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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis in a Christmas Eve homily said that “the clash of arms even today” prevents Jesus “from finding room in the…

SEWARD, Alaska (AP) — A large avalanche and blizzard conditions have cut off road access to much of the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage. The…

Hundreds of people reported feeling minor earthquakes on Hawaii’s Big Island and on the Olympic Peninsula west of Seattle, but no damage has been…

By STEPHEN GROVES and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With support for Ukraine slipping in Congress, the United States is once…

By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — A sprawling caravan of migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and other…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Police in Serbia have fired tear gas to prevent hundreds of opposition supporters from entering the capital’s city…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Three men are recovering after being shot and wounded in New Orleans’ French Quarter. The New Orleans Police Department says…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian shelling in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region has killed four people as Ukraine prepares to officially celebrate…

OCALA, Fla. (AP) — One person died and another was shot in the leg in a shooting at a shopping mall in central Florida. Ocala Police Chief Mike…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” led a crowd of new releases at the box office on the weekend before Christmas…

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — More than a year after it was put up for sale, Manchester United said Sunday that…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer It’s not a secret that Fantasia Barrino did not want to play Celie again. The “American Idol” winner hadn’t…

LONDON (AP) — A second suspect was arrested in the alleged theft of a work by the elusive street artist Banksy of a stop sign adorned with three…

LONDON (AP) — British Home Secretary James Cleverly is under fire for making a date rape joke at a party just hours after announcing plans to crack…

By STEPHEN GROVES and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With support for Ukraine slipping in Congress, the United States is once…

By DAVID McHUGH Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Tourist visits have been barred at Germany’s landmark Cologne cathedral and Christmas…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers are telling a federal appeals court that he was acting within his…

By ANGELA CHARLTON and ELISE MORTON PARIS (AP) — Judges will decide whether about 300 Indian citizens, suspected of being victims of human…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian state TV says the country’s navy has added domestically produced sophisticated cruise missiles to…

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The normally bustling biblical birthplace of Jesus looks like a ghost town on…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Atop many Christmas wish lists in economically troubled Zimbabwe is a travel document.…

By TIA GOLDENBERG, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israeli military says more than a dozen Israeli…

By MOHAMMAD TAUFAN Associated Press PALU, Indonesia (AP) — A smelting furnace has exploded at a Chinese-owned nickel plant on Indonesia’s…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s state media says Tehran has summoned Russia’s charge d’affaires after Moscow and Arab countries…

By JOHN O’CONNOR Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Pillsbury Mills was a groundbreaking, history-making flour mill in central…

By JESSE BEDAYN The Associated Press/Report for America FORT MORGAN, Colo. (AP) — Millions of migrants have arrived in the U.S. in recent years,…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The room was packed with Native American leaders from across the United States, all invited to…

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Police in Cologne, Germany, say indications of a possible attack have led them to search the country’s landmark…

BEAVER, W.Va. (AP) — Officials say an inmate at a West Virginia jail scrutinized in lawsuits citing inmate deaths and alleging poor living…

HONOLULU (AP) — The state has announced the first recipients of a program aimed at helping medical professionals pay off student loans in exchange…

DORA, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman with two uteri and two cervixes has given birth to two babies after carrying one of them in each uterus. Kelsey…

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has vetoed a bill days before Christmas that…

OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Multiple people were injured Saturday during what authorities described as “an active shooting” situation at a shopping mall…

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has struck down a bill days before Christmas…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The city of Tampa, Florida, has reached an agreement with the federal government to resolve a discrimination lawsuit alleging…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A woman who was shot in the head while she was a passenger in a car fleeing from police has filed a federal lawsuit against a…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa will not participate in a federal program that gives $40 per month to each child in a low-income family over the…

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A freshman point guard from Michigan State is recovering after he was shot while on holiday break near his hometown. The…

