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By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Like most businesses across the U.S., casinos are racing to hire new workers. That is…

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia has inaugurated 290 new lawmakers, bringing the country a step closer to…

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s government has approved the demolition of the huge grain silos in Beirut’s port, gutted in the devastating 2020…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Letizia Battaglia, an Italian photographer who documented the arrests of Mafia bosses and…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A delegation of six U.S. lawmakers has arrived in Taiwan on a visit that has already been denounced by China. The U.S.…

CAIRO (AP) — The European Union says an EU human rights official visited Egypt this week amid an outcry over the mysterious death of an economic…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment NEW YORK (AP) — Everyone knows that Charlie Brown’s nemesis is a kite-eating tree. But the “Peanuts” hero…

By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s leaders say the military’s laser defense system has successfully…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Popular Bollywood stars Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt were married Thursday in a private ceremony…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia says he’s raised $13.6 million this year for his reelection…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Clinton Health Access Initiative selected Dr. Neil Buddy Shah as its new CEO Thursday, a…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says it will begin cracking down on e-cigarettes that have…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will soon ban abortions after 15 weeks. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the law on…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and JAMES LAPORTA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has called Russia’s war on Ukraine a genocide and…

Associated Press In his first letter to Amazon shareholders, CEO Andy Jassy offered a defense of the wages and benefits the company gives its…

By BRUCE SCHREINER and PIPER HUDSPETH BLACKBURN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Abortion-rights groups have gone to court seeking to…

By TOM HAYS, BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The man charged in this week’s Brooklyn subway attack has…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court has imposed a 12-year prison sentence on a 76-year-old Afghan man convicted of involvement in war…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Heavy rains and flooding have killed at least 341 people in South Africa’s eastern…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government says it is closely watching military activities by Russia following reports it…