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By SAMY MAGDY and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Israel’s call for half of the Gaza Strip’s population to evacuate south is hiking…

ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press Air conditioning has made life in many hot places possible, but the special fluids that make it work are…

ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Refrigerants are chemical fluids that have made air conditioning and refrigeration…

By The Associated Press Unions representing 75,000 health care workers who recently held a strike against industry giant Kaiser Permanente over wages…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is headed to Israel this weekend to discuss what…

By LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Emailed bomb threats sent to schools and kindergartens across the three Baltic nations…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says subsidies will be progressively cut and new taxes launched next year as…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A decision on whether to authorize the use of the controversial chemical herbicide glyphosate…

DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling more than 238,000 Explorers in the U.S. because a rear axle bolt can fail, potentially causing a loss of drive…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A police spokesperson in northern Afghanistan says a blast struck a Shiite mosque during Friday prayers. He said there…

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer George Trice is thankful that the tragic story of his cousin, Jack Trice, still is being told a century after he died…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase’s third-quarter profit soared 35% from last year, fueled by a rapid rise in…

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — It’s Sunday night and Crystal P. Lira is not answering her messages. Inside…

By JUSTIN KABUMBA and JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s president says he will gradually ease the state of military…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Party leaders competing in Poland’s upcoming key parliamentary elections are holding their final campaign rallies in…

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say several suspects behind this week’s killing of a member of an outlawed anti-India militant group in…

The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin, on his first trip abroad since being indicted by the International Criminal Court in March,…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court avoided a catastrophic accident last year when a piece of marble at least 2…

BEIJING (AP) — The European Union’s top foreign policy official has warned that public sentiment in Europe could turn more protectionist if the…

By The Associated Press ABOARD THE ALLANKAY off Antarctica (AP) — The waters around Antarctica are emerging as a battleground between industry and…

PARIS (AP) — French media say that a teacher has been killed and children injured in a stabbing in a school in northern France. French President…

MUMBAI, India (AP) — The International Olympic Committee cited concerns over climate change on Friday for its wish to pick two Winter Olympics…

By ISABEL DEBRE and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of Muslims demonstrated Friday across the Middle East in…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister is warning that if Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip don’t stop…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press ABOARD THE ALLANKAY off Antarctica (AP) — Fishing for krill is banned in U.S. waters due to…

By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — China’s economy remains in the doldrums, with prices falling due to slack demand from…

By MATTHEW DALY and MARC LEVY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has selected clean-energy projects from Pennsylvania to…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Allies of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny say Russian authorities have…

JERUSALEM (AP) — An employee of the Israeli Embassy in Beijing has been attacked and was later hospitalized. That’s according to a statement…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins joined a Zumba dance class while rival…

By The Associated Press In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants…

By CLAIRE RUSH and LISA BAUMANN Associated Press Maui County officials released two hours of audio of 911 calls to The Associated Press that were…

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say seven people were killed when a vehicle trying to evade a police check at high speed left a highway in southern…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived Friday in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv to…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Microsoft’s purchase of video game maker Activision Blizzard won final approval Friday from…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Opposing campaigners have made their final pitches over changing the Australia’s…

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian markets slipped on Friday following a decline on Wall Street driven by mounting pressure from…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Dariusz Stola began working with Poland’s anti-communist Solidarity movement in 1983. He…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man charged with stealing ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the “The Wizard of Oz”…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is returning to Pennsylvania to use the critical battleground state again…

By ALON BERNSTEIN and SAM MCNEIL Associated Press KIBBUTZ RE’IM, Israel (AP) — The two militants were just ahead of him, spraying gunfire from…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say two off-duty officers have been shot at a parking garage at Philadelphia International Airport but there’s no…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Rep. Patrick McHenry took the House speaker’s gavel for the first time, he slammed it…

BY AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington this summer, a few Black queer advocates…

By JOSEPH KRAUSS, EDITH M. LEDERER and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military directed the evacuation of northern…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says it has expressed its concerns to China after assessing that the…

HONG KONG (AP) — China has reported its exports and imports both fell in September from a year earlier as global demand remained muted. Customs…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government has asked a court to revoke the legal status of the Unification Church after…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nick Castellanos became the first player to hit multiple homers in consecutive postseason…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw for 306 yards and a touchdown, Harrison Butker kicked four field…

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Maui County released audio of 911 calls from a deadly August wildfire late Thursday in response to a public record request…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho judge issued a death warrant on Thursday for the state’s longest-serving death…

By THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — As the death of Elijah McClain became a rallying point at police reform rallies in…

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press Less than a month before Hamas fighters blew through Israel’s high-tech “Iron Wall” and…

SMYRNA, Ga. (AP) — Police say a person suspected of fatally shooting two people northwest of Atlanta died by suicide while fleeing officers. The…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is lashing out at the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier battle group in…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Pop superstar Taylor Swift was back at Arrowhead Stadium on Thursday night to watch Travis…

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Yehu Orland wore a shirt honoring a close friend who was killed two days earlier defending…

By MEAD GRUVER and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado judge has rejected an attempt by former President Donald Trump to…

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri regulators are allowing a multistate wind-energy power line to increase the…

By GUILLERMO GARAT Associated Press MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — A buyer from Argentina has paid $36,000 for a manuscript of works, including seven…

by DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is pursuing a criminal complaint against the country’s largest copper producer…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin have tweaked their plan to help fund repairs at the…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Jurors Thursday convicted a Denver-area police officer of criminally…

By MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press TECOLUCA, El Salvador (AP) — With tattoo-covered faces, wearing white shirts and shorts, gang members captured…

NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) — A Northwestern State University football player has been shot and killed near an apartment complex not far from campus in…

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Smoke from forest fires covered large swaths of the Brazilian Amazon as the region…

A New York man killed after police say he came at them with swords in his hands was a former elite fencer. The state attorney general’s office says…

CASTLETON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont State Police say more than 150 tips have come in since they released a sketch of a person of interest connected to…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Will Lebanon’s heavily armed Hezbollah militia join the Israel-Hamas war?…

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A federal admiralty court in Virginia has canceled a hearing to discuss a contested expedition…

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Labor Department says investigators found 19 safety and health violations at a General Motors joint venture electric…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Counties in Pennsylvania are telling Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and lawmakers that…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials are faulting communities in a stretch of the crop-rich San Joaquin Valley for failing to develop a…

By The Associated Press A founding member of the Isley Brothers who helped perform such raw rhythm and blues classics as “Shout” and “Twist and…

AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — A 79-year-old South Carolina man has avoided a possible death sentence by agreeing to plead guilty to ambushing police officers…

By TERRY SPENCER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A judge has scolded federal prosecutors in the classified documents case…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Voters in Ecuador are getting ready to pick a new president. Their choices in…

By JESSE BEDAYN, AMY BETH HANSON, MATTHEW BROWN and MEAD GRUVER Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The legal and financial troubles piled up in recent…

Authorities in Colombia say a prolific serial killer who confessed to murdering more than 190 children during the 1990s has died in a hospital where…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer A leading doctors group on Thursday formally withdrew its approval of a 2009 paper on “excited delirium,” a…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The chief executive over Georgia’s seaports says larger cargo ships will need deeper…