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VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of a former teacher in Vancouver, Washington, concluding that his…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House later this month for economic and security…

MONTARA, Calif. (AP) — The driver of a car that plunged off a cliff in Northern California, seriously wounding two children and a second adult…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland are getting a formal welcome into the U.N. Security Council. Ambassadors…

DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is trying to fix its relationship with travelers who got stuck by canceled flights over the holidays. On Tuesday,…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Democrat Patty Murray has become the first female president pro tempore of the…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A U.S. judge serving as special master in a legal battle over management of one of…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has filed to run for a second four-year…

MIAMI (AP) — Crew members aboard two cruise ships have rescued about two dozen migrants found in small boats off Florida. Officials say the rescues…

By ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s medical licensing board next month will hear a case…

By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon judge is continuing to freeze the part of a new, voter-approved gun safety…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Texas plans to use expired and unsafe drugs to carry out executions early this year in violation…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk is trying to slash expenses at Twitter as close to zero as possible while…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Democrats took full control of state government as the Minnesota…

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s Republican governor is calling for unity while still pushing…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s official portrait has been unveiled as he prepares…

By SETH BORENSTEIN and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press Walter Cunningham, the last surviving astronaut from the first successful crewed space mission…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Snowpack in California’s mountains is off to one of its best starts in 40 years.…

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer A newly released study says toxic PFAS chemicals have been found in Lake Michigan’s Green Bay.…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Newly released documents from the House Jan. 6 committee show that the former Wisconsin…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Frank Galati, an actor, director, teacher and adapter who was a pivotal figure in…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California beachfront property that was taken from a Black couple through eminent domain a century ago and returned to…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kelly Monteith, a U.S.-born comedian whose observational humor and satirical sketches also brought him a wide following in…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — People in a village just north of Mexico City complained of a persistent odor of gasoline for weeks, but even they were…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest after making a tackle during Monday night’s game,…

MOSCOW (AP) — Ruslan Khasbulatov, who led a rebellion against Russia’s first post-Soviet president, has died. He was 80. Khasbulatov’s death…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man who opened fire on a Brooklyn subway train last year, wounding 10 passengers in a…

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — An employee at a Utah ski resort died Monday after being ejected from a chairlift shaken by a tree that fell onto a lift…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was sworn in to a second…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The NFL pushed ahead Tuesday with a difficult balancing act, navigating players’ emotions after Buffalo…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Two men have been arrested and charged with vandalizing electrical substations in Washington state,…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California law enforcement searched teenagers whom officers perceived to be Black at nearly six times the rate of teens believed…

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Police and security officials say a gunman shot and killed two intelligence officers in an attack outside a roadside…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer A group of video game testers has formed Microsoft’s first labor union in the U.S., which will also…

WARRSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland says it has been informed by Germany that it does not intend to engage in negotiations on any World War II…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has been navigating the rift between former…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Republican Rep.-elect George Santos of New York, who is accused of lying about large swaths…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will start the new Senate session on Tuesday by…

By MARK PRATT Associated Press Lincoln Almond, the former two-term Republican governor of Rhode Island and longtime U.S. attorney in the state has…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A global energy company has acquired oil producing facilities in war-torn Yemen from another…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer With tears beginning to well, Tennessee Titans linebacker Rashad Weaver shook his head and lowered it to his knees,…

Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ken Block, a motorsports icon known for his stunt driving and for co-founding the action sports apparel…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — New regulations in Poland require specialized police to go through training with grenade launchers. Local media interpret the…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are again claiming the Senate majority, but much of the chamber’s focus is on…

BRACKENRIDGE, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say five guns were recovered from a man shot and killed by police after a chase and gunfire that killed a…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s biggest police union has called for concerted action to prevent a repeat of the violence toward officers, firefighters…

PARIS (AP) — Movie stars and other film industry workers convicted of or facing possible prison time for sexual or sexist violence are being banned…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An airline ground crew worker was pulled into the engine of a plane during a fatal accident at an Alabama airport,…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Temporary Assistance for Needy Families is supposed to help some of the poorest…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands has fired the attorney general of the U.S.…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer Damar Hamlin’s goal was simple: He wanted to raise $2,500 online to buy toys for needy kids. It took about two…

