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By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities are trying to figure out how a tank was stolen from a military training zone in northern Israel. The tank was found Wednesday in a junkyard by police, who have arrested two suspects. The army said the tank was not armed and could not have

By BASSEM MROUE and HASSAN AMMAR Associated Press AUKAR, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanese authorities are investigating a late-night shooting outside the heavily fortified U.S. Embassy just outside Beirut. An embassy spokesperson says no one was hurt in the shooting late Wednesday and that the facility is safe. No one claimed responsibility for the shooting, This

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian shares were mixed on Friday after another slump on Wall Street driven by expectations that U.S. interest rates will stay high well into next year. Hong Kong and Shanghai advanced while Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney declined. U.S. futures edged higher and oil prices rose. Japan’s central bank kept

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A record number of Australians has enrolled to vote in a referendum that would create an Indigenous advocacy body, as the first ballots for constitutional change are set to be cast in remote Outback locations next week. The referendum to be held on Oct. 14 would

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in Virginia could be jailed for failing mandatory drug tests. A bail revocation hearing is scheduled Thursday afternoon for Deja Taylor in federal court in Newport News. Taylor’s son used her gun during a shooting in January that seriously wounded teacher

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma executed an inmate Thursday for the 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma dance student, in a case that went unsolved for years until DNA from the crime scene was matched to a man serving prison time for burglary. Anthony Sanchez, 44, was pronounced dead

BEIJING (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad has arrived in China on his first visit to the country since the start of Syria’s 12-year conflict. Assad arrived Thursday in the eastern city of Hangzhou, where the Asian Games are being held. Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to hold a banquet and participate in other

By TERRY SPENCER and DANIEL KOZIN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The first big test of whether privately owned high-speed passenger train service can prosper in the United States will launch Friday when Florida’s Brightline begins running trains between Miami and Orlando, reaching speeds of 125 mph (200 kph). It’s a $5 billion bet Brightline’s

By HAU DINH Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Japanese Crown Prince Akishino, the younger brother of Emperor Naruhito, has met Vietnamese Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan as he started his visit to Hanoi marking the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two nations. The visit comes at a time when Tokyo is

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A Las Vegas newspaper is the subject of vicious attacks online for its coverage of an alleged murder of a retired police chief. The campaign, which makes use of an outdated headline the newspaper published a month ago, was launched either through a misunderstanding or

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer If you are bored with day-in, day-out sports like basketball or swimming or volleyball, then check out the Asian Games when they open in Hangzhou, China. Of course, the games will have the regular Olympic menu of events with some offering qualifying for next year’s Paris Olympics. But much

By JACQUES BILLEAUD and TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An election official and lobbyists were among the witnesses Maricopa County attorneys brought out the first day of a trial in another lawsuit filed by Kari Lake, the defeated Republican in last year’s Arizona governor’s race. The trial will decide if Lake will get

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi says that relations with the United States can move forward if the Biden administration demonstrates it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal, and a first step should be easing sanctions. He told a news conference Wednesday that the Americans

By JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In an era where rock bands seem endangered and most of the genre often seems formed in the last millennium, Måneskin has become something of an anomaly. Coming to prominence in 2021 after an unexpected win at the Eurovision Song Contest with their high-energy rocker, “Zitti

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Colorado prosecutors are focusing on police body camera footage — both raw and digitally enhanced — as they build their case against two officers charged in the death of Elijah McClain. The officers in the Denver suburb of Aurora put the 23-year-old Black

By ILLIA NOVIKOV and VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities say Russian missiles pounded cities across Ukraine, starting fires, killing at least five people and trapping others under rubble. The missile attack early Thursday was Russia’s largest in more than a month. It came as Poland said it would stop providing

By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy worked to shore up U.S. support for Ukraine on a whirlwind visit to Washington on Thursday, delivering an upbeat message on the war’s progress while facing new questions about the flow of American dollars that for 19 months

By JAMES POLLARD and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh did something Thursday he hasn’t done in the two years since his life of privilege and power started to unravel — plead guilty to a crime. Murdaugh admitted in federal court to 22 counts of financial fraud and money

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The United States had 3.5 million residents who identify as Middle Eastern or North African, Venezuelans were the fastest-growing Hispanic group last decade and Chinese and Asian Indians were the two largest Asian groups, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The most detailed race and ethnicity data to date from

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican David McCormick is entering Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race in his second bid for the office, this time to take on Democratic Sen. Bob Casey. McCormick’s announcement Thursday comes after he lost in last year’s Republican primary for Senate. McCormick made the announcement in a ballroom