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By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Public universities would be prohibited from giving preferential treatment in admissions to…

By DAVID BILLER and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s statistics and geography institute has announced it will…

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has told top athletes he hopes that France will reach the top five of the Paris Olympics medal table,…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. has reached a plea deal in a New York City…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS wants to rewrite its complicated letters to taxpayers and speak to people in plain…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington’s federal appeals court has rejected Donald Trump’s request to reconsider a gag order restricting the former…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Activists in Mexico have published photos of steel and cement pilings from a government project driven directly through the…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian authorities say that three people have died in a heli-ski helicopter crash. The Royal Canadian Mounted…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police say a former Haitian vice-consul who had been stationed in the Dominican Republic has been gunned down near an…

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Former Georgia mascot Uga X, whose eight-year run included back-to-back national championships, has died. Uga X was part of the…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer MILAN (AP) — The European Commission has announced an in-depth investigation of German airline Lufthansa’s…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials say the federal home energy assistance program served more than 7 million families in the last fiscal year, an all-time…

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer After a bruising year for the film industry, Christopher Nolan’s atomic hit “Oppenheimer” emerged…

By The Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is defending himself against the state auditor’s…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Police say an elderly man fatally shot his wife and then himself at an assisted living facility in Florida. Staff at…

ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper YFN Lucci has pleaded guilty to a gang-related charge after reaching a deal with prosecutors nearly three years after he was…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s government is preparing for the possibility that Donald Trump could reach the White House…

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police sergeant who hurled a plastic cooler at a man fleeing officers on a motorcycle — causing a crash that…

By NOEL SICHALWE Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Authorities in Zambia say they are frantically pumping water and mud from a Chinese-owned…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Greece for violating the privacy rights…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government is giving Northern Ireland politicians until Feb. 8 to restore their collapsed…

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The U.S. military says that it conducted airstrikes in Somalia over the weekend that…

By KATHLEEN FOODY and KEN MILLER Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A man suspected of shooting and killing eight people in suburban Chicago fatally…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Unions commanded big headlines last year, but that didn’t translate into higher membership numbers, according…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish legislators have scheduled a long-delayed vote on Sweden’s bid to join NATO, in a step that could remove a major…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The pilot of a small plane was killed when it crashed at Clinton National Airport in Little Rock. Airport officials say…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. regulators have barred TurboTax maker Intuit Inc. from advertising its services…

By LISSETTE ROMERO Associated Press PUEBLA, Mexico (AP) — A four-year-old giraffe named Benito arrived Tuesday at his new home in a large animal…

ANAMOSA, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa boy has died, days after his sled crossed in front of an SUV and was struck. The Iowa State Patrol says 13-year-old…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Cue all the “did ‘Barbie’ direct itself” snark. But Greta Gerwig not being among the five best director…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Maldives government has confirmed giving clearance to a Chinese ship to dock in…

PARIS (AP) — France’s privacy watchdog has fined Amazon’s French warehouse business $35 million for using an “excessively intrusive sytem”…

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The influx of generative artificial intelligence software is transforming small businesses.…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Federal prosecutors are expanding their investigation into a bribery scheme…

By PATRICK ORSAGOS and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Christian church in Ohio filed a federal lawsuit this week after its…

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Chanel’s Spring Couture show transformed Paris’ Grand Palais Ephemere into a stage of fashion…

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The European Commission chief and the prime ministers of the Netherlands and Croatia have told Bosnia to press…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Million-selling author Yuval Noah Harari has another grand theme for his next book:…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “20 Days in Mariupol,” Mstyslav Chernov’s harrowing chronicle of the besieged Ukrainian city and…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer WWE’s weekly television show “Raw” will move to Netflix next year as part of a major streaming deal.…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The United Airlines CEO says he is “disappointed” in ongoing manufacturing problems at Boeing that have led to…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A leading Catholic charity is making a last-minute appeal to the U.S. state of Alabama to halt a…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Airbnb has donated a total of $10 million to more than 120 nonprofits in 44 countries on six…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s highest court has ruled that a small far-right party will not get any state…

By DALIA RAMIREZ of NerdWallet If you have unpaid or unfiled taxes, the start of a new tax season and the looming reminders of debt might fill you…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan lawmakers have begun debating a controversial internet safety bill…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer It is a name that has become almost synonymous with professional wrestling but its bearer, Dwayne Johnson, has…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino fishing boat captain has protested the Chinese coast guard’s aggression in…

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwandan authorities accused Burundi’s leader of making “incendiary allegations aimed…

