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By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The Taiwanese defense ministry says China’s military flew 38 fighter jets and other…

By MAYSOON KHAN and MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Judges in New York will be getting more discretion to jail people awaiting…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Finding a franchise quarterback is the quickest path to success so it’s no surprise…

PEKANBARU, Indonesia (AP) — A speedboat carrying 74 people capsized in rough seas in western Indonesia, killing at least 11 and leaving one person…

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Cracked windows, a bat colony in the ceiling, spotty heating and close…

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy surprised Washington when he united the raucous House…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a Florida election law that a lower court had ruled was aimed at suppressing Black…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A lawsuit filed in state court alleges California’s corrections agency routinely refers inmates who appear to be…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyer sought Thursday to pick apart a decades-old…

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A judge has ordered a former student who shot and wounded a student and a teacher at an Indiana middle school in 2018 to…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s student loan agenda would be all but obliterated by the U.S. debt…

SAO PAULO (AP) — Telegram’s CEO says the company will appeal a Brazilian judge’s decision to block access to the social media platform in…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — He is a senior at 16. His grade point average is 4.98. Even before graduating from high school,…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press The Vermont Legislature passed reproductive and gender-affirming health care bills on Thursday with a late addition…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The nonprofit Global Citizen announced Thursday a new campaign to support the reform of global…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An effort to advance a bill that would ban abortion once cardiac activity can be detected,…

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Bebe Rexha has channeled the freedom, musicality and glam of the ’70s with her new…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press Florida officials are threatening to revoke the teaching license of a school superintendent who criticized Gov. Ron…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Paramount Pictures, still riding high on the success of “Top Gun: Maverick’s” nearly $1.5…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution calling on…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A man accused of firing into a large crowd at a Hawaii cockfight during a shooting that…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Authorities in Mississippi say a man who escaped from jail last…

By PAUL J. WEBER and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The swift punishment brought down on Zooey Zephyr, a transgender…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Democrat who’s the heir apparent to the late Sen. Harry Reid’s role as chief…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A freight train has derailed in southwestern Wisconsin, possibly injuring one crew member. Officials say that the train…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon on Thursday reported stronger-than-expected revenue and profits for the first quarter,…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Microsoft’s charm offensive with the world’s governments is starting to lose some of its luster as the…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An attorney for The Sun tabloid has used Prince Harry’s own words to argue that his phone hacking…

By ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana lawmakers on Thursday gave their final approval to a bill that…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya have arrested another popular pastor and closed his church on the Indian…

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN veteran political correspondent Dana Bash will replace John King as host of the network’s “Inside Politics” newscast,…

JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man on a date who paid $40 to park, only to learn inside a Houston burger joint that he was…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has used a joint address to Congress…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of right-wing Israelis who support a plan by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to overhaul the…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LE PECQ, France (AP) — The French chief of counterintelligence has given new details about a Russian spy ring…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta has a new monument and garden celebrating and honoring the legacy of civil rights activist…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mixed martial arts fighter Nate Diaz turned himself in to police in New Orleans on Thursday to face a battery charge arising…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The world’s oceans have suddenly spiked much hotter and well above record levels in the last few weeks,…

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is sanctioning Russia’s Federal Security Service and…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump turned his attention to the…

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Brittney Griner got emotional quickly. Speaking to reporters for the first time since a nearly…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A missing yacht with three Russians and two Egyptians onboard has reached safety in Djibouti in east Africa,…

TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Officials say a New York railroad conductor sprinted to scoop up a 3-year-old boy who had wandered onto the tracks. The…

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Authorities say Israeli security forces have shot and killed a suspected Palestinian assailant in the West Bank.…

By DAN SEWELL Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Jerry Springer, the onetime mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show featured a three-ring…

By REBECCA SANTANA, COLLEEN LONG and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is announcing new measures meant to…

BERLIN (AP) — Berlin’s first conservative mayor in 22 years has taken office following a state election in which he capitalized on discontent in…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators in Kansas have enacted what may be the most sweeping transgender…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer ST. LOUIS (AP) — Doctors are zapping the heart with radiation normally reserved for cancer in a bid to better…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s navy has seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of…

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Country superstar and newly minted Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Dolly…

PARIS Protesters have loudly banged pots and pans near a castle where French President Emmanuel Macron was to make a speech. Saucepan protests have…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Donald Trump is again threatening to skip a presidential debate. The Republican…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Applications for unemployment benefits in the U.S. fell last week as the labor market continues to show strength…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A court in Norway has sentenced a former contractor of Russian military company the Wagner Group to 14 days in jail for…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says the number of reported sexual assaults across the military inched up about…

BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say a man arrested over last week’s stabbing attack at a gym in western Germany in which four people were wounded is…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A museum to Polish pianist and composer Frederic Chopin reopens in Warsaw this week after months of renovations. The museum,…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The government’s report Thursday that the economy grew at a 1.1% annual rate last…

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s plan to send an envoy to Ukraine allows his government to deflect…

By PETER DEJONG Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Netherlands is celebrating the 56th birthday of King Willem-Alexander with street markets,…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Ukraine’s prime minister said he asked Pope Francis during a private Vatican audience…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister says Tehran wants Lebanon’s rivals to reach an agreement to elect a…

LONDON (AP) — Traveling to the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium in London just got much harder for fans of the two Manchester clubs. The British…