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PARIS (AP) — The French transport minister is expected to meet with cycling associations following the death of a cyclist in Paris after a dispute with a driver. The 27-year-old cyclist was allegedly deliberately run over last week by a SUV driver, who now faces preliminary charges of murder. The incident has sparked protests across

Associated Press SAYLORSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Fethullah Gülen, a reclusive U.S.-based Islamic cleric who inspired a global social movement while facing unproven accusations that he masterminded a failed 2016 coup in his native Turkey, has died. The Alliance for Shared Values, a New York-based group that promotes Gülen’s work in the U.S., said that Gülen

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The shooting at former President Donald Trump’s Pennsylvania rally in July was “preventable and should not have happened.” That’s according to a bipartisan House panel that is investigating what it calls the “stunning security failures” that preceded the assassination attempt against the Republican presidential nominee. The task force released its

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of people with private health insurance would be able to pick up over-the-counter methods like condoms, the “morning after” pill and birth control pills for free under a new rule the White House proposed on Monday. Right now, health insurers must cover the cost of prescribed contraception, including prescription

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says a search and rescue operation off the coast of the eastern Greek island of Samos has recovered the bodies of two people reported missing overnight after a boat carrying 24 migrants ran into trouble in rough weather. Authorities say they received a distress call from the passengers

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has summoned the Russian ambassador to demand the immediate pullout of North Korean troops allegedly deployed in Russia. South Korea’s spy agency said last week it had confirmed that North Korea sent 1,500 special operation forces to Russia earlier this month to support Russia’s war against

Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Eight people are confirmed dead and almost 20 are missing after a boat whose passengers included villagers fleeing from fighting in Myanmar capsized in the Andaman Sea. A villager helping rescue operations said Monday about 79 people were rescued from the boat, which was carrying an estimated 100 people. It

Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Electoral data shows that Moldovans have voted by a razor-thin majority in favor of securing the country’s path toward European Union membership. The pro-Western president is again accusing foreign interference and “criminal groups” of trying to undermine the vote in the former Soviet republic. Moldovan authorities claim that Moscow

Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the United States will get Ukraine what it needs to fight its war with Russia. But in an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday he gave no hint that Washington might endorse key planks of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s so-called “victory plan.” Austin

HAVANA (AP) — Tropical Storm Oscar is heading toward the Bahamas after dumping heavy rain across eastern Cuba. Its maximum sustained winds were blowing at 40 mph late Monday as Oscar moved north-northeast at 8 mph. U.S. forecasters said the storm was about 105 miles south of Long Island, Bahamas. A tropical storm warning was

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Polio cases are rising ahead of a new vaccination campaign in Pakistan, where violence targeting health workers and the police protecting them has hampered years of efforts toward making the country polio-free. Since January, health officials have confirmed 39 new polio cases in Pakistan, compared to only six last year. The nationwide

Associated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas man whose execution was halted because of a last-ditch subpoena won’t testify in person before lawmakers. Robert Roberson was scheduled to appear Monday before a Texas House committee. Last week, Roberson had been scheduled to become the first person in the U.S. executed over a

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks edged back from their all-time highs Monday as some of the steam came out of Wall Street’s long, record-breaking rally. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2%, coming off a sixth straight winning week, its longest such streak of the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 344

Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — A small town in far eastern Cuba was recovering Tuesday from flooding that killed at least six people after Hurricane Oscar crossed the island’s eastern coast as a tropical storm with winds and heavy rain. Cuba’s capital was partially illuminated Monday night after a large-scale blackout generated a handful of

HOUSTON (AP) — Officials say four people aboard a tour helicopter were killed when it crashed into a radio tower in Houston and burst into flames. Officials said the helicopter crashed just before 8 p.m. on Sunday in a neighborhood east of downtown. It had taken off from nearby Ellington Field. Officials said no one

Associated Press Reproductive rights measures are on the ballots in 10 states after heated debates over how to describe their impact on abortion — and that’s just in English. In 388 places across the U.S. where English isn’t the primary language among communities of voters, the federal Voting Rights Act requires that all elections information

Associated Press Mel Nichols, a 37-year-old bartender in Phoenix, Arizona, takes home anywhere from $30 to $50 an hour with tips included. But the uncertainty of how much she’s going to make on a daily basis is a constant source of stress. “For every good day, there’s three bad days,” said Nichols, who has been

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian police say that gunmen killed at least seven people working on a strategic tunnel project in Indian-controlled Kashmir and injured at least five others. Police blamed militants fighting against Indian rule for the attack on a camp for construction workers near the disputed region’s resort town of Sonamarg, although no

AP Business Writer On top of the grievous toll in human life and misery, Israel’s war against the Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups has been expensive, and the painfully high financial costs are raising concerns about the long-term effect of the fighting on the country’s economy. Military spending has ballooned, and growth has stalled, especially

Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania has the biggest Jewish population of any swing state, and any shift could have enormous implications in a state decided by narrow margins the past two presidential elections. Democrat Kamala Harris has had to walk a line between traditional Democratic constituencies with strong feelings about Israel’s war in