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Associated Press DILI, East Timor (AP) — When the Vatican acknowledged in 2022 that the Nobel Peace Prize-winning, East Timorese independence hero…

Associated Press DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has returned to the headquarters of the Tibetan…

Associated Press NORWOOD, Mass. (AP) — Bored and looking for something to do this summer, Danny Doherty hatched a plan to raise money for his…

AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As Vice President Kamala Harris begins her fall campaign for the White House, she can look to history and hope…

Associated Press The latest flurry of Gaza cease-fire talks — the back-and-forth over now-familiar sticking points and appeals from around the…

Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania ammunition plant that makes a key artillery shell in Ukraine’s fight against Russia has…

Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s tourist hotspot of Waikiki is known for bikinis, shopping and surfboards. But resident Andrew…

AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — The 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival kicked off in Hollywood style with the world premiere of…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine’s daring ground offensive has taken the fight to Russia, but not nearly as much as its leaders would…

Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Britain is circulating a United Nations resolution on Myanmar urging renewed peace efforts. It also condemns…

AP Business Writers Stocks on Wall Street closed lower Wednesday, as a pullback in big technology companies outweighed gains elsewhere in the market.…

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The city of Olympia, Washington, will pay $600,000 to the family of a Black man shot and killed by police in a settlement…

Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An appeals court has revived Tesla’s federal court challenge to a Louisiana law that prohibits automobile…

Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt has recovered three ancient artifacts after they were smuggled out of the country and found in the Netherlands.…

Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for the state of Florida say the execution of a man with Parkinson’s…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Police in the suburbs of New York City made the first arrest under a new local law banning face masks, officials…

Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s prime minister has announced a series of agreements with the West African nation of Mauritania…

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Officials say a southern Minnesota dam and nearby bridge that almost collapsed last month after a bout of heavy…

Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Attorney’s Office says a Montana cancer doctor for years saw up to 70 patients per day,…

Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal appeals court has rejected Tennessee’s attempt to collect millions of dollars in family…

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The estate of Michael Crichton, who wrote the screenplay for what became the pilot episode of “ER,” has…

Associated Press For the first time in more than a century, salmon will soon have free passage along the Klamath River and its tributaries — a…

Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has named the ruling socialist party boss to oversee the country’s…

Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice says Kentucky is likely violating federal law for failing to provide…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith filed a new indictment Tuesday against Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Disbarred celebrity lawyer Tom Girardi has been convicted in Los Angeles of embezzling tens of millions of dollars from clients,…

Associated Press Republicans have turned Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s outing at a dog park nearly three years ago into an attack on the Democratic…

Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Election officials in Memphis have decided to leave three gun control questions off the November ballot…

Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is abandoning a plan to reroute Reno-area mail processing to Sacramento. The plan had…

AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A NASA rover on Mars is tackling a new challenge and climbing to the rim of a crater. The rover called…

Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Jurors in the sexual assault trial of a former youth detention center worker have heard from the man’s…

BALTIMORE (AP) — Officials say four people have been charged with breaking into a series of gun stores across Maryland and stealing several dozen…

Associated Press DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Opponents of a plan pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to build golf courses, hotels, pickleball courts and other…

AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — More than 20 people returning to the U.S. from Cuba have been infected with a virus transmitted by bugs in recent…

Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Federal regulators say inadequate inspections and a lack of oversight are partly to blame for the crash…

Associated Press Dolly Parton’s father grew up poor and never got the chance to learn to read. Inspired by her upbringing, the 78-year-old…

Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military has rescued its eighth hostage from Gaza, a 52-year-old man found in an underground room…

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia Senate committee is starting a new push by Republicans in the state to ban transgender women from…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Rapper Lil Baby was arrested in Las Vegas after police accused him of carrying a concealed weapon without a permit. The…

AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A year ago, still on maternity leave and still unsure when she would play elite tennis again, Naomi Osaka visited…

Associated Press VALLEY PARK, Mo. (AP) — A bald eagle is slowly recovering from surgeries after it was shot in Missouri. The male eagle was found…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s top Middle East adviser on Tuesday held talks in Doha with senior Qatari leaders on the…

Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that a Florida law banning gender-affirming care can…

Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal judge has extended a temporary order for a transgender girl to play soccer for her high school team…

AP Business Writer The National Labor Relations Board says Chipotle may have violated federal labor law in its treatment of employees at its only…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Kentucky man who was the first rioter to enter the U.S. Capitol during a mob’s attack on the building has…

OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A 26-year-old man has been accused of igniting a destructive California wildfire in early July by throwing a firework from…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Russian government hacked into Hillary Clinton’s campaign emails and leaked them to the press in…

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president told reporters Tuesday he has put relations with the United States and Canadian embassies…

AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes &…

Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Prosecutors are calling for for 50 people, including three Americans, to face the death penalty for what…

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say an 80-year-old man has died after falling from a boat on the Colorado River inside Grand…

AP Soccer Writer The global soccer players’ union has released a guide to give athletes and teams alike a guide for best practices in returning…

Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A Utah mother of three who published a children’s book about grief after her husband’s death and was…

Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The defense attorney for a deputy charged with fatally shooting a Black U.S. Air Force senior airman in…

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A jury in Las Vegas has ended its second day of deliberations in the murder trial of a Democratic former elected…

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted Tuesday to keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the battleground…

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — The family of the police officer boyfriend Karen Read is accused of killing by hitting him with her vehicle and leaving him…

Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa has active investigations into alleged corruption totaling more than $7 billion at…

Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — As a second straight day of hot soupy temperatures approaching triple digits hung over much of the Midwest on…

Associated Press ASHKELON, Israel (AP) — Two nearly 2,000-year-old tombs with magnificent wall paintings will be open to the public for the first…

Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Authorities are investigating the killing of a Colorado dog breeder and trying to find as many as 10 Doberman…

Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The buildings in Brazil’s modernist capital, Brasilia, have been enveloped in smoky air the past two…

AP Technology Writer Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram, has been arrested in Paris over allegations that his platform…

Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — The leaders of France’s main left-wing coalition have accused President Emmanuel Macron of denying…

AP Sports Writer With the U.S. Open tennis tournament beginning Monday and college football kicking into high gear, this was supposed to be the week…

BRINKLEY, Ark. (AP) — One person has died in a crash on Interstate 40 in Arkansas that backed up traffic for hours on the busy highway. The…

Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Maria García began the week full of hope. Swinging by the office of her attorney in Los Angeles, she…

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The effort to salvage an attempt to recall Republican Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos from office has…

Associated Press SYOSSET, N.Y. (AP) — A New York man distraught that he was being forced to move from his late mother’s home shot and killed four…