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By ZEN SOO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese shoppers spent $139.1 billion during this year’s annual Singles’ Day shopping extravaganza,…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Jakucho Setouchi, a Buddhist nun and one of Japan’s best-known authors known for novels depicting…

By SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the goal of…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — For 30 years, Nancy Chen ate lunch every day with her parents at their apartment. After her…

By ANDREW MELDRUM and CARA ANNA Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — F.W. de Klerk, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela and as…

By VANESSA GERA and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands have marched in Warsaw to mark Poland’s Independence Day,…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Commission has raised its growth forecast for the year for the 19…

NEW DELHI (AP) — At least 14 people have died in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu during days of heavy rains. Several districts in the state…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has sent two nuclear-capable strategic bombers on a training mission over Belarus for…

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Leaders of China’s ruling Communist Party have set the stage for President Xi Jinping to…

By DAVID RISING and SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia is dismissing as “politically motivated” sanctions…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police say they’re pushing to investigate a U.S. diplomat to find if he…

By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has met with Indonesian officials to discuss closer…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Duchess of Sussex has apologized for misleading a British court about the extent of her…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command has met with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and…

LONDON (AP) — The British economy slowed down during the third quarter of the year as widespread supply chain problems hobbled the recovery from…

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s swanky new M+ museum is Asia’s largest gallery with a billion-dollar collection set to open on Friday. It boasts…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s national disease control center has reported a record-high number of more than…

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Age is a funny thing in the NFL, where many players are considered over the hill in…

Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A leading rights group is questioning whether of Libyan authorities can to hold free and fair elections as long as…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Envoys from the United States, Russia and China have met in Pakistan to discuss the path forward…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press FAIRBOURNE, Wales (AP) — Residents of a small coastal village in north Wales face becoming the U.K.’s first…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press Thousands of migrants and refugees in Belarus are trying to enter the European Union through Poland. Many of them…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Fears that the authoritarian leader of Belarus is using migrants as a “hybrid warfare” tactic to…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares are mostly higher in Asia after Wall Street benchmarks managed to close mostly higher. Stocks advanced…

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — An 89-year-old man in Rhode Island has earned his Ph.D. and became a physicist…

By MARINA VILLENEUVE, MICHAEL R. SISAK and THALIA BEATY Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo appeared pugilistic and…

By LEE KEATH and BRAM JANSSEN Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The gates of Kabul’s historic Ariana Cinema are closed, and the movie…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge this week could end the conservatorship that has controlled Britney…

By WILL WEISSERT, THOMAS BEAUMONT and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press STILWELL, Kan. (AP) — Congressional Democrats who are facing…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and HELENA ALVES Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s energy minister is rejecting complaints that…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Home test kits for COVID-19 can add a layer of safety and reassurance to holiday gatherings by providing…

By AARON MORRISON and KAT STAFFORD Associated Press In honor of Veterans Day, a group of Democratic lawmakers is reviving an effort to pay the…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation is starting to look like that unexpected — and unwanted — houseguest who just…

By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The defense has rested its case at the murder trial of Kyle…

By NARDOS HAILE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Designers Christopher John Rogers, who designed Vice President Kamala Harris’ purple…

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — At least four people have been killed as Bangladesh holds village council elections that…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten House Democrats say they will introduce a House resolution to censure Republican Rep. Paul Gosar for tweeting a video that…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge has ordered a halt to enforcement of the Texas mask mandate ban in the state’s schools. U.S. District…

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The son of basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been sentenced to six months in jail for stabbing a Southern…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — After promising on Twitter, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sold about 4.5 million shares of the electric car…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The fate of a Kansas City man who has been in prison for more than 40 years for a triple murder many people believe he…

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s police oversight agency has recommended suspension, and in some cases potential termination, for more than half a…

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL AP Science Writer GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — India’s environment minister says climate finance is not charity and rich…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors say an Arizona man accused of supplying the dealer who sold rapper Mac Miller the drugs that killed him has agreed…

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general says she drank too much booze before a big football game between Michigan and Michigan…

ZANATEPEC, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities say group of mainly Central American migrants attempting to walk across southern Mexico has dwindled…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Debate over a memoir that contains explicit illustrations of sexual acts is surfacing in a…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has finished repairing section of highway that collapsed during torrential rainfall brought by Hurricane Ida. The…

By NICK PERRY and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned against letting tensions in the…

By AMY FORLITI and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorneys for Kyle Rittenhouse have requested a mistrial based on several…

