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By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer For Muslim soccer players in deeply secular France, observing Ramadan is a tall order. The country’s soccer…

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s government has ordered officials to closely monitor livestock along the border with Laos after more than 50 people were…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares ended mostly higher in quiet, Good Friday holiday trading, while European and…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union aims to fast-track up to $1.1 billion in financial aid to Egypt, using a funding…

By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese telecoms gear company Huawei Technologies has reported its profit more than doubled last…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has struck southern Greece off the coast of the western Peloponnese. Minor damage but no injuries…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Five people who took a Japanese health supplement have died and more than 100 have been hospitalized…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — “Oppenheimer” has finally opened in the nation where two cities were obliterated by the nuclear…

By BASSEM MROUE and MARIAM FAM Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The nun stood in front of a group of young students at a Lebanese Christian school…

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia bill that aims to require local jailers to work with immigration authorities is headed to the governor’s desk for…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press International Transgender Day of Visibility aims to show “trans joy.” Buildings will be lit pink, white and…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia could join other states in requiring children younger than 16 to have their parents’ explicit…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s first generation of migrant workers played an integral role in the country’s…

By DASHA LITVINOVA and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A journalist on a reporting trip in a Ural Mountains city. A corporate…

By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — The late Joe Lieberman on Friday was remembered by political allies and even a former…

By KATHLEEN FOODY and MELISSA PEREZ WINDER Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago plans to close five shelters for migrants in the coming weeks.…

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press As authorities begin removing twisted wreckage from the the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, they’re…

By BEN FINLEY and BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Rebuilding Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge could take…

By LEA SKENE and BRIAN WITTE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A crane that can lift 1,000 tons, described as one of the largest on the Eastern…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One of the nation’s most prominent news outlets has found itself in an embarrassing mess over…

By The Associated Press Hours before gunmen last week carried out the bloodiest attack in two decades in Russia, authorities made an addition to a…

By REBECCA SANTANA and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are more worried about legal immigrants committing…

By SUDHIN THANAWALA and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers have approved new rules for challenging voters and qualifying…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers are agreeing on pay raises for public school teachers and state employees, although…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities allege that a former employee of Caltrain and a former contractor for the mass transit system connecting Silicon…

BROOKINGS, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that a southern Oregon city can’t limit a local church’s homeless meal services. KGW…

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry has died a day after after experiencing a medical emergency related to his stomach cancer. He…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska state lawmaker is imploring the Legislature’s Executive Board to hold…

By BASSEM MROUE and ALBERT AJI Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian army says Israeli airstrikes near the northern city of Aleppo have killed…