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By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The ungainly yet graceful wood stork, which was on the brink of extinction in 1984,…

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — In a story published Feb. 14, 2023, about a shooting at Michigan State University that left three students dead, The…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief has launched a $397 million appeal to help nearly 5 million…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Gunmen stormed a Syrian hospital that is caring for a baby girl who was born under the rubble of her…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has named Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard as…

By BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Witnesses and victims’ relatives have begun giving testimony as Guinea’s…

By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — A former executive of the only financial institution to be criminally charged in connection…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans assuming new positions of leadership in the House and Senate are not waiting for…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — An official says Taliban intelligence forces killed three Islamic State group militants and arrested one other in an overnight…

The South Carolina Secretary of State says law enforcement agents confiscated over 600 fake championship rings across four major U.S. professional…

The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy As the ranks of America’s super wealthy grow, the roster of major philanthropists is…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Northern Ireland’s main British unionist party has scuttled a new attempt to restore the collapsed…

By TARA COPP Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The first U.S. missile fired at an unidentified aerial object over Lake Huron missed the target and…

Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 rattled Romania Tuesday, the second tremor of similar magnitude to…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Craig Newmark talks about getting focused, even as he is momentarily distracted by his beloved…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hospital officials in southern Poland say a Polish mother of seven has successfully given birth to premature quintuplets. The…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people with medical debt on their credit reports fell by 8.2 million — or 17.9%…

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen says a radio station he ordered closed will not be…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A crash between a passenger bus and a van armored to carry cash in the northern province…

Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Eight Croatians facing charges of child trafficking have been granted bail of about $1,000 each by a court…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Air India has unveiled orders for 470 Boeing and Airbus aircraft. India’s largest international…

BANGKOK (AP) — The campaign for this year’s general election in Thailand has not yet officially begun, but aspirants for the prime minister’s…

By LAURA UNGAR and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Getting an abortion has long been extremely difficult for Native Americans and has become…

By BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some think they know the Tory Burch aesthetic because of the ubiquitous iconic gold metal…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is sending out more than $200 million to help states and the…

BERLIN (AP) — A German court has rejected a lawsuit by environmental group Greenpeace that aimed to force automaker Volkswagen to stop selling…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An appeals court has prohibited the Netherlands’ military police from using racial…

BEIJING (AP) — Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says it will shoot down any suspected Chinese military object coming close to its shores but has yet…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Two ultranationalist Israeli Cabinet ministers have defiantly dismissed a growing chorus of…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The handprints of military children pressed onto paper hearts are decorating a corner…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, announced…

By JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Under the fluorescent lights of a fifth grade classroom in Lexington, Kentucky, Donnie…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has angrily rejected the Moldovan president’s claim about an alleged plot by Moscow to overthrow her government, accusing…

By BARBARA MARQUAND of NerdWallet It’s been a bumpy ride for mortgage companies lately. Some lenders have gone out of business, merged with other…

By MUIR AHMED and RIAZ KHAN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Cash-strapped Pakistan sharply increased taxes on natural gas to comply with a…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Shoichiro Toyoda, who as a son of the company’s founder oversaw Toyota’s expansion into…

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California, a U.S. trendsetter for progressive policies and a state…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says his executive budget will hand the Milwaukee Brewers almost…

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Fenway Park is getting ready for baseball again after perhaps its busiest offseason ever. Even with…

By HALELUYA HADERO and ALI SWENSON The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At a time when consumers are inundated with so-called social media…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The 43-year-old gunman who killed three students and wounded…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukraine is renewing its appeal to Western countries for fighter jets to help frustrate Moscow’s…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates’ pick to lead the upcoming COP28 climate talks in…

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Lawyers say that Tunisian authorities have arrested the leader of the Ennahda opposition Islamist movement in a crackdown on…

BERLIN (AP) — Ford said Tuesday that it will cut 3,800 jobs in Europe over the next three years in an effort to streamline its operations as it…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Hackers say they have taken down the websites of Bahrain’s international airport and state news agency to mark…

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Officials from India’s Income Tax Department searched the BBC’s offices in New Delhi on…

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — She is from Ukraine and he is from Russia. Their love blossomed online, but with their…

By BERNAT ARMANGUÉ Associated Press ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — Six days after the earthquake that flattened parts of Turkey and Syria, two survivors…

By SARAH EL DEEB and FAY ABOUELGASIM Associated Press ATAREB, Syria (AP) — Draped in a heavy wool shawl against the cold, Ayesha dragged her feet,…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Vitalii Khroniuk lay facedown on the ground taking cover from Russian artillery fire,…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets fell Wednesday after U.S. inflation edged down less than expected, fueling…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Actor Idris Elba says he’s going to stick with being the tormented…

By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — With the prospect of a sixth consecutive failed rainy season in the east and Horn of…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Debt-stricken Sri Lanka is fast-tracking efforts to seal a stalled trade pact…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press Hong Kong (AP) — Beijing has dropped a requirement for the United States consul general to secure China’s…

BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) — Customers of wireless provider T-Mobile US Inc. reported widespread service outages in the U.S. late Monday, according to…

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Maybe they came from China. Maybe from somewhere farther away. A lot farther away. The downing…

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Last week Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega packed off 222 political leaders, priests,…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The pace of consumer price increases eased again in January compared with a year…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States renewed a warning that it would defend its treaty ally if Filipino…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government plans to allow people who are “loyal to the nation” to carry…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say the predominant view among member nations is that the leadership of…