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ELENA BECATOROS ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek firefighters have rescued a group of 25 migrants trapped in a forest in northeastern Greece as flames…

By BROOKE SCHULTZ and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — After nearly 30 years, Pennsylvania’s new governor plans to…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A top glacier watcher has warned that a warm early summer and a heat wave last week could have…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say that the Israeli military has raided a Palestinian town in the…

By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Phoenix say a founder of the classified ad site Backpage.com and four…

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s economy has clocked up impressive growth of 7.8% in the first quarter of the current financial year, mainly due to good…

CHATHAM, Mass. (AP) — A 14-year-old white boy has been indicted on charges of attempted murder and assault in Massachusetts after investigators say…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Presd UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief has sent Russia a new proposal aimed at getting its grain and…

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Mexico’s president says a Texas National Guard soldier has been suspended after he shot and wounded a man on the other side…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Trump-era rule allowing railroads to haul highly flammable liquefied natural gas will now be…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A 911 recording indicates police in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, quickly received the…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Activists are declaring a victory this week as they fight a Republican-backed law allowing…

ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines says it has upgraded its entire fleet to protect the planes against radio interference from wireless signals. The…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s broad opposition coalition announced it has chosen Senator Xóchitl Gálvez as its candidate in the June 2, 2024…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In response to North Korea’s failed launch of a spy satellite last week, the U.S. has…

By JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — A local official in northeastern Congo says a clash between armed forces and members of a…

By RUSS BYNUM and JEFF AMY Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Hyundai and LG Energy Solution are spending an additional $2 billion and hiring an…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — More than 50 years after a Vietnam War-era bombing on the University of Wisconsin campus that…

ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities said one person died and at least two others were injured when they were stabbed Thursday at a violent and…

AMBRIDGE, Pa. (AP) — A man is in custody on assault charges after a witness told police he pointed a shotgun at two women and attempted to enter a…

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press A car driving with a bull in it was pulled over by police in northeast Nebraska’s biggest city. Don’t…

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania media conglomerate has sold its four daily newspapers, including The Times-Tribune of Scranton, to publishing…

WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a man convicted this month of fatally stabbing his girlfriend escaped from a suburban Philadelphia prison…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer One No. 12 started the clock on the countdown to his gold jacket and another switched numbers, conferences and…

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Ohio state Rep. Bob Young has been stripped of his…

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Yale University President Peter Salovey says he will step down next year and plans to return to the school’s faculty.…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police have arrested two more teenagers in a mass shooting that left two people dead and…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian police on Thursday took into custody in Pakistan a Pakistani man who is on trial in…

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A federal judge in Delaware ordered prosecutors and defense attorneys on Thursday to provide a…

By YURAS KARMANAU TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Belarus has sentenced a high-profile journalist to 3 1/2 years for “facilitating extremist…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Even before the newly elected justice who gave liberals a one-seat majority on the Wisconsin…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The deputy governor of Germany’s Bavaria state has defended himself against mounting…

SAVAGE, Md. (AP) — Police in Maryland say the driver of an SUV was killed and 18 people were injured in a wrong-way crash with a Greyhound bus.…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Under heavy security, Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has visited a rundown Naples suburb…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine university professor who became a peace negotiator and an Indian doctor who…

MOSCOW (AP) — The man who is believed to have given Russian mercenary group Wagner its name has been buried at a military cemetery in Moscow.…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Filmmaker Antoine Fuqua has been dreaming about taking the Equalizer abroad for years. The action franchise (very…

LEVANT, Maine (AP) — Police in Maine arrested a 23-year-old on charges of attempting to break into the home of Dana White, the president of…

BERLIN (AP) — A German court has convicted a Russian man of plotting the murder of an exiled Chechen dissident on orders from a cousin of…

NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (AP) — No injuries or hazardous spills have been reported in a train derailment in a southeastern South Dakota town. The…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway is closing its embassy in Mali by the end of the year, citing the security situation in the West African country.…

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Maine woman has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after her year-old son’s fatal overdose. It led to the discovery of…

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By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi criminal court has convicted five men and sentenced them to life in prison in the…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country has developed a weapon that hit a target 700 kilometers (400 miles)…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell slightly last week as businesses continue to retain employees in an…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A U.N.-backed team of human rights experts focusing on racial discrimination has urged Italy to do…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says its latest missile launches were a simulation of “scorched earth”…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is growing increasingly concerned about “domino effects” as yet another…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The opponent names will become more recognizable for USA Basketball now. Nikola…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese retailer Seven & i Holdings Co. is selling department store chain Sogo & Seibu…

By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s Congress, which is controlled by the currently governing party, on…

By JAKE BLEIBERG and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Senate is holding impeachment proceedings against Attorney General…

By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer The white supremacist shooter who killed three Black residents over the weekend at a dollar store in…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A medical equipment sterilizing plant using a chemical whose emissions could lead to cause…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A school shooting that frightened students and left one faculty…

BOSTON (AP) — A former sheriff’s deputy in Massachusetts has been indicted for allegedly threatening to blow up a courthouse and kill law…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Justin Jefferson has been setting records and terrifying defenses since the Minnesota Vikings selected him in…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania lawmakers are advancing legislation to hold the state’s 2024 presidential…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will have its first-ever openly gay state legislator…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press A Northern California prison was on generator power for a second week and inmates were issued masks to cope…

By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister has condemned Israel’s airstrike on the international airport of…

YURAS KARMANAU TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A representative of the Polish community in Belarus says a former correspondent for a top Polish newspaper…

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State and Tennessee will meet in an exhibition basketball game to raise money for relief efforts in the…

BEIRUT (AP) — The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees has appealed for $15.5 million to respond to the fallout of clashes in Lebanon’s…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press A company has bid $5.6 million to lease federal waters off the Louisiana coast for wind energy generation.…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti’s conviction for…

YAZOO CITY, Miss. (AP) — A group of hunters have captured the longest alligator ever to be recorded in Mississippi. The state Department of…

By JOHN FLESHER and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press A month after the U.S. Supreme Court severely restricted the federal government’s power to…

ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities say a 34-year-old man who was being held at a problem-plagued jail in Atlanta died after he was taken to a hospital. He…

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A sheriff says an inmate at a Tennessee jail gave birth alone in a cell after seeking medical help. The Montgomery County…

By MARK LEWIS Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — In the land of mountains and fjords, outdoor life starts early. That’s why this week as…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A new report examining Baltimore’s response to a mass shooting at a neighborhood block party…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press Nebraska voters could decide next year whether to use taxpayer money to fund private school tuition scholarships…

By SYLEJMAN KLLOKOQI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s president has lashed out at France’s Emmanuel Macron…

EVESHAM, N.J. (AP) — Two people were charged with animal cruelty and child endangerment after the bodies of at least 30 dogs were found at a…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son must compensate a woman who sued him after…

By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A judge in Haiti is for the first time interrogating some of the 18 Colombian suspects…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s Kurdish-led and U.S.-backed forces and an allied militia have removed the militia’s…

NEW YORK (AP) — Novels by Jesmyn Ward and James McBride and story collections by Jamal Brinkley and Kelly Link are among the finalists for the…

LONDON (AP) — The British government says it will change the law to force serious criminals to attend their sentencing hearings. There was…