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By The Associated Press Robert De Niro has welcomed another child. The 79-year-old is now the father of seven. A representative for De Niro confirmed…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says it has disrupted a long-running Russian cyberespionage campaign that…

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press Matthias Pintscher will become music director of the Kansas City Symphony for the 2024-25 season. He was  offered…

By JENNIFER O’MAHONY Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Civil Guard says it has arrested 26 people in raids on illegal wells in the…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers investigating the use of Pegasus spyware say they are deeply concerned…

By DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Rita Lee Jones, Brazil’s million-selling “Queen of Rock” who gained an…

The Associated Press About 8.3 million Hyundais and Kias dating to the 2011 model year can be stolen easily by using just a screwdriver and a USB…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer Nearly three months ago, Hyundai and Kia unveiled software that was designed to thwart an epidemic of thefts of their…

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Automatic balls and strikes could soon be coming to the major leagues. Much like the…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats are clinging to a one-seat Pennsylvania House majority but that could change…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Christie’s is auctioning a staggering 700 pieces of jewelry from the collection of the late Heidi…

MT. VERNON, Ill. (AP) — Police say a state trooper was wounded in southern Illinois during an exchange of gunfire that left a New Mexico motorist…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Goldman Sachs will pay $215 million to settle a years-long class action lawsuit that claimed…

By JEROME PUGMIRE and GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writers PARIS (AP) — With speculation over Lionel Messi’s potential next destination turning into a…

STARKS, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man has been arrested on aggravated assault and battery charges after shooting at children playing hide and seek…

BERLIN (AP) — A highway collision between a long-distance Polish bus and a truck injured dozens of people in eastern Germany, officials in Poland…

By JENNIFER O’MAHONY Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Constitutional Court will consider a legal challenge lodged by the far-right…

By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The death toll from the ongoing clashes in Sudan has risen to 604 people, including civilians.…

NEW YORK (AP) — The next novel from million-selling author Kristin Hannah is a war story set in the 1960s. St. Martin’s Press announced Tuesday…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Human Rights Watch has accused Myanmar’s military of using an “enhanced blast” munition known…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A large installation representing Russian atrocities in Ukraine blocked the path of…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German government has presented a proposal for a law that will make it easier for people…

By DALIA RAMIREZ of NerdWallet When you receive an email or mail notice inviting you to join a class-action lawsuit, or notifying you that you’ve…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press STUART, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge appeared skeptical Tuesday to arguments made by an attorney for superstar…

BEIJING (AP) — An unmarried Chinese woman on Tuesday began her final appeal of a hospital’s denial of access to freeze her eggs five years…

By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — There were no corrections officers assigned specifically to watch the housing unit of a…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan, the United States and South Korea are negotiating an agreement on sharing real-time data on…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An anti-monarchy group says it plans to take legal action against London’s Metropolitan Police…

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for the European Union to address the political, economic and strategic challenges it faces…

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking to portray as racist a U.S. Army sergeant who fatally shot an armed…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Oil giant Saudi Aramco has reported a first-quarter profit of $31.88 billion,…

By The Associated Press President Vladimir Putin has declared that the West has unleashed “a real war” against Russia. The Russian leader…

By WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Indian officials say security measures are keeping the peace in a remote northeastern…

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s self-exiled former prime minister says he wants to return home by July, declaring his desire less than a week before…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union marks its annual Europe Day celebration of peace and unity with Ukraine anxiously…

GENEVA (AP) — UBS says it’s bringing the CEO of Credit Suisse on to its executive board and will keep the two banks operating separately “for…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares declined in muted trading Wednesday as investors awaited an upcoming report on…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The first British minister visiting Hong Kong in five years said his country will not “duck”…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An international press-freedom group says the Israeli military has systematically evaded…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press NABLUS, West Bank (AP) — The killing of 23-year-old Palestinian Zuhair al-Ghaleeth in West Bank city of Nablus on…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. says some Afghan women employed by the United Nations have been detained, harassed and…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press NABLUS, West Bank (AP) — There was no mourning tent for 23-year-old Palestinian Zuhair al-Ghaleeth. There were no…

BEIJING (AP) — China has announced the expulsion of a Canadian diplomat in retaliation for Ottawa ordering a Chinese consular official to leave…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man who spent nearly three decades in prison for the 1989 killing of Oregon’s prisons director has been granted his full…

By HUIZHONG WU and JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Customs data shows Chinese exports grew in April by 8.5% to $295.4 billion compared…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The super PAC promoting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to have dozens of staff in…

By ZEKE MILLER, SEUNG MIN KIM, JOSH BOAK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and congressional leaders…

By ANNA FURMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Doe-eyed dachshunds, push-faced French bulldogs and other nonsporting breeds circle the hallowed…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER, JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A jury found Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually…

By COLLEEN LONG and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, refugees from the threatened nation…

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer Australian scientists have begun vaccinating wild koalas against chlamydia in an ambitious field trial in New…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried sought a dismissal of criminal charges against him in a court…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand police said they have found the body of a high school student in a cave…

By NICK EL HAJJ Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai International Airport had over 21.2 million passengers pass through its…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press A new effort has been introduced in the Nebraska Legislature to restrict abortion access in the state, less than…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At Westminster Abbey, Britain’s King Charles III was crowned Saturday. At the Westminster…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — Connor Bedard is going to the Chicago Blackhawks thanks to a big win in the NHL draft…

By JAMIE STENGLE, VANESSA A. ALVAREZ and REBECCA REYNOLDS Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The eight people killed in a shooting at a mall near…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The leader of a major anti-abortion group has met with former President Donald Trump, weeks after…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Workers at a Goodyear tire plant in Mexico have voted to throw out an old-guard union that was accused of stealing a ballot box…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government has forecast the nation’s first balanced annual budget in 15…

By EVA VERGARA and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile seemed on the cusp of a progressive revolution last year when a…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Top U.N. officials and health industry leaders are demanding that the world invest more…

By SAM METZ Asociated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — After her husband died last year, she wrote a children’s book on grief. Now she’s charged…

By FARES AKRAM Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military says it has killed three senior commanders of the militant…

By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins apologized Monday after using a homophobic slur to refer to Xavier fans…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Instincts about the strategic significance of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol led a team of…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian government is expelling a Chinese diplomat whom Canada’s spy agency alleged was…