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LONDON (AP) — British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace says the U.K. is sending Ukraine long-range cruise missiles to help push back Russian forces.…

RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. food agency is warning that a widespread locust infestation in several Afghan provinces is…

MILAN (AP) — A van that was transporting oxygen tanks to a nearby medical facility exploded in the center of the Italian city of Milan on Thursday,…

BERLIN (AP) — A senior security official says German police have detained a suspect in connection with an explosion at a residential building that…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — China is continuing its diplomatic push in Europe with a high-level visit to the Netherlands where Vice President Han…

By AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenian and Azerbaijani troops have exchanged artillery fire along their tense border.…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish prosecutors say that a 50-year-old man has been charged with spreading sensitive military information online. Authorities…

BERLIN (AP) — A German labor union is calling for railway workers to stage a 50-hour strike next week to bolster its calls for an inflation-related…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration proposed new limits Thursday on greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and…

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is witnessing a wave of violence following the arrest of popular opposition leader and…

HELSINKI (AP) — Police say two dozen people, many of them children, were injured when a temporary pedestrian bridge collapsed in the southern…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automaker Nissan is reporting a seven-fold surge in January-March profit and forecasting…

BERLIN (AP) — A man opened fire at a Mercedes-Benz factory in southwestern Germany on Thursday, leaving two people dead, authorities and the…

By MUNIR AHMED and RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered the release of former Prime Minister Imran…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer NIIGATA, Japan (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says that in her personal opinion, the United States…

By SUSIE BLANN and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine is delaying its long-awaited…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Jacklyn Zeman, who for 45 years played nurse Bobbie Spencer on ABC’s ‘General Hospital,” has died…

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has parlayed his country’s NATO membership and…

By DAVID RISING and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press NEAR KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — By the time Kyiv residents hear the air-raid sirens signaling an…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Authorities around the world are racing to draw up rules for artificial intelligence, including in…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street slipped, sending the S&P 500 down 0.2%. Disney was one of the heaviest forces…

By FARES AKRAM and ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip killed two militant commanders…

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Carletta Tilousi hit the trail as the sun rose, the light revealing a…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Long-haul carrier Emirates says it saw its most-profitable year ever in 2022,…

By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Migrants rushed across the Mexico border Thursday, racing to enter the U.S. before…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho prosecutors have spent the last four weeks painstakingly detailing their case against a…

By The Associated Press FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Lainey Wilson was seemingly everywhere at the Academy of Country Music Awards, collecting four…

By JUAN A. LOZANO and TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Thirteen people dead in two mass shootings. Eight immigrants killed when an SUV…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The formal end of the national Public Health Emergency on Thursday is largely a symbolic and…

TOKYO (AP) — An earthquake has shaken Japan’s capital, Tokyo, and surrounding areas, injuring several people and causing minor damage. The Japan…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Protecting a narrow, four-vote majority, Republican leaders in the House are making clear that…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The debate over free speech and racial equity on Wisconsin’s college campuses is…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s chaotic legislative session this year underscores the once-purple…

By EDNA TARIGAN and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo has somberly acknowledged to fellow…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer NIIGATA, Japan (AP) — Financial leaders of the Group of Seven advanced economies are discussing ways to…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will drop its COVID-19 quarantine requirements and end testing…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned the fraud convictions of two parents who were found…

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press New York City officials plan to send some asylum-seekers to an upstate hotel. That’s despite fierce resistance…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s primetime return to CNN Wednesday for the first time since 2016 felt like a…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for E. Jean Carroll tried unsuccessfully to get a man booted off the jury that found…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Citing the current Hollywood writers strike, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos will not be attending…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Democratic governor is rallying voters in a…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Three residents of Mississippi’s capital city say their rights are undermined by a…

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A coroner says a worker who died after being hurt at an Amazon warehouse in Indiana suffered a blunt force injury. Allen…

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia coach Kirby Smart insists there was no political motivation behind the decision for his national championship football…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors say a northern Virginia man arrested last week on terrorism charges has a…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Tens of thousands of fans descended upon the Swedish capital of Stockholm to celebrate the opening show of Beyoncé’s new world…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The nation’s No. 2 oil-producing state is being sued over its alleged…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A $17 billion budget package that Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs negotiated with leaders of the…

By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Reporter SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A ChatGPT user was recently detained by Chinese police for allegedly using the…

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The last time Sonia Cruz saw her 14-year-old son, it was just a few days after Christmas. He…

By DAVID KOENIG and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers A Senate panel has approved a rail-safety measure in response to the train derailment…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant has given notice that he will sue a news…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A second Michigan school district is banning backpacks, this time because an elementary…

By WILSON RING Associated Press A New Hampshire electric utility is offering a new proposal for an electrical transmission line from Canada that…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — An experimental skin patch is showing promise to treat toddlers who are highly allergic to…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio Constitution change aimed at thwarting an abortion rights push this fall has…

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican governor is taking applications to replace the…

By PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Rare momentum in the Texas Capitol for a tougher gun law has flickered…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army has announced changes to the way it will care for the gray and black horses that carry…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press An Idaho man who traveled to Washington in a car loaded with weapons and was…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida judge who gained a national profile while presiding over the Parkland…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua has ordered the closure of the country’s Red Cross, capping a crackdown that has seen the government toss out…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s a new leader at America’s National Archives. President Joe Biden’s…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Ongoing strength at its theme parks and an improving streaming business propelled The Walt Disney Co. to…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appointee is managing the water system in Mississippi’s capital city, and the same might soon be true for the…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — California Sen. Dianne Feinstein returned to the Senate on Wednesday after a…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed into law a sweeping immigration bill…

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The pioneering mommy blogger Heather Armstrong, who laid bare her struggles as a parent…

NEW YORK (AP) — A 13-count federal indictment unsealed in New York accuses U.S. Rep. George Santos of embezzling money from his campaign, falsely…