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A serial grifter who gained national infamy as a teenager when he impersonated a doctor to defraud a patient is…

By RISDEL KASASIRA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s military says a soldier has shot and killed three colleagues serving in…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The president responsible for giving America the federal Christmas holiday is getting a…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty in Manhattan federal court Tuesday to charges…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany has recorded its highest annual inflation in more than 70 years. Preliminary data released Tuesday by the country’s Federal…

POINCIANA, Fla. (AP) — Two people in Florida are in jail after deputies say one of them made a 911 call to get help with moving their belongings…

By FRANK BAJAK and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Drone advances in Ukraine have accelerated a long-anticipated technology…

By FRANK BAJAK and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Drone advances in Ukraine have accelerated a long-anticipated technology…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria has gained access to Turkey’s terminals and gas transmission network under a long-term deal that will help the…

NEW YORK (AP) — A hit-and-run driver rear-ended a sport utility vehicle and sent it crashing into a New York City restaurant, injuring 22 people,…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Police in Nigeria say that gunmen ambushed a former governor in the country’s…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ROME (AP) — A Bidoon poet and activist who holds U.S. citizenship says that Kuwait was deporting her against her…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s foreign minister has issued an emotional appeal ahead of a major conference next…

By ARSENE KABORE and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — A rights group in Burkina Faso has charged that volunteer…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s outspoken Roman Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen has been allowed to leave the southern…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and China are moving closer to a political standoff over the COVID-19 crisis.…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America Forty-seven. That’s how many days of child care Kathryn Anne…

By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet We head into the new year with big plans, hoping this will be the year we whittle down that to-do list and get our…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Commuters returning to work after the Christmas break are advised not to travel as tens of thousands…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CES, the annual tech industry event formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, is…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s president has asked the second-largest political party in parliament to form a government hoping to prevent…

BERLIN (AP) — The first regular shipment of liquefied natural gas from the United States has arrived in Germany. It’s part of a wide-reaching…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s conservative prime minister has surprisingly spoken in favor of the death penalty and admitted he…

BERLIN (AP) — A German doctor was sentenced late Monday to two years and nine months in prison for illegally issuing more than 4,000 people with…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government has sharply criticized COVID-19 testing requirements being imposed on…

By GIADA ZAMPANO and FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — A written account of the history-making papacy of Pope Emeritus…

By FELIPE DANA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Emergency crews are sifting through the rubble of a building that was struck by Ukrainian…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Official data show that inflation in Turkey has slowed in December thanks mainly to technical reasons. The development could…

By The Associated Press Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin was critically injured Monday night in the first quarter of a game against the Cincinnati…

By The Associated Press Many fellow NFL players and teams and others in the sports world and beyond quickly offered their support and prayers on…

By VICTOR L. SIMPSON Associated Press ROME (AP) — Flying back to Rome from Beirut in September 2012, I was escorted down the aisle to the…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An ultranationalist Israeli Cabinet minister has visited a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site for…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s agreement with the United Arab Emirates to open diplomatic ties in 2020 brought an…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Wednesday ahead of the release of minutes from a Federal Reserve meeting…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A survey shows major Japanese companies are expecting hard times in 2023 due to higher costs and the…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SANTOS, Brazil (AP) — Brazil said a final farewell to Pelé on Tuesday, burying the legend who unified the…

By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said late Tuesday…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A criminology graduate student accused of the November slayings of…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri inmate was put to death Tuesday for a 2003 killing, in what is believed to be the…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer The number of young kids, especially toddlers, who accidentally ate marijuana-laced treats rose sharply over five…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea maintains Seoul and Washington are discussing its involvement in U.S.…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — Scott Stallings received the best package of all for Christmas because it included an…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday ahead of updates on U.S. employment amid fears of a…

By COURTNEY WALSH Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A pilot, two British visitors and a Sydney woman have been identified as the four…

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Buffalo defensive back Damar Hamlin was in critical condition early Tuesday after the Bills say…