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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex will delay fining shipping companies that let cargo containers stack up at terminals.…

Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The head of Chicago’s largest police union says he’ll retire from the department amid a disciplinary hearing…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon’s appearance in federal court on contempt charges provides…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A deer ran through the front door of a Louisiana hospital and climbed up an escalator before it was captured and later…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorneys in Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial sparred for the last time Monday in…

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A new state audit report on government spending accuses Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds of using…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A new survey by an anti-graft watchdog group shows a majority of Pacific islanders think corruption…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is condemning the supply of weapons and ammunition to…

By SCOTT BAUER, TODD RICHMOND and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse played a direct role in choosing, albeit…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Authorities in Haiti say a Haitian businessman considered a suspect in the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel…

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The man whose shooting by a Wisconsin police officer set off the street protests in Kenosha was rarely mentioned at Kyle…

CAMBRIDGE, Md. (AP) — Maryland officials say an Eastern Shore mayor has been charged with distributing revenge porn. The Office of the State…

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The judge in Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial, already the subject of scrutiny for various…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina has introduced legislation to federally…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu’s prosecuting attorney won’t seek a third trial against a federal…

By MOHAMED IBRAHIM Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says he’ll seek…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A private California port terminal that handles and stores coal from Utah before…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A woman who won freedom from prison a decade ago after being convicted with her sister in a 1993 armed robbery in Mississippi…

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — California officials say better communication and detection technologies could…

RIVERSIDE, Mo. (AP) — Four students at a Kansas City school district who were disciplined after a petition to “Start Slavery Again” are…

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Dallas-area police are seeking information from the public after a rear passenger door opened on a car making a left turn,…

By PATTY NIEBERG AP / Report for America AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Police say six teenagers were wounded in a drive-by shooting in a park near a…

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Republican Party will no longer recognize U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney as a member of the GOP in its second rebuke for her…

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press A new report says misinformation is hurting efforts to solve some of humanity’s greatest challenges, be it…

The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Supporters of death row inmate Julius Jones, including Jones’ mother, are visiting the state…

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Amazon has agreed to pay $500,000 and be monitored by California officials to ensure it…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — William Sterling Cary, a minister and civil rights activist who was the first Black person in…

By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of organizations working to help people escape Taliban rule in Afghanistan appealed…

By JUWON PARK Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — TWICE, the nine-member K-pop band with over 9 million Twitter followers, says they feel…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho lawmaker who publicized the name of an intern who reported she was raped by another…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer As the biggest cryptocurrencies flirt with record highs in value, they are increasingly becoming bigger sources…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for Florida high school shooter Nikolas Cruz told a judge that detectives…

MIAMI (AP) — Raul Rivero, a one-time foreign correspondent for official Cuban media before he broke with the government and was jailed for months…

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston hospital has temporarily suspended a doctor for spreading false information about COVID-19 to her patients and on social…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Film industry crew members have narrowly voted to approve a pair of contracts with…

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish rescuers say 10 migrants have died while trying to reach the Canary Islands archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean.…

By ADEL OMRAN Associated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya’s interim prime minister says he’ll run for president if that’s what the people…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas business executive whose voter fraud claim was featured by state Republicans in…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — The death toll for the weekend attack in northern Burkina Faso has risen to at…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — On the surface, it looked like prosecutors would convict Kyle Rittenhouse on at least one…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers have begun debating a package of bills to combat coronavirus…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Nearly 300 people trapped overnight in their vehicles following mudslides on a highway in British Columbia are…

COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia district attorney has  pleaded guilty to several charges against him and agreed to resign from office. Mark…

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Kentucky have ended their case against four former coal company…

Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida-based company that owns the Firehouse Subs chain is in contract to be purchased by a Canadian…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) —  An Alabama judge accused of violating judicial rules with her criticism of the death…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Plant and Alison Krauss are back this month with a new album of covers, 14 years…

By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Days of heavy rainfall and high winds Monday coming from a powerful atmospheric river in…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A powerful Philadelphia labor leader and a city council member were found guilty of conspiracy charges in a corruption trial.…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Federal safety regulators reach an agreement with Smithfield Foods to settle a…

