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Cori Bush and Wesley Bell’s rematch sets up key test for Democrats in Missouri
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Gripping a microphone outside the courthouse where the infamous Dred Scott…
Montana man hikes out of the mountains to get help after he was impaled by a trekking pole
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — David Cifaldi and his two hiking companions were crossing Montana’s ominous…
Prague zoo keeps polar bears cool with ice cubes as European summer heatwave hits
PRAGUE (AP) — Keepers at Prague Zoo used tons of ice on Thursday to give…
Malaysia begins screening 5,000 refugees for their planned return to Myanmar
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia has started documenting and screening thousands of detained Myanmar…
Macao’s first national security case raises concerns over fairness a year after arrest
HONG KONG (AP) — When former Macao pro-democracy lawmaker Au Kam San was arrested in…
Voters in Manchester choose a mayor to replace Andy Burnham, who left city hall for Downing Street
LONDON (AP) — Voters in the English city of Manchester are electing a new mayor…
How views on Trump’s handling of Iran have shifted, according to a new AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans say the war in Iran has not been worth fighting,…
PHOTO ESSAY: Palestinian shepherds endure life alongside Israeli settler outposts
MASAFER YATTA, West Bank (AP) — The blue-and-white Israeli flags flutter from hilltops and line…
French authorities say 4 people have died trying to cross the Channel
PARIS (AP) — Four people have died in two separate attempts to cross the English…
Monsoon rains trigger house collapse in Lahore, killing 9 family members
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Monsoon rains collapsed the roof of a multistory house in eastern…
How views on Trump’s handling of Iran have shifted, according to a new AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans say the war in Iran has not been worth fighting,…
Turkish police detain actor-turned-mayor Erdal Besikcioglu in latest raids targeting opposition
ISTANBUL (AP) — Police detained a former TV actor-turned-mayor on Thursday in the latest wave…
The Mediterranean’s warming waters are drawing hundreds of invasive species
ROME (AP) — The Mediterranean of our ancestors is no more. Scientists say climate change,…
US-Iran conflict enters new phase as Saudi Arabia helps hit proxies and diplomacy stalls again
WASHINGTON (AP) — The stop-start fighting between the United States and Iran appears to have…
AP News in Brief at 11:09 p.m. EDT
US launches strikes on Iranian targets a day after it foiled missile attack on American…
Glen Hansard, Irish musician who won Oscar for ‘Once,’ dies in motorcycle crash
LONDON (AP) — Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, who won an Academy Award for the 2007…
US launches strikes on Iranian targets a day after it foiled missile attack on American forces
BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. military said early Thursday it had completed what it described…
Copenhagen’s famed Noma restaurant to reopen without founder Redzepi at helm
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s iconic Noma restaurant is set to reopen on Aug. 5…
Senate panel delays vote on Blanche attorney general nomination as key Republicans withhold support
WASHINGTON (AP) — Todd Blanche’s nomination to become attorney general stalled Wednesday as lawmakers scrapped…
Southern Europe burns as 3 firefighters die and France battles blaze 4 times the size of Paris
LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) — An uncontained wildfire four times the size of Paris threatened…
Police: Bullets that killed 2 bystanders at Seattle festival weren’t from teen shooter’s gun
SEATTLE (AP) — Preliminary testing showed the bullets that killed two bystanders during a shootout…
Rescuers search for survivors after a quake kills 18 in southwestern Japan
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KUMAMOTO, Japan (AP) — Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall…
US uses dormant court to seek deportation of Afghan woman accused of aiding terror plot
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Afghan woman accused of supporting an Islamic State-inspired plot in the…
’60 Minutes’ announces new slate of correspondents for upcoming season
NEW YORK (AP) — Two months after a major shakeup, CBS’s “60 Minutes” has hired…