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By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO and MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — It’s the fortnight before Christmas and all through the…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A member of Britain’s House of Lords has acknowledged that she repeatedly lied about her links to…

ROME (AP) — The Vatican has decided to shut down a Slovenian-based religious community founded by a controversial ex-Jesuit artist. The…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is marking a birthday. He turned 87 on Sunday, closing out a year that saw big…

Jerusalem (AP) — Some of Israel’s closest European allies pressed for a cease-fire in the war with Hamas on Sunday, underscoring growing…

By KARL RITTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine have launched over a dozen drones at each other’s territory for a…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tantrums, tears, temperature, toilet accidents. These travails of childhood are familiar…

By EVGENIY MALOLETKA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Russian forces press forward with an attempt to capture the town of Avdiivka in…

INDEPENDENCE, Ore. (AP) — Police in Oregon say a small plane has crashed into power lines and killed all three people on board. The Independence…

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vucic is looking to further tighten his grip…

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel pressed ahead with its Gaza offensive on Sunday after a…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A boat carrying dozens of Europe-bound migrants capsized off the coast of Libya, leaving more than 60…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The top strategist for the embattled super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ‘ campaign…

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Once nearly impenetrable for migrants heading north from Latin America, the jungle…

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Starting with the new year, Indiana will implement a universal reimbursement rate for a…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota would become the first state to require hand-counting of all election ballots if…

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The scene: A crowded shopping center in the weeks before Christmas. Or a warehouse store. Or…

By MARÍA VERZA and PATRICIA LUNA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chileans are voting on whether to approve a new constitution that will…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A human rights activist imprisoned for three years in Belarus accused authorities of…

By NOREEN NASIR and AARON MORRISON Associated Press A growing number of Black Americans see the struggle of Palestinians reflected in their own…

By NOREEN NASIR and AARON MORRISON Associated Press Cydney Wallace, a Black Jewish community activist, never felt compelled to travel to Israel,…

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Jared Goff matched a career high with five touchdown passes, three to rookie tight end Sam LaPorta,…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Maury Povich has received the Daytime Emmys Lifetime Achievement Honor from his wife, journalist Connie Chung. The 84-year-old…

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gardner Minshew threw three touchdown passes and the Indianapolis Colts rushed for 170 yards,…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Leaders from Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, marking their 50th anniversary…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A Canadian youth has been arrested and charged with terrorism-related offenses that allegedly targeted Jewish people. The…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The trial of Hong Kong’s most famous activist publisher who was arrested under China’s…

DENVER (AP) — Firefighters in the Denver metro area responded to the second large fire at an Aurora construction site in three days on Saturday.…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Israeli airstrike has killed a U.S. Agency for International Development contractor in…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Maya Train rail project has opened partially to the general public with hours-long delays and huge cost overruns.…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British teenager Alex Batty has come back to the U.K, six years after he left home on what was meant…

SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state man in jail awaiting trial in one murder case has been charged with three more killings, and prosecutors say he…

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A Confederate memorial’s days at Arlington National Cemetery are numbered. A cemetery official says the memorial is to…

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Tee Higgins made a savvy goal-line move to score a touchdown and force overtime and Evan…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press The stunning $148 million judgment against Rudy Giuliani over his lies about two Georgia election workers…

NEW YORK (AP) — A British man has pleaded not guilty in New York in connection with an alleged $99 million fraud involving high-priced wine and…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is having surgery for a broken hip after falling at a concert in Los Angeles. The NBA Hall of Famer was…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Activision Blizzard has agreed to pay about $54 million to settle discrimination claims brought…

By HOLLY RAMER and BILL BARROW Associated Press DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — Donald Trump has asked New Hampshire voters to help him secure the Republican…

Associated Press The rock band AC/DC has confirmed on social media that its original drummer Colin Burgess has died. He was 77. The Australian rocker…

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — A 13-year-old Ohio boy accused of planning a mass shooting at a local synagogue has been ordered to spend a year on probation.…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Two people familiar with the league’s decision told The Associated Press the NFL has banned Eagles security…

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — A jury has convicted a man accused of firing a gun into a crowd following a high school graduation ceremony in Arkansas,…

BOSTON (AP) — Patriotic mobs and harbor tea-dumping are returning to Boston on Saturday as the city marks the 250th anniversary of the…

By JULIA FRANKEL and JALAL BWAITEL Associated Press BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Bethlehem is gearing up for a subdued Christmas without the festive…

BERLIN (AP) — The Russian-American writer Masha Gessen has received a German literary prize in a ceremony that was delayed and scaled down in…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has dismissed the state’s challenge to a judge’s order that’s blocked enforcement of…

By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s lower house has approved a major reform of the nation’s notoriously…

CHICAGO (AP) — Quaker Oats on Friday recalled several of its granola products, including granola bars and cereals, saying the foods could be…

By GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — The leaders of Italy and the U.K. have agreed to tackle irregular migration to Europe. They pledged…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The top two U.S. military leaders are traveling to Tel Aviv to advise the Israeli government on how…

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A north Louisiana attorney is now the first Black federal judge to serve on the state’s U.S. Western District Court…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma has denounced the governing African National…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Once the intial shock wore off on the price tag of Shohei Ohtani’s record-shattering $700…

By ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press Residential solar is gaining traction in the U.S., with about 4.5 million homes now with solar rooftops. The share…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian state news agencies have reported that President Vladimir Putin’s supporters have formally nominated him to run in the…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Black Ohio woman who miscarried in her bathroom has been charged with abuse of a…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Black Ohio woman who miscarried in her bathroom has been charged with abuse of a…

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — In a corner of their Mexico City office, activists from Catholics for the Right to…

LONDON (AP) — Britain says a Royal Navy warship has shot down a suspected attack drone targeting commercial ships in the Red Sea. Defense Secretary…

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is set to install a golden rooster atop its spire. Saturday’s…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqis have begun voting for the first time in a decade to select new provincial council…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s ruling emir, the 86-year-old Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, has…

NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian Navy says it is shadowing a bulk carrier that was boarded by unknown attackers in the Arabian Sea. Suspicion has fallen…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Both Russia and Ukraine have reported dozens of attempted drone attacks in the past day. Ukraine’s air force said Saturday…

By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A prolonged communications blackout that severed telephone and internet…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV is reporting that an Israeli Mossad spy has been executed in the country’s southeast. The report said the…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Lilian Nabulime hasn’t forgotten the time in the 1990s when the Ugandan capital had…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It could be a cold and grim New Year for thousands of migrant families living in New York…