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PRAGUE (AP) — Czech explosive experts have detonated a World War II bomb at a major chemical plant in northwestern Czech Republic where it was…

A Russian newspaper publisher has been convicted by a court in Siberia and sentenced to eight years in prison after his paper reported on Russia’s…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Seeking to Poland’s government is easing access to abortion for women needing to end a pregnancy for health reasons,…

AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Strong growth for stocks on Wall Street this year have helped juice gains for savers with retirement…

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai officials say the bodies of three foreign workers who were trapped for days in a railway tunnel in northeastern Thailand that…

BERLIN (AP) — A prominent German leftist politician was sprayed with a red liquid, likely paint, during a campaign event in the eastern city of…

AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation is down in Europe. August’s figure is only 2.2%, down from 2.6% in July. The pace of…

Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Residents of Indian-controlled Kashmir are gearing up for their first regional election in a decade that…

Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany has deported Afghan nationals to their homeland for the first time since August 2021, when the Taliban…

AP Sports Writer EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The 2026 World Cup is coming to North America with an ambitious plan, expanding the field by 50% and…

AP Business Writer Stocks on Wall Street finished broadly higher Friday as the market closed out its fourth straight winning month with solid gains.…

AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — “Babygirl,” an erotic thriller about a female CEO who begins an affair with a younger, male intern, is…

Associated Press Racial differences in how schools discipline students received new attention 10 years ago, during a national reckoning with racial…

Associated Press The United States’ longest war is over. But not for everyone. Outside of San Francisco, surgeon Doug Chin has helped provide…

Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A flash flood near the Grand Canyon sent hikers scrambling for shelter in rocky nooks and crannies and swept…

Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The National Basketball Association formalized its giving over the past four years through a new $300 million…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army commander in charge of the U.S. military’s Gaza pier project says the mission was the biggest…

AP Media Writer By not submitting to a press interview in the month since becoming the Democratic choice for president, Kamala Harris set the stakes…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities have confirmed attacks on military personnel and roads being blocked with vehicles in northern Sinaloa…

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a solo backpacker whose body was found near a rugged and remote…

Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Federal jurors found a Colorado man guilty of kidnapping a woman on a ranch owned by Michael Bloomberg…

Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man has been charged in federal court with engaging in a scheme to cover up efforts to develop…

Associated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A judge has denied another attempt by Texas to call for a migrant aid group from deeper…

Associated Press The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that a Jewish family had the free-speech right to blanket their yard with signs decrying…

Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Ecuador’s government says it has started dismantling infrastructure on a controversial oil drilling…

AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two 18-year-old men charged with killing former “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor have pleaded…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former police officer in Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to five years in prison for fatally shooting a 27-year-old man…

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador is nearly 2½ years into a state of emergency that has suspended key civil liberties. But President…

AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Dispatching errors and the failure of two backup systems allowed a Union Pacific train to slam into 74…

Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says a state lawmaker accused of sexual harassment by several women should give…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Afghan refugee who was convicted earlier this year of first-degree murder in one of three fatal shootings that shook…

AP Aerospace Writer NASA’s record-holding astronaut is urging his two stuck-in-space colleagues to stay positive and “keep up the good work.”…

Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — It’s a showdown between the world’s richest man and a Brazilian Supreme Court justice. The justice,…

AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Swedish supergroup ABBA has asked Donald Trump to stop using their music at campaign rallies, but the…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Federal agents in Puerto Rico say they have seized $6 million worth of cocaine and arrested two men from the Dominican…

AP Health Writer A Boar’s Head deli meat plant in Virginia tied to a deadly food poisoning outbreak repeatedly violated federal regulations,…

AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Eagles looked as if they were ready to return to the Super Bowl last season after beating the Bills 37-34 in…

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Criminal charges are being considered for a man suspected of hitting a woman at a concert in an incident that prompted country…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a new book, former President Donald Trump threatens to imprison Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg if the tech…

Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama can continue enforcing its ban on gender-affirming care for minors. The 11th U.S. Court of Appeals…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference will release player availability reports in football, baseball and basketball before league…

Associated Press Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has nominated state Supreme Court Justice Raheem L. Mullins to become the next chief justice. Lamont on…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three migrants have been killed and 17 injured after they were hit by a vehicle on a highway in southern Mexico. Officials…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Three Libertarian candidates in Iowa running for U.S. Congress will not be named on election ballots this November after a…

Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts health officials have announced a second confirmed case of the mosquito-borne eastern equine…

AP Basketball Writer Stephen Curry has signed a one-year extension with the Golden State Warriors for the 2026-27 season, one in which the NBA’s…

Associated Press A wrongfully convicted Texas man who spent 34 years in prison for a killing in the 1980s was exonerated Thursday, saying that while…

Health officials say two people in eastern Wisconsin and one person in northeastern Illinois have died of West Nile virus. The Wisconsin Department…

AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner flashed their No. 1 form on Thursday with powerful performances that moved them into…

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has lost twice in his battles to stay on the presidential ballot in some states and get…

Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Prosecutors in Thailand have indicted a former national police chief in connection with an alleged cover-up of a…

Associated Press HAIFA, Israel (AP) — A 4-year-old boy who accidentally broke a rare 3,500-year-old jar in an Israeli museum has been forgiven and…

Associated Press FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A judge allowed bond Thursday for a Florida sheriff’s deputy who was fired and charged with…

Associated Press GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Sharon Ellison and Fred Jernigan spent four days hiking and camping from one end of the…

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia voters are likely to be able to choose from six candidates for president. That’s because Secretary of…