AP National News

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A prominent rights group says a Russian court has dropped the authorities’ lawsuit to…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers have passed a sweeping education bill limiting instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation,…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A North Carolina man accused of shooting and wounding a 6-year-old girl and her parents after…

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congolese lawmakers say 14 people drowned in a lake on the border between Zambia and…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has donated religious offerings to a Tokyo shrine that China…

PARIS (AP) — French Open tournament director Amélie Mauresmo says night sessions at this year’s event will begin 30 minutes earlier. Late…

By DANIEL POLITI BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández announced Friday he won’t seek reelection for a second…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Directing a project focused on Tupac’s life was a farfetched idea for…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish volunteer who died of wounds sustained during a humanitarian mission in eastern Ukraine has been buried in his home…

By STEFANIE DAZIO, LARRY FENN and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. remains on a torrid pace for mass killings this year.…

By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The immense success of the Netflix series “Emily in Paris” has transformed a quiet,…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian customs have destroyed more than 2,000 cans of Miller High Life, advertised as the…

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Spoiler alert! Season 2 of “Welcome to Wrexham” is set to get the Hollywood ending the…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Chef Edward Lee says food, at its best, tells a story. And the story he wants told with…

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — While Ameen Taylor feels fortunate he has a cooling tree cover in the front and back yards…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Tony Award-winning comedian Barry Humphries, renowned for his garish stage persona Dame…

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Four million applications were received for an online lottery where winners get to buy tickets for…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Looking back at 2022’s weather with months of analysis, the World Meteorological Organization said last…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Police say 10 members of the same family were killed in a mass shooting at a house in…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso’s government has opened investigations into allegations of human rights abuses…