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By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is pressing ahead with its aggressive campaign of offering coronavirus boosters to almost…

By LISA MASCARO and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says talks over his $3.5 trillion rebuilding plan have…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press CABOT, Ark. (AP) — Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders might be running for governor of Arkansas,…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press SACO, Maine (AP) — Since the death of George Floyd and the protests that followed, police departments around the…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — Military academy students say that 10 years after the end of “don’t ask, don’t…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Taliban’s takeover of Kabul has deepened the mutual distrust between the U.S. and…

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Nine bodies of suspected migrants have been found near a remote community in the Panamanian jungle close to the border with…

By ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Dozens of far-right extremists use Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter to promote their…

REDDING, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters hope shifting winds and cooling temperatures over the next few days will aid their efforts to battle a…

By SALLY HO Associated Press The speeches may be scripted, but the United Nations General Assembly can sometimes be the only direct window into the…

By MARÍA VERZA and JUAN LOZANO Associated Press DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — U.S. authorities say the Texas border crossing where thousands of Haitian…

By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The U.S. has expelled some 2,000 migrants to Haiti this week via more…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s main opposition Nationalist Party has chosen former leader Eric Chu as its new chairperson in an election…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will strike the word “alien” from its state laws. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a…

By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prime Minister Imran Khan sought to cast Pakistan as the victim of American ungratefulness and an…

ADEL OMRAN Associated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Hundreds of protesters have gathered in Libya’s capital of Tripoli to oppose a decision by the…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Officials say eight Virginia Commonwealth University students have been charged with hazing in a fraternity pledge’s…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It’s almost certain that Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers won’t get to speak at this…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is lauding another new abortion law that tightens limits on abortion-inducing medications. Opponents…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Rep. Karen Bass is planning to run for Los Angeles mayor, bringing a high-profile…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer If you’ve been on social media, or texted with GIF-loving friends, Drew Scanlon’s face has likely appeared…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news…

By The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley didn’t phone in her speech at the U.N. General Assembly on…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that a sheriff’s office did not have to turn over…

By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The U.S. has expelled some 2,000 migrants to Haiti this week via more…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Attorneys for the federal government have opposed Dylann Roof’s request for a new appellate hearing, arguing that…

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ry Russo-Young knew she had a story worth hearing, but it was one she was struggling to tell.…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Catholic bishops in Canada are apologizing “unequivocally” to Indigenous peoples for the suffering endured in…

By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers have advanced new congressional boundaries that could make it harder for…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is facing mounting pressure to solve its spiraling jail crisis, with members of…

By SALLY HO Associated Press Unsurprisingly, the coronavirus pandemic was THE talking point at the United Nations General Assembly this week —…

MIAMI (AP) — Officials say an orangutan has died at Zoo Miami following a dental surgery. The South Florida zoo says Kumang, a 44-year-old Bornean…

By IRIS SAMUELS Associated Press/Report for America Medication abortion accounts for about 40% of all abortions in the U.S. The increasingly common…

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — The Ironman World Championship is being held outside Hawaii for the first time in four decades. That is because of…

By JOHN HANNA and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Reports of sexual assaults have fueled protests on at least eight U.S.…

MIAMI (AP) — Far from land, Hurricane Sam has strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean. No coastal watches or warnings were…

By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A judge has denied a Florida Republican congressional candidate’s petition…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH. Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia school system said it is removing two books from school libraries,…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican state lawmakers are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to dismiss a…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An advocacy group for older adults has filed a civil rights complaint against Idaho over…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s medical examiner says actor Michael K. Williams died of acute drug…

By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include new music from Brandi Carlile and the Doobie Brothers, as well as the return…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly meeting of world leaders has been packed with global gloom. But…

By TRAVIS LOLLER, JONATHAN MATTISE and MARK HUMPHREY Associated Press COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Residents have gathered in a Tennessee town to…

By LISA MASCARO and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says talks over his $3.5 trillion rebuilding plan have…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tall trees are venerated across California, but an appeals court ruling this week says one towering Monterey Pine at the…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Restaurant and hotel owners struggling to fill jobs. Supply-chain disruptions forcing…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press U.S. Census Bureau officials are pondering whether to produce less granular data in the next release of 2020…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a massage therapist to three prison terms of 25 years to life for several sex crimes against five…