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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter has been charged with failing to pay federal income tax and illegally possessing a weapon and has reached an agreement with the Justice Department. As part of the agreement, Hunter Biden will plead guilty to misdemeanor tax offenses and is expected to

PARIS (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni is set to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris to mark the improvement of relations between the two countries after their latest dispute over migration issues. The French presidency said talks on Tuesday are meant to prepare for the European summit later this month in Brussels

By COSTAS KANTOURIS and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Nine Egyptian men accused of being members of a migrant smuggling ring are appearing in court in southern Greece for questioning over their alleged role in one of the worst migrant shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea. The nine in court on Tuesday face

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency is warning of a growing threat of extremism, particularly from the far right, with the number of politically motivated crimes carried out by extremists reaching a record high last year. His comments on Tuesday come as polls show growing support

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Bret chugged toward the eastern Caribbean on Tuesday as forecasters warned it could strengthen into a hurricane before approaching a region rushing to prepare itself for an unusually early storm. Bret had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph) and was

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are slipping in Wall Street’s first trading after a five-week rally carried it to its highest level since the spring of last year. The S&P 500 was 0.3% lower in early trading Tuesday. The Dow was off 156 points, or 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite edged down 0.1%. The U.S.

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Charitable giving in the United States declined in 2022 — only the third time in four decades that donations did not increase year over year — according to the Giving USA report released Tuesday. Total giving fell 3.4% in 2022 to $499.3 billion in current

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press OROVADA, Nevada (AP) — Just 45 miles (72 kilometers) from the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation where Daranda Hinkey and her family corral horses and cows, a centerpiece of President Joe Biden’s clean energy plan is taking shape: construction of one of the largest lithium mines in the world. As heavy

NEW YORK (AP) — A fire that started early Tuesday in a New York City e-bike shop where battery charging and electrical violations were previously found spread to upper-floor apartments, killing four people and injuring several others, officials said. The blaze appeared to be the latest in a string of fires in the city linked

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, in his first full week back at the Vatican following abdominal surgery, has met with Cuba’s president. The Holy See’s announcement on Tuesday of the private meeting with President Miguel Diaz-Canel gave no details of their talks. Francis visited Cuba in 2015, as part

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Divisive social media personality Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan, have been charged with rape, human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to exploit women, prosecutors in Romania said Tuesday. Romania’s anti-organized crime agency, DIICOT, said prosecutors filed the charges against the brothers, who are both British-U.S. dual citizens, along with

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Nine Egyptian men accused of being members of a migrant smuggling ring involved in one of the worst migrant shipwrecks in the Mediterranean are appearing in court in southern Greece for questioning over their alleged role in the disaster. The nine appearing Tuesday in court in the southern city of Kalamata

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Bret chugged toward the eastern Caribbean on Tuesday as forecasters warned it could strengthen into a hurricane before approaching a region rushing to prepare itself for an unusually early storm. Bret had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph) and was moving across the Atlantic Ocean