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By JEFF AMY of The Associated Press and STEPHEN FOWLER of Georgia Public Broadcasting ATLANTA (AP) — An analysis by news organizations finds…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A former soldier who won a sexual assault case against three of her former colleagues says she…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s prime minister says his government will block a proposal to start talks…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece say a powerful bomb explosion has damaged a commercial apartment block housing stores and businesses…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is recalling more than 2 million vehicles across its model lineup to fix a defective system…

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden will hold his first in-person meeting with…

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer Houston, we have a problem: Where’s Kevin? Perhaps the ultimate coming-home movie, “Apollo 13,” and…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s National Theatre announced that Indhu Rubasingham will be the next artistic director of the United Kingdon’s…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police have arrested two people who jumped from the visitors’ gallery into the chamber of the lower house of Parliament.…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say the suicide bomber who rammed his car into a police station’s main gate in…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The International Monetary Fund executive board has approved the release of the…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A top Turkish referee has been discharged from a hospital days after he was punched by the president of a top-flight soccer…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s peace minister has been fired and arrested for having alleged links to an outlawed rebel group after he…

By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — At least seven Israeli soldiers were killed in an ambush…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis says he wants to be buried in the Rome basilica of St. Mary Major, not in the grottoes of the Vatican like other popes. He…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is hitting hundreds of people and firms around the globe with new…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The new Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has been sworn in by the president in a ceremony where each of his ministers was…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state news agency says authorities have executed a bank guard who was convicted of fatally shooting a senior cleric in…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday ahead of a decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve on…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two missiles fired from territory held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels missed a…

By JERRY HARMER Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand has convicted and sentenced a recently elected lawmaker to six years in prison…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese aerospace company COMAC has showcased its domestically-developed C919 passenger jet in Hong…

BERLIN (AP) — The German government has reached a solution to a budget crisis triggered by a court ruling last month. German news agency dpa…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has met with Vietnam’s prime minister and the head of the country’s…

By JUSTIN KABUMBA and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s presidential election is a week away, and the major issue is…

By KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — In a bedroom in Malaysia that has become a prison, the 14-year-old girl wipes…

By KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — In a bedroom in Malaysia that has become a prison, the 14-year-old girl wipes…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A towering new tower aiming for the vibe of Miami Beach’s venerable Fontainebleau resort is…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Supreme Court is weighing whether to strike down local abortion bans and…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is pushing toward a vote to authorize the impeachment inquiry into President Joe…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — The Bank of Japan’s quarterly survey on business sentiment shows large Japanese…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One of President Joe Biden’s favorite stories is about his first international summit after…

By MATT BROWN and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — About 7 in 10 Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the United States believe…

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli soldiers rummaging through private homes in Gaza. Forces destroying plastic figurines…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press Many sentiments are universal. Many words are not. As 2023 ends, The Associated Press reached out to colleagues around…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Funeral services will be held Wednesday for a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy killed in a…

BEIJING (AP) — Schools and highways have been closed and some train services suspended as a snowstorm hits parts of northern and central China for…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dengue is sweeping across the Western Hemisphere in numbers not seen since…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Will the Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate sometime next year — and, if so,…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says Donald Trump “flip-flipped” on abortion, overreached in response to…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former Buffalo Bills punter Matt Araiza is being dropped from a lawsuit filed by a woman who alleged she was raped by San Diego…

By SETH BORENSTEIN, JON GAMBRELL, JAMEY KEATEN and SIBI ARASU Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A somewhat stronger and revamped…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — State media say senior North Korean economic officials have met with the governor of a…

BRISBANE, Austrtalia (AP) — Powerful winds have begun uprooting trees on the northeast Australian coast as Tropical Cyclone Jasper gathered…

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A military-themed brewery will open in Virginia despite some community opposition. The pushback…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andre Braugher, the Emmy-winning actor best known for his roles on the series “Homicide: Life on The Street” and “Brooklyn…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say a Russian missile attack on Kyiv has resulted in multiple injuries and has damaged buildings. A series…

JOSHUA TREE, Calif. (AP) — A former Southern California elementary school janitor who spent years in jail after being accused of sexually abusing…

NEW YORK (AP) — A debut author who used fake accounts to “review bomb” other writers on the influential online platform Goodreads has been…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Five years after a fatal accident, federal officials are proposing modifications and additional inspections to the engine housing…

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Lawyers for three Washington state officers charged in the death of a Black man say Manuel…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Spanish fashion brand Zara has pulled advertising images that appeared to some to reference Israel’s war against Hamas…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Current and former inmates of the Alabama prison system have filed a lawsuit challenging the prison labor program. The…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A Mexican gray wolf that traveled far beyond the boundaries set in the…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The people who sued to overturn Georgia’s congressional and legislative districts are attacking plans…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man who spent 35 years behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit has been freed after…

MYSTIC, Conn. (AP) — A 9-year-old beluga whale at Mystic Aquarium named Kharabali has died. It marks the third death among five whales that were…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Universities of Wisconsin regents are set to vote again on a deal with Republican lawmakers…

By ALI SWENSON Associated Press A phone-banking tool powered entirely by artificial intelligence is getting its first real-world test in a…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers have rested his defense and have sought again to…

DÉBORA REY BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina has announced a sharp devaluation of its currency and cuts to energy and transportation…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A special House committee focused on China is calling for altering the way the U.S. treats…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal complaint filed by the FBI says a Russian man who flew on a plane from Denmark to Los Angeles without a passport or…

PEYTON, Colo. (AP) — Colorado authorities have released the identities of four people, including three family members, who were found dead inside a…

By MEG KINNARD and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu has endorsed Nikki Haley for president.…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia and Alabama are proposing a deal to settle their water war over the Chattahoochee River. If…

By ANNIE MA AP Education Writer WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Over five hours at a congressional hearing, lawmakers pressed the presidents of Harvard,…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — FBI investigators are planning to exhume the body of a young woman whose unsolved 1969 killing was…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has denied a motion to stay his decision in a redistricting lawsuit brought by…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s state athletic board fined a high school and put it on probation…

By PAUL J. WEBER and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court’s rejection of a mother of two’s…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is planning to construct a new U.S. embassy in Ireland. The State…