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By CAROLYN KASTER and CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press SHAMOKIN, Pa. (AP) — In red communities across America, lawmakers are pushing to restrict…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A civil rights group is challenging legacy admissions at Harvard University, saying the…

PARIS (AP) — The last surviving member of an elite French unit that joined U.S. and other Allied forces in the D-Day invasion has died. Leon…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Sick of being ignored by far-away politicians, officials on Scotland’s remote Orkney Islands are…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s defense minister has reaffirmed military relations with Russia during a meeting with the head of the Russian navy.…

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s army has called on young people and anyone else capable of fighting to enlist in its battle against the country’s…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police on Monday accused eight self-exiled pro-democracy activists of violating the…

By JULIET LINDERMAN Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Police are searching for suspects who opened fire during a holiday weekend block party in…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s new lawmakers have been sworn in just over a week after a general election…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An international center has opened at the Hague to support those building cases…

LONDON (AP) — The head of the United Nations called Monday for maritime nations to agree on a course for the shipping industry to reduce its…

BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. is recommending Americans reconsider traveling to China because of arbitrary law enforcement, exit bans and the risk of…

LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — A car crashed into a busy New Hampshire restaurant and injured more than a dozen patrons inside, authorities said. The vehicle…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday after Wall Street hit a 15-month high ahead of a decision…

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says a group of militants has ambushed troops during a search operation against insurgents in…

BEIJING (AP) — Heavy flooding has displaced thousands of people around China as the capital had a relative respite from sweltering heat. Beijing…

By LAURIE KELLMAN, REBECCA SANTANA and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A much-feared backup of U.S. passport applications has…

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — President Vladimir Putin will participate this week in his first multilateral summit since an…

By VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The United Nations body that regulates the world’s ocean floor is preparing to…

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press ROXBURY, Conn. (AP) — The shingled one-room structure where Arthur Miller worked at his home in Connecticut, from…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An earthquake has shaken Indonesia’s easternmost province, but there are no immediate reports of serious damage or…

By JACK DURA and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota higher education officials are deeply worried about losing…

GREEN POND, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in South Carolina say six people have been found dead after a house fire. The sheriff’s office says…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New Hampshire is in open rebellion. Georgia is all but out. South Carolina and Nevada are on…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will travel to Beijing Thursday in an effort to thaw…