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PARIS (AP) — Unusual spray-painted images and messages with references to Ukraine have appeared on the streets of Paris as Ukrainian President…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Recreational pot sales are nearing reality in Ohio. The state Division of Cannabis…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s leader Xi Jinping has told the visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif that Beijing is willing to work with…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish police have detained 19 pro-Palestinian activists who barricaded themselves in the country’s main technical…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press The prosecution of Hunter Biden on federal firearms charges stems from a form that would-be gun buyers must fill…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Two weeks after its much-anticipated premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, a film about Donald Trump…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A key section of the U.S. military-built pier designed to carry badly needed…

TOPSHAM, Maine (AP) — A police investigator says criminal charges are not warranted after a lobster-themed monster truck clipped a power line and…

By CHRSTINA MALKIA Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The military trial of 51 suspects, including three Americans, accused of being involved…

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — President Vladimir Putin says that the Russian economy is growing despite heavy international sanctions and the…

By LEAH ASKARINAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s allies could soon add another U.S. House member to their ranks, as Ohio…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While possible Republican vice presidential hopeful Doug Burgum travels the country campaigning…

LONDON (AP) — Prince William is serving as an usher at the wedding of his friend Hugh Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster. The 33-year-old Grosvenor…

BERLIN (AP) — A German court has dropped a case against tennis star Alexander Zverev after he agreed to pay 200,000 euros ($218,000) and reached an…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Rights activists have slammed the displacement of hundreds of sea nomads after their stilt homes in a Malaysian…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African opposition parties are meeting and will continue crunch talks into next week…

By LEAH ASKARINAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Maine voters will choose nominees for a House of Representatives seat that could be critical…

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — An American veteran and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared an emotional moment at a ceremony to commemorate…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police say an ongoing major search and rescue operation on the small eastern Aegean island of Symi has still not…

By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s DeWanna Bonner and Alyssa Thomas have found a comfortable work-life…

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday was formally elected as the leader of the National…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Stockholm-based Royal Swedish Opera has been fined 3 million kronor or $300,000 after a stage technician died last…

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — An explosion at a chain home improvement store in northeastern Romania has injured at least 13 people, one seriously,…

By JON GAMBRELL and BARAA ANWER Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — At least nine Yemeni employees of United Nations agencies have…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Voters in Ireland and the Czech Republic are going to the polls on the second day of the…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans are alert for possible new launches by North Korea of balloons carrying…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The first heat wave of the year is expected to maintain its grip on the Southwest United States…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologized for leaving D-Day commemorations in France early…

DUBAI Authorities in the United Arab Emirates say a former Royal Marine who was arrested in Dubai on suspicion of spying has been cleared. U.K. media…

By CHRISTOPHER MEGERIAN and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden is due to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr…

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed Friday after a steady Thursday on Wall Street as markets anticipated the…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Sweden’s defense chief has expressed alarm over Beijing’s repeated dangerous maneuvers…

By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An Associated Press analysis found the number of publicly-traded “zombie” companies —…

By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — They are called zombies, companies so laden with debt that they are just stumbling by on the…

PARIS (AP) — The Paris Olympics organizers on Friday unveiled a display of the five Olympic rings mounted on the Eiffel Tower as the French capital…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian voters return to the polls on Sunday while both the far-right and the far-left are…

By ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — A flurry of recent attacks in Iraq, apparently orchestrated by supporters…

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY and AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A Samoan author is charged with killing another…

By The Associated Press The Associated Press analyzed the death toll in the Israel-Hamas war using data provided by the Health Ministry in the Gaza…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israel-Hamas war appears to have become much less deadly for Palestinian women and…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The proportion of Palestinian women and children being killed in the Israel-Hamas war appears…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press WOODBRIDGE, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s 7th District is a must-win for Democrats looking to regain control of the…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — A contingent of U.S. lawmakers from the House of Representatives is preparing for…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — President Joe Biden will return to Normandy for a second day during his trip to…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press KENT, Wash. (AP) — Kabongo Kambila Ringo stood outside the tent where he has been staying with his pregnant wife…

By RANDALL CHASE, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, COLLEEN LONG and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Federal prosecutors are wrapping up…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — It’s five months before the general election, and Joe Manchin of West Virginia…

By GARANCE BURKE and MEG KINNARD Associated Press As Donald Trump seeks to make inroads with African American voters in his third run for the White…

By GARANCE BURKE and MEG KINNARD Associated Press Fresh allegations are surfacing about Donald Trump’s disrespectful behavior toward Black…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Dozens of chefs and restaurants are finalists for this year’s prestigious James Beard…

By KAITLYN HUAMANI Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — After 41 years and over 8,000 episodes, Pat Sajak’s final turn as the renowned host of…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Tentative signs have begun to emerge that the U.S. economy is cooling in a way that…

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Some of Detroit’s greatest musical exports performed at a concert celebrating the historic…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China’s exports for May beat analyst expectations despite trade tensions, though imports shrank.…

By DAVID RISING and ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi — fresh from declaring victory in India’s…

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 22 points, Kristaps Porzingis added 20 in his first game in more than a month…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Records tumbled across the Southwest U.S. as temperatures soared past 110 degrees in parts of…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press A U.S. district judge has dismissed claims by Native American tribes and environmentalists who sought to halt…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer A woman who says she is the inspiration for the relentless stalker at the center of Netflix’s “Baby…

By MATILDE CAMPODONICO Associated Press MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Nearly five decades after Uruguayan security forces seized Amelia Sanjurjo from…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado man has pleaded guilty to lesser charges in the killings of three people in…

By ED DAVEY Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Sea turtles still scramble from the waters of Batangas Bay, paddling up the sand to bury…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has signed a bill that would impose another hurdle for…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court says eight books dealing with subjects including racism and transgender…

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A Guatemalan lawyer who worked closely with organizations representing farmworker and Indigenous groups has been killed in an…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI, LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to…

MILAN (AP) — Amanda Knox told Italian TV that she was surprised by a Florence appeals court decision to convict her of slander for accusing a…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear says drug overdose deaths in Kentucky fell nearly 10% in 2023. It marks…

By MARK SCOLFORO and MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Some Republican members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives booed…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former New Jersey attorney general has testified at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial…

RICHLAND, Miss. (AP) — A white Mississippi police officer has lost his job after telling a Hispanic man “go back to Mexico” while responding to…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is trying to raise taxes on businesses in the city to close a…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Those seeking to keep military veterans out of jails and prisons are shining a spotlight on…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers’ reported plan to offer a massive contract to UConn coach Dan Hurley…

By KAITLYN HUAMANI Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ahead of Pat Sajak’s final episode as the host of “Wheel of Fortune,” Vanna White paid…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Three shootings in three weeks involving police officers in Anchorage, Alaska, have…

By OLGA RODRIGUEZ and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge has dismissed several criminal charges against Paul…

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has sentenced a former Illinois state child welfare worker to six months in jail in connection with a 5-year-old boy’s…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican federal immigration authorities say they have cleared one of Mexico City’s largest downtown tent encampments of…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Experts say the mysterious death of a man in Mexico who had one kind of bird flu is unrelated to…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials say the U.S. will send about $225 million in military aid to…

HAVANA (AP) — Four Russian warships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, will arrive in Havana next week, Cuban officials said Thursday, citing…

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Seven migrant smuggling suspects have been arrested and 11 migrants hospitalized after a law enforcement sting near San Antonio.…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The wife of an Irish businessman who was beaten to death in 2015 and the woman’s father have been released from North…