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By MICHAEL R. SISAK and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — About 9,000 New York City municipal workers were put on unpaid leave for…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — About 9,000 New York City municipal workers were put on unpaid leave for…
Continue ReadingBy JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A judge who oversees elections in an Alabama county was removed from office after being…
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was both cheered and jeered as he arrived in a small northern Italian town to receive an honorary…
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Tribal protesters have lifted their weekslong blockade on Sudan’s main seaport and oil pipelines, and…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British authorities are investigating the crash of two passenger trains that left 14 people injured, including a train driver who was…
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africans are voting in local government elections that will offer…
Continue ReadingBy VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Biotechnology company Novavax says that Indonesia has given the world’s first…
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will return to its pre-pandemic form this year, with…
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — A move by Swiss police in a resort town to shutter a restaurant because its owners flouted a government requirement to check…
Continue ReadingBy LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet A will determines who gets your stuff after you die. But a will won’t take care of all of your final wishes. A will…
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and PAN PYLAS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — France’s president offered Britain extra time for negotiations to…
Continue ReadingBy KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — The leader of North Macedonia’s conservative opposition is calling for…
Continue ReadingBy KERI BLAKINGER, JAMILES LARTEY, BETH SCHWARTZAPFEL and CHRISTIE THOMPSON of The Marshall Project and MICHAEL R. SISAK of The Associated Press The…
Continue ReadingBy KERI BLAKINGER, JAMILES LARTEY, BETH SCHWARTZAPFEL and CHRISTIE THOMPSON of The Marshall Project and MICHAEL R. SISAK of The Associated Press The…
Continue ReadingBy SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNON PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia has begun vaccinating 5-year-old children against the coronavirus as its…
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s chief prosecutor has ordered the detention of three hotel workers pending an investigation into how around 50 foreign…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s outgoing health minister is calling on state governments to reactivate some specialized COVID-19 vaccination centers that…
Continue ReadingBy CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer The global death toll from COVID-19 has topped 5 million, nearly two years into a crisis that has not only…
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippines forces have killed a key communist rebel commander in one of Asia’s…
Continue ReadingBY AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni officials say at least 10 civilians were killed after two ballistic missiles fired by…
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — World leaders are turning up the heat and resorting to end-of-the-world rhetoric in…
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Official data show Chinese manufacturing activity contracted for a second straight month in October…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The chief executive of British bank Barclays has stepped down following a report by United Kingdom regulators into his past links…
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has begun welcoming individual tourists for the first time since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Authorities hope…
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Tonga’s government says the isolated South Pacific nation’s main island will…
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison denies lying to French President Emmanuel…
Continue ReadingBy RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press BUSIA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s schools have been fully or partially shut for more than 77 weeks because of the…
Continue ReadingBy CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister has called on citizens to redouble their efforts to combat the…
Continue ReadingBy SAMYA KULLAB and BRAM JANSSEN Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban-appointed supervisor of a small district hospital outside…
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has begun to allow larger social gatherings and lifted business-hour…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mixed amid cautious trading ahead of a Federal Reserve Open Market Committee…
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER, ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — President Joe Biden is taking a markedly more humble tone…
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The first person to fly across New Zealand’s Cook Strait in an electric plane says…
Continue ReadingBy BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Carlos Correa and the Houston Astros broke out the bats just in time to extend this World Series.…
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Fireworks boomed as visitors at Shanghai Disneyland waited for COVID-19 test results,…
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO and MATTHEW CHENG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A trial has begun for Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai and seven other pro-democracy…
Continue ReadingBy ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL AP Science Writer DHANBAD, India (AP) — Efforts to fight climate change are being held back in part because coal, the biggest…
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of the Supreme Court are signaling that they would allow abortion…
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — China’s growing military muscle and its drive to end U.S. predominance in the…
Continue ReadingBy ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a single week, fractious congressional Democrats have coalesced significantly around President…
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The beaten and battered Republican Party of Virginia hopes it’s on the cusp of a…
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia governor’s race that appears deadlocked between Democrat Terry…
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Stocks have advanced in Asia, with Tokyo’s benchmark up 2.2% after the ruling Liberal Democrats won a…
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A jury has been selected in the trial of a Missouri man charged with killing his Chinese wife. Joseph Elledge, of Columbia, is…
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, an 18-year-old Illinois man…
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL TARM and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A jury has been seated in the homicide trial of Kyle…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says Japan should revitalize its economy through “new…
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK and DAVID RISING Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Sydney’s international airport has come alive with tears, embraces…
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s economic rebound from the coronavirus pandemic is stalling as President Xi Jinping’s…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press The popular gaming site Roblox is back online after an outage this weekend. The online platform crashed Friday. The company…
Continue ReadingCAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — U.S. regulators are delaying their decision on Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for 12- to 17-year-olds while they study the…
