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PARIS (AP) — Air passengers traveling to and from Paris have experienced significant disruptions Thursday, despite a decision by air traffic…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for an American believed to be held by the Taliban for nearly two years are asking a…

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump was expected to return to court Thursday morning as witness testimony in his hush money trial enters a third day. The…

LONDON (AP) — Two military horses that bolted and ran miles through the streets of London after being spooked by construction noise and tossing…

By INDRAJIT SINGH Associated Press PATNA, India (AP) — A major fire that engulfed a restaurant and hotel in eastern India killed at least six…

By ANDREW WILKS ISTANBUL (AP) — A court in Turkey sentenced nine rail officials to more than 108 years’ imprisonment over a crash six years ago…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The oldest living former major leaguer, Art Schallock turns 100 on Thursday and is being…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ever since college, Brad Jobling struggled with his weight, fluctuating between a low…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy is marking its liberation from Nazi occupation and fascist rule amid a fresh media…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s president-elect has appointed new foreign and defense ministers to join his incoming administration as the island…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency would force power plants fueled by coal or…

By AAMER MADHANI and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has a great economic story to tell voters a decade from now…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The number of U.S. births fell last year. It was the lowest count in more than 40 years. A little…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A ship traveling in the Gulf of Aden has come under attack, the latest assault likely carried out…

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to outline his vision for Europe to become a more assertive global power at the backdrop…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A technical problem caused aviation authorities in Norway to temporarily close the airspace over the south of the…

The Associated Press Moscow’s court service says a third man has been detained in a major bribery case involving a Russian deputy defense…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press PUTUCUAL, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government has repeatedly broken its promise to provide vaccines…

By The Associated Press Palestinian hospital officials say Israeli airstrikes on the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip have killed at least…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Global automakers and EV startups are unveiling new models and concept cars at China’s largest…

By JIM VERTUNO, ACACIA CORONADO and NICK PERRY Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — With graduations looming, student protesters continue to…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British Parliament has finally passed legislation to send some migrants to Rwanda under Prime…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly declined Thursday as investors awaited a flood of global earnings reports,…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A new report says nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski is to give a speech to parliament in which he will…

By DAN IKPOYI and FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — When cases of locally transmitted malaria were found in the United States…

By FRED OOKO and DESMOND TIRO Associated Press MIGORI, Kenya (AP) — Malaria is still a significant public health challenge in Kenya, but an…

By CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It looks like the third time will be the charm as the 2024 New Orleans Jazz &…

By ANNIE MA AP Education Writer Columbia University president Minouche Shafik is no stranger to navigating complex international issues, having…

By The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Ramen noodles are so popular that they’ve become one reason to visit Japan. But ramen can easily be…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Spicy, steaming, slurpy ramen might be everyone’s favorite Japanese food. In Tokyo, long lines…

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A memorial at the National Cathedral in Washington will honor seven World Central Kitchen…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Action in courts and state capitals around the U.S. this week have made it clear again: The overturning of Roe v.…

By JENNIFER PELTZ, MICHAEL R. SISAK, COLLEEN LONG and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A reluctant Donald Trump will be back in a…

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — Under the gaze of the world’s media, the fragile lagoon city of Venice launches a pilot…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On the left and right, Supreme Court justices seem to agree on a basic truth about the American…

By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Military vehicles and red carnations return to the streets and squares of downtown Lisbon…

By JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Human Rights Watch says military forces in Burkina Faso killed 223 civilians, including…

By JOANNA KOZLOWSKA Associated Press A trial of a former government official charged with killing his wife has riveted Kazakhstan with lurid video of…

By DAVID SHARP and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A U.S. Army reservist who provided the clearest warning ahead of…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The man who fatally shot retired NFL star Will Smith after a car crash in 2016 is preparing to…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy is thought to have extended its surprisingly healthy streak at the start of…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Legislation forcing TikTok’s parent company to sell the video-sharing platform or…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Authorities in Australia say dozens of pilot whales have beached on the country’s western coast and wildlife…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer SHANGHAI (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has opened his first full day of meetings in China by…

