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At 40, the Sundance Film Festival celebrates its past and looks to the future
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck remember the feeling of being the new kids at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2004, they’d…
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck remember the feeling of being the new kids at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2004, they’d…
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian militants have battled Israeli forces in…
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Nikki Haley says she won’t participate in the next Republican presidential debate…
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to spend $2.4 billion to care for the massive influx of…
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court has indicted imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife on a…
Continue ReadingBy CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Student and legal advocacy groups are petitioning the U.S. Department of Agriculture to lift the…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has passed up a chance to intervene in the debate over bathrooms for transgender students, rejecting an appeal…
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Fujitsu, the company whose faulty computer accounting system resulted in the wrongful conviction of…
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN INGANGA and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya has embarked on its biggest rhino relocation project and began the…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has allowed a court order to take effect that could loosen Apple’s grip on its lucrative iPhone app store,…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Chinese premier Li Qiang is arriving in Ireland on Tuesday for talks with the Irish leader on China’s relations with the European…
Continue ReadingTALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Police in Estonia have arrested a Russian professor teaching at the Baltic country’s most prestigious university on…
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Experts are analyzing a new set of small mud volcanoes that have been discovered in recent days in the eastern…
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Business and conservative interest groups hoping to limit the power of regulators believe they…
Continue ReadingLISBON, Portugal (AP) — Guinness World Records says it has suspended the title of oldest dog ever that was held by a Portuguese dog that died last…
Continue ReadingBy TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s director of public prosecutions has ordered that 95 people from a doomsday cult be…
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Correction Department says that former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra shouldn’t be called an inmate even…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New fiction from Christina Dodd and Allie Condie and the latest young adult work from Tracey Baptiste will be excerpted in a free…
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in Puerto Rico say five people have been killed in a drive-by shooting that forced authorities to close a…
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Navy SEALs seized Iranian-made missile parts and other weaponry from a ship bound for…
Continue ReadingBy CARLOS MUREITHI Associated Press Celeste Saulo, the new secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization, has said her administration…
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian emergency services says at least eight passengers died and an estimated 100 are…
Continue ReadingBy ELIZABETH AYOOLA of NerdWallet Some people may want to fast-track their savings because they have early retirement goals or want to catch up after…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media says that rescuers are evacuating tourists from a remote skiing area in the country’s northwest where…
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing rebellion from senior lawmakers in his Conservative Party…
Continue ReadingTOKYO (AP) — Japanese media say a Korean Air plane carrying 289 people hit a parked Cathay Pacific aircraft while taxiing to a runway at northern…
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish court has convicted the son of Somalia’s president over the death of a motorcycle courier and sentenced him to 2 1/2…
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The operator of the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan says it has no new…
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A newspaper in Norway says the country is halting adoptions of children from the Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan and South…
Continue ReadingBy SALAR SALIM and OMAR ALBAM Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraq recalled its ambassador from Tehran for consultations and summoned Iran’s…
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat has hosted his North Korean counterpart for talks on expanding ties between their countries amid…
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, is taking his advocacy against…
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron will hold his first prime-time news conference on Tuesday to…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Philippine ambassador and denounced remarks by the country’s…
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union presidency is warning that the foundations of democracy will be put to the test during the November U.S.…
Continue ReadingBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian police say a blast at a Serbian factory that produces tires, protective gear and industrial explosives has killed…
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN NOVECK and MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writers So it be, so it is, as Cousin Greg would say: “Succession” had a fittingly…
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON, MATTHEW BROWN and VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Dangerously cold wind chills continued to affect much…
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has been asked to stop a disputed $2.45 billion project that would turn a…
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares fell Tuesday in Asia, with Hong Kong’s benchmark down nearly 2%, as jitters over…
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife are seeking separate trials on bribery charges they each face in a New York…
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press Vivek Ramaswamy has suspended his campaign for president, cutting the field of Republican candidates to four.…
Continue ReadingRIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Long Island prosecutors say they are planning a major announcement in Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect Rex Heuermann’s…
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elton John has achieved the monumental EGOT status. The famed British…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press ABOARD A FRENCH AIR FORCE AWACS (AP) — Off in the distance, Ukraine, fighting for its survival. Seen from up…
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump plans to attend the penalty phase of a New York civil defamation…
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is headlining a frenzied first full day of the…
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW Associated Press Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy is suspending his 2024 Republican presidential campaign. He announced his exit…
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump scored the first victory of the 2024 presidential primary season…
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI and BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s iron grip on the Republican Party has been clear since…