NEW YORK (AP) — A fragrance company’s lawsuit against rapper Jay-Z over breach of contract claims, and his subsequent countersuit against the…

By DAVID PORTER Associated Press A lawsuit in which workers accuse a Hindu organization of human trafficking for luring them from India to build a…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Dixie State University in Utah is poised to change a name often associated with the…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington, D.C., government has struck a deal with the U.S. Marshals Service to improve…

A Maryland high school English teacher who has worked to open up college education for her students has won the $1 million Global Teacher Prize. The…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The head of lighting on the film “Rust” has sued over Alec Baldwin’s fatal…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has slapped sanctions on three Houthi rebels linked to…

By SOPHIA EPPOLITO Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The family of a 10-year-old girl who died by suicide has alleged a Utah school district…

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say two leaders of an extremist Jewish sect have been convicted in White Plains federal court of…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is directing the Department of Health to stop issuing birth…

By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A former Iowa State Patrol officer with a history of excessive force allegations has been…

By DÉBORA ÁLVARES and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has sealed an agreement with the…

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — A grizzly bear and her four cubs are getting attention for taking a nighttime stroll through a city in Wyoming. Security video…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has defended his handling of a nearly two-week absence from…

By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security says the U.S. faces a “heightened threat environment” with…

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Testimony has ended in the trial of a Missouri man accused of killing his wife two years ago. Joseph Elledge testified for the…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A judge in Michigan has approved a $626 million settlement for Flint residents and others who were…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Investigators say an official at a suburban Detroit branch of the United Auto Workers took $2 million…

ROSEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California man who confessed to killing his wife and three children was sentenced to life in prison without…

By AMIR VAHDAT Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A top aid official says thousands of Afghan refugees are fleeing the Taliban into neighboring…

By JONATHAN DREW Associated Press Federal wildlife officials overseeing the world’s only wild population of endangered red wolves announced they…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Christie’s auction of pre-Hispanic artifacts has gone ahead despite the Mexican government’s appeals to stop it,…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A school board in Oregon that recently banned teachers from displaying symbols including those…

HOUSTON (AP) — Federal investigators say flight controls that maneuver the tail wing were jammed when a private jet overran a runway in Houston and…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has launched four astronauts to the International Space Station. The flight…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer The federal government is suing Uber saying it discriminates against disabled people by charging fees when…

By TERRY SPENCER and TOM KRISHER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Federal investigators say a Tesla driver killed with a passenger in…

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer The Green Bay Packers were fined $300,000 and quarterback Aaron Rodgers and receiver Allen Lazard were fined…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina trial judge has ordered the state to pay out $1.75 billion to help…

By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Universities that adopted COVID-19 vaccine mandates this fall have seen widespread compliance. That’s true even…

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare enrollees who take expensive medicines could save thousands of dollars a…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say no toxic chemicals at levels hazardous to human health have been found at a junkyard fire in Philadelphia that…

By MEHDI EL-AREM Associated Press AGAREB, Tunisia (AP) — New clashes have broken out between residents and police in the Tunisian city of Agareb,…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A charity operating a rescue ship with 306 migrants aboard says after days of waiting at sea…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse took the stand in his murder trial, acknowledging he used deadly force when…

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — One of New Jersey’s most powerful elected Democrats has conceded that he lost reelection…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden has used her first solo White House event as first lady to highlight the challenges…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s National Court has decided to extradite the former security chief of late Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez to the United…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A coalition of 10 states has filed a lawsuit challenging a new rule by President Joe…

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The Cuban Foreign Ministry has summoned hundreds of foreign diplomats to a meeting where it…

LONDON, Ky. (AP) — The charge against a 61-year-old man accused of holding a 16-year-old girl captive until a driver on a Kentucky interstate…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister has toured a Baghdad neighborhood on foot days after he escaped an…

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian prime minister has warned Israel that its refusal to accept a…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press A New Jersey gym owner who punched a police officer during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S.…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities say they have approved plans to have a COVID-19 booster shot for all who would want one. Health ministers from…

BOSTON (AP) — Investigators trying to learn why a commercial fishing boat sank off Massachusetts nearly a year ago are using some high-tech…

By DAVID A. LIEB and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Gerrymandering is surging in states where legislatures are in charge of redrawing voting…

By MICHAEL HILL, JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s attorney general has released hundreds of…

PARIS (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and French President Emmanuel Macron have agreed that France and the United States are ready to work…