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The Associated Press NEW DELHI — An Indian official says an air force transport plane has left Kabul for New Delhi carrying 168 people on board.…

BEIJING (AP) — China will now allow couples to have a third child as the country seeks to hold off a demographic crisis that threatens its hopes of…

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam’s government says it is sending troops to Ho Chi Minh City to help deliver food and aid to households as it further…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For senior military and Pentagon leaders, this week’s news was profoundly personal. The…

PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Crews are digging in and burning out fire lines amid fears that another round of high winds will bring renewed fury to a…

By FÉLIX MÁRQUEZ and FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Grace hit Mexico’s Gulf as a major Category 3…

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden actually made up his mind a long time ago about…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, ROBERT BURNS, JAMES LAPORTA and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is pledging firmly to bring…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Joe Biden’s special envoy for North Korea arrived in South Korea Saturday…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has struck down California’s ballot measure that exempted Uber and other companies…

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tom T. Hall, the singer-songwriter who composed “Harper Valley P.T.A.” and…

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Taliban websites that delivered the victorious insurgents’ official messages to Afghans and the…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A day after facing allegations that he emotionally mistreated a former…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press Writer MIAMI (AP) — A former Miami congressman who was once roommates with Sen. Marco Rubio has countersued a…

By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey toured a small community southwest of Phoenix where flooding inundated…

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

By CLAUDIA TORRENS The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A mother who was separated from her children on the U.S.-Mexico border during former…

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Attorneys for the Boy Scouts of America are postponing a key bankruptcy hearing that was…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is temporarily halting a judge’s order that would have forced the government to reinstate a Trump…

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — What do you need to know about the R. Kelly sex trafficking trial? As the New York federal trial unfolds…

HONOLULU (AP) — A surge in COVID-19 cases means sports teams at the University of Hawaii will open the fall season with no fans in the stands at…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A former Alabama police officer has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for the 2018 shooting death of a suicidal man who…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press The host of a program for the right-wing website Infowars, Owen Shroyer, has been charged in connection to…

FORT MILL, S.C. (AP) — Anne Springs Close who used her family’s textile fortune to give back to the community through education and land…

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The abrupt end of Texas Democrats’ 38-day walkout has put Republicans on a fast track to…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The author of the million-selling “Lies My Teacher Told Me” books has died. James W. Loewen…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Trustees of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium said Friday that financial abuses by four…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — General Motors is recalling all Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles sold worldwide to fix a…

By ACACIA CORONADO Report for America/Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ lieutenant governor is blaming unvaccinated Black people for…

By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Democrats say the Legislature will return to Springfield to redraw political districts…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have filed new indictments against four men in connection with a plot to damage a power grid somewhere in…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press President Joe Biden is nominating former senior State Department official Nicholas Burns to serve as his ambassador…

By KELLI KENNEDY and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press A photograph of people laying down on the floor in pain while waiting for antibody infusions at…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota has gone to federal court to block a lawsuit over Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 oil pipeline project from proceeding in…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A killer whale has died unexpectedly at SeaWorld San Diego and the reason is not yet known. The aquarium and theme park says in a…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The mayor of Orlando is asking residents to stop watering their lawns and washing their…

By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include a Sturgill Simpson’s concept album called “The Ballad of Dood &…

By The Associated Press As New Englanders scramble to prepare for what could be their first hurricane in three decades, many can’t help but think…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Florida officials are threatening to withhold funds equal to the salaries of…

By EVENS SANON and MATÍAS DELACROIX Associated Press LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — Haitians left hungry and homeless by a devastating earthquake are…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who claimed he had a bomb in a pickup truck near the U.S. Capitol has told a federal…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Scottish National Party and the Scottish Greens have agreed a power-sharing deal that falls short…

By DÉBORA ÁLVARES and DAVID BILLER Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian government officials have told The Associated Press that…

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A prosecutor says an Iowa man seen in a videotaped confrontation with a police officer…

By MARTHA MENDOZA and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Some Capitol Hill Democrats and civil rights advocates are concerned about how…

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former tour manager for R. Kelly has testified that he paid a $500 bribe to get the singer, Aaliyah,…

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Soccer officials are liaising with governments to try to evacuate players from Afghanistan…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press is calling on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to end “harassing behavior” by one…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have designated a top independent TV channel as a “foreign agent,”…

By MATTHEW BROWN and JOHN FLESHER Associated Press FARIBAULT, Minn. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is sticking by former President…