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By PATRICK WHITTLE, HOLLY RAMER and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press A submersible carrying five people to the Titanic imploded near the site of the shipwreck and killed everyone on board, authorities said Thursday, bringing a tragic end to a saga that included an urgent around-the-clock search and a worldwide vigil for the missing vessel.

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations put Russian forces on its annual blacklist of countries that violate children’s rights in conflict for killing boys and girls and attacking schools and hospitals in Ukraine, according to a new report seen Thursday by The Associated Press. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said

Associated Press The desperate search for the missing Titan submersible has turned into a recovery effort after officials announced that the vessel imploded sometime this week, killing all five aboard, near the Titanic shipwreck. Deep-sea robots will continue to search the sea floor for clues about what happened deep in the North Atlantic. The Titan’s

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine lawmakers have launched into an emotional debate over expanding abortion access, delivering impassioned appeals. The proposal being debated Thursday would allow abortions any time before birth if deemed necessary by a medical provider. Current state law bans abortions after a fetus becomes viable outside the womb, at roughly 24 weeks.

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Abortion pills will remain legal in Wyoming for now, after a judge ruled Thursday that the state’s first-in-the-nation law to ban them won’t take effect July 1 as planned while a lawsuit proceeds. Attorneys for Wyoming failed to show that allowing the ban to take effect

By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A renowned Titanic expert, a world record-holding adventurer, two members of one of Pakistan’s wealthiest families and the CEO of the company leading an expedition to the world’s most famous shipwreck were killed aboard the Titan submersible when it imploded in the Atlantic Ocean sometime this week.

By MARIA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican military official confirmed Thursday that eight soldiers have been detained and taken to a military prison for their possible involvement in events surrounding the 2014 disappearance of 43 students from a rural teacher’s college in southern Mexico. The eight are awaiting the possible filing

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday imposed $5,000 fines on two lawyers and a law firm in an unprecedented instance in which ChatGPT was blamed for their submission of fictitious legal research in an aviation injury claim. Judge P. Kevin Castel said they acted in bad faith.

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — As an international search determined the implosion of a vessel setting out for the underwater wreckage of the Titanic, a man who was one of the submersible company’s first customers characterized a dive he made to the site two years ago as a suicide mission. “You have

By BEATRICE DUPUY and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A brief but fierce storm pummeled concertgoers at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre near Denver with golf ball-sized hail, injuring dozens and forcing the cancellation of the show’s headliner, former One Direction member Louis Tomlinson. Authorities say as many as 90 people were treated

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A Congressional report published Thursday offered a blistering critique of popular Chinese retailers Temu and Shein, with lawmakers accusing the latter of failing to maintain “even the façade of a meaningful compliance program” to deter forced labor from its supply chains. In the report, the

By ZANE IRWIN Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A lawyer for Senegal’s embattled opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has filed a lawsuit in a French court. Sonko’s attorney also called Thursday for the International Criminal Court to open an investigation into the deadly violence that has taken place in recent weeks. Sonko finished third in

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Concerns about India’s human rights record will be in the air, and millet and mushrooms will be on the plates at Thursday’s White House state dinner for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The plant-based menu was designed with Modi’s vegetarian tastes in mind. President Joe Biden and first

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The French government says that Zambia has reached a deal with China and several other government creditors to restructure $6.3 billion in loans. The deal was announced on the sidelines of a summit in Paris that’s aimed at reforming a global financial system to better help developing

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday defended his harsh public comments on China, including calling President Xi Jinping a dictator, saying his words would have no negative impact on U.S.-China relations and that he still expects to meet with Xi sometime soon. Biden said his

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks drifted to a mixed finish on Wall Street Thursday as central banks around the world keep cranking interest rates higher in their fight against inflation. The S&P 500 rose 16.20, or 0.4%, to 4,381.89, even though the majority of stocks fell. A rebound

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A 61-year-old Indianapolis nursing home resident has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for the murder and rape of an 80-year-old invalid last year. Dwayne Freeman learned his sentence Thursday after pleading guilty June 8 for the crimes against Patricia Newnum at the nursing home where they both lived. A judge

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the nine years since becoming India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi has never held a solo news conference and he often avoids reporters questions. But he agreed to answer a few on Thursday when visiting President Joe Biden at the White House, the result

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to impeach President Joe Biden, hard-right House Republicans forced a vote Thursday that would send the matter to congressional committees in a clear demonstration of the challenge that Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces in controlling the majority party. The ability of single lawmaker, Rep. Lauren Boebert,