AP National News

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A judge has ordered no jail time for South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg in a…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya’s capital say nine people are dead after a crane collapsed at a high-rise construction site in Nairobi. An…

BERLIN (AP) — The German government says Chancellor Angela Merkel has called off a planned weekend visit to Israel because of the situation in…

ISABELLA, Minn. (AP) — A Superior National Forest official says the ongoing drought has created “tinderbox conditions” as firefighters continue…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch police say a body that washed up on an island in the northern Netherlands is that of an 81-year-old German man…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany publishing company Axel Springer says it has signed a deal to buy the U.S.-based political news site Politico and the tech…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The Africa director of the World Health Organization says the continent was able to triple…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul introduced state Sen. Brian Benjamin as her choice for lieutenant governor Thursday in the senator’s…

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s state-run news agency says the judge leading the investigation into last year’s massive explosion at Beirut’s…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a 6.6% annual rate last quarter, slightly faster than…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose for the first time in five…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission says it has received reports from residents that some 150 people were killed earlier…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada has ended its evacuations from Afghanistan as the clock ticks down on dramatic Western…

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities have ousted an opposition legislator from his seat after finding him to be insufficiently loyal amid…

MIAMI (AP) — Video released by a team of federal investigators shows more evidence of extensive corrosion and overcrowded concrete reinforcement in…

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — The captain of Afghanistan’s wheelchair basketball team has found a new home and a new club in…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s vice defense minister has called for North Korea to resume cooperation…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A former Royal Marine who runs an animal charity in Afghanistan says he, his Afghan staff and dozens…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe is opening COVID-19 vaccinations to those aged 14 and older and is only…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Police in London arrested a man on suspicion of contaminating food in three supermarkets by injecting them with…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai police colonel known as “Jo Ferrari” due to his collection of fine cars, who was wanted…

BERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany are investigating a leopard attack on a model who suffered severe injuries during a photo shoot. German news agency…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian farmer unable to attend his aunt’s funeral because of pandemic…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s Parliament is expected to end a nurses’ strike by implementing a previously rejected pay proposal. The…

By The Associated Press New Zealand says it was not able to get everybody it wanted out of Afghanistan in time before the deadly attacks near…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — ESPN is canceling Rachel Nichols’ show “The Jump” and pulling her off NBA programming. ESPN…

By SAYED ZIARMAL HASHEMI, RAHIM FAIEZ, LOLITA C. BALDOR and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two suicide bombers and gunmen…