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By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland mayor is facing 56 counts of possession and distribution of child pornography. Patrick…

By DANIEL POLITI and ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Gunmen threatened Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump are each headed to Iowa in…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer A three-month investigation has exonerated a five-time Olympian of doping. Katerina Nash is a mountain biker and…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Of all the troubling video made public over a year of crisis at New Mexico State – from…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s opposition has renewed calls for the election result to be overturned a day…

STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Law enforcement officials have revealed more details regarding items seized from the Pennsylvania home where they arrested…

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Detectives in a Northern California community are investigating what prompted a Wednesday fight between three high school…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A painting by Wassily Kandinsky that spent decades in a Dutch museum after its Jewish owner was…

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tremendous rains and snowfall since late last year have freed half of California from drought,…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Norwegian government has apologized to reindeer herders after activists spent a…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The Premier League has been urged to review a legally binding promise made by the owners of English…

By JOSH BOAK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators are accusing the Biden administration of using $39 billion…

By JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press WASHINGTON, DC (AP) — When Joni Mitchell finally took the stage near the end of an all-star tribute concert…

DULLES, Va. (AP) — A Lufthansa flight that experienced “significant turbulence” was diverted to Washington Dulles International Airport and…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An inquiry has found that Britain’s domestic intelligence agency didn’t act swiftly enough on…

By AARON MORRISON AP National Writer CHOWCHILLA, California (AP) — Joseph Sena has spent nearly half his 27 years in prison for manslaughter. For…

By AARON MORRISON AP National Writer CHOWCHILLA, California (AP) — Joseph Sena has spent nearly half his 27 years in prison for manslaughter. For…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers have advanced legislation on certain drag shows on public property…

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Antoine Davis missed his shot at making history. Detroit Mercy’s star guard finished…

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer Georgia defensive tackle Jalen Carter turned himself in to Athens police Wednesday night and was released 16 minutes…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has poured cold water on current premier Rishi Sunak’s…

Oil leaking from a Philippine tanker that sank southwest of the capital has prompted at least seven coastal towns to ban fishing and swimming as…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Spirit Airlines flight from Dallas to Orlando was diverted to a Jacksonville, Florida, airport after a battery on a…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose restrictions on harmful…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — COVID-19 has shot back into the headlines in Britain through the leak of more than 100,000 private…

By ISAAC SCHARF and AMI BENTOV Associated Press YOKNEAM, Israel (AP) — An Israeli-led crowdfunding campaign has raised hundreds of thousands of…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of people applying for unemployment benefits in the U.S. fell for third straight week. That’s good…

By CASSANDRA ALLWOOD, JAMES BROOKS and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The father of the cellphone, China’s Huawei and…

BERLIN (AP) — A German ice cream parlor has expanded its menu with a skin-crawling offering: cricket-flavored scoops with dried brown crickets on…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary is further delaying a vote on ratifying Sweden and Finland’s NATO accession…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A World Health Organization official in Africa is urging more support to countries…

German authorities said Thursday that a 16-year-old boy has died after being shot in the head by an 81-year-old neighbor. Prosecutors said the teen…

By ANDY ROSEN of NerdWallet Unlike a deduction, which decreases the income on which you’ll be taxed, a tax credit reduces your overall tax due. The…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The foreign ministers of India and China have met on the sidelines of a gathering of top…

CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say a 32-year-old Chicago police officer has died after being wounded during a shootout while responding to a call of a…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer NEW DELHI (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke…

By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — A summit on how to protect the world’s largest forests underway in Gabon is set to…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation has eased only slightly in the 20 countries that use the euro currency as…

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called on China to refrain from sending weapons to Russia and instead use its influence to press…

By ERIC TUCKER and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An ambitious new White House cybersecurity strategy calls for bolstering…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press President Joe Biden’s administration is asking Congress to agree to pay more than $1.6 billion to help…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani defense lawyer says a court has released an anti-government retired army general who is a vocal supporter of the…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies say protesters are “anarchists” after they…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is urging India to play a central role in facilitating…

By MAE ANDERSON and TED SHAFFREY The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shoeshines are losing some luster. Once a common practice, the tradition of…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II, whose half-century reign makes her Europe’s longest-serving monarch, has been…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The famed statue of Hans Christian Andersen’s Little Mermaid, one of Copenhagen’s biggest tourist draws, has been…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has urged the Association of Southeast Asian…

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Kremlin on Thursday accused Ukrainian saboteurs of crossing into western Russia and firing…

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Australian police have charged Indian national Rajwinder Singh in the 2018 killing of Toyah Cordingley as she walked her…

By SOPHENG CHEANG and GRANT PECK Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s beleaguered pro-democracy forces face another day of…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — When European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen visited Britain last week, some joked on social media:…

ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court has ordered an investigation into any regulatory failures related to the Adani…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian diver Stanislav Oliferchyk proudly bears the name of his late grandfather, who…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — With the foreign ministers of the Group of 20 leading economies meeting…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The British navy seized anti-tank missiles and fins for ballistic missile…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — Leading up to Alex Murdaugh’s guilt conviction Thursday of two…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Seven months after a decisive statewide vote affirmed abortion rights in Kansas, the…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Two Native Hawaiian men wouldn’t have brutally beaten a man if he weren’t…

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Communities around the world emitted more carbon dioxide in 2022 than in any other year on…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer NEW DELHI (AP) — Top diplomats from the Group of 20 industrialized and developing nations have ended a…

BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.N. chief has praised Iraq for repatriating citizens detained in neighboring Syria on suspicion of ties to the Islamic State…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Cowboys for Trump cofounder Couy Griffin has been found not guilty of a misdemeanor charge of…