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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Clarence Avant, the judicious manager, entrepreneur, facilitator and adviser who helped launch…

By JOSHUA A. BICKEL Associated Press KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — A research vessel motoring off the coast of Alaska is exploring the mounds and craters…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A 24-year-old triple threat who toured in “Hairspray,” competed on “American Idol”…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Latvia’s center-right prime minister, Krisjanis Karins, says he will step down later this week after the two other…

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — The Coast Guard and Navy have rescued four divers who were reported missing off the Carolinas. The U.S. Coast Guard…

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer More than 6,000 people representing scores of religions and belief systems are expected to convene in Chicago…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A human rights group has urged the international community to intervene quickly to…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy has marked the fifth anniversary of the collapse of Genoa’s Morandi Bridge with a minute of…

By CLAIRE RUSH, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — The number of deaths caused by the Maui…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A railway bridge in southeastern Norway that ran across a river swollen by torrential rain collapsed on Monday,…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian search and rescue team is looking for seven people, including four Australian tourists, missing in the…

By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Russian ruble has reached its lowest value since the early weeks of the war in Ukraine as Moscow…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A senior Swedish official says Swedes abroad and businesses linked to Sweden “should observe increased vigilance and…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government says it wants to ask voters in a referendum whether they support or want dismantled a…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon is approaching Japan’s main archipelago of Honshu, threatening to hit large…

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Retailers and brands offer big discounts at the end of the summer, but the best deals are on the items you won’t…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian domestic workers and activists have begun a hunger strike to protest…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government has rejected claims that it was slow to evacuate asylum-seekers from a barge…

By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The head of Sudan’s military has accused the rival paramilitary force of committing war crimes in…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Amazon is rolling out a new generative AI feature that summarizes product reviews for customers. The feature,…

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Officials say Russia launched three waves of drones and missiles against the southern…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister had to wait for hours in Abu Dhabi after a technical problem on her government plane forced it to return…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Lawyers and witnesses say authorities in Ethiopia are carrying out mass arrests of hundreds,…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For Jake Welch, getting dressed is one big math problem. The 36-year-old brand director…

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian authorities have temporarily closed a high school where thousands of…

SYDNEY (AP) — An airline flight from Australia to Malaysia has returned to Sydney where a disruptive passenger was arrested hours later in what…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has been sworn in as Pakistan’s prime minister to head a caretaker…

ROME (AP) — Civil protection crews are clearing mud-covered roads in an Italian Alpine city after a mountain mudslide sent water, soil and debris…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian officials say heavy monsoon rains have triggered floods and landslides in the country’s Himalayan region, leaving at…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu is visiting Russia and Belarus in a show of support for nations the West has sought to isolate…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s official unemployment rate of 33% is the highest in the world,…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A record number of people have registered to become candidates in Iran’s parliamentary elections scheduled for March that…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s intelligence ministry has arrested nine members of the Baha’i faith on charges of smuggling medicine and financial…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand has removed the last of its remaining COVID-19 restrictions, marking the…

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and ED WHITE Associated Press BELLEVILLE, Mich. (AP) — The pilot of a Cold War-era jet noticed it was losing power and decided…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — The military junta that seized power in Niger says it plans to prosecute deposed President…

By SAM METZ and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — When flames swept through western Maui, engulfing the town of Lahaina,…

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar left more than 30 people missing, and a…

By JOHN HANNA and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press MARION, Kan. (AP) — A small newspaper and a police department in Kansas are at the center of a…

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — After two years in power, the Taliban are entrenched as rulers of Afghanistan, facing no…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — Six white former Mississippi law officers pleaded guilty on Monday to…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Belen Diaz was walking home from college one evening when a motorcycle carrying…

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — As children across the U.S. head back to classes and practices for fall sports, four more states…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — David McCormick had a clear explanation for why his fellow Republican, Dr. Mehmet Oz, lost a…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Just one month after Donald Trump’s January 2021 phone call to suggest Georgia’s secretary of…

By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from Irish singer-songwriter Hozier and Idina Menzel, the animated…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Seven of Hong Kong’s most prominent democracy advocates have had part of their convictions…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A lioness escaped from a farm in South Korea, touching off an emergency search before…

By MICHAEL CASEY, PAT EATON-ROBB and BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press Wildfires devastated parts of Maui in Hawaii last week, leaving a trail of…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un again toured major munitions factories and ordered a…

By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — All 105 soccer fans suspected of being involved in extensive clashes in the Greek capital…

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has named Larry Snelling, the police department’s counterterrorism head, as his choice for police…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — State Sen. John Scott, a longtime South Carolina lawmaker who served in state government for…

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Two Nigerian men have been extradited to the U.S. after they were indicted for allegedly sexually extorting teenage boys…

By JOHN HANNA and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press MARION, Kan. (AP) — A small central Kansas police department is facing a torrent of criticism…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and ZARAR KHAN Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A record-setting Norwegian mountaineer pushed back Sunday against claims that…

PLUM, Pa. (AP) — Five people were found dead after a house explosion in western Pennsylvania that destroyed three structures and damaged at least a…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A U.S. nurse who was released by kidnappers in Haiti last week says a Christian song called “See a Victory” became…

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — A 13-year-old North Dakota boy has survived a fall of nearly 100 feet at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Barbie” has legs. Director Greta Gerwig ‘s film phenomenon remained a…

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Police in Virginia pursued a stolen ambulance whose driver they say allegedly committed over a dozen hit-and-run crashes…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN, GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO and AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — For scores of families still hoping to…

By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A gunman has opened fire at a prominent shrine in southern Iran, killing one…

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Makkabi Berlin has become the first Jewish team to compete in the German Cup with a 6-0 loss to…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say they have safely rescued 48 migrants from a rudderless inflatable boat off the island of Lesbos, close…

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a law banning firearms advertising that officials determine produces a public safety threat…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Migrants from dozens of flimsy boats launched by smugglers in Tunisia have set foot on three…