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By COLLEEN BARRY and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press MILAN (AP) — A humanitarian group appealed to France on Tuesday for a port where it could…

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Energized Republicans are eager to claw back power in Congress, working…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Party officials say Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has postponed the resumption of…

By SARA BURNETT, JILL COLVIN and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Control of Congress hung in the balance early Wednesday as…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Republican Markwayne Mullin would be the first Native American in the U.S.…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT and BEN FINLEY Associated Press DUMFRIES, Va. (AP) — Three Democratic congresswomen in Virginia are looking to survive tough…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Three races among Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation have taken shape as some of…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Tim Scott has won reelection to what he said will be his last term serving…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Sweden’s new prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, is meeting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a bid to clinch Turkish…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republicans in Oklahoma are heavily favored to retain all five of the state’s U.S. House…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Eight-time NBA All Star Dwight Howard is headed to Taiwan to play for the Taoyuan Leopards in the island’s top division.…

By JOHN O’CONNOR Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Democratic governor of Illinois is seeking a second term in Tuesday’s…

STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison faces a tough re-election challenge from a…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Derrick Van Orden was leading the race for a western Wisconsin congressional seat…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Angie Craig is fighting to keep her seat in a high-stakes rematch with…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democrat Tim Walz is seeking a second term against Republican Scott Jensen, a family…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Neither major party expects Kansas Republican Jerry Moran to have any trouble winning a third…

By JIM SALTER O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Republican Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has won election to the U.S. Senate. He defeated…

By KEN MILLER Associated Press Republican Sen. John Boozman is expected to coast to reelection, but what role the two-term incumbent would play in…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer MILAN (AP) — A new fully electric vehicle startup in Italy is challenging U.S. and Chinese rivals with “Made…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese government says repayment of the more than 10 trillion yen ($68 billion) government…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese video game maker Nintendo has reported a 34% surge in its profit for the first half of…

BEIJING (AP) — China is displaying its latest generation fighter jets and civilian aircraft as it looks to carve a larger role for itself in the…

By FRANK JORDANS and WAJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — The world should confront climate change the way it does…