By JOHN COON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah hockey fans welcomed the former Arizona Coyotes to their new home Wednesday. Players and…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly all inmates have been transferred out of a troubled women’s prison set to be shut…

NEW YORK (AP) — The former Instagram influencer known as “Jay Mazini” has been sentenced to seven years in prison after admitting he stole…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reggie Bush has his Heisman back. The Heisman Trust reinstated the former Southern California…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Police in Australia say five teenagers accused of following a violent extremist…

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD (AP) — The Connecticut Senate has passed one of the first major legislative proposals in the U.S. to reign…

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Peruvian judge has ordered 18 months of preventative detention for an Iranian and two Peruvian men while they are investigated…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — An Indigenous group in Brazil says its members detained 12 people for allegedly mining…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican legislative leaders in Ohio are negotiating with Democrats to assure…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A self-exiled Chinese businessman is set to face an anonymous jury at his May fraud trial. Guo…

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Several relatives of patients who died while awaiting a new liver say they want to know if their…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD and JOSH KELETY Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Eleven Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Republican-dominant House has spiked legislation…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of peole have gathered under a full moon across Australia and New…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new rule in California aims to limit health care price increases to just 3% each year.…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — County commissioners in rural New Mexico have extended authorization of a migrant detention…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Boeing has reported a $355 million loss for the first quarter. But the CEO said the results announced on Wednesday…

By RICK CALLAHAN and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The “rat hole” is gone. A Chicago sidewalk landmark some residents…

WEST RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Authorities on Wednesday confirmed that a body found at the home of a former Washington state police officer who killed…

BOSTON (AP) — Another Republican candidate has jumped into the Massachusetts U.S. Senate race. Ian Cain on Wednesday formally launched his…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has met at the White House with Abigail Edan, the 4-year-old American girl…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A judge has declined to dismiss hundreds of lawsuits filed against rap star Travis Scott over his…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — When Nikki Haley suspended her presidential campaign, she refused to endorse Donald Trump for…

By JACK JEFFERY and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas has released a hostage video showing a well-known Israeli-American who…

By TARA COPP Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A top U.S. military official says there’s been no final decision on whether or not all U.S.…

BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. Attorney’s office says a Chinese former student at Boston’s Berklee College of Music has been sentenced to nine…

CAMERON, La. (AP) — Up to $20,000 is being offered for information leading to a criminal conviction or civil penalty involving a dolphin that was…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former senior U.S. official who until recently helped oversee human-rights compliance by…

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — The longtime boyfriend of a central Florida mother whose teenage daughter was reported missing in February has been charged…

By JONEL ALECCIA and LAURA UNGAR Associated Press U.S. health and agriculture officials are ramping up testing and tracking of bird flu in dairy cows…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The No. 1 pick in the NFL draft already has traded hands, with Carolina sending it more than a year ago to…

By The Associated Press Student protests over Israel’s war with Hamas have popped up on an increasing number of U.S. college campuses following…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer A new study finds little change in the number of people taking a key medicine for opioid addiction even though…

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and MAE ANDERSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For millions of American workers, the federal government took two actions this…

GUYMON, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma prosecutors have charged a fifth member of an anti-government group with killing and kidnapping two Kansas women.…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has granted clemency to 16 people who were convicted of non-violent…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s capital city has settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed by survivors of a man who died after police officers…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Prosecutors urged jurors to convict a former Colorado sheriff’s deputy of murder and other…

By ERICK KAGLAN Associated Press LOME, Togo (AP) — Amnesty International says authorities in Togo have repressed the media and prevented civilians…

By AMANDA SEITZ, REBECCA BOONE and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court heard its first test on Wednesday of…

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears unveiled a nearly $5 billion proposal for an enclosed stadium next door to…

DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines flight attendants have ratified a new contract that will boost their pay by about one-third over four years. The…