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By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sanctioning a network of people and firms from Iran, China and Hong Kong…

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — World War II veteran Jake Larson, a 100-year-old American best known on social media under the name “Papa…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Merck is suing the federal government over a plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices, calling the program a sham…

By The Associated Press New Jersey voters will cast ballots in 21 primaries for state legislature on Tuesday. Democrats hold majorities in both…

By SARAH BRUMFIELD, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and BEN FINLEY Associated Press Only minutes into a doomed journey that ended on a remote Virginia mountain, the…

By PAUL WISEMAN and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The global economy is likely slowing sharply this year, hobbled by high…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America The Human Rights Campaign declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. on…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Maria Sherman has been named The Associated Press’ music writer, a key position responsible for delivering news on a beat of…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s parliament has formally approved the new government proposed by two main political rivals — the GERB party of…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s royal family is taking part in ceremonies Tuesday marking 500 years since…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer, songwriter and entertainer whose off-hand,…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Supreme Court has overturned a contentious presidential pardon of a top government official and three subordinates…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A report by five international organizations says up to 2.3 billion people around the world are still using polluting fuels…

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart…

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An American-based aid group says at least $900,000 was stolen from it’s Congo programs by…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Foo Fighters, Fall Out Boy, Kelly Clarkson, Kane Brown and Lil Wayne are among the…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Legal officials in Myanmar say the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a special appeal of ousted leader…

By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 struck southern…

By ALANA BENSON of NerdWallet Both sides of the political spectrum have their say about ESG: It’s either just a label that costs more, or it’s…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The EU is warning of “solidarity fatigue” toward Ukrainian refugees as the bloc’s economy…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Sweden’s defense minister says his country’s top priority is to gain full NATO membership…

By PAOLO SANTALUCIA and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has made a quick trip to a hospital for tests and returned to the…

BERLIN (AP) — The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, says she has no interest in becoming the new leader of NATO as the…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks drifted on Wall Street amid a vacuum of market-moving data. The S&P 500 rose 0.2%…

By AARON FAVILA and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press ABOARD BRP CABRA, Philippines (AP) — U.S., Japanese and Philippine coast guard ships have…

By R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta City Council early Tuesday approved funding for the construction of a proposed police and…

BERLIN (AP) — Official figures show that German factory orders, an important indicator for Europe’s biggest economy, dipped in April after a big…

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s government says it’s seeking a court order to prohibit people from broadcasting or disseminating the protest…

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities detained a second man Tuesday in connection with a racist arson attack on a shelter for asylum-seekers 32 years…

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has arrived at a London court ahead of his testimony against a tabloid publisher he accuses of phone hacking and other…

By BRIAN MELLEY and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry stepped into courtroom witness box Tuesday to hold Britain’s tabloid…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran claimed on Tuesday that it had created a hypersonic missile capable of…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A local official says a car bombing in Afghanistan’s northeast killed a provincial deputy governor and his driver.…

SYDNEY (AP) — A man who admitted killing American mathematician Scott Johnson by punching him from a cliff top at a gay meeting place in Sydney in…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government has adopted a revision to the country’s plans to use more hydrogen as fuel.…

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Senior diplomats from China and the United States have held “candid and productive”…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A top Ukrainian diplomat has branded Russia a “terrorist state” as he opened his…

CANBERRA, Australia: (AP) — Australia’s central bank has lifted its benchmark interest rate for a 12th consecutive time to 4.1% and warned…

By SYLVIE CORBET and TARA COPP Associated Press ON OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — An overwhelming sound of gunfire and men’s screams. That’s how…

By VASILISA STEPANENKO and SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — A major dam in southern Ukraine collapsed Tuesday, flooding…

By NICK EL HAJJ Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Voters in Kuwait cast their ballots for a third time in as many years, with…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Just as a trial was to begin, it was revealed Tuesday that Cuba Gooding Jr. has settled…

By JILL COLVIN and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is wasting no time going after Donald…

By KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press TEKNAF, Bangladesh (AP) — On Dec. 1, 2022, a boat carrying around 180 Rohingya refugees set out from…

By KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press TEKNAF, Bangladesh (AP) — The wind had whipped the waves to nearly three times the woman’s height when…

By STEVE DOUGLAS and JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writers LONDON (AP) — Missing penalties in a major international soccer final was bad enough for…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man who killed two jailers in a failed attempt to help an acquaintance escape…

By STEVE DOUGLAS and JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writers LONDON (AP) — Online racist abuse of soccer players is prolific on social media platforms.…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers say a New York writer who won a $5 million jury verdict against…

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — No team in over 25 years has been more dominant than the Vegas Golden Knights through the first…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Actors represented by the Hollywood union SAG-AFTRA voted to authorize a strike if the major studios, streamers and…

By The Associated Press Speranza Scappucci will become principal guest conductor of London’s Royal Opera starting with the 2025-26 season. The…

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Police in South Florida have arrested three suspects in a Memorial Day shooting along a busy beachside promenade that…

OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida mother was fatally shot through the front door of her neighbor’s home while her 9-year-old son stood next to her, a…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A controversial bill — that at one point had been presumed dead — banning…

SPRINGDALE, Pa. (AP) — A blast of air and dust from the implosion of two smokestacks at a shuttered coal-fired power plant in western Pennsylvania…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A federal correctional officer has been convicted of sexually abusing two inmates at a women’s prison in California where…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Rep. George Santos’ lawyer said Monday the indicted New York Republican would risk going to…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press A federal judge has yanked approval for a phosphate mining project in southeastern Idaho, saying federal land…