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By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as President Joe Biden becomes more aggressive in pressuring Americans to get vaccinated, he…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The conservative activist lawyer that sued China for $20 trillion over the…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Oakland filmmaker Peter Nicks had already made two well-regarded documentaries capturing the…

By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals says a U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting state…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel says it has downed an unarmed Hezbollah drone that crossed the border from Lebanon. The army said in a statement on…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge has once again rejected one of 11 sexual assault counts in an…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press The COVID-19 surge that is sending hospitalizations to all-time highs in parts of the…

By AMANDA LEE MYERS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kit Harington has turned in his bulky black fur coat and brooding “Game of Thrones”…

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Seton Hall University has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by former basketball player Myles Powell over a knee…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Ready to go out on the town before summer ends? In parts of the U.S., you might…

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian opposition activist and her husband have been handed prison sentences on drug charges they have rejected as a sham. A court…

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — When a World Health Organization-led team traveled to China earlier this year to investigate the…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the biggest sign yet that Hollywood’s fall plans are being altered by the coronavirus surge…

By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press EL CEIBO, Guatemala (AP) — Karla Leiva finds herself at a migrant shelter near the Guatemala-Mexico border with…

By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A top prosecutor for the International Criminal Court says Sudan has signed an agreement with the…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top criminal investigation agency is looking into an oil spill off the country’s…

By ROBERT BURNS, MATTHEW LEE and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Just weeks before the U.S. military is scheduled to complete…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco will require proof of full vaccination against COVID-19…

MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow has jailed a specialist in hypersonic technologies pending trial on charges of high treason. It’s the latest…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press School systems across the U.S. are setting up their own virtual academies in growing numbers to accommodate…

The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — AEG Presents, a major tour and festival promoter, announced that COVID-19 vaccines would be required for…

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua’s storied La Prensa newspaper says it will suspend its print edition after the government once again…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Wendy’s plans to open 700 delivery-only kitchens by 2025 to meet the growing demand from people who want their…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The U.S. became more diverse and more urban over the past decade, and the non-Hispanic white population dropped…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina authorities have dropped criminal charges related to a 2019 boat crash against a member of a prominent legal…

LONDON (AP) — French authorities say an undocumented migrant has been airlifted to hospital from the English Channel after a boat carrying about 40…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago health officials say they’ve found 203 cases of COVID-19 connected to Lollapalooza,…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul waited more than a year to disclose that his wife bought stock in a…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The former longtime military ruler of Myanmar, Than Shwe, has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and is…

BERLIN (AP) — Victims of communism in East Germany have criticized the decision to grant electric automaker Tesla a subsidy of almost $10 million…