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By ALI ABDUL-HASSAN and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq has offered to mediate between Ukraine and Russia to try resolve the war…

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer Anthony Davis scared Los Angeles Lakers fans by grabbing at his right shoulder and saying he couldn’t move his…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The NHL playoffs are going on without Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin for the first time since their rookie year in…

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A lot was happening in March 1965 in the bungalow in Selma, Alabama, that then-4-year-old…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia has delivered the remaining nine of the 13 Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets that it promised to Ukraine. The…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Every day, Americans donate their time, skills and energy to their communities by volunteering with nonprofit…

By The Associated Press A Russian court has convicted top opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza, Jr. of treason for publicly denouncing Moscow’s…

By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a Chinese national has been arrested on blasphemy charges after he…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi-led military coalition has freed 104 more prisoners captured in Yemen’s war, a unilateral release…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong says her country is working to stabilize…

PARIS (AP) — France’s government is sounding the alarm about the growing risk of forest fires because of climate change, as hundreds of…

By JACK JEFFERY and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — As explosions and gunfire thundered outside, Sudanese in the capital…

By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A French court has acquitted Airbus and Air France of manslaughter charges over the 2009…

BERLIN (AP) — Former Chancellor Angela Merkel is to be decorated with Germany’s highest possible honor in recognition of her near-record 16 years…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and past leaders of the U.K. and Ireland…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has granted amnesty to more than 3,000 prisoners to mark the…

By MARGARET STAFFORD and JIM SALTER Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An 84-year-old white man in Kansas City, Missouri, was charged Monday…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Tensions have been brewing for weeks between Sudan’s two most powerful generals, who just 18…

By THALIA BEATY and GLENN GAMBOA Associated Press CASA of Lexington has tried just about everything to find volunteers to serve as advocates for…

CHICO, Texas (AP) — A train collision and subsequent derailment has injured two rail employees in Texas. Union Pacific spokesperson Kristen South…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States, South Korea and Japan have conducted a joint…

By WILL WEISSERT and SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — For many progressives, the past decade has been littered with disappointments.…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — First the Russians gave the U.N. spotlight to the commissioner of children’s rights…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is back at work in the U.S. Capitol on Monday,…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s military has recovered two bodies of the 10 crewmembers from an army helicopter that had…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed Tuesday as pessimism about global uncertainties remained even as…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong has been sentenced to three months in prison for breaching court…

By EDNA TARIGAN and MARIAM FAM Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — In the heart of Jakarta, the grand Istiqlal Mosque was built with a…

By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Love isn’t patient, love isn’t kind — at least if you ask the fans of Netflix’s…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The final curtain came down Sunday on New York’s production of “The Phantom of the…

NEW YORK (AP) — Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter, a bridal industry pioneer and Holocaust survivor who decided over a half century ago that brides…

NYSSA, Ore. (AP) — Authorities were looking for a man they believe shot and killed an eastern Oregon reserve police officer. Nyssa officer Joseph…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran’s exiled crown prince is scheduled to come to Israel this week. The visit by Reza Pahlavi reflects the warm ties his father…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BRAMPTON, Ontario (AP) — The president of the International Ice Hockey Federation says Russia and Belarus won’t…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Sacramento Kings are investigating allegations from a Bay Area hip-hop star that…

MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Sunday apologized to the victims of a government-sponsored sexual freedom law passed last…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with China’s defense minister in Moscow. Sunday’s meeting underscored China’s…

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — David Ortiz says he knows the speech he gave at the first game at Fenway Park after the Boston…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s state media says a court has sentenced an air defense commander allegedly responsible for the…

By DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A local official in Nigeria says that at least 33 people have been killed by gunmen in…

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday that he will press for a trade agreement between the European Union and Indonesia as part…

SANDWICH ACADEMY GRANT TOWNSHIP, Maine (AP) — Railway owner Canadian Pacific Kansas City is leading cleanup and track repairs following a freight…

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — He’s been the face of Mexico internationally for nearly five…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” scored the best second weekend ever for an animated movie in North American…

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press One sheriff’s deputy died on his 44th birthday and two other law enforcement officers were injured after a…

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press A Minnesota man dedicated to giving Muslim children a sense of belonging and pride is reaching children across…

ROME (AP) — Lazio captain Ciro Immobile remains in the hospital under observation after his car collided with a tram. Immobile was in the car with…

PRAGUE (AP) — Thousands of people have rallied again to protest high inflation and demand the government’s resignation. Sunday’s protest…

By JEFF AMY and KIM CHANDLER Associated Press DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama law enforcement officers Sunday were imploring people to come forward…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Without citing a reason, the Delaware judge overseeing a voting machine company’s $1.6 billion…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s that time of year when throngs of taxpayers are buckling down to file their income tax…

By ADRIAN SAINZ, KIMBERLEE KRUESI and TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Squint a little as you take in the scene, or just close…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday publicly defended St. John Paul II, condemning as “offensive and…

BERLIN (AP) — The CEO and co-owner of media company Axel Springer apologized Sunday for making crude remarks about “East Germans” in text…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More than 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released as part of a major Easter…

ALGIERS (AP) — Syria’s chief diplomat is on a visit to Algeria and Tunisia as part of efforts to revive diplomatic relationships in the Arab…