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Associated Press A man wanted on murder and armed robbery charges has been taken into custody after a 15-hour standoff with police at a Chicago…

LONDON (AP) — A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after allegedly setting a house fire that killed a mother and three children in…

Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Macao leader Ho Iat Seng has announced that he will not seek another term due to health reasons, less than two…

BEIJING (AP) — European milk and cheese producers have become the latest target in a simmering trade war with China. The Chinese Commerce Ministry…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has called for more international backing for Taiwan and a…

Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities in Pakistan have arrested and charged a man with cyber terrorism for his alleged role in…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Brown bear hunting in Sweden has started with 486 licenses to kill them, but conservationists warned that the move would…

Associated Press A year ago this week, President Vladmir Putin strode onto a stage in the Kursk region to commemorate the 80th anniversary of one of…

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnian police say a school employee has shot and killed three people in a town in northwestern Bosnia. Police…

AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Grocery aisle deals for cash-strapped customers and an emphasis on affordable but stylish clothes has helped…

Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has accepted his party’s nomination for vice president. He used his Democratic National…

Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A mountaineering official says after six days of being stranded on a remote peak in Pakistan’s northeast, two…

Associated Press NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — An ambitious plan to build a massive solar farm in remote northern Australia to transmit energy by a…

MIAMI (AP) — Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has cruised to a reelection victory, avoiding a potential runoff by winning nearly 60% of…

WINNEMUCCA, Nev. (AP) — A wildfire has forced the suspension of rail service in northern Nevada and left about several thousand rural residents…

Associated Press The Democratic National Convention transformed what should have been the driest part of the evening — the roll call — into a…

Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — School board candidates in Florida  backed by Gov. Ron Desantis were defeated in…

Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Convention roll call votes can be staid and cheesy, but Democrats turned theirs into the ultimate dance party on…

Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Dozens of former guerrilla fighters and their families have been forced to abandon their village in…

Associated Press CHIREDZI, Zimbabwe (AP) — Tembanechako Mastick and a group of men scanned bushes near their village in southeast Zimbabwe, on the…

Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The top U.N. official in Libya is warning that the political, military and security situation in the…

Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a 200-word summary that abortion advocates used to collect signatures…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a relationship that spanned two decades, two engagements, two weddings and headlines too numerous to count, Jennifer Lopez…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic nominee for vice president, is facing fresh scrutiny for how he’s…

Associated Press HOWELL, Mich. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump pledged Tuesday to “Make America Safe Again” while campaigning in…

Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Businesses across a variety of industries are bracing for freight trains to stop moving Thursday at both major…

Associated Press PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) — Specialist cave divers working in 12-minute underwater shifts are searching for six missing passengers…

Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s Supreme Court is declining to wade into an election controversy despite pleas from the key swing…

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — President Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for Vermont that makes federal funding available to help people…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has made an unscheduled visit to Chechnya, his first trip to the mainly Muslim republic within the…

Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Local officials in western Congo say that a weekend boat accident on the Lukeni river has left at least 20…

Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rick Scott has won Florida’s Republican primary as he seeks a second term in office.…

Associated Press A suburban Detroit doctor has been arrested after authorities found scores of nude photos and videos of children and adults taken…

Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Democrats have turned Project 2025 into one of their political weapons in campaigning against President Donald…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Rapper NBA YoungBoy has agreed to plead guilty to a federal weapons charge once the case is transferred from Louisiana to…

AP Film Writer Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane had never worked with one another before. But when filmmaker Nathan Silver got them together on Zoom…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has been active on his social accounts as Democrats gather for their convention in…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Boeing is suffering setbacks on one of its planes that’s already in use and on a new model of its popular 777 jetliner.…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The murders of about a dozen people in the northern Mexico state of Sinaloa appear to be linked to cartel infighting, something…

CHESTERFIELD, Va. (AP) — Authorities say a 2-year-old Virginia boy accidentally shot his mother’s boyfriend, critically wounding him. Liz Caroon…

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — Police say a man accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her mother outside a Kentucky courthouse has died from…

JENNINGS, La. (AP) — A Louisiana woman whose baby died after being left in a hot car last week has been arrested on a second-degree murder charge.…

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The ex-Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd has been transferred to a federal prison in…

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court has rejected an effort to exclude more than 100 absentee ballots that a recount board included…

AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian pop star Anitta will perform at halftime of the first NFL game in the South American country on Sept.…

Associated Press Ukraine’s parliament has banned the activities of religious groups tied to the Russian Orthodox Church or any other faith group…

Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tens of thousands of customers are still without power across Puerto Rico, a week after Ernesto…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III met Tuesday with survivors of the stabbing rampage that killed three young girls in northern…

Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court should step in on behalf of voters and order a rewrite of ballot language for a fall…

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped charges against a man accused of fatally shooting a pregnant woman after she went to a suburban…

Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A campaign to bring a casino to the Missouri tourist destination of the Lake of the Ozarks is suing to…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates will host the women’s Twenty20 World Cup in October after the International Cricket…

NEW DELHI (AP) — The foreign and defense ministers of India and Japan have held security talks in New Delhi to bolster their strategic partnership…