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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press OKUMA, Japan (AP) — Twelve years after the triple reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A second volcano in remote Alaska is experiencing elevated earthquake activity this week, signaling an increased potential…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament has approved the central bank’s appointment of Kazuo Ueda as its…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Fiji’s former leader Frank Bainimarama has been released on bail after pleading not…

By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press A gunman attacked a service held by his former congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses at their worship hall on…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping was awarded a third five-year term as the nation’s president Friday, putting him on track to stay in…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bill to prohibit minors from getting married in West Virginia was resurrected in the state…

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin was charged Friday with corruption and money…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Pakistan’s foreign minister says his country is facing “a perfect storm” of…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man who burned a cross in his front yard to intimidate…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer A federal judge has rejected former Theranos executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani’s bid to remain free…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican lawmaker has accused the FBI of wrongly searching for his name…

By BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press An African serval cat that was found with cocaine in its system after an escape at a traffic stop now calls the…

DETROIT (AP) — A man charged with threatening the lives of Jewish Michigan public officials on Twitter has been indicted on a hate crime charge.…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — U.S. railroads were warned to take certain cars out of service Thursday after Norfolk Southern…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A bill that would allow inmates of prisons and jails in Oregon to vote in elections moved on…

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont’s largest city has voted to allow noncitizens who are in the country legally to vote in local elections. The…

By LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Blake, the Emmy award-winning performer who went from acclaim for his acting to…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has been invited to testify before a New York grand jury that…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer When Joc Pederson takes the field for Israel in the World Baseball Classic, he’ll be wearing bright silver cleats…