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By YONAT SHIMRON Religion News Service HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (RNS) — On a warm, sunny morning in farm country, a group of 40 preschoolers and their…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A crowd of students protesting the war in Gaza walked out of the University of Chicago’s…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and MARCOS ALEMAN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Biden administration has sent a high-level delegation to…

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A New York woman has pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in the 2018 death of an anti-gang activist during a dispute over a…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A crowd of tens of thousands has gathered in Hungary’s capital in a show of strength…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A court run by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has sentenced 44 people to death, including a businessman…

LONDON (AP) — Voters in Iceland are choosing a president and selecting from a field of 12 people including a former prime minister. The candidates…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Jurors resumed deliberations Saturday on whether a man should be sentenced to death after being convicted days earlier of the…

By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Gymnast Skye Blakely says working on her mental health has helped put her in the mix for…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV is reporting a high-ranking general in the Revolutionary Guard has died after an illness. Gen. Vajihollah…

The Associated Press Live Nation is investigating a data breach at its Ticketmaster subsidiary, which dominates ticketing for live events in the…

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A German court ordered a 25-year-old man born in Afghanistan held on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with a…

By MATÍAS DELACROIX and JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press GARDI SUGDUB, Panama (AP) — On a tiny island off Panama’s Caribbean coast, about 300…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son was in federal court, prepared to plead guilty to…

ATLANTA (AP) — Downtown Atlanta businesses and attractions were closed Saturday as the city tried to repair water main breaks that led to water…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police say 34 people are in custody following a pro-Palestinian protest at the Brooklyn Museum. Hundreds of…

HERZOGENAURACH, Germany (AP) — Germany midfielder Joshua Kimmich has slammed as “absolutely racist” a survey and its findings that one in five…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Voter participation advocate Theresa Pasqual traverses the tribal community of Acoma Pueblo…

By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press Civil rights attorneys say a new Louisiana law that makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet of a police…

HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s government has ratified the country’s full membership in the European Organization for Nuclear Research, a move that…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Acknowledging only “an uptick” in Israeli military activity, the United States has gone…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press South Korea’s military says North Korea launched even more trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea, following…

BEIRUT (AP) — The militant Hezbollah group says it shot down an Israeli drone over south Lebanon after hours Israeli drone strikes killed at least…

By AARON MORRISON and MATT BROWN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump lambasted the guilty verdict of his hush money trial this week from…

PARIS (AP) — An environmental activist was detained after sticking a protest sign to a Monet painting in Paris’ famed Orsay Museum. It was the…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has canceled his planned flight around the moon on a SpaceX…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer As weight-loss plans go, it’s easy to see the allure of intermittent fasting: Eat what you want, but only during…

LONDON (AP) — The UK’s ambassador to Mexico has left his post after a video was posted on social media that purportedly shows him pointing an…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Boeing is taking another crack at launching astronauts for the first time aboard its…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press TEL AVIV (AP) — Families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas have called for all parties to immediately accept a…

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) — One of freestyle skier Jay Riccomini’s priceless life moments came this year in…

The Associated Press A daughter of actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt has filed paperwork to legally remove “Pitt” from her name. The Los…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Officials in Ukraine said Russia pummeled the country’s energy infrastructure with a large-scale drone and missile…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban official said that at least 20 people were killed as a river ferry sank in eastern Afghanistan. Quraishi Badlon,…

By GERALD IMRAY and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress is on the brink of…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Lopez has canceled her 2024 North American tour. Representatives for Live Nation…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A top United Nations official says even though climate change makes disasters such as cyclones, floods and…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Patients lying shackled and blindfolded on more than a dozen beds inside a white tent in the…

BANGKOK (AP) — Tin Oo, one of the closest associates of Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and a co-founder of her National League for…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ, MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When Alvin Bragg took office as Manhattan district…

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in Congress are embracing Donald Trump’s strategy of…

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press As voters in Mexico head to the polls, a flurry of false, sexist and misleading posts on social media are blurring…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Pride Month is kicking off around the world with parades and festivals in cities large and small. The annual…

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — While Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni adopts a reassuring Western-allied foreign policy, cultural…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump says he remains under a gag order after his conviction in his hush money criminal…

By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Former Rep. Denny Rehberg of Montana is pursuing an unlikely path to…

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand is kicking off its annual celebration for the LGBTQ+ community’s Pride Month as…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told a gathering of top security officials he…

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bisons catcher Payton Henry was hospitalized Friday night after he was struck by a batter’s backswing and…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s Tamil people still live in the shadow of defeat in the civil war…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously to end the U.N. political…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyer told The Associated Press he was surprised at…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indians have begun voting in the last round of a six-week-long national…

DALLAS (AP) — More than 60 veterans of World War II are being flown from Dallas to France to take part in ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that Oregon defendants must be released from jail after seven days if they…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and allies South Korea and Japan have clashed with China and Russia…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Relatives of passengers who died in two Boeing Max crashes are pushing federal officials to prosecute the company, but…

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — A crew working in the basement area of an Ohio building intentionally cut a gas line not knowing it was pressurized before…

Oregon utility regulators have rejected a request from PacifiCorp that sought to limit its liability in wildfire lawsuits. Under the proposal,…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Marian Shields Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama, has died at age 86. The former…

WASHINGTON (AP) — — ABC’s “This Week” — Gov. Wes Moore, D-Md.; Will Scharf, a lawyer for Donald Trump; White House national security…

By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal officials say a former technology executive has pleaded guilty to fraud involving…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press The Kansas Supreme Court’s majority has held that there is no state constitutional right to vote in the…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At a bribery trial, a former top U.S. agricultural official has cast Sen. Bob Menendez as a…

NEW YORK (AP) — A large pro-Palestinian rally has marched on the Brooklyn Museum, setting up tents in the lobby and unfurling a “Free…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The British foreign ministry apparently has removed its ambassador to Mexico, Jon Benjamin, following controversy generated by a…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Marian Shields Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama, has died at age 86. Mrs. Robison…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press A fifth grade teacher in Massachusetts has been placed on paid leave after a series of incidents including holding a…

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A lawsuit alleging whistleblower retaliation by Missouri’s House speaker…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The publisher of “2000 Mules” has issued a statement apologizing to a Georgia man who was…

BY HOGIR AL ABDO Associated Press QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — A U.S.-backed force in Syria says Turkish drone strikes in northeastern Syria have killed…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer Mike Tyson’s fight with Jake Paul has been postponed after the 57-year-old Tyson fell ill on a flight last…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press A Florida sheriff has fired a deputy who fatally shot a Black airman who was standing in his doorway while holding…

By GARY FIELDS and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is likely to remain eligible to vote in…

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and ARMANDO SOLÍS Associated Press COTIJA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike group that for months has launched…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa attorney general’s office will resume emergency contraception funding for…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina’s largest city plan to update the public on the investigation into the fatal shootings of four…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials are warning parents to avoid a brand of powdered infant formula sold by…