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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian troops have rescued 13 hostages who were kidnapped by an extremist group in the northwestern state of Kaduna, the…

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cooler weather is helping firefighters make progress against three Southern California wildfires. And officials…

Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Roadside explosions in the Somali capital have killed five people and wounded eight others. An explosive…

GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) — More than 44 years after a nursing student was slain in her home in Kansas, her former neighbor has been sentenced to 10 to…

CAIRO (AP) — Two passenger trains collided in Egypt’s Nile Delta on Saturday, killing at least three people, two of them children, authorities…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Disgraced ex-movie mogul Harvey Weinstein faces mounting legal and health troubles some seven years after scores…

BANGKOK (AP) — The death toll in Myanmar from flooding and landslides caused by Typhoon Yagi has reached at least 74, with 89 people missing,…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The city of Pittsburgh is seeking approval of a half-million-dollar payment to settle lawsuits over the collapse of a bridge into…

Associated Press EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — A retired Catholic bishop who apologized for reinstating a priest who later admitted to sexually abusing an…

NEW BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say a Massachusetts State Police recruit died a day after he became unresponsive and suffered a “medical…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for a road rage shooting. A judge on Friday sentenced Dion…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While President Joe Biden was hosting a celebration of Black excellence at the White House with lawmakers,…

AP Business Writer DirecTV announced Saturday it had reached a deal with Walt Disney Co. that will restore ESPN and ABC-owned stations to its service…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of people have attended an anti-government rally organized by Poland’s nationalist conservative opposition party…

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria’s constitutional court has certified President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s landslide victory in last weekend’s…

AP Sports Writer The NCAA has given full approval for Gallaudet’s football team to use a helmet designed for players who are deaf or hard of…

AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Earlier in this turbulent week for the Miami Dolphins, Mike McDaniel joked that enough people had seen…

AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Get ready for a partial lunar eclipse and supermoon, all rolled into one. The spectacle will be visible in clear…

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Catholic Church is getting a new addition to its ranks of “blessed,” with the beatification of…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dick Cheney is a career Republican still vilified by Democrats for his bullish defense of the Iraq War as vice…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has made a new call on the West to allow it to strike deeper into Russia after a meeting between U.S. and British…

PARIS (AP) — Paris has wrapped up its feel-good summer with a grand parade. French athletes celebrated the Olympic and Paralympic Games on the…

Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has upcoming events scheduled in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin as her…

Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. historian and author Timothy Snyder has led a charity run in Kyiv to raise awareness of the conditions…

Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Germany’s first hobby horsing championship has got underway in Frankfurt this weekend with hundreds of…

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A new attempt has begun to try to salvage an oil tanker burning in the Red Sea after attacks by…

Associated Press BUKWO, Uganda (AP) — Thousands of mourners in Uganda have been paying their respects to Rebecca Cheptegei. The Olympic athlete was…

Associated Press MORONI, Comoros (AP) — Authorities say the president of the Indian Ocean island nation of Comoros has been “slightly injured”…

Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran says it launched a satellite into space with a rocket built by the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary…

Associated Press ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish-American activist who was killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank was laid to rest on Saturday…

In one of the deadliest cult-related massacres ever, the remains of more than 430 victims have been recovered since police raided Good News…

Associated Press MALINDI, Kenya (AP) — Shukran Karisa Mangi always showed up drunk at work, where he dug up the bodies of doomsday cult members…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s economy softened in August, extending a slowdown in industrial activity and real estate prices as Beijing faces pressure…

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — On the streets of Iranian cities, it’s becoming more common to see a woman passing by…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry was always something different. From the moment he first appeared in public, snuggled in Princess…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon officials acknowledged Friday that the state mistakenly registered more than 300 non-citizens as voters since 2021 in…

Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusians are experiencing a new wave of Russification as Moscow expands its economic, political and…

AP Business Writer ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — It happens in milliseconds, ideally, as you browse the web. Networks of computers and software analyze…

Associated Press BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester has made protecting reproductive freedom for women central to his campaign to…

Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The wind pushed flames from house to house as a group of neighbors tried to escape their blazing subdivision,…

JEFFERSON, Ga. (AP) — Funeral services for a teenage boy remembered for his endearing smile and a math teacher known for her dedication to students…

Associated Press CHALCO, Mexico (AP) — As 56-year-old Juana Salazar Segundo walked through her home in Chalco, a low-income suburb southeast of…

Associated Press Donald Trump and his running mate continue to disparage Haitian migrants in an Ohio community, further fueling false claims the…

Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A psychologist who evaluated a mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket says the…

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Young climate activists in Oregon are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to revive their long-running lawsuit against the federal…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris, who presents herself as the candidate of change as she runs for president against…

WINDER, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia county’s emergency call center was overwhelmed by calls on Sept. 4 about a school shooting at Apalachee High…

The Associated Press MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Miami Beach residents and visitors can feel it coming in the air tonight — and the rest of the…

Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — A spectacled bear was born in a rescue center built by a Peruvian farming community that has protected these…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thursday night’s game between the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins averaged 14.96 million viewers, making it Amazon Prime…

Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday asked an appeals court to revive a Trump-era rule that lifted remaining…

Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Group of 20 leaders have agreed to join efforts to fight disinformation and set up an agenda on artificial…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Govs. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, and Maura Healey, D-Mass. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Ohio…

Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A police lieutenant has testified that three former Memphis police officers broke department rules when they…

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s first absentee ballots for the November election will now be distributed starting late…

Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado paramedic convicted in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became part of the rallying…