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By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — University athletic departments and college conferences use independent sports-betting…

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Olga Carmona, whose goal won the Women’s World Cup for Spain on Sunday, learned after the final of…

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Spaniards have erupted in joy after La Roja won the Women’s World Cup, with some following coach…

NEW SHOREHAM, R.I. (AP) — Block Island welcomed back vacationers Sunday, a day after a fire tore through a historic hotel early Saturday, prompting…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press The police chief who led the raid of a Kansas newspaper alleged in previously unreleased court documents a reporter…

BATH, Maine (AP) — The largest union at Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works, located in Maine, has approved a three-year contract, averting another…

CEDAR GLEN, Calif. (AP) — A dispute over an LGBTQ+ pride flag at a California clothing store spiraled into deadly violence this weekend when a man…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — In a story published August 20, 2023, The Associated Press erroneously reported Hilary was the first tropical storm to hit…

Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Police say a bus carrying fans of the Brazilian soccer team Corinthians has crashed following a match in the city…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Sweltering temperatures lingered Sunday in a large swath of the central U.S., causing misery from…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The DC superhero film “Blue Beetle” led weekend ticket sales with a modest $25.4 million opening,…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina say an officer responding to a domestic violence call fatally shot a man after the suspect stabbed…

By MATTIAS KAREN AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — The wait for a World Cup title goes on for England but the Lionesses have still been heralded as…

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A judge has ordered Starbucks to pay an additional $2.7 million in lost wages and tax damages to a former regional manager who…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — More than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion, the…

By BELA SZANDELSZKY Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary has struck a deal with Serbia that could bring increased shipments of Russian…

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Local officials in central Mali say gunmen killed at least 23 people and wounded a dozen others…

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer There could be some new rivalries between Christian schools brewing in the evolving Big 12 Conference. With BYU…

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Musicians authorized a strike against the Philadelphia Orchestra if bargaining breaks down for an agreement to…

CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s central bank has announced its reunification after being split for nearly a decade due to the country’s long-running civil…

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have evacuated five more villages near the northeastern border with Turkey where a large summer…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer SYDNEY (AP) — A champion’s medal around her neck, Salma Paralluelo lay on the field for a while and…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has expressed hope for a peaceful solution to the crisis in Niger following the military coup in the West African…

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities briefly detained a journalist working for a fact-checking platform following its coverage of a plane that was…

By ARTURO RODRÍGUEZ and CIARÁN GILES Associated Press SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) — The Canary Islands leader says police have…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Roscosmos space agency says the Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon after it spun into an uncontrolled orbit,…

By MIKE CORDER and KARL RITTER Associated Press EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands and Denmark announced Sunday they will give F-16…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Mutinous soldiers in Niger are under pressure from regional sanctions as they refuse to…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say at least eleven laborers were killed and two others wounded when a roadside bomb destroyed their…

DHAKA,Bangladesh (AP) — Police in northeastern Bangladesh have used batons and tear gas to disperse opposition activists amid a political dispute…

By ZARAR KHAN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s top investigation agency has arrested an opposition leader, who is a close aide of…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States, Japan and Australia are planning a joint navy drill in the South China…

By FRANCESCO SPORTELLI Associated Press ORBETELLO, Italy (AP) — Italians are fighting an invasion of predatory blue crabs with an attitude borne of…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police have intervened to stop a meeting of prominent activists, academics and politicians…

By SUSAN HAIGH and JIM MORRIS Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Firefighters are reporting making progress battling wildfires in…

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Police and rescue officials in Pakistan say a bus caught fire after hitting a van parked on the shoulder of an intercity…

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press JOSHUA TREE, Calif. (AP) — After massive winter downpours, conservationists in California are eager to gather desert…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press The internet videos are alarming to some, thrilling to others: Gun enthusiasts spraying bullets from AR-15-style…

By BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press Experts are using strong language to warn Maui residents in Lahaina and Upper Kula not to filter their own tap…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorians put aside fears of leaving their homes amid unprecedented violence and…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press CUMMING, Ga. (AP) — When Allison Strickland urged a suburban Atlanta school board in June to remove four books from…

By SONIA PÉREZ D. and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Outsider Bernardo Arévalo appeared to be the “virtual…

By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press Inside a jail cell at Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, Albertyn Pino’s only plan was to finish the six-month sentence…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An oil tanker long suspected of carrying sanctioned Iranian crude oil offloaded…

By DAVID KEYTON Associated Press NYHAMNSLÄGE, Sweden (AP) — It’s mid-afternoon in late summer and a fresh North Sea breeze blows through the…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ron Cephas Jones, a veteran stage actor who won two Emmy Awards for his role as a…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant Sunday…

FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Democratic Party has ousted Jennifer Slaight-Hansen as state chair amid accusations that she violated…

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russia reported an “abnormal situation” Saturday on its moon-bound Luna-25 spacecraft, which launched earlier this…

By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The summer of 2023 may be drawing to a close — but the extreme heat is not: More…

PASADENA, Texas (AP) — A man suspected of sexually assaulting and killing an 11-year-old girl before stashing her body under her bed in her…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A judge has agreed to allow the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas to intervene in a lawsuit that seeks to force the…

BOSTON (AP) — Communities across New England were picking up Saturday a day after a spate of tornadoes swept through the region. Four tornadoes…

Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A mistake made by a hot air balloon pilot who had drugs including cocaine in his system caused a crash in…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A statement from Ohio State’s wrestling coach says two-time Big Ten champion Sammy Sasso has been shot in Columbus. The…

SAYREVILLE, N.J. (AP) — A power outage that cut electricity to a New Jersey community a week ago was due to an unlikely culprit — a fish that was…

MEDICAL LAKE, Wash. (AP) — A wind-driven wildfire in eastern Washington state has destroyed at least 185 structures, closed a major highway and…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Howard Hubbard, a retired Catholic bishop who acknowledged covering up allegations of sexual abuse in his upstate New York…

The Mexican government says it has set up a large tent shelter for about 600 migrants in the border city of Matamoros, across from Brownsville,…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — The days of waiting have become harder and harder as the odds grow longer and longer,…

By ARTURO RODRÍGUEZ and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) — Thousands more residents of Tenerife in…

The Associated Press General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit has agreed to cut its fleet of San Francisco robotaxis in half as authorities…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minnesota Gov. Al Quie, a moderate Republican known for working across the aisle as…

LONDON (AP) — British police say a sting operation at a London hotel helped authorities recover a 15th-century Chinese vase worth about 2 million…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have evacuated eight villages near the northeastern border with Turkey due to a large summer wildfire…

DETROIT (AP) — Nissan is recalling more than 236,000 small cars in the U.S. because the tie rods in front suspension can bend and break, possibly…