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By EMMANUEL MARTINEZ and LAUREN KIRCHNER/The Markup The Markup An investigation by The Markup has found that lenders in 2019 were more likely to deny…

By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s state news agency says an oil spill caused by leakage from a power plant inside…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland and Belgium ended their evacuations from Afghanistan, but other European nations…

By JAKE BLEIBERG and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press MONROE, La. (AP) — Graphic body camera video kept secret for more than two years shows a…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Herschel Walker says he “can’t sit on the sidelines anymore” as he joins…

BERLIN (AP) — An insurance industry group says that devastating floods in western Germany last month likely caused insured damage to the tune of…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Reports and officials say a Russian man from a Russian-held island claimed by both Tokyo and Moscow…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the country’s leading technology companies have committed to investing billions of…

BERLIN (AP) — A closely watched survey shows that German business confidence has declined for the second consecutive month as concerns about…

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco’s foreign ministry said the country “regrets” the “completely unjustified” decision of neighboring Algeria…

By WAFA SHURAFA Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hundreds of Palestinians have demonstrated near the Israeli border in the southern…

By KIKO ROSARIO and DAVID RISING Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has confirmed rumblings he will…

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Australian cyclist Paige Greco has earned the first gold medal of the Tokyo Paralympics. She won the…

By The Associated Press Australia has advised advised its citizens in Afghanistan not to travel to Kabul’s airport, where there as a “very high…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s government says 51 people evacuated from Afghanistan have arrived in the East…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Jewish prayers at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site, known to Jews as the Temple Mount and…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says the Biden administration likely violated federal law in trying to end a…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has expanded its coronavirus state of emergency for a second week in a row, adding eight more…

By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An inspector general’s report says U.S. Capitol Police did not properly…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will be meeting with President Joe Biden at a time of growing tensions in the Mideast.…

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of firefighters are trying to box in a California wildfire that is advancing toward Lake Tahoe and has…

By ADAM GELLER and FARES AKRAM Associated Press BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s story can be seen through the prism of Zaki and Jawaher…

By HELEN WIEFFERING Associated Press The latest conflict between Hamas and Israel brought a new wave of hardship to Gaza, where Palestinians have now…

By ADAM GELLER and FARES AKRAM Associated Press BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s story can be seen through the prism of Zaki and Jawaher…

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and EVENS MARY Associated Press MANICHE, Haiti (AP) — At the edge of a pile of rubble Michael Jules plunges an iron bar over…

By DAVID EGGERT and ED WHITE Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A man upset over state-ordered coronavirus restrictions has been sentenced…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s state-owned oil company says the possible remains of two missing subcontractors have been found on one of its oil…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has accepted its first group of refugees from Afghanistan. The five women and one man arrived Tuesday in Mexico City,…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kanye just wants to be Ye. Kanye West filed court documents Tuesday to legally change his name. The Los Angeles Superior Court…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s immigration service says a group of migrants threw rocks at its officers, injuring one severely. The National…

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press HANOI (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has urged Vietnam to join the U.S. in challenging what she called…

DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska (AP) — Officials say road access in Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska is being restricted due…

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fox News Channel was last week’s most-watched TV outlet on broadcast or cable. It was…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says the Biden administration likely violated federal law in trying to end a…

By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO TikTok users will soon be able to buy stuff directly through the short videos on the app. Canadian e-commerce…

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Police in Colombia say a student leader who lost an eye in clashes with police in 2018 and…

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A scientific team has traced the genetic makeup of lake trout, which should…

HONOLULU (AP) — Geologists say they’ve detected a swarm of earthquakes at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, though it isn’t erupting. The…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two members of Congress flew unannounced into Kabul airport in the middle of the ongoing…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have passed legislation that would strengthen a landmark civil rights-era…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by opponents of Enbridge…

MEBANE, N.C. (AP) — Lloyd Dobyns Jr., an award-winning NBC News correspondent and anchor, has died at the age of 85. His son, Ken Dobyns, said his…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Oklahoma man seen on video pushing an Associated Press photographer over a wall outside the…

MIAMI (AP) — A group of Haitian migrants has been taken into federal custody after coming ashore in South Florida. U.S. Customs and Border…

By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s veterans affairs agency is facing questions from a state lawmaker after it…

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Federal scientists are launching an effort to better understand the hydrology in the…

SEATTLE (AP) — An organizer of a neo-Nazi campaign to threaten journalists and Jewish activists in three states was sentenced Tuesday to three…

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A man stopped his capital murder trial with a guilty plea to the 1974 killing of a 17-year-old Texas girl. Glen McCurley…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A landmark court decision has largely shifted responsibility for the state’s response…