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No. 2 House Republican refuses to say election wasn’t stolen
By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House’s second-ranking Republican, Rep. Steve Scalise, is refusing to say that the 2020…
Continue ReadingBy HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House’s second-ranking Republican, Rep. Steve Scalise, is refusing to say that the 2020…
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook, in the aftermath of damning testimony that its platforms harm children, will be…
Continue ReadingEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan State University football player has filed a lawsuit alleging the school was wrong to suspend him from the…
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says a Navy nuclear engineer with access to military secrets has been…
Continue ReadingAustria’s president has welcomed Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s resignation and demanded that the country’s politicians work hard to restore…
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Paul McCartney has revisited the breakup of The Beatles, disputing the suggestion that he was…
Continue ReadingAMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s King Abdullah II has promised the Lebanese prime minister that his country will stand by Lebanon and its people…
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian and Chinese army commanders have discussed steps to disengage troops from key friction…
Continue ReadingLOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Canary Islands (AP) — The volcano on Spain’s La Palma island keeps spewing out endless streams of lava with no signs of…
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer After over 18 months of pandemic delays, “No Time to Die” opened on target. According to studio estimates on…
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Large protests were held across Poland to show support for the country’s membership in…
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jon Gruden again said he is not a racist after his Las Vegas Raiders lost their first game since…
Continue ReadingBy SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SRBAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — It is not exactly on par with India’s Taj Mahal, but a family house in a…
Continue ReadingPLANO, Texas (AP) — In a story published Oct. 10, 2021, about Allen West being hospitalized with COVID-19, The Associated Press misspelled Texas…
Continue ReadingST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say a shootout at a busy bar in St. Paul, Minnesota, has left one woman dead and 14 other people wounded. The…
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A mention of “tax havens” typically conjures images of sun-soaked Caribbean escapes like…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — George Clooney has ruled out a second career in politics, saying he would rather have a “nice life” and is looking to reduce his…
Continue ReadingDÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A Brazilian medical chain has been accused of enlisting participants to test unproven…
Continue ReadingBy MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For a brief moment this summer, it seemed like small businesses might be getting a break from…
Continue ReadingBy SHELDON GARDNER, St. Augustine Record ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) — A house connected to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is now in the hands of a couple…
Continue ReadingBy FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Some politicians in Italy are calling for a ban on pro-fascism groups after anti-vaccine…
Continue ReadingBy DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A Brazilian medical chain has been accused of enlisting participants to test unproven…
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — Thousands of people young and old are marching through Brussels to push European politicians to take bolder action to fight climate…
Continue ReadingBY AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen says at least six people have been killed by a car bomb in the port city of Aden, while…
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press Opponents of Texas’ strict abortion ban are focusing on companies that donated money to the bill’s…
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Patient advocates and some state governments say hospitals must do more to help patients deal with medical bills…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — U.S. hydropower generation is forecast to drop 14% this year compared with 2020 as drought…
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Army Capt. Kim Pierre-Zamora remembers the protective vest she was issued when she went to…
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Ireland’s foreign minister has warned that British demands risk a “further breakdown in…
Continue ReadingBy KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Czech President Milos Zeman has been rushed to the hospital a day after a parliamentary election in…
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s ruling liberal party has nominated its candidate for next year’s…
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — It is nearly a year since Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney completed their…
Continue ReadingBy DAKE KANG The Associated Press Four years after Beijing launched a brutal crackdown that swept up to a million or more Uyghurs and other mostly…
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Spain has started a new evacuation operation to extract more Afghans and their families left behind following the Taliban takeover of…
Continue ReadingBy ADAM GELLER and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press When a 37-year-old data scientist went before Congress to accuse Facebook of pursuing profit…
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — A plane carrying skydivers has crashed shortly after takeoff in central Russia, killing 15 of the 22 people aboard. The L-410, a…
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Opposition voters in Hungary are choosing between two opposition politicians hoping to…
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian news reports say an actor has died in an accident during a scene change at Moscow’s Bolshoi theater. The reports cited…
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — FaceTime calls seem to be working in the United Arab Emirates, an apparent loosening of long-standing…
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s nuclear chief says the Islamic Republic has produced more than 120 kilograms (265 pounds) of 20% enriched uranium.…
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Germany’s lame-duck chancellor, Angela Merkel, has received a warm welcome on a farewell…
Continue ReadingBy KATHY GANNON Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Family members say Abdul Qadeer Khan, a controversial figure known as the father of Pakistan’s…
Continue ReadingBy DAKE KANG Associated Press XINJIANG, China (AP) — Four years after Beijing launched a brutal crackdown that swept up to a million or more…
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s president has vowed to defend the island from China’s rising pressure for…
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN FOODY and WILSON RING Associated Press Monday’s federal holiday dedicated to Christopher Columbus is highlighting the ongoing divide…
Continue ReadingBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqis have voted in parliamentary elections held months ahead of schedule as a concession to…
Continue ReadingBy LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kim Kardashian West, sporting a hot pink catsuit, skewered everyone from her mom’s…
Continue ReadingBy KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Seth Small made a 28-yard field goal as time expired and Texas A&M stunned…
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican Sen. Charles Grassley and Gov. Kim Reynolds have embraced Donald Trump’s…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — In a story published Oct. 9, 2021, about the death of historian Martin Sherwin, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name…
