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Washington Mystics (5-15, 2-10 Eastern Conference) at Las Vegas Aces (11-6, 6-4 Western Conference) Las Vegas; Thursday, 10 p.m. EDT…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian court on Wednesday dismissed a bid by imprisoned former Prime Minister Najib Razak…

PAARL, South Africa (AP) — Freya, a 6-month-old lion cub rescued from the wildlife trade in Lebanon, poked a curious…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Hard-line Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili may have been Tehran’s top nuclear negotiator for…

TOKYO (AP) — Japan issued its first new banknotes in two decades Wednesday, yen packed with 3-D hologram technology to…

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Producers of the western movie “Rust” may have to forgo a robust economic incentive as…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Frozan Ahmadzai is one of 200,000 Afghan women who have the Taliban’s permission to work. She…

PHOENIX (AP) — Pro-choice advocates are set to deliver petition signatures Wednesday in hopes of getting the abortion rights issue…

ATLANTA (AP) — The winning numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing of the “Mega Millions” game were: 04-08-19-31-45, Mega Ball: 11,…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A state government minister said on Wednesday a 14-year-old boy accused of stabbing a student at…

ATLANTA (AP) — There’s plenty of worry among Democrats about whether 81-year-old President Joe Biden is up to the job…

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Hannah, a 13-year-old white rhinoceros, has delivered a newborn calf in a rare zoo birth for…

GENEVA (AP) — United Nations human rights experts say Russia violated international law by imprisoning Wall Street Journal reporter Evan…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan said Wednesday that China ordered Taiwan’s coast guard against interfering in the detention of a…

A stampede among thousands of people at a religious gathering in northern India killed at least 60 and left scores injured, officials said Tuesday, adding the toll could rise.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian presidential candidates on Tuesday discussed the impact of economic sanctions imposed on their country by…

(CNN) — El huracán Beryl se fortaleció en el Atlántico —el más prematuro alguna vez registrado— mientras atravesaba el Caribe…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Enforcement of a federal rule expanding anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students has been blocked in four…

New research links kidney disease to those who often work outside in the hot weather, and that's a concern amid climate change and the increasing frequency of heat waves.

The former Apollo 8 astronaut best known for taking the iconic “Earthrise” photo, who died last month while piloting a…

NEW YORK (AP) — Jonquel Jones had 21 points and 12 rebounds, and New York used stellar defense in the…

CINCINNATI (AP) — The FBI and police in Cincinnati are investigating the damaging of nearly 180 gravestones at two Jewish…

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane season is upon us, known for disastrous flooding and high-speed winds in coastal…

After a new round of water tests, the Virginia Department of Health is closing its investigation into an E. coli outbreak at Lake Anna.

Untreated water used by a Florida cucumber grower is one likely source of salmonella food poisoning that sickened nearly 450…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Police investigating a potential sexual abuse case in a Minneapolis suburb found themselves in a gunbattle against…

A 3-year-old boy was shot and killed inside a Columbia, Maryland, home Monday in what Howard County police said was an apparent accident.

NEW YORK (AP) — Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, federal prosecutor and legal adviser to Donald Trump,…

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — Plans to tear down a small Texas church where a gunman in 2017 killed more…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Educators in Kansas’ largest public school district discriminated against Black and disabled students when disciplining them,…