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US journalist marks a year in a Russian prison as courts keep extending his time behind bars

For Evan Gershkovich , the dozen appearances in Moscow's courts over the past year have fallen into...

Venezuelans are increasingly stuck in Mexico, explaining drop in illegal crossings to US

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Venezuelan migrants often have a quick answer when asked to name the most difficult...

Judge forges ahead with pretrial motions in Georgia election interference case

ATLANTA (AP) — The charges against former President Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference...

Biden fundraiser with Obama and Clinton nets a record high $25 million, the campaign says

WASHINGTON (AP) — A fundraiser for President Joe Biden on Thursday in New York City that also stars...

Ex-Trump lawyer Eastman should lose state law license for efforts to overturn election, judge says

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has recommended that conservative attorney John Eastman lose his California...

Debate emerges over whether modern protections could have saved Baltimore bridge

When a 900-foot container ship struck the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge in 2007, the span stood fir...

Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrats’ VP pick in 2000, dead at 82

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who nearly won the vice presidency...

Baltimore bridge collapse: Ships carrying cars and heavy equipment need to find a new harbor

Manufacturers and shippers are scrambling to figure out where they can load or unload cargo while...

House Speaker Mike Johnson is committed to advancing Ukraine aid. But it will be a difficult task

WASHINGTON (AP) — For over a month, House Speaker Mike Johnson has sat on a funding package that woul...

A faster spinning Earth may cause timekeepers to subtract a second from world clocks

Earth’s changing spin is threatening to toy with our sense of time, clocks and computerized society...

Biden leans on his Democratic predecessors as Trump remains isolated from other Republican leaders

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden needs advice, there are two people he can turn to who kno...

783 million people face chronic hunger. Yet the world wastes 19% of its food, UN says

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The world wasted an estimated 19% of the food produced globally in 2022, or about...

50 years after the former Yugoslavia protected abortion rights, that legacy is under threat

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — With vigils outside clinics, marches drawing thousands and groups of men kneeling...

5 takeaways from the abortion pill case before the U.S. Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday did not appear ready to limit access to the...

Judge issues gag order barring Donald Trump from commenting on witnesses, others in hush money case

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge Tuesday issued a gag order barring Donald Trump from commenting publicly...

With its soldiers mired in Gaza, Israel fights a battle at home over drafting the ultra-Orthodox

JERUSALEM (AP) — As Israel battles a prolonged war in Gaza , broad exemptions from mandatory military...

Black coaches are rare in soccer. Is this because of a lack of diversity in the boardroom?

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Ricky Hill packed his bags and prepared to uproot his life again. Next stop:...

Republicans threaten to hold Attorney General Garland in contempt over Biden documents case

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans threatened to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt...

As Biden tours the country and visits swing states, Trump is fundraising and playing golf

WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Joe Biden visited five cities in a multiday trip last week, former...

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