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is the first state to require large department stores to display products like…
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law directing regulators to eventually ban the…
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a man suspected of gravely injuring a metro Phoenix sheriff’s deputy has been shot and wounded by a homeowner with…
Continue ReadingGARLAND, Texas (AP) — A tea party firebrand who is running for the Republican nomination for governor of Texas says he has received monoclonal…
Continue ReadingHAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a man died after he tried to hit people on a sidewalk with his truck, crashed against a building and then…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Authorities are interviewing a passenger who prompted the pilot of a Republic Airways flight to stop the aircraft short of its…
Continue ReadingBy BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s presidency says a Colombian nun who was kidnapped more than four years ago by…
Continue ReadingCAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md. (AP) — Maryland police have announced first-degree murder charges against a man for shooting two staff members of a senior…
Continue ReadingPLANTERSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a 3-year-old Texas boy who was missing for four days was found alive in a wooded area Saturday and…
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — German Chancellor has landed in Israel for a final visit before she leaves office. Angela Merkel arrived Sunday evening at…
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida activist who led a movement to allow most former felons to vote now has had more civil rights restored under a…
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The family of Raymond T. Odierno, a retired Army general who commanded American and…
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Defenders of Mexico’s Valle de Guadalupe wine-producing valley are protesting unfettered development they say threatens…
Continue ReadingBy KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia police say they have seized counterfeit banknotes with a…
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — The new U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, said the United States has asked the Mexican government to allow agents,…
Continue ReadingDUNKIRK, France (AP) — France’s interior minister has urged Britain to fulfill its promises to provide tens of millions of pounds (dollars) to…
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — A Florida veterinarian has been sentenced to more than 21 years in prison for sexually abusing dogs, posting bestiality videos online…
Continue ReadingBISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Indian police say they have arrested the son of a junior minister in Prime Minister…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Oil has been washing up on Southern California beaches and wetlands all week…
Continue ReadingBy JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Officials say more than 100 people are dead or missing after a boat accident earlier…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A New York City man has been convicted on charges alleging that he tried to help the Taliban fight American forces. Delowar…
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — The group behind the wave of houses decorated to look like floats during this year’s pandemic-curtailed Mardi Gras is…
Continue ReadingLA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A Bolivian air force plane crashed in the Amazon jungle in northeast Bolivia on Saturday, killing all six people on board.…
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping says reunification with Taiwan will happen peacefully, despite a…
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz says he will step down in a bid to defuse a government crisis…
Continue ReadingALAMO, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia police officer has been gunned down outside a police station during his first shift with the department. The Georgia…
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Rescue workers combing through the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in the Georgian city of Batumi have pulled out a man…
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man exonerated of a 1983 rape and murder after serving 37 years in…
Continue ReadingBy AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO Associated Press BENI, Congo (AP) — Residents of the eastern Congolese city of Beni expressed concern after receiving the…
Continue ReadingBy FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators have marched down Rome’s Via Veneto and other main streets…
Continue ReadingBy JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — As a new Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Russian newspaper editor Dmitry Muratov has downplфyed the buzz…
Continue ReadingLUETZERATH, Germany (AP) — Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate has visited a vast open-pit coal mine in Germany and a village that is to be…
Continue ReadingLOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Canary Islands (AP) — A new river of lava has belched out from the La Palma volcano, spreading more destruction on the…
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — A Boston police sergeant seen on body camera footage bragging about striking protesters with his car during demonstrations over…
Continue ReadingBy SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s state electricity company says the country’s two main power plants were forced to…
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ AP / Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada this week became one of the last states to include rapid antigen tests in its…
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas abortion clinics are canceling appointments they had booked during a 48-hour reprieve…
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH and PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Races for local school board seats have emerged as intense political…
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Government Accountability Board usually draws little attention,…
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Executions in the nation’s busiest capital punishment state face delays amid legal questions…
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — Ali Atwa, a senior Hezbollah operative who was on the FBI’s most wanted list for his role in one of the most notorious plane…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Roger Marshall won’t let people forget he’s a doctor. That’s clear because the…
Continue ReadingBy FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is urging lawmakers worldwide to overcome “the narrow confines” of…
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — During the recent standoff over the nation’s debt limit, Senate Republican…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A leader of the Greens say the multiparty talks on forming a new German government have “a long way to go” and will have to…
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia has recorded a new record-high daily death toll from COVID-19, continuing a persistent rise that has brought new records…
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A top British government official is backing a phone company’s proposal for a new tracking service…
Continue ReadingBy SARAH EL DEEB and ANGELA CHARLTON BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian pro-government newspaper says that President Bashar Assad has allowed his exiled uncle…
Continue ReadingBy MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A peeling portrait of Polish piano composer Frederic Chopin purchased at a flea market…
Continue ReadingBy KATHY GANNON Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban have ruled out cooperation with the U.S. to contain extremist groups in Afghanistan.…
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