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AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation is down in Europe. August’s figure is only 2.2%, down from 2.6% in July. The pace of…

GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss city of Basel will host next year’s Eurovision Song Contest from May 13 to 17, organizers announced Friday. The…

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Israeli military strike has hit the first vehicle in a convoy carrying medical supplies and…

Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany has deported Afghan nationals to their homeland for the first time since August 2021, when the Taliban…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — With politics set aside, well-wishers gathered to wish the Taipei zoo’s oldest giant panda a happy 20th birthday. Visitors…

AP Sports Writer EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The 2026 World Cup is coming to North America with an ambitious plan, expanding the field by 50% and…

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An Apple TV+ documentary series, “K-pop Idols,” premiering Friday, offers an intimate look at how…

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a tropical storm developing in the Arabian Sea has prompted authorities to shut schools in Karachi,…

Associated Press KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — On a residential block in upstate New York, college students dig and sift backyard dirt as part of an…

AP Business Writer Stocks on Wall Street finished broadly higher Friday as the market closed out its fourth straight winning month with solid gains.…

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A slow-moving tropical storm is having a far-reaching impact in much of Japan, dumping heavy rain around Tokyo and…

AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — “Babygirl,” an erotic thriller about a female CEO who begins an affair with a younger, male intern, is…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump lamented the growing acceptance of transgender Americans Friday in…

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The effort to make the peace between Donald Trump and Georgia’s powerful Republican governor began in a…

AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of two doctors charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death made his first appearance in a…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It was their most challenging mission. U.S. Army soldiers in the 7th Transportation Brigade had previously set…

Associated Press AYER, Mass. (AP) — Christina Hernon was saved by a doctor at a local hospital when she was 5. Now she’s an emergency…

Associated Press Before he was suspended, Zaire Byrd was thriving. He acted in school plays, played on the football team and trained with other…

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Several programs of diversity, equity and inclusion are at risk of elimination at North Carolina’s…

Associated Press The United States’ longest war is over. But not for everyone. Outside of San Francisco, surgeon Doug Chin has helped provide…

Associated Press WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — A convicted killer captured last year after two weeks on the run in southeastern Pennsylvania’s…

Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Residents of Indian-controlled Kashmir are gearing up for their first regional election in a decade that…

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Zakia Khudadadi made history on Thursday at the Paris Paralympics by becoming the first athlete from the Refugee…

AP Basketball Writer Stephen Curry has signed a one-year extension with the Golden State Warriors for the 2026-27 season, one in which the NBA’s…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has asked a federal court to intervene in his hush money criminal case, seeking a pathway to overturn…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities have confirmed attacks on military personnel and roads being blocked with vehicles in northern Sinaloa…

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — A solo backpacker has been found dead near a rugged and remote trail along the Colorado River in Grand…

Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Federal jurors in Cheyenne have found a Colorado man guilty of kidnapping a woman on a ranch owned by…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Federal authorities have announced additional arrests in a multistate pharmacy burglary ring that has led to 42 people…

Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man has been charged in federal court with engaging in a scheme to cover up efforts to develop…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in Mexico suggested Thursday that U.S. authorities made a deal with a Mexican drug lord who turned in himself and…

Associated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A judge has denied another attempt by Texas to call for a migrant aid group from deeper…

SALIDA, Colo. (AP) — A man left by his group of office coworkers to complete his final push to the summit of a Colorado mountain became disoriented…

Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says a state lawmaker accused of sexual harassment by several women should give…

AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Dispatching errors combined with the failure of two backup systems allowed a Union Pacific train to slam into…

AP Aerospace Writer NASA’s record-holding astronaut is urging his two stuck-in-space colleagues to stay positive and “keep up the good work.”…