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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The Justice Department on Friday issued a scathing assessment of Minneapolis police, alleging that racial…

BY WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of Reddit discussion forums have gone dark this week to protest a new…

BY WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — If you hopped on Reddit to scroll through your favorite forums this week, you may…

SAO PAULO (AP) — Authorities in the southern Brazil state of Rio Grande do Sul say eight people are dead and 19 are missing after a severe winter…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s onetime personal lawyer and the key witness against him…

PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities in central Arizona say a bear attack has left one person dead. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said the…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — President Vladimir Putin is touting Russia’s prospects at the country’s main…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Three men face federal charges alleging they vandalized multiple homes associated with New…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — The cries of adoring fans filled the air as stars like actor Jacob Elordi and Italian singer Elodie…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Martin Amis, one of the most consequential British authors of his generation and who died last month,…

By TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge issued an order Friday stopping an Indiana ban on puberty blockers and hormones…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel Ellsberg, the history-making whistleblower who by leaking the Pentagon Papers revealed…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s Supreme Court upheld an immigration agreement between the United States and Canada that…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee County’s first openly LGBTQ+ county supervisor says an assailant called him a gay slur, then punched him in the face…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Shortly before setting out for Beijing, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is emphasizing the…

BOSTON (AP) — The son of a woman whose body was donated to Harvard Medical School for research purposes has filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Daniel Ellsberg’s decision to leak the Pentagon Papers made him an instant hero to opponents and a traitor in the eyes of the…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Take no prisoners — peacefully,” Carlos Santana sometimes tells his bandmates before taking the…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Take no prisoners — peacefully,” Carlos Santana sometimes tells his bandmates before taking the…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s plan to overhaul his party’s 2024 presidential primary schedule…

MOUNT CARMEL, Pa. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say three small-town Pennsylvania police officers collectively “kicked, punched, choked and…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An exhibition by a provocative Chinese artist that criticizes the country’s human…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime producer for Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News after he was deemed responsible for the…

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America AKRON, Ohio (AP) — The eight police officers who shot Jayland Walker last summer used…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States Treasury has announced sanctions on a Mexico-based migrant-trafficking gang that supplied asylum seekers with…

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A southwest Florida couple has been charged with stealing more than $2 million in COVID-19 relief funds and using the money…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — A truck driver who spewed hatred of Jews was convicted Friday of storming a Pittsburgh synagogue…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Recording Academy announced a number of changes to the Grammy Awards, including a rule that…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Abortion providers in North Carolina have filed a federal lawsuit…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press Boris Johnson and Donald Trump have quite a bit in common as two populist iconoclasts in hot…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Mexico says federal authorities have arrested six people for their alleged roles…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran says Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat is coming to visit Tehran, the latest step in the restoration of diplomatic ties…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The White House has selected a former North Carolina health official to be the new director of the…

BERLIN (AP) — A bronze sword made more than 3,000 years ago that is so well-preserved it “almost still shines” has been unearthed in Germany,…

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago police sergeant has been fired for his role in a botched 2019 raid at the home of a Black woman who was handcuffed while…

By HALELUYA HADERO and MATT OTT AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Unionized UPS workers voted overwhelmingly on Friday to authorize a strike,…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament on Friday raised the age of sexual consent to 16 from 13, a limit which…

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Testosterone replacement therapy is safe for men with “low T” who have heart disease or are at high risk for it,…

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian prosecutors have opened legal proceedings against three Kosovo police officers…

LONDON (AP) — Police have charged a 31-year-old man with three counts of murder in the knife and van attack that killed two university athletes and…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The global soccer players’ union says is working with FIFA to make sure that payments promised to all players…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The United States men’s soccer team’s match against Mexico was cut short Thursday night by the referee after repeated…

SEQUATCHIE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say six people including three children have been found dead in a Tennessee home where police responded to a…

By HARUNA UMAR Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Local authorities in northeast Nigeria say Islamic extremist rebels have killed at least…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO has launched a new center to help protect vulnerable undersea pipelines and cables. The…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — The top official in former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia party has…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer The production company founded by Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, is splitting ways with Spotify less than…

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There’s nothing that can keep Christian Cooper from enjoying his “happy place,”…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia voters will select candidates in a primary election Tuesday in which redistricting has…

By GISELA SALOMON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The separation of migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border has always caused Isabel Allende pain:…

By LIZZIE KNIGHT Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Sheffield strippers of “The Full Monty” return 25 years on, in a new TV series that wears…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany has handed over to Colombia two masks made by the Indigenous Kogi people that had been in a…

By DAVID ERICKSON, SARAH BRUMFIELD and BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press PERRYTON, Texas (AP) — As Sabrina Devers watched what would turn out to be a…

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — There is now one fewer place to access abortion in Utah after Planned Parenthood closed its only…

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeding agricultural producers and food businesses with millions of dollars in…

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The smell of pineapple bread fills the kitchen of “Vida Libre,”…

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The smell of pineapple bread fills the kitchen of “Vida Libre,”…

PRAGUE (AP) — Lawmakers in the lower house of the Czech Parliament have agreed to tighten the country’s conflict of interest legislation to ban…

LONDON (AP) — Two-time Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer has proposed to his partner onstage in London, prompting raucous applause from the…

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris.…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s government has rejected as “far-fetched and unprofessional” a report by a U.S. security firm that blamed…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Swiss cyclist Gino Mäder died Friday, one day after crashing and falling down a ravine during a…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The national security advisers of the United States, Japan and the Philippines have held their…

LONDON (AP) — British antitrust regulators cleared Amazon’s purchase of robot vacuum maker iRobot on Friday, but the $1.7 billion deal still…

BEIJING (AP) — Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has wrapped up a trip to China, after seeking economic aid and voicing support for Beijing’s…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The head of the International Monetary Fund has praised the European Central Bank’s…

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Devout baseball fans might view their teams’ performance as heavenly or hellish, depending on the quality of…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A huge mass of rock slid down a mountainside above a Swiss village that was evacuated last month,…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — President Joe Biden has called for new gun-buying restrictions at a summit in…

BERLIN (AP) — Police in southern Germany are appealing for photos and videos taken by witnesses of an attack near Neuschwanstein castle in which an…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping said the United States and China can cooperate to “benefit our two countries” in a meeting Friday with…