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By ELEONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has withdrawn his country’s ambassador…

BERLIN (AP) — A court says a prominent member of the far-right Alternative for Germany party who was fined for knowingly using a Nazi slogan in a…

By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer DALLAS (AP) — Six planets will link up before dawn on June 3 in what’s known as a planetary parade. But…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s governor has approved legislation designed to block adults from…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Cleveland branch of the Federal Reserve says that Beth Hammack, an executive at…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is holding the last day of campaigning ahead of Sunday’s nationwide elections. But the closing campaign rallies…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal judge has struck down New Hampshire’s nearly 3-year-old law limiting what…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Another U.S. military MQ-9 Reaper drone has gone down in Yemen. That’s…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Sofia Kenin is into the third round at Roland Garros after eliminating 21st-seeded Caroline Garcia…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Vermont’s governor has allowed a bill to become law without his signature that requires serial numbers on…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany has scrapped a requirement for its military servicepeople to be vaccinated against COVID-19. People serving with the German…

By ALBERT STUMM Associated Press For people who can’t stand the gym, working out in the fresh air might be the best option. To get started, build…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — About 6.5 million children in Afghanistan are forecast to experience crisis levels of hunger in…

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano in southwestern Iceland is erupting, spewing red streams of lava in its latest display of nature’s power. A…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africans are voting in a national election that could be the country’s most…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Nissan is urging the owners of about 84,000 older vehicles to stop driving them because their Takata…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A Jewish veteran is preparing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Pvt. Mervyn…

By DINO HAZELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two giant pandas are coming to Washington’s National Zoo from China by the end of the year. The…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch police say that an international investigation is homing in on a gang of robbers believed to be responsible for…

By FATMA KHALED Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt and China have signed agreements deepening their cooperation during President Abdel-Fattah…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Coming this fall: “The Tipping Point,” the sequel. Little, Brown and Co. announced…

By TERRY SPENCER and TARA COPP Associated Press The fatal shooting of Roger Fortson by a Florida sheriff’s deputy when the Air Force senior airman…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A fire believed to have been caused by a short circuit, has destroyed part of Miniland, a section of the Legoland theme…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A preliminary investigation says rapid changes in the gravitational force led to a 178-feet altitude drop of a…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer ConocoPhillips is buying Marathon Oil in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $17.1 billion. The deal is…

By The Associated Press French President Emmanuel Macron says Western countries should let Ukraine strike military bases inside Russia with the…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A group working under the U.N. Human Rights Council has issued a wide-ranging report about rights in…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti’s new prime minister says he is “very honored” to be chosen for the post,…

By BARBARA SURK Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — The French prosecutor in New Caledonia says authorities have opened an investigation into…

By CZAREK SOKOLOWSKI Associated Press DUBICZE CERKIEWNE, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk says its forces would fortify the…

By CHRISTIAN WARDLAW Edmunds Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers. That’s why it’s important for young people to…

LONDON (AP) — Australian mining giant BHP Group has pledged to invest in South Africa’s economy as it seeks support for a 38.6 billion pound…

NEW YORK (AP) — Jury deliberations in Donald Trump’s criminal trial are expected to begin following a whirlwind day of closing arguments that…

By JOSEPH WILSON BARCELONA, Spain Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez met with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa and leading officials…

DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund has signed a new sponsorship deal with German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall and will display the defense…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Hopes for interest rate cuts this year by the Federal Reserve are steadily fading,…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium’s federal prosecutor’s office says police have carried out searches at the residence of an employee of the European…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran says that Saudi Arabia expelled six members of a crew from its state television broadcaster after they had…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris head to the battleground state of…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The top-ranking Republican on a Senate committee that oversees the military is calling for a…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The U.S. has appointed a new representative to Taiwan as China boosts its threats against the self-ruled island following the…

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Police say militants have burned a girls’ school in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, destroying…

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — One of the greatest Mount Everest guides is concerned about the peak’s growing…

LONDON (AP) — The owner of Britain’s Royal Mail says it has accepted a 3.6 billion pound ($4.6 billion) takeover offer from Czech investor Daniel…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden will give $1.23 billion of military aid to Ukraine in the Scandinavian country’s largest donation so far.…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Treasury official is traveling to Kyiv this week to talk about U.S. financial support…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its forecast for China’s economy, while warning that…

By EMILY TATE SULLIVAN of EdSurge PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Standing in her living room, Isabel Valencia sets up her makeshift tennis serve with the…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday after a mixed session on Wall Street following a…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Around 400 million European Union citizens go to the polls next month to elect members of the…

By CHISATO TANAKA Associated Press STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Sweden became NATO’s 32nd member in March. The abrupt end to the Scandinavian…

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a speeding passenger bus has crashed off a highway and fallen into a ravine in southwest Pakistan, killing at…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Authorities in Papua New Guinea are searching for safer ground to relocate thousands of…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors will make their final arguments to jurors on Wednesday in the case of an Idaho…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein is expected to return to a New York court as he faces a retrial of his landmark…

By JEFF McMILLAN Associated Press About 10 drag artists from around the United States are banding together to protect and promote their art form.…

By LEKAN OYEKANMI and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Power outages remained widespread in storm-weary Texas after another burst of…

By ANNIE MA and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. schools should teach about issues related to race, most Asian Americans,…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nine days after The New York Times reported about the political symbolism of an upside-down…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has been sitting for hours a day in a Manhattan…

By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press PLAN DE AYALA, Mexico (AP) — At 4:30 a.m., girls and women begin to appear in the dark streets of this village of…

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Abortion providers are asking a judge to expand the health exception to Indiana’s…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The top European Union cybersecurity official says that disruptive digital attacks have…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial are…

By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press PLAN DE AYALA, Mexico (AP) — Seventy years ago, Mexican women won the right to vote, and today the country’s…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly accused critics of Israel or…

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai prosecutors say former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for defaming the monarchy, three months after he was…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Verdicts in Hong Kong’s largest national security case to date will be delivered on Thursday.…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy is celebrating the return of around 600 antiquities from the U.S. They were looted years ago,…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal appeals court has declined to halt the upcoming execution of an Alabama man convicted of killing an elderly…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un urged his military scientists to overcome a failed satellite launch and continue…

By KANIS LEUNG Associatd Press HONG KONG (AP) — For decades, Hong Kong’s activists have been fighting for democracy. But a national security…

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a natural gas explosion has caused extensive damage to a building in an Ohio city, injuring seven people.…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two former FBI officials have reached a tentative settlement with the Justice Department to…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green has signed legislation meant to jumpstart the construction of more…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A onetime attorney for former President Donald Trump is agreeing to a ban from practicing in…

Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians won’t be voting this November on a policy that would have required schools to notify…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Algeria is circulating a proposed U.N. Security Council resolution that would demand an…

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s congress has voted to ban bullfights in the South American nation, delivering…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africans are voting in an election seen as their country’s most important…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Amnesty International says the number of executions recorded worldwide last year jumped to the highest…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career leader with a .372 batting average,…

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian insurance company Sura has announced that it will withdraw from the nation’s…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Rapper and singer Sean Kingston has agreed to return to from California to…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Officials say a staff member with an Oregon medical care nonprofit was killed when the team he was traveling with was fired…