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By JON GAMBRELL AND PHIL HOLM Associated Press Israel has identified the southern Gaza city of Rafah as the next target in its military offensive…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Serbia’s president has accused Kosovo’s government at a heated U.N. meeting of…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities have exhumed the body of the wife of a famed former Tennessee sheriff more than a half-century after she was…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic National Committee has filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission,…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer More foods are being recalled in the wake of a deadly outbreak of listeria food poisoning. They include things that…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s part-time Legislature moves at a quick clip. And its lawmakers expect the same…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has ruled that jurors in the trial of two men charged with killing Young Dolph will…

LONDON (AP) — Police say the suspect in a London chemical attack that left a woman hospitalized with life-changing injuries and injured her two…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Denis Villeneuve doesn’t feel like he came back to Arrakis for “Dune: Part Two.” In his…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Years before Taylor Swift grew into the global superstar who has become the talk of this Super…

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German chemical company BASF says it’s speeding up the sale of stakes in two joint ventures in China after its…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former Catholic priest in South Carolina has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Friday that he will run for U.S. Senate, giving…

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A second man has pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with threats and vandalism targeting public radio journalists…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The flu virus is hanging on in the U.S., intensifying in some areas of the country after weeks of…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ed Dwight grew up in segregated 1930s Kansas on a farm on the edge of town. An airfield was within…

By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE (AP) — A former prime minister of the Netherlands has died by euthanasia “hand in hand” together with…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press An Ohio city is dropping criminal charges against a pastor over his around-the-clock ministry to the homeless and…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The director of the main U.N. aid agency for Palestinians says Israeli restrictions are…

By JAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congolese authorities say at least 18 people were killed Friday when the bus they were…

CHICAGO (AP) — An overnight fire caused extensive damage to an iconic Chicago restaurant that’s known for its breakfasts and is filled with…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump told thousands of members of the National Rifle Association…

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A former TV news reporter is getting into New Jersey’s U.S. Senate race as a Republican.…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ed Dwight grew up in segregated 1930s Kansas on a farm on the edge of town. An airfield was within…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has met with Argentine pilgrims who are in town for this weekend’s canonization of the first female saint from his home…

BEIRIUT (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister has vowed after arriving in Beirut to keep supporting the militant Hezbollah group, saying Lebanon’s…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Holding the Olympic Games in bustling, compact Paris is riling and worrying some residents. Games…

By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge agreed to step down Friday after she was caught sending hundreds of texts…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A 15-year-old accused of shooting a Brazilian tourist in the leg Thursday…