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12:25 PM on Thursday, July 2

German immigrants’ weisswurst, bockwurst and blutwurst became as American as baseball when they transformed into the hot dog in the 19th century

12:24 PM on Thursday, July 2

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding is set to begin at New York's Madison Square Garden at 5 p.m. Friday

12:10 PM on Thursday, July 2

Black smoke from fires in flattened buildings and the smell of decomposition have spread across ruins, one week after Venezuela’s devastating earthquakes, while rescue teams pulled on a thread of hope that they might still rescue the few remaining souls trapped beneath the rubble

12:03 PM on Thursday, July 2

Some of us have been told it's more energy-efficient and cost-effective to turn off our air conditioning when we leave home for work

11:44 AM on Thursday, July 2

Many Americans are celebrating their country’s 250th birthday by trying to block out the noise of national division

11:17 AM on Thursday, July 2

Gaining freedom from the heat will be a challenge this Independence Day in the eastern U.S., and it's already starting ahead of the holiday weekend

11:13 AM on Thursday, July 2

Extreme heat like the weather sweeping the eastern U.S. drives up energy demands for data centers, adding to their strain on power grids and worsening air quality for surrounding areas

10:03 AM on Thursday, July 2

New polling from Ipsos Sports, provided exclusively to The Associated Press, shows that the World Cup has excited soccer fans and piqued many Americans’ interest, even as the sport continues to face an uphill climb to reach mainstream popularity in the United States

9:30 AM on Thursday, July 2

Rescuers have pulled a 43-year-old security guard alive from a collapsed basement, ending a grueling dayslong operation that became a symbol of hope after the devastation of twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela eight days earlier

9:24 AM on Thursday, July 2

Tesla car sales jumped over the past three months in a possible sign the worst of the boycotts against the automaker and lost market share to rivals are behind it

9:09 AM on Thursday, July 2

A rush rescue mission to save a NASA space telescope remains grounded, this time because of a last-minute launch problem

8:45 AM on Thursday, July 2

The Trump administration is proposing a new rule to keep hospitals from marking up discounted drugs for Medicare patients

8:08 AM on Thursday, July 2

The Trump administration is proposing a new rule to keep hospitals from charging markups on discounted drugs for Medicare patients and says that could save consumers $1.1 billion next year, according to estimates obtained by the AP

6:37 AM on Thursday, July 2

Princess Kate met tennis fans lining up in Wimbledon’s famous Queue and sat next to Andy Murray in a day of rooting on British players at the grass-court Grand Slam

4:42 AM on Thursday, July 2

Iran’s joint military command has warned that all oil tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz must use its approved routes or face a “forceful response.”

3:32 AM on Thursday, July 2

The Vatican has responded aggressively to a traditionalist society that consecrated bishops without the pope’s consent

12:54 AM on Thursday, July 2

Most U.S. stocks are rising after the latest jobs report suggested the Federal Reserve may feel less pressure to hike interest rates

12:02 AM on Thursday, July 2

Jane Calvert has spent 25 years championing John Dickinson, a lesser-known Revolutionary War figure

9:30 PM on Wednesday, July 1

Russia has launched a massive drone and missile attack on Kyiv, killing at least 21 civilians in the city and injuring many more

3:55 PM on Wednesday, July 1

U.S. employers pulled back on hiring last month and added only 57,000 jobs, less than half the previous month’s total and a sign companies still have a cautious economic outlook