US sanctions Ukraine lawmaker who disclosed Biden recordings

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on a Russian-linked Ukrainian lawmaker for interfering in the U.S. presidential election by releasing edited audio recordings designed to den…

6-day-old endangered gorilla baby dies at New Orleans zoo

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Less than a week after

Israel's Netanyahu pressed to sign conflict-of-interest deal

JERUSALEM (AP) — With Israel's prime minister lashing out at him nearly every day, the country's attorney general is pressing Benjamin Netanyahu to sign a conflict-of-interest agreement barring him from influencing…

Georgia Police: 3 shot, wounded after fight at Waffle House

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Three people were shot and wounded Thursday morning after a fight broke out at a Waffle House in Georgia, authorities said.

Lawyers for ex-cops raise Floyd's history of crime, drug use

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An attorney for one of four former Minneapolis officers charged in George Floyd's death is highlighting Floyd’s past crimes and history of drug use, calling him an ex-con and “evident danger to t…

Building collapses in Pakistani city of Karachi, killing 1

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A multistory building that developed cracks during recent heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi collapsed on Thursday, killing at least one person and injuring 10,…

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The Latest: Scotland joins England on social gathering limit

LONDON — Scotland has joined England in limiting social gatherings to six people after a recent spike in coronavirus cases.

Leaders in Mali meet with junta for conference on transition

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Leaders of Mali's military junta who deposed the West African country's president last month are meeting with political parties and civil society groups to outline a transition to a civilian gov…

Pakistan detains 15 after gang rape of woman on highway

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police said they detained 15 people for questioning on Thursday, after two armed men allegedly gang raped a woman in front of her children after her car broke down on a deserted hi…

Guatemala to reopen borders next week after 6 months

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala plans to reopen its borders next week, six months after closing them in an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Belgium to return tooth to family of slain Congolese icon

BRUSSELS (AP) — The family of Congolese independence icon Patrice Lumumba will soon receive the only known remains of the assassinated leader, a tooth removed after his death by a Belgian man whose family apparentl…

US stocks swing from gains to losses as wild week continues

. (AP) — Stocks moved broadly lower on Wall Street Thursday, as losses in shares of technology and energy companies cut into some of the market's solid gains from a day earlier.

Taiwan: China planes entered its airspace twice in 2 days

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan says Chinese warplanes entered its airspace on Wednesday and Thursday during large-scale war games that it called a “serious provocation to Taiwan and a grave threat to regional peace a…

Paramedics sue for licenses after 'dead' woman found alive

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) — Emergency medical technicians and paramedics who were present when a Detroit-area woman was determined to be dead, only to be declared alive later at a funeral home, are suing to stop their…