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By ACHMAD IBRAHIM and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press BOGOR, Indonesia (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has met with his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo during a two-day trip aiming to strengthen economic ties between the Muslim-majority nations. With a backdrop of heightened global geopolitical tensions, Widodo hosted Raisi at a ceremony Tuesday in the colonial-style

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita has scaled Mount Everest for the 28th time Tuesday, beating his own record less than a week after setting it, as two guides compete with each other for the title of most climbs of the world’s highest peak. Kami Rita, considered

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A top Russian official who faces sanctions in the West over Moscow’s war on Ukraine has visited Saudi Arabia and held talks with his counterpart in the kingdom. That’s according to a report by Saudi state media. Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev’s visit to

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s ongoing medical struggles have raised a sensitive political question with no easy answer: Who would California Gov. Gavin Newsom pick to replace her if the seat becomes vacant? Feinstein has given no indication that she is considering stepping down, despite

By KAT STAFFORD Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Angelica Lyons knew it was dangerous for Black women to give birth in America. As a public health instructor, she taught college students about racial health disparities, including the fact that Black women in the U.S. are nearly three times more likely to die during pregnancy

By KAT STAFFORD Associated Press From birth to death, Black Americans fare worse in measures of health compared to their white counterparts. They have higher rates of infant and maternal mortality, higher incidence of asthma during childhood, more difficulty treating mental health as teens, and greater rates of high blood pressure, Alzheimer’s disease and other

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Oakland Athletics broadcaster Glen Kuiper was let go by NBC Sports California after using a racial slur during a telecast while describing a trip to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Kuiper was suspended by the network following his slur that aired during a pregame segment

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Seven people, including four children, have died after strong winds from a rainstorm caused a metal roof on a school’s activity center to collapse in northern Thailand. Officials say 18 other people were hospitalized. They say some students had gone inside the activity center at the primary

By KAT STAFFORD Associated Press The Associated Press spent a year examining how racial health disparities have harmed generations of Black Americans. From birth to death, Black Americans fare worse in measures of health compared to their white counterparts. They have higher rates of infant and maternal mortality, higher incidence of asthma during childhood, more

AJO, Ariz. (AP) — U.S. Border Patrol agents answering reports of gunfire shot and killed a man on a tribal reservation in southern Arizona after he abruptly threw something and raised his arm, the agency said Monday. The FBI and Tohono O’odham Nation are investigating Thursday night’s fatal shooting of Raymond Mattia. Monday’s U.S. Customs

By KAT STAFFORD, AARON MORRISON and ANNIE MA Associated Press The health inequities for Black Americans, documented in a series of stories by The Associated Press, have their roots in a long history of medical racism. The AP has collected a small sample of that history related to every phase of life. BIRTH: GYNECOLOGY James

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s push to become a bigger player in the clean energy market is in the spotlight this week at a conference convened by its Republican governor, even as the state continues to embrace new fossil fuel production, including the controversial Willow oil project on the petroleum-rich

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nikola Jokic is a player unlike almost anything the NBA has ever seen, and now he’s taking his Denver Nuggets somewhere they’ve never been. Jokic had 30 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists, and the Nuggets advanced to the NBA Finals for the first time

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge on Monday dismissed the only remaining legal claim in Republican Kari Lake’s challenge of her loss in last year’s race for Arizona governor, affirming the election of Democrat Katie Hobbs. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter A. Thompson said Lake failed to prove her claim that Maricopa County did not

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware says he will not seek reelection to a fifth term in the U.S. Senate. Carper announced Monday that he will retire when his current term expires in 2024. His announcement paves the way for a wide-open contest for the seat

By RICK RYCROFT and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Narendra Modi has arrived in Australia for his second visit as India’s prime minister and says he wants closer bilateral defense and security ties. Modi is the only one of the Quad nations’ leaders to continue with his planned visit to Australia after the

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man who was walking on tidal mud flats with friends in an Alaska estuary got stuck up to his waist in the quicksand-like silt and drowned as the tide came in before frantic rescuers could extract him, authorities said. Zachary Porter, 20, of Lake Bluff,

By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Authorities say a fire raced through a dormitory in Guyana, killing at least 19 students and injuring several others at a government boarding school as authorities probe whether it was intentionally set. Authorities said Monday that most of the victims from the overnight fire were Indigenous