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LONDON (AP) — Official figures in the U.K. show that wages are still rising at record highs, as inflation remains stubbornly high. The Office for…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher on Wednesday after stocks advanced on Wall Street as…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Protesters in Israel have blocked highways and thronged the country’s main international…

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — All six people on board a helicopter carrying Mexican tourists were killed when it…

By KARL RITTER Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — When long-neutral Sweden applied for NATO membership together with Finland, both expected…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Protesters and legislators are converging on the European Union parliament as the bloc prepares a…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader John Lee says the city will ban marine products from “a large number…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In a grim report, the U.N. is warning that at the current rate of global progress 575…

By TRISHA AHMED and CHARLIE NEIBERGALL Associated Press GENOA, Neb. (AP) — A grandmother wearing beaded necklaces of bright red, yellow and blue…

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai authorities say at least two people have been killed after an elevated road being built in Bangkok collapsed. Another 11 people…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s Republican-led Legislature passed a bill banning most abortions after roughly…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A grand jury being seated Tuesday in Atlanta will likely consider whether criminal charges are…

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press Few Republicans have high confidence that votes will be tallied accurately in next…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon Prime Day is here. And, once again, experts are warning consumers of scams.…

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s Energy Minister says the catastrophic collapse of a dam in southern Ukraine…

By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Celebrities, lawmakers, brands and everyday social media users are flocking to Meta’s freshly…

QUINCY, Wash. (AP) — Authorities in central Washington told some people to leave their homes immediately as a new, growing wildfire sparked west of…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN, SEUNG MIN KIM and KARL RITTER Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — NATO leaders said Tuesday that they would allow Ukraine…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press A New Zealand prosecutor says tourists received no health and safety warnings before they landed on the country’s…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Of course a Junior had to do something special in Seattle. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. won the All-Star…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The owner of the Los Angeles Times has sold the San Diego Union-Tribune to MediaNews Group. The move was announced Monday and…

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a pilot escaped with only minor injuries after a single-engine plane crashed nose-first into the roof of…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are asking a judge to postpone his criminal trial…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Fred S. Hoffman, a longtime Associated Press reporter who covered the Defense…

By EMILIO LUGO Associated Press TOLUCA, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities say masked gunmen set fire to a public market in the central city of…

By SETH BORENSTEIN and MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Record ocean heat has invaded Florida with a vengeance. Water…

By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — With tensions surrounding Guatemala’s June 25 election heightening, President Alejandro…

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Northwestern fired coach Pat Fitzgerald on Monday amid a hazing scandal that called into question his leadership of the…

LUFKIN, Texas (AP) — A giraffe named Twiga who died over the weekend at an East Texas zoo at the age of 31 was among the oldest giraffes being…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A college student who authorities say admitted setting fire to a building slated to become…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Two Democratic representatives in Colorado are alleging that their colleagues…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.N. agency tasked with regulating the deep sea is debating whether to open the…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Southwestern U.S. is bracing for another week of blistering temperatures.…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s parliamentary coalition has given initial approval to a contentious bill to limit…

PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix says it’s making progress in complying with a court order to close a large homeless encampment known as “The Zone,”…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press (AP) — A helicopter pilot faces up to $10,000 in fines and a year in jail for making an illegal lakeside landing in…

By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has picked a longtime aide to serve as the state’s second acting attorney…

By The Associated Press Tenor Joseph Calleja has withdrawn from the title role in “Parsifal” that opens the annual Richard Wagner Festival at…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Steven Soderbergh’s latest project is the series “Full Circle” for Max debuting Thursday. It’s…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered the most distant black hole yet using NASA’s Webb…

By CLAUDIA LAUER PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A day before killing four people in a mass shooting in Philadelphia last week, authorities say the gunman went…

By ISABELLA O’MALLEY, BRITTANY PETERSON and DREW COSTLEY Associated Press Schools in New Delhi were forced to close Monday after heavy monsoon…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court Monday to temporarily block a lower…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University says nearly half of its academic programs are under evaluation.…

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press Lowell P. Weicker Jr. is being remembered as a towering figure in Connecticut politics. Weicker, who died June 28,…

CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s chief prosecutor says a court in the east of the country has sentenced five people to life in prison after they were…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Marine Corps is without a confirmed leader for the first time in a century as Gen.…

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer Kentucky racing officials have approved the rollout of sports betting, which will take effect when the NFL season…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British detectives met with representatives of the BBC on Monday over allegations that a leading…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrat Rebecca Cooke, a former small business owner and past member of the state’s…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Madonna says she is focused on her health and getting back on stage after a “serious…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Military officials say a 14-year-old girl reported missing from her San Diego home was found in the barracks at Camp Pendleton…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A prominent Belarusian journalist is facing up to six years in prison as part of the…

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — Retired Army Capt. Sam Brown is running for the U.S. Senate in Nevada again.…

By MARK PRATT Associated Press The suspect in the 1982 Tylenol poisonings that killed seven people in the Chicago area, triggered a nationwide panic,…

WARREN, Pa. (AP) — Police searching for a homicide suspect who used bed sheets to escape from a northwestern Pennsylvania jail say he is likely…

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A California judge has dismissed sex charges against a reality TV show doctor and his girlfriend who had been accused…

WARREN, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit police officer who punched a 19-year-old Black man in the face and slammed his head to the ground is now…

By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Two sons of the late singer Aretha Franklin gave opposing opinions Monday about the Queen of…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union has signed off on a new agreement over the privacy of people’s personal…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations humanitarian chief tells The Associated Press that Sudan appears to be in a civil war “of the most…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — John Warren — the multimillionaire businessman who forced South Carolina Gov. Henry…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say crushing temperatures that blanketed Europe last summer may have led to more than…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has alleged…