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Thousands of artworks have been destroyed in a fire that swept through the main art gallery in Abkhazia in a severe blow to…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has sent a letter to his Swedish counterpart, Ulf…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — A long-delayed trial has started in Amsterdam for nine suspects accused of involvement in the…

PARIS (AP) — Spreading demonstrations by French farmers against low wages and other grievances were hit by tragedy when a woman was killed and her…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A study issued Tuesday by researchers collecting evidence of war crimes in Myanmar supported reports…

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO has signed a $1.2-billion contract to make tens of thousands of artillery rounds to replenish the dwindling stocks of its…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has hanged another prisoner over crimes committed during nationwide protests that erupted in 2022 following…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The upper house of Britain’s Parliament has urged the Conservative government not to ratify a…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The women work hard, sleeping only a few hours a night, as they juggle the demands of caring for…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say 20 people are confirmed dead and 24 remain missing after a landslide in a remote, mountainous part of the…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Tuesday, led by sharp gains in Hong Kong and Shanghai…

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say a complex Russian missile attack has targeted the cities of Kyiv and…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan has resumed after they reopened a key northwestern border crossing…

BANGKOK (AP) — Riot Games, the developer of the popular “League of Legends” multiplayer battle game is joining other tech companies that have…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s Oscar nominations morning, which means it’s time for the year’s best movies and performers…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and NAJIB JOBAIN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s army says a total of 21 soldiers were killed in an attack in…

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For almost 20 months the Pentagon has spearheaded a monthly gathering of about…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama, unless stopped by the courts, intends to strap inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith to a…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More than a dozen federal appellate judges are scheduled to hear arguments on whether…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Almost 80 years after the Holocaust, about 245,000 Jewish survivors are still living across…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Immediately after Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, the owners of the bowling alley and the…

By JEFF AMY and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Accusations that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had an affair with a…

By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The mother of a Michigan school shooter is headed to trial on involuntary manslaughter charges.…

By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was threatened with expulsion from a…

By COLLEEN LONG and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will share the stage on…

By HOLLY RAMER and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Donald Trump is aiming for a commanding victory in New Hampshire,…

GENEVA (AP) — China will face international scrutiny Tuesday over domestic polices in places like Hong Kong, Tibet and the western Xinjiang region…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. (AP) — In tiny Dixville Notch, the six registered voters who were preparing to cast their…

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — A tropical low strengthening over the Coral Sea is forecast to be the second cyclone is as many months to bring…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The three Republicans vying to take on Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown this fall in…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked for now a new law approved by North Carolina legislators…

SYDNEY (AP) — A Russian national has been sanctioned by the Australian government for his role in a cyber attack which compromised the personal…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman charged with killing a high-profile entertainment marketing consultant in his Los Angeles home has pleaded not guilty.…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green used his annual State of the State address to lead lawmakers and guests in…

Astrid Suarez and Manuel Rueda Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A spokesman for Colombia’s navy said the South American country has…

SEATTLE (AP) — The last known set of remains linked to the Green River serial killer in Washington state belonged to a teenage girl who had…

BY JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A trial underway in U.S. court is providing a possible glimpse into Hawaii’s…

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A proposal by New Mexico’s governor to underwrite the treatment and recycling of oil-industry wastewater is being denounced…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A bill to define antisemitism in Georgia law stalled in 2023 over how the measure should be worded. But…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Republican Party is endorsing York County’s district attorney for state…

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A fifth suspect has been ordered to stand trial in an ambush shooting that killed a 14-year-old and wounded several other…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has seen two versions of Gov. Ron DeSantis. One earned praise from…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and KEN RITTER Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge is being asked to issue a stop-work order on a $10…

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky gun shop that sold the assault weapon used to kill five people at a Louisville…

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois authorities are warning people to be aware of a man they called “armed and dangerous” after multiple shootings in the…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The speaker of the Nebraska Legislature has vowed to use his discretion to avoid a repeat…

Criminal gangs are trying to extort ‘protection’ payments from taxi drivers in Mexico’s Caribbean coast resort of Cancun. It is a problem…

PORT CLINTON, Ohio (AP) — Coast Guard officials say 20 people have been rescued from an ice floe in Lake Erie. The Coast Guard’s Ninth District…

By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ordered the appointment of an independent examiner in the…

By SUDHIN THANAWALA and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans in the Georgia House of Representatives have advanced a bill that…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Legislators in Jackson County, Missouri, voted Monday to override the veto of Jackson…