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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Target plans on cutting prices on thousands of consumer basics this summer, goods ranging from diapers to…

By CHRISTINA MALKIA Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The spokesman for Congo’s army says six people were killed and dozens arrested…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is committing to keep U.S. weapons moving to…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Fast-moving storms with strong winds, large hail and apparent tornadoes have left a trail of damage in Oklahoma and Kansas.…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has added a stop in Luxembourg to a trip to Belgium in September. The Vatican on Monday announced the Sept. 26-29 dates of…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been barred from running in next week’s…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines has blamed Chinese fishermen for a massive loss of giant clams in a…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Monday he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Russian court on Monday opened the trial of a theater director and a playwright…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Human rights experts working for the United Nations are urging Yemen’s Houthi rebels to release five…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government is expected to apologize as an inquiry is expected to publish a final report into the U.K.’s infected blood…

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s hush money trial is entering its final stretch as the prosecution’s star witness Michael Cohen returns to the…

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has officially begun the selection of new set of senators, a process that has…

By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s parliament speaker on Monday vowed to override a presidential veto on…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s highest court has ruled that former President Jacob Zuma is not…

By FADI TAWIL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Ireland’s top diplomat has expressed concerns about the slow progress of criminal proceedings…

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s prime minister will continue leading his shaky governing coalition after winning his fourth vote of confidence in…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s first Vice President Mohammad Mokhber has been appointed president of…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attack on foreigners in central…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces a court hearing in London that could end with him being sent…

By BARAA ANWER Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — As Saudi Arabia liberalizes some aspects of its society, an all-women psychedelic rock…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line protégé of the country’s…

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Paralympics organizers in Paris have a message they hope will encourage many more fans to buy…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, a hard-liner close to the…

By PIYUSH NAGPAL and BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press AYODHYA, India (AP) — Millions of Indians across 49 constituencies are casting ballots as…

By AMANDA SEITZ and ALLEN G. BREED Associated Press WILLIAMSTON, N.C. (AP) — After one North Carolina city’s only hospital closed, residents…

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Exploring the cosmos makes for happy employees, federal workers like to work from home like…

By STEVE PEOPLES, MEG KINNARD and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s allies and…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Numbers show that the economy during Donald Trump’s presidency has never lived up to his own…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Surprising flavor combinations – think gravy-flavored Jones Soda or Sour Patch Kids Oreos — are showing…

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks advanced Monday after U.S. stock indexes drifted around their records on Friday with…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A top U.S. pediatricians’ group is making a sharp policy change about breastfeeding by people with HIV. The group…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s hush money…

BALTIMORE (AP) — The container ship that caused the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge is scheduled to be refloated and…

By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include an album by Lenny Kravitz, “South Park” mocking weight loss…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is set to host a mini-summit this week on risks and…

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Anthony Edwards overcame a slow start and the Timberwolves roared back from a 20-point…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s Ministry of Commerce has announced sanctions against Boeing and two other defense companies Monday for arms sales to…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Rescuers see the helicopter that was carrying Iran’s president and other…

By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BEED, India (AP) — Voters in India, from the rain-drenched Himalayas in the north to the sweltering, dry south, are…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has inaugurated Lai Ching-te as its new president. It took place in a ceremony Monday after he won an election earlier…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Xander Schauffele cashed in at just the right time Sunday by making a 6-foot birdie putt on…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A plan to boost pay for Uber and Lyft drivers in Minnesota has advanced in the state Legislature. The plan gained approval…

KINGSTON, Ontario (AP) — Police in Canada say a speed boat and a fishing boat collided on a lake north of Kingston, Ontario killing three people…

By ERALDO PERES Associated Press PIRENOPOLIS, Brazil (AP) — People in the heartland Brazilian city of Pirenopolis are taking to the streets in a…

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Closing arguments are scheduled for Monday in the trial of a former University of Arizona graduate student accused of killing…

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — An argument between two women led to a gunfight that left 11 people injured in a busy tourist area of of Savannah, Georgia.…

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The apparent crash of a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s…

By MARK SHERMAN and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — American and Nigerien defense officials say U.S. troops ordered out of Niger by…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Prosecutors say a former San Diego sheriff’s deputy who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting an unarmed suspect now faces two…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — On paper, Jacques Audiard’s buzzed-about Cannes Film Festival entry “Emilia Perez” would…

BY ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The apparent crash of a helicopter carrying Iran’s president and foreign minister on Sunday…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tens of thousands of mostly opposition supporters are protesting against Mexico’s president in the capital’s vast…

PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say an Arizona man has been sentenced to natural life in prison for the 2017 death of his wife, who was buried…

NEW YORK (AP) — A young boy is among three people dead after an Amtrak train hit a pickup truck in upstate New York. The Friday accident happened…

By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Officials in Mexico say at least 14 people have been killed in three different…

By TERESA MEDRANO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Europe’s far right political parties have unofficially launched their campaign for the European…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer John Krasinski’s imaginary friends movie “IF” claimed the top spot at the box office this weekend according to…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs admitted that he beat his ex-girlfriend Cassie in a hotel…

NEW YORK (AP) — The man charged with assaulting actor Steve Buscemi is being held in New York on $50,000 in bond. Police say the actor known for…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi has long been seen as a protégé to…

The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pro-Palestinian protesters set up a new encampment at Drexel University in Philadelphia over the weekend,…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Houston area residents affected by deadly storms last week that left at least seven dead were…

By ELISE MORTON and STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The Russian state news agency Tass says a court in St. Petersburg has…

VAN HORN, Texas (AP) — America’s first Black astronaut candidate has finally made it to space 60 years later, flying with Jeff Bezos’…

By ROBERT F. BUKATY Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Me. (AP) — Robert Bukaty has covered nearly every type of story and event for The Associated Press…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — A month before Kevin Costner puts the first installment of his multi-chapter Western “Horizon:…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — With an assist from Paul McCartney the Paralympic Games is starting its 100-day race to the opening…

PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors say armed robbers who used a motorbike as a battering ram made off with “several million” dollars’…

By LAURIE KELLMAN and JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. Stephen Hawking on the…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has suffered a “hard landing.” That’s according…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Elise Stefanik, a House Republican leader seen as a candidate to be Donald Trump’s running mate, delivered a speech…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press A long-planned series of Catholic pilgrimages has begun across the United States this weekend, with pilgrims…

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Many Democrats campaigning for the Senate this year say they support suspending the…

By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Testimony in the hush money trial of Donald Trump is set to conclude in the…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press French security forces are working to retake control of the highway to the international airport in…

By LEFTERIS PITARAKIS Associated Press BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s defense minister says the country’s populist prime…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — More heavy rains in Afghanistan have triggered flash floods, raising the death toll to 47 in the…

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Police say two people have died and five are missing following a boat collision on the Danube River in Hungary. Hungarian…