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Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Military authorities in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk have urged civilians to speed up their…

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris announced a sweeping set of economic proposals on Friday meant to cut taxes and…

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia’s defense minister says the government will reintroduce a two-month compulsory military service starting…

LONDON (AP) — London police say two teenagers are due in court on charges related to extreme right-wing terrorism that is not connected to recent…

Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced that his country will strive to host the Summer…

Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A British judge who was part of a Hong Kong court panel that dismissed an appeal from prominent imprisoned…

Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s outgoing President Joko Widodo highlighted advances in the economy and infrastructure…

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — More evidence has emerged that Mexican authorities disposed of the bodies of dissidents in “death flights”…

Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Palau’s President Surangel Whipps Jr. says Beijing weaponizes tourism to the Pacific Island…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The so-called “Squad” — a group of progressive lawmakers in the House — is set to shrink next year after…

Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. officials say Yemen’s rival parties are making military preparations and threatening to return to war…

Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A prominent ally of Donald Trump who is facing charges of trying to illegally access and tamper with voting…

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting Friday as Wall Street coasts to the close of its best week since November. The S&P…

Associated Press BENTIU, South Sudan (AP) — Elizabeth Nyachiew was 16 when she watched her neighbor bleed to death during childbirth. She vowed to…

A daring Ukrainian military push into Russia’s Kursk region has seen Kyiv’s forces seize scores of villages, take hundreds of prisoners and…

Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Some families of hostages held in Gaza believe the latest round of cease-fire talks between Israel and…

Associated Press PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — The Republican primary for Florida’s 1st Congressional district is like a rematch between Rep. Matt Gaetz…

Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A common line of questions has emerged from visitors to Utah’s Arches National Park in the week since…

AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pop powerhouses, American classics, British artists and estates of deceased legends — many musicians have…

Associated Press A wrongful death lawsuit against Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is serving as a reminder to consumers the importance of reading the…

AP Business Writer TikTok on Thursday pushed back against U.S. government arguments that the popular social media platform is not shielded by the…

AP College Sports Writer Notre Dame has suspended its men’s swimming program for at least one year after an external review found members of the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The remains of a missing World War II soldier from Oregon have been identified. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that the…

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Five people have been charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death from a ketamine overdose last year,…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A rarely seen deep sea fish resembling a serpent was found floating dead on the ocean surface off the San Diego coast and was…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will continue to live with less water next year from the Colorado River after the…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Taylor Swift’s history-making Eras Tour made a triumphant return, accompanied by Ed Sheeran, in London Thursday…

Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong welcomed the birth of its first locally born giant pandas on Thursday, with their mother becoming the…

Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge is ordering officials at Louisiana’s penitentiary to increase shade and take other steps to…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Stumpy lives on! The stunted and gnarled cherry tree that became an unlikely social media celebrity was cut down…

Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa is proposing an alternative program to address child hunger during next year’s summer break. The…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Greg Kihn, a rock and roll musician best known for his ’80s hit songs “Jeopardy,” and “The Breakup Song” has…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A reputed Peruvian gang leader suspected in 23 killings in his home country was arrested Wednesday in New York by…

Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Watchdogs are raising new concerns about legacy contamination in Los Alamos, the birthplace of the atomic…

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Now that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is Vice President Kamala Harris ‘ running mate, his drunken driving…

Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s secretary of state says more than 3,200 voters in the state may not be U.S. citizens. Wes…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Four days before the Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago, the platform the party’s delegates are…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A St. Louis Cardinals superfan known as Rally Runner has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol…

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s secretary of state has come out against election rule changes pending before the State Election Board,…

AP Sports Writer Pierre Moossa knows in some quarters it isn’t a popular answer. Yet, as NBC approaches its 12th season carrying England’s…

Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy will name his former chief of staff George Helmy to serve as interim…

Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Wednesday’s decision by Thailand’s Constitutional Court to oust Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin after just…

THOMSON, Ga. (AP) — The mayor of a small Georgia town has been indicted on charges that he illegally left a bottle of gin in a ditch for a state…

VIRGINIA BEACH. Va. (AP) — Authorities say a 1-year-old girl is dead after she and two brothers were abducted by their father. Police say Virginia…

AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Marshall, the actor and singer turned game show host who played straight man to the stars for 16…

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The wife of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde is taking center stage in her husband’s campaign in…

Associated Press WAYNESBORO, Ga. (AP) — U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is calling for more nuclear reactors to be built in the United…

Alexei Navalny’s widow Yulia says Russian authorities have refused to open a criminal investigation into the death of her opposition leader…

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Independent experts with the United Nations have urged Bahrain to ensure those held at its Jaw…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As students return to college campuses across the United States, administrators are bracing for a resurgence in…

Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s police superintendent is touting extensive officer training as a critical part of the city’s…

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Police in Barcelona have detained a fourth man accused of participating in the stabbing of the father of 17-year-old Spain…

AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Time moves a tad faster on the moon. Now an international group of astronomers has joined calls to give the…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is asking the judge in his New York hush money criminal case to delay his sentencing until after the…

BERLIN (AP) — Police say a court in Greenland has ruled that veteran environmental activist and anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson must remain in…

Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Thursday rejected a proposal from Brazil’s president…

AP Health Writer An 88-year-old Missouri woman was among more than 40 people sickened with listeria food poisoning tied to a deadly outbreak…

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Five people including his personal assistant and two doctors have been charged in connection with Matthew…

LONDON (AP) — A 15-year-old boy has become the first person to be charged with rioting following a recent wave of violent unrest that swept across…

BERLIN (AP) — The Berlin Zoo’s newest baby pygmy hippo has made her public debut. She explored her enclosure alongside her mother, Debbie, on…

AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The first of four supermoons this year rises next week, providing tantalizing views of Earth’s…

AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is zeroing in on high food prices as her campaign previews an economic…

AP Business Writer Incoming Starbucks CEO could make well in excess of $100 million in his first year with the company under an incentive-laden…

The Biden administration says Medicare recipients will save about $1.5 billion on out-of-pocket costs for medications to treat diabetes, heart…