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BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister says the road to an expected meeting between President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden would not…

By SAMY MAGDY and AMY TEIBEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A Jewish settler has shot dead a Palestinian man harvesting olives near the West…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Trade and economy officials from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies have strengthened their…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Authorities say at least one person has been killed and over 20 were injured in a blast at a convention center in southern India.…

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes early Sunday near…

By DANICA KIRKA and EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III wants to look to the future when his four-day state visit to…

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — More resources are arriving on Mexico’s battered Pacific coast, and the death toll…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press PORTO-NOVO, Benin (AP) — For many people in Benin, the forests empowered them before they were born, or in the…

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey is marking the 100th anniversary of the creation of the modern, secular republic from…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press EKLUTNA, Alaska (AP) — A refurbishing effort will breathe new life into Anchorage’s oldest standing building, a…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — They attend the same classes with access to the same programs, and even come from the…

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press CARMEL, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana Moms for Liberty chapter is unexpectedly a major point of contention in a…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Merrill Kelly pitched three-hit ball over seven innings, Ketel Marte extended his…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matthew Perry, who starred as Chandler Bing in the hit series “Friends,” has died. He was 54. The Emmy-nominated actor was…

By BERNARD CONDON and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press Police across Maine were alerted just last month to “veiled threats” by the U.S. Army…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it has two main objectives in Gaza: destroy Hamas and rescue some 230 hostages being…

By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMYA KULLAB and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Cellular and internet service abruptly vanished for…

By FERNANDO CRISPIM and EDMAR BARROS Associated Press MANAUS (AP) — Severe drought in the Brazilian Amazon has caused the Negro River to reach…

NEW YORK (AP) — Two former New York City jail guards won’t serve any prison time in connection with a teenage inmate’s suicide attempt in 2019.…

By HOLLY RAMER and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Sunshine and a sense of relief swept through central Maine after a gunman…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Republican presidential candidates professed their strong support for Israel as they…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Authorities say five children died in Kenya after a boat they were riding in at a popular amusement park capsized. Police…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence is dropping his bid for the Republican presidential nomination,…

By KEN MILLER Associated Press A group of poultry producers, including the world’s largest, are asking a federal judge to dismiss his ruling that…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Israel says it’s recalling its diplomats from Turkey over “increasingly harsh statements” coming from the…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Jeep maker Stellantis has reached a tentative contract agreement with the United Auto Workers union…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Asa Hutchinson says the campaign manager for his beleaguered bid for the Republican…

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — The food delivery business Yelloh is cutting 750 jobs nationwide and closing 90 delivery centers. The Minneapolis Star…

JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — A live cluster bomblet and ammunition have been found in a donation dropped off at a thrift shop in southeastern Wisconsin.…

VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Ukrainian and Maltese officials say two days talks on Ukraine’s plan for peace have started in Malta, with the…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A former North Dakota police officer fired for badly injuring a 63-year-old man during an arrest has been sentenced to…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Three Sumatran tigers have been born at a zoo in Tennessee. Nashville Zoo officials announced that the two female and one…

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona has aligned with The Rolling Stones its “clasico” game against Real Madrid. Mick Jagger and fellow Stones…

JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian security forces say they have recovered the bodies of six traditional gold mining workers who had been…

By ERIC WILLEMSEN Associated Press SOELDEN, Austria (AP) — Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway has become the first skier to be disqualified for a…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has accused Ukraine of damaging a nuclear waste storage facility in a drone strike on the Kursk nuclear power plant and…

WORCESTER, Massachusetts (AP) — Authorities say a university campus in Massachusetts was locked down for seven hours Saturday after two people were…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is a step closer to connecting its capital city to New Orleans via a revived train line. Gov. John Bel Edwards on…

By JAKE BLEIBERG, PATRICK WHITTLE, HOLLY RAMER and DAVID SHARP Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Lewiston, Maine, transitioned into a time of…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Adel Omran, a video producer in chaos-stricken Libya for The Associated Press, has died. He was 46. His…

By ISABEL DEBRE and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians say the devastating war between Israel and Hamas…

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Police in North Macedonia say they found 77 migrants in the country’s south and arrested seven Pakistanis…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer For the second year in a row, U.S. shoppers are seeing double-digit inflation in the candy aisle. Candy and gum…

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada is a pivotal early state on the 2024 election calendar, but it’s gotten…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press The Environmental Protection Agency will soon strengthen lead in drinking water regulations. Lead…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press The Environmental Protection Agency will soon strengthen lead in drinking water regulations,…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis’ monthlong meeting on the future of the Catholic Church is wrapping up.…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New House Speaker Mike Johnson has inherited many of the same problems that bedeviled…

By JON GAMBRELL and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — As an Israeli ground offensive in the Gaza Strip looms in its most devastating…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.N. agencies say there has been a sharp increase in Afghans returning home since Pakistan launched a crackdown on…

By KENYA HUNTER AP Health Writer State and local health departments across the U.S found out in June they’d be losing the final two years of a $1…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hundreds of mourners have lined the streets and laid flowers near former Chinese Premier Li…

By MARIAM FAM Associated Press For many of the university chaplains and faith leaders caring for students angered and shaken by the Israel-Hamas war,…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Halloween celebrations in South Korea are subdued on the eve of the anniversary of the…

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s health ministry said at least 32 people were killed in a multi-car pileup on a highway linking Cairo and the Mediterranean…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police say they have arrested at least 27 suspected militants believed to…

ISLAMABAD The Pakistani military say two soldiers and one militant have been killed in a roadside bomb explosion and in a separate shootout during an…

LONDON (AP) — A coal mine fire in central Kazakhstan has killed at least 21 workers while another 25 remained unaccounted for, the operating…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian police have arrested six people and seized automatic weapons after a shooting between migrants near the…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an explosion in a Shiite Muslim neighborhood in Afghanistan’s capital…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian teenage girl injured weeks ago in a mysterious incident on…

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French Jewish groups have set up a helpline for people in the community traumatized by Israel-Hamas…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A beauty pageant held this month in Zimbabwe is seen by its contestants and organizer as…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has called on Republicans in Congress to help keep American people safe from gun violence and praised police…

By ISABEL DEBRE and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel struck targets in the Gaza Strip with stepped-up bombardment and…

By MARK STEVENSON and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — In a city without water, electricity or gasoline, where desperate…

NEW YORK (AP) — A sea of hundreds of protesters filled the main concourse of New York City’s famed Grand Central Terminal during the evening rush…

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Adolis García hit a game-winning homer in the 11th inning after Corey Seager’s…

By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Already considered a hub for Latin, hip hop and electronic music, Miami is now going country.…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s land board says it will hand over state land on Maui to be used for a wildfire…

By HOLLY RAMER and MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — A billiard ball being hit, a dropped bowling ball and a popping…

By MANUEL VALDES Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — In a city known for its stunning views of Puget Sound, Seattle’s most coveted sightings are…

By CLAUDIA LAUER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A timeline released Friday shows that the suspect in the Maine mass…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is trying to move past questions over a $19,000…

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — There has been a Travis Kelce sighting at the World Series. Two of them, actually. No sign of Taylor Swift, though. The…

By JULHAS ALAM and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s main opposition party plans to hold a mass rally on…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press Hundreds of law enforcement officers descended on southern Maine this week in search of the sole suspect in two…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s trip to China, with the stated goal of working together to fight…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Two white boaters charged in an Alabama riverfront brawl that drew nationwide attention have pleaded guilty to misdemeanor…

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Former President George W. Bush had a little bounce with his ceremonial first pitch to former Texas Rangers catcher Iván…