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By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden had just six words to offer after his 53-year-old son Hunter pleaded guilty to federal tax offenses in a deal that is also likely to spare him time behind bars on a weapons charge. “I’m very proud of my son,” he said. That pride

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An Orthodox Christian priest, Tesfa Kiros Meresfa begs door-to-door for food along with countless others recovering from a two-year war in northern Ethiopia that starved his people. To his dismay, urgently needed grain and oil have disappeared again for millions caught in a

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — One Thursday morning in May, instead of sitting at a desk in her sixth grade classroom in the Oregon mountains, Khloe Warne sat at a table in her mother’s bakery, doing her schoolwork on a laptop and watching her favorite clips of anime.

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Math and reading scores among America’s 13-year-olds fell to their lowest levels in decades, with math scores plunging by the largest margin ever recorded, according to the results of a test known as the nation’s report card. The results, released Wednesday, are the latest measure of

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Bret chugged toward the eastern Caribbean on Tuesday as the region prepared itself for an unusually early storm and the torrential rains that are forecast. Bret had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph) late Tuesday night and was moving westward

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer BEIJING (AP) — The United States and China may be back to talking at a high level, but their battle for global power and influence remains unchecked and mutual suspicion still runs deep. Secretary of State Antony Blinken set low goals for his visit to Beijing this week, and

CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say an apparent hit-and-run collision has injured four pedestrians, and a related traffic incident injured four others. The collision occurred Tuesday evening outside the stadium where the Chicago White Sox were preparing to play the Texas Rangers. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the pedestrians were headed to the ball game. Officials

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge struck down Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for children as unconstitutional Tuesday, the first ruling to overturn such a prohibition as a growing number of Republican-led states adopt similar restrictions. U.S. District Judge Jay Moody issued a permanent injunction against the

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — Three incumbent prosecutors in northern Virginia who faced tough challenges after being elected four years ago on a progressive reform agenda have won their Democratic primaries. In Loudoun County, Buta Biberaj won Tuesday over challenger Elizabeth Lancaster. In Arlington County, incumbent Parisa Dehghani-Tafti defeated Josh Katcher,

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Foreign companies are shifting investments and their Asian headquarters out of China as confidence plunges following the expansion of an anti-spying law and other challenges, a business group said Wednesday. The report by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China adds is one of many

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press The announcement that federal prosecutors have reached a plea deal with President Joe Biden’s son Hunter over tax and gun charges marks the likely end of a five-year Justice Department investigation that has dogged the Biden family. It doesn’t, however, mean that congressional Republicans are done with their own wide-ranging