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By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A California peace activist who has worked to remove land mines from war-torn regions…

By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The mayor of a small French town whose home was set afire amid a bitter battle over bringing in…

SILVER CITY, Mich. (AP) — An 8-year-old Wisconsin boy who spent two days lost in a remote, rugged northern Michigan park before being found says he…

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Sunderland is within reach of a return to the Premier League after a chaotic and often farcical six years during…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is formally recognizing 21 Coptic Orthodox workers who were beheaded by Islamic…

BERLIN (AP) — A man opened fire at a Mercedes-Benz factory in southwestern Germany on Thursday, leaving two people dead, authorities and the…

By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro’s state-owned media says that a trial has opened in the country…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans filing for jobless claims last week rose to its highest level in four months, though the labor…

NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of rare photos and other images from the archives of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan will be featured in “Bob Dylan: Mixing…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale prices in the United States rose modestly last month, the latest sign that…

LONDON (AP) — The U.K. is sending Ukraine long-range cruise missiles to help push back Russian forces, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said…

RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. food agency is warning that a widespread locust infestation in several Afghan provinces is…

MILAN (AP) — A van that was transporting oxygen tanks to a nearby medical facility exploded in the center of the Italian city of Milan on Thursday,…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Honda’s profit for the fiscal year that ended in March has dropped 1.7% as sales took a hit from…

NEW CASTLE, Pa. (AP) — Officials say nine railcars from a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in Pennsylvania, with no hazardous chemicals on…

BEIJING (AP) — Australian Trade and Tourism Minister Don Farrell is visiting China as part of a joint effort to repair ties scarred by political…

LONDON (AP) — British police say a woman in her 80s is in critical condition after being hit by a police motorcycle that was escorting Prince…

BERLIN (AP) — A senior security official says German police have detained a suspect in connection with an explosion at a residential building that…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — China is continuing its diplomatic push in Europe with a high-level visit to the Netherlands where Vice President Han…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press HAMPDEN, Maine (AP) — David Bishop spends the school day as a mild-mannered custodian, but before the final bell…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish prosecutors say that a 50-year-old man has been charged with spreading sensitive military information online. Authorities…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The interior minister of ethnically divided Cyprus says some 70% of arriving…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group is reporting a loss of 970 billion yen, or $7 billion,…

HELSINKI (AP) — Police say two dozen people, many of them children, were injured when a temporary pedestrian bridge collapsed in the southern…

LONDON (AP) — The leader of Wales’ pro-independence political party has resigned after an inquiry found it was riddled with bullying and…

GENEVA (AP) — The top U.N. human rights body has adopted a resolution concerning mounting civilian deaths and rights abuses in Sudan since a bloody…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer NIIGATA, Japan (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says that in her opinion, the United States should…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Jacklyn Zeman, who for 45 years played nurse Bobbie Spencer on ABC’s ‘General Hospital,” has died…

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has parlayed his country’s NATO membership and…

By DAVID RISING and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press NEAR KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — By the time Kyiv residents hear the air-raid sirens signaling an…

By FARES AKRAM and ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip killed two militant commanders…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has raised interest rates to their highest level since late 2008 as it continues to…