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By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Record numbers of people are starting new businesses, and more and more of them are women and…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press The U.S. Coast Guard reopened the Ohio River in Pittsburgh to maritime traffic on Tuesday, nearly four days…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press Changing course, a Democratic Florida prosecutor suspended from office by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis says he will…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Assocaited Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a controversial law, days after it was…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has sided with a decorated veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in a protracted fight with the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was back on the bench Tuesday, after an unexplained one-day absence. Thomas, 75, was in his…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson suggested that the central bank’s key…

BERLIN (AP) — The southern German state of Bavaria says it will ban the smoking of cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens and even at…

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Following a protracted questionnaire phase and hours of questioning on Tuesday, seven jurors were seated by…

SOUTH CHARLESTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man who authorities say fatally shot an Uber driver he thought was trying to rob him after scam phone calls…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has spoken with China’s national defense minister in the…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Japan has urged Tokyo to take a greater role in developing, producing and…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s governing conservative party has added a convicted politician from Albania’s ethnic Greek minority to its list…

LONDON (AP) — A Muslim student who wanted to pray during lunchtime lost a court fight Tuesday against a strict London school that had banned prayer…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A report from the website 38 North says that North Korea is putting surveillance…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its outlook for the global economy, saying the…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s latest plan for student loan cancellation is moving forward as a…

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s prime minister says a French construction worker who confronted a man who stabbed six people to death in a Sydney…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — American Olympic athletes have a new place to turn to lock down college degrees and other skills…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece aims to create two large marine parks as part of an $830 million program to…

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — An Algerian journalist is decrying his expulsion from the country after flying in from France and not being allowed to…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A plan by Britain’s government to introduce a landmark smoking ban that aims to stop young people…

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Apple CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday that he wants to further increase investment in Vietnam…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Argentina’s defense minister has signed a deal worth about 2.1 billion kroner ($300 million) to buy 24 of Denmark’s…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Armenia has insisted that the top United Nations court has jurisdiction to hear its…

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — The talk before the opening ceremony of the Paris Games ideally should be about its grandiose…

By The Associated Press U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling for “urgent de-escalation” of hostilities in a phone conversation with…

SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore’s incoming leader says Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will stay on as senior minister in the government after he steps…