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By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s ban on gender-affirming care for young transgender people…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — In a reversal that marks a significant victory for conservationists, federal officials have…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Brazil is urging a 10-year precautionary pause on deep sea mining in international…

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Central America is experiencing a wave of unrest that is remarkable even for a region whose…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The publisher of The Charlotte Observer for over two decades has died. Rolfe Neill was a longtime newspaperman and editor…

By JIM SALTER and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Big rig driver David Cherno was hauling Jimmy Dean sausages on Interstate…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal jury convicted a Las Vegas police officer Friday on all counts of stealing nearly $165,000…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Thirteen state attorneys general – all Republicans – sent a…

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Brittney Griner didn’t know what to expect when the WNBA season began and how she would…

By ALBERT STUMM Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Desperate times may call for desperate measures. But shelling out $150 for a bottle of hot…

By GARY FIELDS, CLAIRE SAVAGE and TERESA CRAWFORD Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to step down from leading the…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has set a trial date for two men charged with killing rapper Young Dolph in a…

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The second of two firefighters who were fatally injured while battling a massive fire aboard a cargo ship docked in New Jersey…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court Friday temporarily paused a lower court’s order limiting executive…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press AMBLER, Pa. (AP) — Convenience stores are swamped as the Powerball and Mega…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer A little more than a week after contract talks between UPS and the union representing 340,000 of its workers…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president plowed ahead with attacks against the opposition front-runner for the 2024 presidential elections despite a…

By The Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a Nebraska man who was fatally shot by police and suspected in the killing of another man had…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Wildlife officials say a black bear attacked a sheepherder in the mountains of southwestern…

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — There’s no better way to escape the intense heatwave in Tunisia than to head inside…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Lisa Marie Presley died after developing a small bowel obstruction, a severe complication of bariatric surgery…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The very online showdown between Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” all started…

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed a sweeping defense bill Friday that provides an expected 5.2%…

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A top Pakistani provincial  official says rescuers in boats have evacuated 14,000 people over the past several days after…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s deputy president says Russian President Vladimir Putin wants…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — An actor and model who has appeared in soap operas and movies including “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” says in a…

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Alex Galchenyuk repeatedly used racial slurs toward a police officer in training and…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A Capitol riot suspect who had guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in his van when he was arrested…

By AMANCAI BIRABEN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — After 50 years behind the camera as a successful director, Sally Potter has kickstarted a…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press FUTABA, Japan (AP) — At Japan’s tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, giant blue pipes have been…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus police investigations support claims by Israel’s Mossad spy service that…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood actors are joining screenwriters in the first dual strike from the two unions…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A woman has been arrested on federal narcotics charges for allegedly selling the drugs that led…

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian officials say at least 15 migrants have been found dead off the country’s coast and at its border with Algeria…

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee raised more than $72…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer China’s fast fashion retailer Shein is facing a lawsuit that claims the clothing maker’s copyright…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to file his 2024 candidacy for South Carolina’s Republican…

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s government has decided to ban arms export for 30 days just days after the United…

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The political party that captured first place in Thailand’s general election two months…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Forecasters say subtropical storm Don has formed in open Atlantic waters. It poses no threat to land. The National…

AIGLE, Switzerland (AP) — Female transgender athletes who transitioned after male puberty will no longer be able to compete in women’s races. The…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch caretaker government says voters will go to the polls in a general election on Nov. 22. The announcement…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS and LEFTERIS PITARAKIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Disgruntled tourists bemoaned the temporary closing of the…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ, MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A Long Island architect was charged Friday with…

ROME (AP) — Italians are using social media to denounce a court verdict clearing a school janitor of a sexual assault charge for groping a…

TOKYO (AP) — A rocket being developed by the Japanese space agency has exploded during testing but there were no reports of injuries. That’s…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney is asking a Florida judge to toss out a lawsuit filed by Gov. Ron DeSantis’…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has launched the construction of a 1,200-megawatt…

By NOAH BERGER and DOUG GLASS Associated Press FORT ST. JOHN, British Columbia (AP) — As more than 900 fires burn in a Canadian fire season that…

By DAVID BRUNAT Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish police have arrested six young Germans for allegedly raping an 18-year-old German…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — This was the moment. If Novak Djokovic was going to be stopped in the Wimbledon…

BEIJING (AP) — China has criticized a German government call for reducing dependency on Chinese products as a form of protectionism. Foreign…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The embassies of 38 countries and more than 10 other cultural institutions have urged…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court has convicted a man of killing two people at an activity farm for people with mental disabilities and…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press A man who died as a result of a drowning accident in his home is Vermont’s first death related to recent…

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed optimism that support for a far-right party that’s been surging in the polls lately will…

By EDNA TARIGAN, DAVID RISING and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met China’s top…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is making available $20 billion from a federal “green bank” for…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is showcasing its new capability to audit high-income tax dodgers aggressively as it…