Continue ReadingMEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico say at least three transgender people were killed in the first two weeks…
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Sun newspaper has been purchased by David D. Smith, the executive chairman of the media conglomerate Sinclair Inc.…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Allen threw three touchdown passes and scored on a franchise playoff-record 52-yard…
Continue ReadingBy LEANNE ITALIE AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Television’s finest brought the silver carpet alive in color, vying with a sea of…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Aitana Bonmatí has hailed a “powerful generation of women” in accepting FIFA’s award as best female soccer player. Looking on…
Continue ReadingMELFORD, Saskatchewan (AP) — An inquest has begun into a stabbing rampage on a Saskatchewan First Nation that left 11 people dead and 17 injured in…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Monday sued to block the proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons, two of the…
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press Parents in the Iowa town where a deadly school shooting took place earlier this month told school officials on Monday…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Emmys are finally here. The 75th Emmys were delayed because of the Hollywood strikes, catapulting…
Continue ReadingBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SALAR SALIM Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iran has announced that it launched strikes against a “spy headquarters…
Continue ReadingSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has abolished key government organizations tasked with managing relations with South Korea, state media said…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Iowa Republicans are headed to their state’s caucuses on Monday with a greater…
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — A plane taxiing for departure clipped another aircraft at Chicago O’Hare…
Continue ReadingGUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Bernardo Arévalo has been sworn in as Guatemala’s new president. Many doubted they would ever see the day. Powerful…
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s new Prime Minister Donald Tusk said crucial elections to choose city mayors and provincial and county…
Continue ReadingBy MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government has extended a cease-fire with the FARC-EMC rebel group that was…
Continue ReadingNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzania has announced it has withdrawn approval for neighboring Kenya’s flagship carrier Kenya Airways to operate a…
Continue ReadingBy RISDEL KASASIRA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The Palestinian ambassador to the U.N. has called on the members of the Non-Aligned…
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Hosting a visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Swiss president said her…
Continue ReadingTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Three members of the family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will be recognized as honorary Buccaneers team captains when…
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Brutally cold temperatures and dangerous wind chills stayed put across much of the U.S.…
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president and new prime minister say they remain divided on the subject of rule of law, despite one-on-one…
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. official says Navy ships and aircraft are combing areas of the Gulf of Aden for two…
Continue ReadingBy DIARLEI RODRIGUES and ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Neighborhoods in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state are flooded more…
Continue ReadingBy COURTNEY BONNELL AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — More executives are feeling better about the global economy. But a growing number don’t…
Continue ReadingBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Emmys are ready to celebrate a quarter-century of television history — and honor the best in…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The sun is shining on Highmark Stadium, where the green artificial turf is clear of snow…
Continue ReadingMANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has congratulated the winner of Taiwan’s presidential election, Lai Ching Te…
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A human rights group says that a political prisoner has died in prison in Belarus after…
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Boeing told employees Monday that it plans to increase quality inspections of its 737 Max 9…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The U.K. government says the Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir is antisemitic and should be banned as a terrorist organization. The Home…
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from the hospital Monday, after…
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — State police have identified the three people who died in a small plane crash in a remote, wooded area of Massachusetts over the…
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — A fake 911 call that the White House was on fire has sent emergency vehicles to the…
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police have opened a vandalism investigation into the spray-painting of a swastika on a wall adjacent to a Holocaust memorial…
Continue ReadingATLANTA, Ga. (AP) — Communities across the nation planned to celebrate the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday with events ranging from prayer…
Continue ReadingBy SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s new president has huge challenges to address now that he’s finally…
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A powerful ethnic armed group fighting Myanmar’s military that is based in the country’s western…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press Iranian sniper rifles. AK-47 assault rifles from China and Russia. North Korean- and Bulgarian-built…
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The party of former three-time Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has officially launched its…
Continue ReadingBUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian truck drivers and farmers are protesting again across the country again as negotiations with the coalition…
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An independent analysis shows that most of the newly ordered maps redrawing Wisconsin’s…
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A U.S. company’s lunar lander will soon burn up in Earth’s atmosphere…
Continue ReadingBy BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Thirteen years after they toppled the country’s longtime dictator, Tunisians are…
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — Kurdish-led authorities in northeast Syria say Turkish strikes have targeted dozens of infrastructure facilities wounding at least 10…
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza urgently needs more aid or its desperate population…
Continue ReadingBy GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Eight months after crossing the Rio Grande into the United States, a couple in their 20s…
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is due to face Parliament to explain why the U.K. joined the U.S. in…
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Online gambling is increasingly available to teenagers and young adults, which makes it easy to lose money and can…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sixty years ago, the U.S. surgeon general released a report that settled a longstanding public…
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