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PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A student who says he got goosebumps the first time he played the violin in an orchestra is this year’s recipient of a…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial museum has denounced a political spot by Poland’s ruling…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany says it has told Russia to close four out of five consulates in Germany in a tit-for-tat…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s intelligence agency says a retired agent was among four people killed in northern Italy when a sudden storm sank a…

By MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds Designing and producing electric vehicles is a tough business, but some startup companies have already started selling EVs…

WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Namibia’s state broadcaster says 13 people from the same family have died after eating porridge that authorities…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — United Nations appeals judges have significantly expanded the convictions of two…

By ED DAVEY A consumer class action lawsuit filed Tuesday claims Delta Air Lines inaccurately billed itself as the world’s “first…

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Last year was a mixed bag pay-wise for the women who run companies in the S&P 500 —…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A spokesman for Sudan’s military says it has suspended its participation in talks with a…

By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer After ballooning for years, CEO pay growth is finally slowing. The typical compensation package for chief…

The Associated Press For its annual analysis of CEO pay, The Associated Press used data provided by Equilar, an executive data firm. Equilar examined…

BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say seven people have been arrested in raids across Germany against alleged members of a network that helped finance the…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s defense force chief says the U.S.  government has warned that allegations…

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Latvian lawmakers have picked the Baltic country’s long-serving and popular foreign minister as…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party has warned of the risks posed by advances in artificial intelligence while calling for heightened…

By DENG MACHOL and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press MAGWI COUNTY, South Sudan (AP) — Many South Sudanese are returning to areas riddled with mines left…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has asked aides to get to the bottom of how at least $17 million was…

The Associated Press He’s heir to the throne in one of the oldest monarchies in the Middle East and a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.…

By RADUL RADOVANOVIC Associated Press ZVECAN, Kosovo (AP) — International efforts to defuse a crisis in Kosovo intensified as ethnic Serbs held…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s commerce minister met Tesla Ltd. CEO Elon Musk and promised to support the development of foreign companies. Musk joined a…

BEIJING (AP) — A survey shows China’s factory activity decelerated in May, adding to signs an economic rebound after the end of anti-virus…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press SALIX, Iowa (AP) — Ron DeSantis is making a four-stop blitz through Iowa during his first…

By CLAUDIA LAUER and MIKE CATALINI The Associated Press Vanessa Martinez was finishing preparations for her daughter’s second birthday in September…

By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING, STEPHEN GROVES and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Veering away from a default crisis, the House…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former Connecticut state representative is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday for…

By ED KOMENDA Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Telling executives to “strive harder,” hundreds of corporate Amazon workers protested what they…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The trial of an ex-sheriff’s deputy charged with failing to confront the…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican attempt to expand work requirements for federal food aid in debt legislation…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is encouraging Iraq’s recently formed government to deliver…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s House of Representatives has voted overwhelming in favor of holding a…

By LISA BAUMANN and JIM SALTER Associated Press The body of a Missouri emergency room doctor who has been missing for more than a week has been found…

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — “The Ride,” a new eight-episode Prime Video series, documents the peaks and valleys of…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s maritime agency said Tuesday a Chinese barge likely plundered two World War II British shipwrecks in…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Major League Baseball will take over broadcasts of San Diego Padres games beginning Wednesday after Diamond Sports…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s attempt to put the country’s first spy satellite…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the U.S. Border Patrol announced that he’s retiring, after seeing through a…

NEW YORK (AP) — A third man has been charged in the 2002 shooting death of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay, prosecutors said Tuesday, marking the…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Even with new spending restraints included in the congressional debt limit deal, the U.S.…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ten months before Donald Trump is scheduled to stand trial in his historic New York City…

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s Joe Lombardo on Tuesday became one of the first…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military says a Chinese fighter jet flew aggressively close to a U.S.…

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida art dealer was sentenced Tuesday to two years and three months in federal prison in connection with a…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer is speaking out against the use of “courtesy cards” by…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in Congress are locked in an escalating fight with the director of the FBI. The…

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Those who harass, intimidate or use force on election workers performing…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States Treasury has sanctioned more than a dozen people and businesses in China and Mexico that allegedly helped…