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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have doubled down on their hard-line trajectory in a third round of Afghanistan government appointments that…

HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say a 17-year-old has been charged with murder after being accused of striking and killing three parking valets as he…

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren has agreed to resign shortly before her term ends as part of a deal to settle charges…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s center-left forces, led by Democrats, are triumphing or clinching runoff slots…

By TERRY TANG and MICHELLE A. MONROE Associated Press Authorities say a Drug Enforcement Administration special agent was killed when a passenger…

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean police say they’ve detained an international group of migrant traffickers who have sent more than 1,000…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Dylann Roof wants the entire appellate court that recused itself from hearing his case to reconsider that decision.…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A medical glove manufacturing facility promising to employ nearly 2,500 people is coming to…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s government says at least 14 soldiers were killed and seven…

By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer The Mohegan Sun casino has suspended wagering on the WNBA after questions were raised over a potential conflict in…

NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a person was shot in the leg Monday near New York City’s Times Square. It was the third shooting this year in an area…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A Texas man who joined the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has been sentenced to 45 days behind…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The son of an Iranian-American man who has been detained in Iran for more than five years is…

LONDON (AP) — Nineteen-year-old pop singer Billie Eilish has broken numerous records in her short career. Now she will become the Glastonbury…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A court has set a Dec. 23 deadline for former President Donald Trump to undergo questioning in a…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge has set a March trial date for the Ohio police officer charged with killing Andre Hill. The 47-year-old Hill, who was…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — At the Tony Awards, John Legend played live with cast members from the Broadway musical…

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Stella McCartney’s virus-conscious show was shown to a fraction of the normal Paris audience.…

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The British government says all the country’s electricity will come from renewable sources by 2035,  a move that…

By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has vetoed several Republican-sponsored election…

By FRANK BAJAK and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms are back online after a massive global outage…

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Police in Georgia say former NASCAR driver John Wes Townley was shot to death in a dispute that involved a hatchet after showing…

By ZEINA KARAM Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Dozens of students and teachers from a prominent music school in Afghanistan have been flown to…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has declined to grant clemency to death row inmate Ernest Johnson, despite requests for…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — In a historic first, Russia is set to launch an actor and a film director to space to make a…

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — FIFA is in talks with Qatari authorities about scrapping the mandatory vaccination requirements…

WINDSOR, Ontario (AP) — The busiest border crossing between Canada and the U.S. has fully reopened following a police investigation into possible…

RUSTAVI, Georgia (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators have rallied outside a prison where former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has been held…

By JOSH BOAK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is urging Republican senators to “get out of the way” and…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press The Treasury Department has announced plans to start reallocating rental assistance money in a bid to get more cash…

ISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish Defense Ministry says its troops have captured a major base belonging to Kurdish militants in northern Iraq. Twelve…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A powerful Philadelphia labor leader has gone on trial two years after a lengthy indictment put him at the center of a sweeping…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The trial of the suspect in the 2018 Florida high school massacre for fighting a…

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Michael Renzi has died after a career in which he served as musical director of “Sesame Street” and worked with the likes…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A 6-year-old is the lively, thoughtful heroine of “Alma’s Way,” a new animated PBS…

By JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press AGUA FRIA, Panama (AP) — In an isolated cemetery in Panama’s Darien province, migrants who die on the most…

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Union’s drug regulator has given its backing to booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people 18…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The estate of Henrietta Lacks sued a biotechnology company on Monday, saying…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court ruling that said District of Columbia residents are not entitled to voting…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Twenty years ago, North Macedonia had narrowly averted a civil war and NATO was collecting rebel…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it will not get involved in a lawsuit over a disputed Pentagon cloud computing contract, a decision that…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s influential Catholic Church has appealed for humanitarian assistance for migrants from Iraq, Syria and elsewhere…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After 40 drawings without a big Powerball winner, a single ticket sold in California matched all six numbers and was the…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With an expansion and relaunch Monday, the Scripps Networks service Newsy is betting that consumers…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Captain Kirk is rocketing into space: “Star Trek” actor William Shatner plans to…

NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian court has denied bail to Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan’s son, ordering him to remain in the custody of the…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has sent 56 fighter planes toward Taiwan in the largest show of force on record,…

ROME (AP) — Heavy rain has battered a northwest region of Italy bordering France and caused flooding and mudslides.  No casualties were reported.…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MANCHESTER, England (AP) — British Treasury chief Rishi Sunak is promoising to deliver an economy based on “good…

