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By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Voters in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District will consider the political future of three-term Rep. Jared Golden in one of the nation’s most closely watched congressional elections. Golden is a Democrat with a history of supporting gun rights who has long bucked his party on the issue.

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer TEL AVIV (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his latest trip to the Middle East. America’s top diplomat on Monday urged approval of a cease-fire proposal that faced new uncertainty following Israel’s hostage rescue operation that killed many

By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include an album from Paul McCartney & Wings, Jake Gyllenhaal starring in his first TV role as a prosecutor accused of murder in “Presumed Innocent,” and actor Andrew McCarthy sets out to reconnect with some of this fellow Brat Pack alum. “Origin,” Ava DuVernay’s stirringly

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese economy shrank at an annual rate of 1.8% in the first quarter of this year. That’s according to revised government data and was slightly better than the initial estimate of a 2.0% contraction. The revision reported Monday was due to private sector investments, at

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — Former president Donald Trump has endorsed retired Army Capt. Sam Brown for U.S. Senate in Nevada over a crowded GOP primary field. Trump chose Brown over several other candidates with close ties to the former president including Jeff Gunter, Trump’s former ambassador to Iceland,

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Jrue Holiday led the scoring. Derrick White added a chase-down block. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown pitched in, too — with their passing and defense. The Mavericks can stop worrying about who Boston’s best player is. Everyone is contributing to the Celtics’ quest for an unprecedented

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the U.N. World Food Program said Sunday the program has “paused” its distribution of humanitarian aid from an American-built pier off Gaza, saying she was “concerned about the safety of our people” after what had been one of the deadliest days of the war

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia congressional candidate convicted for illegally demonstrating inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has walked out of a televised debate with a fellow Republican. Chuck Hand tells reporters he left Sunday’s debate because he believed his opponents were unfairly attacking his wife. Hand and

By GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right party has won European elections in Italy with a strong 28% of the votes, boosting her leadership at home and consolidating her kingmaker role in Europe. Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party has confirmed its status as the country’s most popular party,

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — With its decades-long grip on power under threat, Venezuela’s ruling party on Sunday tested a voter organizing campaign aimed at shoring up President Nicolás Maduro’s bid for a third term. The assessment followed weeks of efforts by local organizers of the United Socialist Party of

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombia has marked the first anniversary of the rescue of four Indigenous children who survived a small plane crash in the Amazon rainforest in an operation that gripped the world’s attention. A small ceremony was held at a Bogota military base that included an emotional reunion

SISTERS, Ore. (AP) — A rodeo bull hopped a fence surrounding an Oregon arena and ran through a concession area into a parking lot, injuring at least three people before wranglers caught up with it, officials said. The crowd at the 84th Sisters Rodeo in the city of Sisters was singing along with Lee Greenwood’s

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City subway station would be renamed to commemorate the Stonewall riots that galvanized the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, under legislation approved by state lawmakers as they wrapped up their session this month. The state Legislature approved a bill Wednesday directing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to change the name

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s newly selected Prime Minister Garry Conille was discharged from a hospital after spending a night in treatment for an undisclosed condition. In a video published on YouTube, Conille said Sunday that he is now feeling well and is “ready” to continue to help steer the country out of

PHOENIX (AP) — More sweltering heat appears to be headed to parts of Arizona and Nevada this week. The National Weather Service said Sunday that an excessive heat watch is in effect Tuesday through Thursday for the Phoenix metro area plus other portions of south-central and northwest Arizona. Temperatures could reach 111 F (43.8 C)

By MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH, JACK JEFFERY and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — They arrived in the middle of the day, when the squat concrete buildings of the Nuseirat refugee camp are stifling and the narrow streets outside are filled with people. No one suspected a thing until the shots rang out.

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to be interviewed by New York probation officials Monday, a required step before his July sentencing in his criminal hush money case, according to three people familiar with the plan. Trump will do the interview via a computer video conference from his residence

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Flemish nationalist parties are dominating general elections in Belgium as Prime minister Alexander De Croo’s liberal party took a hit. Difficult coalition talks to form a new government are now looming. Despite polls predicting that the far-right, anti-immigration Vlaams Belang party would become the main political force

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday he was dissolving the National Assembly and calling a snap legislative election after his party suffered a heavy defeat in elections for the European Parliament. In an address to the nation from the Elysee presidential palace, Macron said he had “decided to give you back the

By SYLVIE CORBET and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the lower house of France’s parliament in a surprise announcement sending voters back to the polls in the coming weeks to choose lawmakers, after his party was handed a humbling defeat by the far-right in the European elections Sunday. The

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy embraced his status as an outsider who came to Montana to start a business during the first debate in a race that could tip the balance of power in the Senate. Sheehy on Sunday sought to fend off concerns over

By EMILIO MORENATTI Associated Press Associated Press photographer and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Emilio Morenatti has visited more than 50 countries in a 30-year career. He’s always looking to elevate a moment by finding the beauty in the mundane. His most recent trip was to South Africa for the national elections. Here’s what he had

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel’s three-man war Cabinet, announced his resignation Sunday, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of mismanaging the war effort and putting his own “political survival” over the country’s security needs. The move does not immediately pose a threat to Netanyahu, who still

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police say an early morning shooting at a rooftop party in Wisconsin has left at least 10 people injured, including teenagers. Nine people were injured by gunfire and another was injured by broken glass at the party Sunday at a high-rise apartment in downtown Madison. All of the injured were hospitalized.

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — As Carlos Alcaraz began constructing his comeback in Sunday’s French Open final, a 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 victory over Alexander Zverev for a first championship at Roland Garros and third Grand Slam title in all, there arrived the sort of magical shot the kid is

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” the fourth installment in the Will Smith-Martin Lawrence action comedy series, opened with an estimated $56 million in theaters over the weekend, handing Hollywood a much-needed summer hit and Smith his biggest success since he slapped Chris Rock at the

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Projections show that Germany’s unpopular governing parties sank to feeble results and the far-right Alternative for Germany made gains in Sunday’s vote for the European Parliament, while the mainstream conservative opposition was the country’s strongest political force by a distance. The projections for public television showed support

By SHAH ABBAS Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Officials in Indian-controlled Kashmir say at least nine people have been killed after suspected militants fired at a bus with Hindu pilgrims, which then fell into a deep george. A police officer said some of the victims had gunshot wounds and blamed the attack on Muslim

By JEAN FERNAND KOENA Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The government of the Central African Republic has suspended a Chinese mining company’s operations in the country over alleged ties to armed militias. The government accused the Chinese mining company Daquing SARL of “intelligence with armed groups, illegal exploitation, illegal introduction of foreign

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say officers have arrested a man accused of killing two members of the minority Ahmadi community in separate attacks in the eastern Punjab province. Police said the arrest came a day after the suspect shot and killed two Ahmadis hours apart in Mandi Bahauddin, a district in the eastern