By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Republicans are on track to win a majority in the House of Delegates, according to…

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Several thousand people have rallied in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, demanding that authorities in the ex-Soviet nation…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Health care costs rise every year, but the nation’s biggest employers still see insurance coverage as an important…

LONDON (AP) — Members of a gang of international jewel thieves who stole millions in gems and other valuables from wealthy victims including…

By BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When Bob Mackie was 11, his uncle asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up, and his…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is proposing a $25 million investment to repair Miami’s…

By ANNIE MA and MIKE MELIA Associated Press The rollout of COVID-19 shots for elementary-age children has exposed another blind spot in the…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top diplomat says the bloc is planning to take action against anyone delaying Mali’s political…

By SALAR SALIM and ZEINA KARAM Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Gaylan Delir Ismael, a 25-year-old from Iraq’s Kurdistan region, jumped at the…

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — There’s no supply-chain shortage when it comes to holiday movies and TV specials. That…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations has announced it will provide $40 million in emergency funding for…

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli rights group says Jewish settlers have attacked Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank, injuring three people.…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — U.S. officials say a Russian weapons test created the space junk now threatening the…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Turkey’s deputy president says his country is “not afraid of anyone” and…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Department of the Interior says oil and gas leasing within 10 miles of…

By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska will likely be facing two opponents in the 2022…

By TOM KRISHER and PAUL WISEMAN AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — Take a step back from the picked-over store shelves, the stalled container ships…

By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Energy ministers from across the developing world gathered in the emirate of…

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Several events are planned this weekend in remembrance of Winter, the marine mammal star of the “Dolphin Tale” movies…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A businessman accused of siphoning off millions in state contracts from Venezuela has pleaded not…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A judge is denying requests to declare a mistrial in the case of three white men charged with…

Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida city has hired an outside investigator to look into allegations of racial, gender and…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says his administration will help improve public safety and justice…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned away appeals from Volkswagen that sought to stop state and local lawsuits related to the 2015…

By KATHERINE ROTH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Many holiday-season train shows were canceled or limited to fewer visitors last year because of…

By BERENICE BAUTISTA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Maná will return to its second home with a concert residency at The Forum in Los Angeles…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is urging Russia to be more transparent about its military…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon has appeared before a judge to face…

By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — With nearly 76% of the ballots counted, a new centrist party appears to be the winner of…

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrat Beto O’Rourke is running for governor of Texas. The former El Paso congressman…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Swedish Academy which choses the Nobel literature prize winners says it is following the case against Turkish Nobel…

By ALAN FRAM, WILSON RING and LISA RATHKE Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont says he won’t seek…

The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s opulent hotel near the White House that drew lobbyists and diplomats seeking favor with the…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has imposed sanctions on four ministers recently appointed to the Syrian government, blaming them for playing a…

JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian doctor has asked Israel’s Supreme Court to order the military to issue an official apology and compensation…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has banned travelers from several Middle Eastern countries from…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Democrat seeking to become South Carolina’s next governor has a plan to suspend the…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is renewing a bid to seek the return of ancient sculptures removed from the Parthenon at the Acropolis in Athens more…

GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — A zoo in the western German city of Gelsenkirchen has proudly presented three female lion cubs born in early October.…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have added a prominent member of the protest group Pussy Riot to the government’s wanted list, in the latest…

By LIZ WESTON OF NerdWallet Before you bring up money at a holiday gathering, family and caregiving experts recommend researching options so you can…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s foreign minister says the Cuban government’s decision to revoke the press credentials of journalists working for the…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A Sydney lawyer says a group of seven Australia-based women intend to sue Qatar’s…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait has temporarily handed its crown prince some of the ruling emir’s constitutional duties. The royal…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s interior minister says three people have been arrested in connection with an…

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudanese doctors say two more protesters died in the hospital after being shot during demonstrations over the weekend…

LONDON (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell proposed moving its headquarters from the Netherlands to the United Kingdom and streamlining its structure in hopes…