ethnic minority in the…

Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A Kosovo court has opened a trial of 45 people charged over a gunfight following an incursion by heavily…

CAIRO (AP) — The United States has sanctioned a senior leader of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for supplying weapons for the…

Associated Press A FRENCH MILITARY BASE, FRANCE (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has inspected the training of Ukrainian troops at a…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Three scientists who discovered powerful techniques to decode and even design novel proteins — the building blocks…

AVALON, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say five people are dead after a small plane crashed on Santa Catalina Island off the Southern California coast.…

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has dissolved the lower house of parliament to set up an Oct. 27 snap…

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese prosecutors say they will not appeal the acquittal of the world’s longest-serving death-row inmate in a…

AP Technology Writer The U.S. Department of Justice is considering asking a federal judge to force Google to sell parts of its business in order to…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appears likely to give Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip at least another day in court…

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it will permanently block its border with South Korea and build frontline defense…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In some of the closest House races in the country, Democratic candidates are leaning into an issue that…

Associated Press To voters in many other democracies, the process of electing a president in the U.S. is a head-scratcher. That was certainly true in…

Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Milton plowed into Florida as a Category 3 storm Wednesday, bringing misery to a coast still ravaged…

Associated Press WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — The nation’s unique Electoral College system for electing a president, which replaces the popular…

Associated Press Human-caused climate change boosted a devastating Hurricane Helene ‘s rainfall by about 10% and intensified its winds by about…

Associated Press Golden hashbrowns, gravy-smothered biscuits and crispy waffles with a hearty helping of maple syrup are among the classic Southern…

Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A self-described Nazi will become the first person in Australia sentenced to prison for performing an…

Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — In a storyline better befitting a melodrama than a popularity vote, Grazer won her second Fat Bear…

Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Restorers have put the finishing touches on the ornate canopy covering the main altar in St. Peter’s…

Associated Press Riley Keough was quick to agree to help complete her mother’s memoir. She thought they’d write it together, reflecting on her…

Associated Press VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Southeast Asian leaders are meeting at an annual forum that will focus on the civil war in Myanmar and…