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By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Called cover crops, they top the list of tasks U.S. farmers are told will build…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Diplomats from Chinese and a Southeast Asian group of nations have renewed a pledge to…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Democrats have warned the White House that President Joe Biden’s response to…

GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s national rail operator says the world’s longest rail tunnel won’t be fully reopened to train traffic until next…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya Marines, trained by their British counterparts as part of their countries’…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — At a recent closed-door meeting of roughly 60 millionaires and…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say 14 people are due to appear in court following their arrests during extensive clashes between members…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits inched up last week but remains low by historical standards,…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian shelling has killed an 81-year-old woman in the yard of her home and a 60-year-old…

NEW YORK (AP) — Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft will pay a combined $328 million to settle wage theft claims in New York. Attorney General…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A ferry that ran aground last month off southeastern Sweden and leaked oil into the Baltic Sea has arrived in a Swedish harbor…

LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has kept its main interest rate unchanged at the 15-year high of 5.25%, as inflation across the U.K. is expected…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wants Latin America to trade more with the United States as…

Associated Press Cedar Fair and Six Flags Entertainment Corp. are merging, creating an expansive amusement park operator with operations spread…

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thousands of poor Thai migrant agricultural workers in Israel have shared the fate of many…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian media reports say Iranian soccer team Sepahan has been penalized with a 3-0 loss and a fine over a canceled Asian…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A leading international medical charity says it has received 50 testimonies from migrants over the past two years that point…

BLETCHLEY PARK, England (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak are set to join delegates Thursday at a…

MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill revoking Russia’s ratification of a global nuclear test ban. Moscow said the move…

PARIS (AP) — Winds up to 180 kilometers per hour (108 mph) slammed France’s Atlantic coast overnight as Storm Ciaran lashed countries around…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Major international aid agencies are warning of chaotic and desperate scenes among Afghans who have returned from Pakistan, where…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A group of volunteer doctors in Chicago is spending their Saturdays providing street medicine for…

By DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer Migrants who have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and travel to cities around the country are running into a…

By NAJIB JOBAIN and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s ground troops advanced toward Gaza City on Thursday,…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nippon Steel has dropped its lawsuit against Toyota over a patent for a technology used in…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve indicated it may not need…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has likely supplied several types of missiles to Russia to…

PHOENIX (AP) — There was no pool party for the Texas Rangers after winning the World Series. A raucous celebration after the franchise’s first…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong is set to launch Asia’s first Gay Games on Friday, fostering hopes for wider…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Vladimir Putin isn’t quite the man he used to be — more than a decade has passed…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A divided Alabama Supreme Court has said that Alabama can execute an inmate with nitrogen…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant began its third release of treated and…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A new report from the United Nations says Iran is carrying out executions “at an…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights in Ohio…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine voters are poised to decide whether to ban foreign influence in elections, many of…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Efforts to use the Constitution’s “insurrection” clause to…

By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS AP Education Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — This was the summer Deneffy Sánchez was supposed to learn algebra, biology and…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The former street gang leader charged with leading the drive-by killing of Tupac Shakur in 1996 in…

AGUANGA, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters are making progress against a Southern California wildfire but authorities say thousands of homes still remain…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Just weeks after a frenzied trip to the Middle East, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is…

By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writer Walt Disney Co. said it will acquire a 33% stake in Hulu from Comcast for approximately $8.6 billion, a deal…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian police have arrested the host of a luncheon gathering that left three guests…

By DAVID HAMILTON AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — European privacy officials have widened a ban on Meta’s “behavioral…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Corey Seager was voted the World Series Most Valuable Player after leading the Texas Rangers over…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves and Democratic challenger Brandon Presley…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Mitch Garver broke a scoreless tie with an RBI single in the seventh, Nathan Eovaldi threw six…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four people have died after an air ambulance crashed in the central Mexican state of Morelos. The incident took place just…

By JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press Prosecutors have dropped charges against a Louisiana state trooper accused of withholding graphic body-camera footage…

By MATTHEW BROWN and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The body of a heavily armed man who authorities suspected was planning a…

by KATHIA MARTÍNEZ, JUAN ZAMORANO and DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s government has nearly approved a new bill…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Joe Biden says he thinks there should be a humanitarian…

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s Zac Gallen has not allowed a hit through six innings against the Texas Rangers in a scoreless World Series Game 5. With…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A police officer charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the 2019 death of…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Uruguay’s Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo has resigned shortly after audio messages were published in which he…

BEIJING (AP) — Hundreds of people have gathered near a state funeral home as China’s former premier Li Keqiang is being put to rest. Retired…

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Congressman Trent Franks is running for his old U.S. House seat. The announcement comes almost six years after Trent…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 has shaken Indonesia’s Timor island, causing panic and light damages to several…

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed this week argues that Montana’s psychiatric hospital has…

By JEFF AMY Associated Pres ATLANTA (AP) — Some Republicans in Georgia’s state Senate are pushing for further changes to protect against security…

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal safety investigators say the automatic braking system railroads were required to install…

By HARUNA UMAR Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Extremists in northeastern Nigeria killed at least 37 villagers in two different attacks,…

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A Cornell University junior accused of posting violently threatening statements against Jewish people on campus was held…

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer Birds in North America will no longer be named after people. The American Ornithological Society announced the…

DETROIT (AP) — Toyota is recalling nearly 1.9 million RAV4 small SUVs in the U.S. to fix a problem with batteries that can move during forceful…

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — The turbulent and brilliant basketball coach Bob Knight has died. Knight’s family…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The former street gang leader charged with killing Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas has lost his…

DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A manhunt is ongoing in northern Mexico after state police were ambushed driving out of Santa…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A series of court challenges seek to upend longstanding real estate industry practices that…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Britney Spears’ memoir “The Woman in Me” has sold 1.1 million copies through its first…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Marshals have for the first time released data on how many people were shot by…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden will visit Maine later this week to mourn with…

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says armed forces will boost security at some…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democratic senators are urging federal regulators…

ATLANTA (AP) — A jury has been selected for the trial of Atlanta-based rapper Young Thug and several others accused of participating in a criminal…

By ISABEL DEBRE and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than 3,600 Palestinian children were killed in the first…

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New Speaker Mike Johnson says the U.S. House will consider a fresh aid…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis says he will go to Dubai for three days during the COP28 climate conference…

By TERRY SPENCER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Florida has indicated she may delay the start of…

By NAJIB JOBAIN and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hundreds of foreign passport-holders and dozens of other seriously…

By SAM METZ Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Arab nations where monarchies typically quash dissent and that have normalized or are…

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Israel has criticized Bolivia, Chile and Colombia after the South American…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Volunteers, churches and advocacy groups are scrambling to find indoor shelter for migrants in…

By WILL WEISSERT and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is 80 and Donald Trump is 77, and they are prone to making…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia says it will appeal a judge’s order to redraw some congressional and state legislative…