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By BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated press NEW YORK (AP) — Misty Copeland has her hands (and feet!) in many different projects simultaneously, but all are…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called Niger’s deposed President Mohamed Bazoum…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A vehicle has crashed into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco, prompting a massive response from police and fire…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia’s U.N. ambassador claimed Monday that alleged “neo-Nazis” and men of…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press Five women on Monday sued the founder of an anti-child-trafficking group that inspired a popular movie this year,…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The deposition hearing in the civil lawsuit against retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre in connection with Mississippi’s…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling delaying the execution of a Texas inmate who had been…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Shares in Walmart’s Mexico subsidiary have dropped about 3.3%  after Walmart de Mexico announced it is being investigated for…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has been interviewed as part of an independent investigation into his…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama public library director says the library mistakenly added a children’s picture book to a list of potentially…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Another Republican presidential candidate has dropped out of the crowded 2024 field. Former Texas congressman Will…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The U.S, casino gambling industry says it generates nearly $329 billion a year in…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Texas congressman Will Hurd suspended his Republican presidential bid Monday, abandoning…

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican Republic government says it will temporarily allow the trade of essential Dominican…

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s largest teachers union has filed a lawsuit challenging a state…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A lawyer says video showing an Atlanta traffic stop that led to the death of a 62-year-old Black deacon…

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A Minnesota horticulture teacher has set a new world record in California for the heaviest pumpkin after growing a…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood writers have voted almost unanimously to approve the contract agreement reached by their union leaders that ended a…

By JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press FARMERVILLE, La. (AP) — A judge delivered a victory Monday to the state prosecution of white Louisiana lawmen in…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press California Gov.  Gavin Newsom has vetoed legislation that would have required dozens of his state’s largest…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s space agency says there’s been a leak in a backup coolant line at the International Space Station. Roscosmos said…

By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Hamas, which has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007, launched an attack inside Israel over the…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An independent candidate for Mississippi governor says she is quitting the race.…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Chiarello, a chef known for his Italian-inspired Californian restaurants who won an…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s top Republican state lawmaker, who had threatened to possibly impeach a newly…

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have no clear idea who will be U.S. House speaker, leaving an…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will provide COVID-19 data to the public again after a former Democratic state representative settled a lawsuit…

By BASSEM MROUE and SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A senior official with the Palestinian militant group Hamas says only a small…

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Ted Schwinden, a wheat farmer and Word War II veteran who gained national attention for keeping his home phone number listed…

WALKER, La. (AP) — A Louisiana public school principal has apologized for punishing a student and questioning her religious beliefs after he saw a…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press After two decades, the character Dr. Frasier Crane returns in a new sitcom, “Frasier,” for Paramount+. The…

JENKINSVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Federal officials have issued a warning about a substantial safety violation at a South Carolina nuclear plant after…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — How much is Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago worth? That’s now a point of contention…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations is expressing growing concerns about humanitarian needs in Palestinian areas as…

ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) — Officials say the top portion of a mast snapped toppled on a historic excursion vessel, killing one person and injuring…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A lawyer for a former Memphis officer charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols said in…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican secretary of state has strongly defended World War II-era Pope Pius XII as a friend of…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Federal Reserve officials suggested that the central bank may leave interest rates…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian court has sentenced a police officer to death for shooting and killing a lawyer…

By AMY TEIBEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — It was, they thought, an ironclad social contract. Israeli citizens would serve in the military and…

By RIZWAN ALI AP Sports Writer ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistan Cricket Board has expressed “extreme disappointment” about a delay in the issuing…

Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s attorney general is calling for the government to act against largely peaceful protesters,…

By The Associated Press Native Americans are celebrating their histories and cultures with events across the country marking Indigenous Peoples Day.…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s high court temporarily has barred deployment of the country’s security forces…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says he is going to send a diplomatic note to the United States protesting Texas truck inspections that…

INDIANA, Pa. (AP) — Authorities are seeking suspects in a shooting that killed one man and wounded eight other people at a private party in a…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Flag football took a key step toward becoming an Olympic sport in 2028, a victory for the NFL and organizers in Los…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer There’s a longstanding question in sports that scientists have tried to answer: Which playing surface is…

BY RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer When Aaron Rodgers went down with an injury just a few plays into his first season with the New York…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated $1.55 billion for Monday night’s drawing after no one matched the…

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a group of Pakistani Taliban ambushed Pakistani troops during an operation against insurgents on the border…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in ethnically split Cyprus says Greek…

By KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bob Odenkirk has known he wanted to immortalize the playful poems he created with his kids…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An independent inquiry has opened in the U.K. to examine claims that British special forces murdered…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is bracing for a one-two punch from Tropical Storms Lidia and Max, which are expected to make landfall Monday and Tuesday…

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi says the bloc is suspending “all payments immediately” to the Palestinians because…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro’s state government has deployed hundreds of police officers to three of the city’s sprawling and…

By MATTHEW LEE and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says at least nine American citizens have been killed in the…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A British army veteran who fought and survived one of his country’s harshest battles known as the…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish court has released a Russia-born Swedish citizen charged with collecting information for Russia’s military…

BERLIN (AP) — A leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany says her party is no longer a primarily eastern German phenomenon after a pair of…

NEW YORK (AP) — Major airlines are suspending flights to Israel after it formally declared war following a massive attack by Hamas. American…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia says that 43 citizens have been rescued by police in Peru after they fell victim to a human trafficking…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A lawyer tried to assure the U.K. Supreme Court that the British government analyzed the risks of…

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A former Goldman Sachs executive convicted in the United States in the…

BERLIN (AP) — Officials say flights to and from Hamburg Airport have been suspended after authorities received a threat to a plane that arrived…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Saudi Arabia has formally informed FIFA of its wish to host the men’s World Cup in 2034 in a…

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Baby boomers are poised to pass on an enormous amount of wealth to their children and grandchildren over the next…

By KRISTA LARSON Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is announcing $40 million in funding to help…

By ALI SWENSON Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to drop his Democratic bid for…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Flooding triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Myanmar’s southern areas has displaced more than…

By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Authorities in Cameroon say that at least 15 people were killed and more than 50…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — People have been moved to shelters and nearly 2,000 boats recalled to port as the remnants of Typhoon Koinu hit southern…