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Southwest Airlines says it’s conducting an internal investigation after one of its pilots…
Continue ReadingMOLINE, Ill. (AP) — Union workers at farm-equipment maker Deere & Co. would get wage increases of 10% if they ratify a tentative contract…
Continue ReadingBy ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two congressional aides say Democrats have made significant progress on adding…
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — An international journalism group says a Mexican news photographer has died in a hospital two days after being shot in Acapulco.…
Continue ReadingRABAT, Morocco (AP) — Demonstrations have been staged in cities across Morocco against a coronavirus vaccine passport required to access indoor…
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The woman who engineered the Paris agreement six years ago doesn’t expect the…
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press secretary Jen Psaki says she has contracted COVID-19. Psaki…
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER AND AAMER MADHANI Associated Press ROME (AP) — President Joe Biden says his relationship with Pope Francis has brought him “great…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Authorities say several people were injured after a train derailed in the southern English city of Salisbury and another train…
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA BELLISLE The Associated Press Former U.S. ambassador and former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is heading to Myanmar on a private…
Continue ReadingBy MARCO UGARTE and LISSETTE ROMERO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico finally has returned to mass commemorations of the Day of the Dead,…
Continue ReadingGILROY, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with a fatal shooting at a city…
Continue ReadingBRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Police say an operation against a gang planning bank robberies has killed at least 25 suspects in the Brazilian state of…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Nine in 10 New York City municipal workers have received COVID-19 vaccinations as a Monday deadline looms. Mayor Bill de Blasio…
Continue ReadingOVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — A first-year Kansas lawmaker, who was reprimanded by his colleagues for abusive conduct before taking office, has been…
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin raced to fire up their party’s base…
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD ULMAN and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Jerry Remy, a Boston Red Sox second baseman who went on to become a local icon…
Continue ReadingJOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say two people died and several more were injured in an overnight shooting at a suburban Chicago Halloween party.…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Flight cancellations are skyrocketing at American Airlines. The airline has canceled more than 900…
Continue ReadingBy KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s prime minister has announced his resignation following…
Continue ReadingBy MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials say an illegal tap on a natural gas line is apparently to blame for pre-dawn…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH Associated Press ROME (AP) — Leaders of the Group of 20 countries haggled for two days in Rome over steps to tackle climate change…
Continue ReadingSPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) — Jim Bob Duggar, whose large family was featured in the TLC reality show “19 Kids and Counting,” has announced he’s…
Continue ReadingBy CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Pro-democracy activists in Thailand have announced a campaign to gather 1 million…
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — A cable car has crashed in northern Czech Republic, killing one person. The head of the regional government said one of the cable…
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer After a record-breaking start, October’s box office closed out quietly this weekend with “Dune” repeating at…
Continue ReadingLEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. (AP) — A 7-year-old Missouri boy has died after he fell off a hayride and was struck by the trailer he had been riding in.…
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A man has been shot and killed in Indianapolis. The death early Sunday moves the city closer to matching the record number of…
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — One of the two candidates In Boston’s historic mayor’s race has found herself questioned about…
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil has a long history of police violence and now authorities are…
Continue ReadingBy EMILIO MORENATTI and ARITZ PARRA Associated Press LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Canary Islands (AP) — A volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma that…
Continue ReadingBy MOHAMED IBRAHIM and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A proposal to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a new public…
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON The Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is hoping to easily secure a second term Tuesday. His…
Continue ReadingBy AARON MORRISON Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — It once would have been unthinkable for a city to erect a monument to Huey P. Newton, the…
Continue ReadingBy AARON MORRISON Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — It once would have been unthinkable for a city to erect a monument to Huey P. Newton, the…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press A statistical method used by the U.S. Census Bureau for the first time in 2020 to protect confidentiality has made…
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Some 3,600 amateur runners faced off against Kenyan marathon legend Eliud Kipchoge in a special race in the heart of Paris, as the…
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Some people questioned during jury selection about the killing of Ahmaud Arbery have said he…
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press ROME (AP) — President Joe Biden is praising a new U.S. and European Union agreement that would crack…
Continue ReadingBy SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The diplomatic row between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia is aggravating divisions in Lebanon, already…
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Police and witnesses say a man dressed in a Joker costume and brandishing a knife stabbed at least…
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — A 55-year-old man in eastern Spain has bled to death after being gored in the leg by a bull during a festival in which the animals…
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press ROME (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have stuck…
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is preparing to hear a gun rights case that could lead to more guns on the…
Continue ReadingBy JAY REEVES Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Supporters of a proposal to provide paid family medical leave are dealing with another…
Continue ReadingBy ZARAR KHAN and BABAR DOGAR Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s government and an outlawed radical Islamist party have reached an…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — In a story published Oct. 31, 2021, The Associated Press identified Paul Barrett as teacher of a seminar in law, economics and…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German federal police have apprehended 23 migrants along the German-Polish border and detained two suspected traffickers. German news…
Continue ReadingVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has told people to pray so that “the cry of the Earth” is heard at the U.N. climate summit. Francis, in…
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