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By ACACIA CORONADO and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The families of 19 of the victims in the Uvalde elementary school shooting…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Prosecutor Karim Khan has broken new ground with his stunning announcement that he…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Smart devices like baby monitors, fitness trackers and internet-connected appliances will soon be eligible for labels certifying…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom will hold its first election in five years in a country reeling from the…

By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press Climate change increasingly threatens some of the nation’s most sensitive sites, including research…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee will soon become the first state in the country to offer free diapers to…

BEIJING, China (AP) — China has sanctioned 12 defense-related U.S. companies and 10 executives over arms sales to Taiwan and to retaliate earlier…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two shipping companies agreed to pay $2 million in penalties after pleading guilty to federal charges related to the dumping of…

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is due to address the nation amid mounting expectations that he will call a summer general…

By KEVIN FREKING and SEUNG MIN KIM WASHINGTON WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is set to confirm the 200th federal judge of President Joe Biden’s…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Dozens of children who were sent to juvenile detention centers and similar facilities in…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fueled by its sensational rookie class of Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Cameron Brink, the…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer At 17, Israel McKenzie was so burdened by obesity that he stopped going to high school in person and was…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — New research indicates the sun’s magnetic field originates much closer to the…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sarah Pidgeon is making her Broadway debut this season in a celebrated, thoughtful show…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party has banned its top candidate for next…

By KIM COOK Associated Press Recent toy and consumer goods shows have had plenty of digital diversions. But they’ve also included a lot of…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge on Wednesday blocked the auction of Graceland, the former home of Elvis…

By MEG KINNARD and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee’s Washington headquarters has been…

CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Police say a shooting early Wednesday at a linen company in a Philadelphia suburb killed two people dead and wounded three…

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — State Sen. Kevin Parker, a Brooklyn Democrat, won’t face charges after he was accused of…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes sank last month, pushed down by high mortgage rates…

By ELDAR EMRIC Associated Press SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The leader of Bosnia’s Serb portion reiterated his threat to split up the…

By ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press At 16, Katya Kondragunta has already lived through two disasters amped by climate change. First came wildfires in…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer This French Open is expected to be the last one for Rafael Nadal. He has won the clay-court Grand Slam tournament…

By ALBERT STUMM Associated Press A typical spread at a Memorial Day barbecue might not scream “healthy,” but nutritionists see an opportunity in…

By RAF CASERT and MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE (AP) — The parties that agreed to form a Dutch coalition dominated by the far right are…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Daily and near-daily marijuana use is now more common than similar levels of drinking in the U.S., according to…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is welcoming Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House to kick off a…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The former head of Britain’s Post Office Paula Vennells has broken down in tears on several occasions…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Former Republican presidential candidate and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has purchased a minority…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Let the debate begin. Who has the best music albums ever? Apple Music certainly…

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has been fined $75,000 by NASCAR for fighting with Kyle Busch after the All-Star race at North Wilkesboro…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press A climate philanthropy organization, Giving Green, received a $10 million anonymous donation in April and thinks…

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is flying to New Caledonia in a bid to find a political solution…

By BILL BARROW Associated Press North Carolina has been an underappreciated political battleground recently and not gotten the same attention as…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Leaders around the Baltic Sea have reacted warily to reports that Russia could revise…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO and BILL BARROW Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In his bid to become North Carolina’s first Black governor, Republican Mark…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been publicly displayed along with…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO and BILL BARROW Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In his bid to become North Carolina’s first Black governor, Republican Mark…

DETROIT (AP) — Cars, trucks and SUVs in the U.S. keep getting older. A study published Wednesday says U.S. vehicles hit a record average age of…

By MALAK HARB Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In 2018, Chad McGehee opened Side Hustle Brews and Spirits, an Abu…

By NAPAT KONGSAWAD Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Aviation investigators have arrived in Bangkok to learn how and why severe turbulence sent a…

LONDON (AP) — A British lawmaker is returning to work six months after sepsis forced the amputation of his hands and feet. Conservative legislator…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is canceling student loans for another 160,000 borrowers through a…

By The Associated Press Spain, Ireland and Norway have said that they will recognize a Palestinian state on May 28, a step toward a long-held…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish police have issued a temporary ban on the Danish arm of the Bandidos motorcycle club, citing the group’s…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — British Foreign Secretary David Cameron hailed progress in a U.K.-Albania joint effort to…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has repatriated more than 3,000 Pakistanis, mostly students, from Kyrgyzstan in the past week after recent attacks on…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer DUBLIN (AP) — FIFA has been urged by international lawyers to uphold its own policy and scrutinize Saudi…

By VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Global nickel prices have been soaring since violence erupted in the French Pacific…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz has ordered Israel’s ambassadors from Ireland and Norway to immediately return…

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian markets were mostly lower in cautious trading on Wednesday after U.S. stocks hit new record…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. fell sharply to its lowest level in nearly three years in April on the back of…

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A renowned Sherpa mountain guide has scaled Mount Everest for record 30th time which…

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The owner of Nepal’s largest news organization has been arrested for allegedly violating the country’s citizenship laws…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s African National Congress rose above politics for years. It was a…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader will preside over a funeral Wednesday for the…

By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press As Texas wildfires burned toward the nation’s primary nuclear weapons facility, workers hurried to ensure…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Zhang Zhan has been released from prison after serving four years for charges related to reporting…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Tom Brady is coming into the booth of Fox Sports top NFL team with seven Super Bowl rings. Greg Olsen is leaving it…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT, SCOTT McFETRIDGE and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) — Officials said multiple people were killed…

By NAPAT KONGSAWAD Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Singapore Airlines says most of the passengers who were on one of its jetliners that was…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While President Joe Biden and his guest of honor at a White House state dinner chew over…

By STEFANIE DAZIO and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hunter Biden’s lawyers are pressing a judge to delay his federal…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s attorney general says a court has ordered the manufacturers and distributors of…

By TERRY SPENCER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors and defense lawyers in the classified documents case against…

By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The conservative parental rights group Moms for Liberty plans to spend more than $3 million on a…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — As she runs to replace outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Claudia Sheinbaum is…

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Sustained Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid in recent weeks have forced leaders…

By TERRY TANG Associated Press The number of people of both Latino and Asian American or Pacific Islander heritage has more than doubled in the last…

Since being elected co-chair of the Republican National Committee in March, Lara Trump has worked to reshape the party in Donald Trump’s image. The…

By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas says Russia is conducting a “shadow war” against…

By TIA GOLDENBERG and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An AP examination of the handling of two debunked stories alleging that Hamas…

By MARTHA MENDOZA and JULIET LINDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Since being elected co-chair of the Republican National Committee in…

By TIA GOLDENBERG and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Chaim Otmazgin had tended to dozens of shot, burned or mutilated bodies…

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Barbie dolls will honor tennis champion Venus Williams and eight other athletes as part of a project announced by Mattel…