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By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer Luke Combs leads the nominees for the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards with eight nods to his name, it was…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A state audit has found that California spent $24 billion to tackle homelessness over…

By PATRICK WHITTLE and RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Myrtle, an ancient green sea turtle that has delighted visitors to the New…

Jacques Billeaud Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state can enforce its long-dormant law…

By DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Fresh gunfire has erupted in Haiti’s capital, forcing aid…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The basketball world can’t get enough of Caitlin Clark and now that the college season is…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force is betting a large part of its future air warfare on a fleet of more than 1,000…

LONDON (AP) — Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the Higgs boson particle, has died at age 94, the University…

BROWNVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a Long Island doctor who was headed to upstate New York to see the solar eclipse with her family fell out…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s Electoral Court has ruled that former President Jacob Zuma can run for…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho teenager is charged with attempting to providing material support to the terrorist…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The wife of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski says…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress on Tuesday are calling for the immediate release of Russian opposition figure Vladimir…

By ANNIE MA AP Education Writer Despite gains in faculty diversity at American universities over the last two decades, Black and Hispanic professors…

By The Associated Press George Lucas will receive an honorary Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival next month, festival organizers announced…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president is expressing dissatisfaction with the country’s first presidential debate ahead of the election…

By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers asked a New York appeals court Tuesday to lift…

BELVIDERE The top prosecutor in a northwestern New Jersey county has resigned amid a state probe into allegations that the office lied about…

NEW YORK (AP) — A 1938 copy of the comic that first “introduced Superman to the world” has sold for a record-setting $6 million, the auctioneer…

SOUTHOLD, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a driver led police on a 45-minute chase on New York’s Long Island, drove off a 100-foot cliff into Long…

MILAN (AP) — Italian media are reporting that an explosion at a hydroelectric plant Tuesday in the Apennine Mountains south of Bologna has left at…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian media say gunmen ambushed a police convoy in Iran’s restive southeast, killing six policemen and wounding two. A…

NEW YORK (AP) — Ina Garten’s long-awaited memoir, first announced in 2019, will be published Oct. 1. The title, Garten and Crown revealed…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s caretaker interior minister says this week’s slaying of a local politician by what…

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Small Business Administration is offering assistance to those affected by the bridge…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Eight new position-specific helmets for quarterbacks and linemen have been approved by the NFL and the NFL…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A mountain goat that escaped from its owner and somehow got stuck under a Kansas City bridge has survived a rocky rescue…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The quintessential rock musical “The Who’s Tommy”  is thrillingly alive again on…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Hard-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is escalating her criticism of House…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans vote Wednesday for a new parliament in a hotly contested election…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Beyoncé has made history once again. Her latest album, the epic “Act ll: Cowboy Carter,” hit…

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. CQ Brown Jr.…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Investigative Committee says a court has sentenced three people to up to life in prison for leading people into the…

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Some windows were broken and street signs taken down, but celebrations following UConn’s second consecutive men’s…

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — This week’s Champions League soccer games will go ahead as scheduled despite an Islamic State terror threat. A media…

By KATHERINE ROTH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Coming up with the best tax strategy in retirement can be much trickier than it seems, and tax…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Irish lawmaker Simon Harris has been elected prime minister by a vote in parliament. At 37,…

By SAM METZ Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — An activist who criticized Morocco’s decision to normalize relations with Israel has been…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 200 chemical plants nationwide must reduce toxic emissions likely to cause cancer…

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Amanda Knox faces another trial for slander this week in Italy in a case that could remove the last…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations migration agency says 38 migrants are dead and 22 others have been…

FRANCONIA, N.H. (AP) — Thousands of visitors to northern New England communities in the path of the total solar eclipse were told to pack their…

By HILLEL ITALIE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press When an illustrated edition of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” was released in…

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement related to a fiery train…

ST. JOSEPH TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Officials say the driver of a semitrailer-truck rammed a police vehicle in southwestern Michigan, crashed it into…

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.N.’s atomic watchdog says an explosion caused by an alleged drone attack at…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI and RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Three Tanzanian soldiers have been killed and three others injured…

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Hundreds of protesters demanding the restoration of the monarchy in Nepal have clashed with riot police in Kathmandu.…

By TY ONEIL Associated Press PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Forecasters are warning that the potential for wildfires will be above normal in some areas…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey and Israel have announced tit-for-tat trade barriers as relations between them further deteriorated amid the war in…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say Pakistani authorities have deployed more than 100,000 police and paramilitary forces…

: SALEM, Mass. (AP) — Police in Massachusetts say someone threw an explosive device onto the porch of The Satanic Temple at a time when no one was…

By ALANA BENSON of NerdWallet Know you should be investing but can’t quite bring yourself to do it? Feeling nervous about investing and other…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian president says his country is close to signing a deal on the purchase of 12 French Rafale multi-purpose fighter…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military has begun basic training at military bases and schools across the country for…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in a sign of mutual support amid Moscow’s invasion…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A top authority in Norway has revoked a decision by a city council to only take Ukrainian refugees and not others,…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Golfers are in the sun as much if not more than players in other sports. It can be as many as…

By BROOKE SCHULTZ Despite a strong job market, there are still thousands of people who have found themselves out of work across industries stretching…

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — MLB and its history are dotted with men who played out of their natural handedness, a phenomenon…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Germany on Tuesday strongly rejected a case brought by Nicaragua at the United…

WASHINGTON (AP) — British Foreign Secretary David Cameron is in Washington to press senior Republicans to unlock money for Ukraine. His visit…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian space officials have aborted a test launch of a new heavy-lift rocket from a far-eastern launch pad just moments before the…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer The federal program that helps pay for groceries for millions of low-income mothers, babies and young kids will…

BEIJING (AP) — A top Chinese leader will lead a delegation to North Korea this week. China’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that Zhao Leji…

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s court is opening its trial of the son of Spanish actors accused of killing and dismembering a Colombian surgeon on a…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Six northern Europe countries bordering the North Sea have signed an agreement to work together to protect underwater…

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The Vatican’s top diplomat has begun a six-day visit to Vietnam as part of ongoing…

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asia stocks were mostly higher on Tuesday, with investors mainly focusing on a U.S. inflation…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has released two conservationists who worked to save the endangered Asiatic cheetah before spending five years in prison…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police and Red Cross workers are engaged in a rescue operation at a swollen river in…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s parliament has formally approved an interim government to run the EU member country until snap parliamentary…

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The chairman of Japan’s Nippon Foundation says the charity will spend $2 million to help…

By AYSE WIETING and MEHMET GUZEL Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Istanbul Airport has made five new hires to provide a stress-free travel…

By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer DALLAS (AP) — If you missed North America’s total solar eclipse or if you caught the eclipse bug,…

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The Southern California man charged with stabbing University of Pennsylvania student Blaze…

By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Europe’s highest human rights court will rule Tuesday on a group of landmark climate…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — More than 200 women have accused a Massachusetts doctor in a lawsuit of sexual abusing them by…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AP) — A baby monkey struggles and squirms as it tries to escape the man holding it by the…