By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Watson, the CEO of Ozy Media, says it was “premature” to shut down and that he wants…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Doctors in Nigeria’s government hospitals have suspended a two-month strike for payment…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Malaysia’s main opposition leader is calling for information found in the Pandora Papers data…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A coalition of more than 20 environmental and climate activist groups has launched a…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s conservative government has revised its growth estimate upward for the second time in less than a month following…

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Gratitude can increase feelings of joy, hope and connectedness, leading to better physic al and mental health. Focusing…

NEW YORK (AP) — Seth Meyers has dreams beyond hosting his own talk show — like writing a story about a bear. Penguin Random House announced that…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, HANNAH FINGERHUT and NATHAN ELLGREN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Most people in the U.S. want to see Afghans who worked…

By JAMEY KEATEN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Investigators commissioned by the United Nations’ top human rights body said…

By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Jurors have heard opening statements in a federal court trial to determine whether retail…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan is focusing on its neighbors in Asia as it hopes to take a leadership role in the growing…

LONDON (AP) — Police arrested at least 38 more environmental protesters for causing more traffic misery in London during Monday’s morning rush…

By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia plans to reopen the airport in the resort island of Bali for international…

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s National News Agency says the country’s appeals court has rejected lawsuits filed against the lead investigator of the…

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Finance Ministry says it has resumed “interactions” with the International Monetary Fund about pulling the small…

By GLORIA CALVI, COLLEEN BARRY and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press SASSARI, Sardinia (AP) — Catalonia’s former separatist leader Carles Puigdemont…

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Pope Francis plans to attend a youth jamboree in Lisbon, Portugal, in 2023. Pontiffs traditionally attend World Youth Day,…

MOSCOW (AP) — A prospective Russian hypersonic missile has been successfully test-fired from a nuclear submarine for the first time. The Russian…

By GARY FIELDS and NOREEN NASIR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty years since the Sept. 11 attacks brings a different kind of anniversary…

By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Officials in Thailand say widespread flooding is easing, allowing the capital…

By GARY FIELDS and NOREEN NASIR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty years since the Sept. 11 attacks brings a different kind of anniversary…

LONDON (AP) — British military personnel have begun delivering fuel to gas stations after a shortage of truck drivers disrupted supplies for more…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s foreign minister has warned that Myanmar may be excluded from a summit of Southeast Asian leaders this…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A 58-year-old Greek man has been arrested after he drove a pickup truck onto a sidewalk in front of the the country’s…

By PAUL WISEMAN and MARCY GORDON AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Calls are growing for an end to the financial secrecy and shell companies…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Newly leaked documents showing that Jordan’s King Abdullah II quietly amassed luxury real…

MADRID (AP) — Authorities on the Spanish island of La Palma say they are tightening their surveillance of an erupting volcano after part of the…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Britain’s Brexit minister has threatened to trigger a contentious break clause in the…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Police say Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who had lived under police protection since his 2007 sketch of the Prophet Muhammad with a…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press ABOARD GEO BARENTS (AP) — A United Nations tally obtained by the Associated Press on Monday shows that the number of…

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Indian authorities have suspended internet services and barred political leaders from…

By JOHN HANNA and JIM SALTER Associated Press Former conservative Republican U.S. Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri has died. Akin’s son Perry says in a…

By DAVID KEYTON and MARIA CHENG Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two scientists have won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their discoveries into…

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghans lining up recently to make complaints at a Taliban-run police station found…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has begun a second five-year term running a country in the grip of a nearly…

By ALEKSANDAR FURTULA and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press WERLTE, Germany (AP) — German officials have unveiled what they say is the world’s first…

By LARRY LAGE and JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writers ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Owen Power passed on a chance to make millions this season with the Buffalo…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares have fallen in Asia after a broad slide on Wall Street led by technology companies. Tokyo’s…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai has gambled billions to make the gleaming, built-from-scratch Expo…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Defense lawyers are questioning the very legitimacy of the Vatican tribunal where 10 people…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis and dozens of religious leaders are making a joint appeal to governments to…

By JOEAL CALUPITAN and AARON FAVILA Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The popular mayor of the Philippine capital has registered his…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say a nurse shot and killed a co-worker at a Philadelphia hospital before fleeing and being shot himself in a later…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The death toll from Cyclone Shaheen has risen to 13. Authorities in Oman said…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A COVID-19 vaccine requirement for teachers and other staff members has taken effect in New York…

By STEFANIE DAZIO and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Officials investigating one of California’s largest oil…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban forces have raided an Islamic State affiliate’s hideout in the Afghan capital and killed several insurgents,…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi likes to say the Democrats’ diversity is its…

By The Associated Press Abortion, guns and religion top the Supreme Court’s new term. A case from Mississippi presents a direct challenge to…