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By DAKE KANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A prominent Uyghur scholar specializing in the study of her people’s folklore and traditions has…

BEIJING (AP) — A fire and subsequent explosions at a golf ball factory in southern Taiwan have killed at least five people and injured more than…

By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press The shocking accusation this week by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that India may have been behind the…

By SARAH BRUMFIELD and BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Tropical Storm Ophelia was expected to make landfall on the North…

By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — A 23-year-old Venezuela man is preparing to say goodbye to a pet squirrel he says he…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Biden administration’s grant of temporary legal status to…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press HANGZHOU, China (AP) — The world of online gaming takes its place this year at the Asian Games as an official…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In late 2020, Sen. Bob Menendez met with Philip Sellinger, a private practice lawyer and former…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As a state representative running a longshot campaign for South Carolina governor, Nikki…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is heading toward a shutdown that will disrupt many services, squeeze…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — At the annual meeting of world leaders last year, the United Nations chief sounded a…

By The Associated Press A month after Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a suspicious plane crash, the Kremlin seems to be succeeding in keeping the…

By JAMEY KEATEN, MATTHEW LEE and VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Once rock-solid, the support Ukraine has received from its…

By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business and Technology Writer For Lachlan Murdoch, this has been a long time coming — assuming, that is, his moment has…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Historians are racing to locate Great Lakes shipwrecks before a seemingly unstoppable…

By CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana folklorist Nick Spitzer and Mississippi blues musician R.L. Boyce are…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials have pledged to set up checkpoints to “dissuade” migrants from hopping freight trains to the U.S. border.…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Britain is pitching itself to the world as a ready leader in shaping an international…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Elijah McClain’s mother left a Colorado courtroom in tears as…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It’s Day 5 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New…

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SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle police officer has been placed on administrative leave after Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz said Friday he listened to…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — America’s hottest metro area is on track to set an annual record for heat-associated deaths after a…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s top diplomat, Alicia Bárcena, says President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wants to travel to Washington D.C. in…

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Some archaeologists describe Peru’s capital as an onion with many layers of history,…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Aviation experts say it was likely a visibility issue that caused two racing pilots to collide…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Sabato De Sarno wants people to fall in love with Gucci again, titling his debut collection…

By JIM MUSTIAN and LEA SKENE Associated Press The FBI has opened a civil rights investigation into claims in recent lawsuits that Baton Rouge police…

By MAYSOON KHAN and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press Federal investigators promised a thorough investigation into what caused a charter bus carrying a…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge is expressing skepticism at demands to freeze a new Georgia law that could discipline and…

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — A former NFL draft prospect has been found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison for shooting a man to…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has struck down a California law banning high-capacity gun magazines. U.S.…

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly, the most inherently international event, is also the most…

OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) — Police are searching for an Iowa man who failed to show up at his first-degree murder trial on the day a jury found him guilty…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg; Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press”…

CHICAGO (AP) — Lawn mowers and other equipment valued at around $100,000 have been stolen from a parking lot at Soldier Field, home to the Chicago…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a bill requiring people selling their homes to disclose whether their properties have…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press The third Republican presidential debate will be held in Miami on Nov. 8, and candidates will be facing the most…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he is determined to stop gun violence in the U.S. as…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia mother who sedated her daughters with melatonin-laced gummy bears…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ENGLE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials have finalized an agreement with Ted Turner’s Endangered…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s insurance commissioner says he will write new rules for insurers in the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official has pleaded guilty to concealing at least $225,000 in cash that he…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A U.S. agency says it will nominate the Okefenokee Swamp’s vast wildlife refuge for a…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife are accused of…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press A federal judge has ruled that a university in the Texas Panhandle did not violate the constitutional right to…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s presidential palace says Giorgio Napolitano, the first former Communist to…

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Sen. Bob Menendez’s defense against new federal corruption charges against him, his wife…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge is hearing arguments over whether an October trial to…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The Colorado judge overseeing the lawsuit attempting to bar former President Donald Trump from…

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson announced Friday that he is switching to the Republican Party,…

GOTHENBURG, Sweden (AP) — Spain’s World Cup-winning women’s team have gotten back to being soccer players. A 3-2 win over Sweden in Gothenburg…

BERLIN (AP) — A government official says that Germany is considering establishing short-term border controls with Poland and the Czech Republic to…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis officials plan to transfer two city-owned properties to the Red Lake Band of Chippewa. The tribe plans to build an…

By ANDREW SELSKY and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Economists in Hawaii warn that residents who survived the wildfire…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Surgeons have transplanted a pig’s heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life…

By DAVID BILLER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The president of the Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council said in an interview that he…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press A Nebraska mother who pleaded guilty to giving her teenage daughter pills for an abortion and helping to burn and…

By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Animals at a zoo in Rio de Janeiro have been getting cold treats to cool them down…

NEW YORK (AP) — The United Auto Workers’ strike is getting bigger. One week into the union’s historic work stoppages against major car makers,…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The highest profile Republican candidate who had sued seeking to overturn election results in the…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Early voting has begun in Virginia’s costly, high-stakes and closely watched legislative…

By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge was arrested in Austin, Texas, last week after authorities say he opened fire…

SHREWSBURY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a man convicted of child sex crimes is back in custody after walking away from a St. Louis hospital.…

By JOSH BOAK, STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGT)N (AP) — The White House is preparing to direct federal agencies to get…

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Composer Rene Orth’s “10 Days in a Madhouse,” based on the 1887 book by trailblazing…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A privately owned high-speed passenger train service launched Friday between Florida’s two biggest tourist hubs. The…

By JILL LAWLESS and PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Rupert Murdoch stirs mixed feelings in Britain, where he transformed the media over…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Maryland man who attacked an Associated Press photographer and threw a flagpole and smoke…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A military judge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has ruled a 9/11 defendant incompetent to stand…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A bipartisan coalition of U.S. lawmakers has introduced a proposal designed to cut food waste in half by 2030. The lawmakers…

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man convicted of fatally shooting five people during a 2016 home invasion has been sentenced to life in prison. A Cook…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s right-wing leaders have amplified their denunciations of a new feature film…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s top court is deciding whether abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy will be…

By HARUNA UMAR Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Residents and local media in northcentral Nigeria say at least 20 students have been…

By MATTHEW LEE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration is pledging $100 million to support a proposed Kenyan-led multinational…