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By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press CHIHUAHUA, México (AP) — Miguel Lara was born to run. It’s in his blood, his people’s history and tied to the land he calls “home.” “That’s what we do,” said the 34-year-old ultramarathoner near his cabin in Porochi, an Indigenous community in the remote Tarahumara mountains of northern Mexico.

By HANNA ARHIROVA and DASHA LITVINOVA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine are set to remain locked in battle for the foreseeable future after an international gathering billed as a first step toward peace delivered no eye-catching diplomatic breakthrough that might suggest a coming end to Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II. The

NEW DELHI (AP) — A cargo train has rammed into a passenger train in India’s eastern state of West Bengal, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens of others. Monday’s accident took place in the Darjeeling district, a tourist spot nestled in the Himalayan foothills. A spokesperson for the Northeast Frontier Railway says three

By RYAN SUN Associated Press GORMAN, Calif. (AP) — Strong winds pushed flames through dry brush in mountains along Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles, and officials warned residents in the wildfire’s path to be prepared to leave if it explodes in size again. Los Angeles County’s first major wildfire of the year swiftly grew

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer The U.S. surgeon general has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms similar to those now mandatory on cigarette boxes. In a Monday opinion piece in the The New York Times, Dr. Vivek Murthy said that social media is a contributing factor in the mental

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is spending $50 million through the end of June, a blitz that includes its first television ad trumpeting Donald Trump’s felony conviction and signals that the Democratic incumbent is seeking to make his Republican opponent’s legal woes a bigger issue heading into

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is scheduled to sign an executive order to issue more than 175,000 pardons for marijuana convictions Monday, the governor’s office said. The administration is describing the pardons as the largest state pardon to date. The governor’s action regarding cases relating to use

GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Police say eight people were temporarily detained following a brawl between Serbia and England fans in Gelsenkirchen ahead of the two countries’ opening European Championship match. Authorities said the incident on Sunday was over quickly and that they were satisfied overall with the security operation surrounding the match, which was classified

PRAGUE (AP) — Czech authorities say an Indian national has been extradited to the United States to face charges of murder for hire and conspiracy to commit murder for hire in connection with an alleged plot to kill a Sikh separatist leader in New York. The Czech justice minister said Nikhil Gupta was extradited on

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — China has been at odds with many other countries in the Asia-Pacific for years over its sweeping maritime claims, including almost all of the South China Sea, a strategic and resource-rich waterway around which Beijing has drawn a 10-dash-line on official maps to delineate what it says

By SIMINA MISTREANU and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press TAIPEI (AP) — China’s coast guard says a Chinese vessel and a Philippine supply ship collided near the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. The coast guard said a Philippine supply ship on Monday entered waters near the Second Thomas Shoal, a submerged reef in

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries have given final approval to a major and long-awaited plan to better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc. The Nature Restoration Plan survived a razor-thin vote by lawmakers last summer but faced opposition from several member states. Relentless farmers’ protests left the bill deadlocked.

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dissolved the influential War Cabinet that has overseen the fighting in Gaza, Israeli officials said Monday, a move that comes days after a key member of the body bolted from the government over frustration with the Israeli leader’s handling of