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BERLIN (AP) — The German Catholic Church says a senior priest has been removed from office after criticism of his handling of abuse allegations…

LEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say an explosion at a suburban Chicago petroleum plant killed one person and injured a second Tuesday morning. The…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press Money earmarked for thousands of new IRS employees would be transferred to a grant program allowing schools…

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities have arrested a Syrian man on suspicion of planning to carry out an explosives attack motivated by Islamic…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ED WHITE Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The former head of a Michigan marijuana licensing board has pleaded…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — Many loyal Republicans in the state that kicks off the presidential…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has gotten his highest-profile backing from a Senate…

By JENNIFER O’MAHONY and SERGIO RODRIGO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Agriculture Minister Luis Planas has requested emergency…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has apologized to residents of the northern province…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden has informed Russia that five employees with the Russian Embassy in Stockholm have been asked to leave the country, saying…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A stage play about the making of the blockbuster movie “Jaws” will soon take a huge…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer PIACAGUERA INDIGENOUS LAND, Brazil (AP) — As a bonfire lit by children finished burning, the winners at the…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The national gas system operators of Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia have agreed to boost the transfer of natural…

By JAMEY KEATEN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — U.N. officials say one side in the Sudan conflict has seized control of a national…

By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Jeff Drummond spends days and nights alone in a tiny room with fake wood paneling, two…

BEIJING (AP) — The family of a veteran Chinese journalist says he faces espionage charges after being detained while meeting with a Japanese…

By GIADA ZAMPANO ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has called for unity among political forces in celebrating the anniversary of the…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has formally announced he’s seeking reelection. But he’s also still the…

By AMY TAXIN and JAE C. HONG Associated Press LEMOORE, Calif. (AP) — Ron Caetano is packed and ready to go. His family photos and valuables are in…

By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet Traveling while pregnant can be tough. Activities like adventure sports, scuba diving and going to high-altitude…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Police in Japan are investigating a suspicious object found in a paper bag inside a commercial…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron’s government is under pressure over the rights of people…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Major central banks are standing down from their offer of daily emergency dollar loans…

By JENNIFER O’MAHONY and DAVID BILLER Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is due to arrive in…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer A handful of big-name stars around the NHL have been invisible or close to it during the first week of the…

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The trade of quarterback Aaron Rodgers from Green Bay to New York puts one of…

By TOM KRISHER AP Business Writer DETROIT (AP) — General Motors and South Korea’s Samsung SDI plan to invest more than $3 billion in building a…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says police have detained 110 people for alleged links to Kurdish militants in raids…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says it has fired one of its doctors who faced allegations, first…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Swiss bank UBS says it took in $28 billion of net new money for its wealth management business in…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say a Russian missile has hit a museum building in the north of the…

SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KRYVYI RIH, Ukraine (AP) — The graves are dug in the morning. Four plots, each two meters deep in the section of a…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese and foreigners streamed out of the capital of Khartoum and other battle zones, as fighting…

By OHAD ZWIGENBERG and LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is marking its Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday as worries about the health of global economies grew…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged Myanmar’s ruling military to take the…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Kelly Curto is taking her first trip outside the U.S., and the die-hard fan of the British royal…

By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say the twin blasts that struck a counterterrorism facility in the…