By MOHAMMED ZAATARI and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press AIN EBEL, Lebanon (AP) — Christians in the border villages of south Lebanon are preparing for…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president says he intends to veto a spending bill which includes money for public media and raises for teachers,…

Associated Press Wildlife officials in Colorado have released an additional five gray wolves in the state, bringing the total so far under a…

By ELOGE WILLY KANEZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Burundi’s government says at least 20 people have been killed following an…

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — Six Turkish soldiers have been killed in clashes with Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, a day after another six were also…

NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Travell “G. Dep” Coleman, who walked into a New York police precinct in 2010 and admitted to committing a nearly…

LONDON (AP) — Detectives are investigating the alleged theft of a Banksy work of art after witnesses shot photos and video of a man removing a red…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fadi Sckak has already lost his father to the violence in Gaza. He wants to help his…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The leaders at USRowing have been working with producers of the new movie “The…

NEW DELHI (AP) — A maritime intelligence company says a drone has hit an Israeli-affiliated merchant vessel off the coast of India in the Arabian…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian politician Yekaterina Duntsova hit a roadblock in her presidential campaign Saturday, when Russia’s Central Election…

LONDON (AP) — The Premier League has its first female referee. Rebecca Welch blew her whistle to start the match between Fulham and Burnley on…

By CHRISTINA LARSON, JENNIFER McDERMOTT, PATRICK WHITTLE and WAYNE PARRY Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Unfounded claims about offshore…

ROME (AP) — The Vatican next year will publish a collection of never-before-seen homilies delivered by the late Pope Benedict XVI. Most of them…

By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — American colleagues have educated millions of Chinese students over the past four decades. Many of…

BEIJING (AP) — Chiese state media say The strong earthquake that hit northwest China this week, and killed at least 148 people, has caused economic…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With Christmas right around the corner, you might want to check the list of what…

By ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Authorities in France say about 300 Indian citizens heading to Central America are sequestered in…

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — National flags pn public buildings are at half-staff and people across the Czech Republic are set…

By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed 76 members of an extended family, rescue…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Officials and residents in some remote parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir say anger is spreading after three civilians died while…

By SAM METZ Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisians head to vote in local elections on Sunday to populate a new second legislative chamber…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press The list of sports teams seeking new or improved stadiums is getting longer and longer. In the past year alone,…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Proposals for new and improved sports stadiums are proliferating across the U.S. and could come with a hefty price…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Legislatures returning to session in states across the U.S. early in 2024 will consider condemning the Oct. 7…

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press ACOLMAN, Mexico (AP) — María de Lourdes Ortiz Zacarías swiftly cuts hundreds of strips of newsprint and…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — While reindeer are famous for pulling Santa’s sleigh, it’s their vision that really sets…

By KRISTEN GELINEAU, EDNA TARIGAN and REZA SAIFULLAH Associated Press PIDIE, Indonesia (AP) — The screams were heard soon after the ailing boat…

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The Cuban government says it will have to either increase prices for fuel and electricity, or…

By KRISTEN GELINEAU, EDNA TARIGAN and REZA SAIFULLAH Associated Press PIDIE, Indonesia (AP) — Their screams and sobs could be heard from the ailing…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press A Washington state law aimed at improving police accountability is in the spotlight after Tacoma three officers were…

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Malian authorities say the West African nation has recalled its ambassador in Algeria after accusing it of interference in its…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charlie Sheen’s neighbor was arrested after being accused of assaulting the actor in a Malibu, California, home this week,…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Two Denver-area paramedics were convicted Friday in the 2019 killing of…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A report by a city oversight agency has found that inmates at New York City’s Rikers Island…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury on Friday found a homeless man not guilty in the beating with a metal pipe of a former San Francisco businessman, an…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco; Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press”…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — When 43-year-old Ernseau Admettre left Haiti and headed north with his young family in tow, very…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Police bodycam footage shows a North Dakota lawmaker making homophobic and anti-migrant remarks…

ROY, Utah (AP) — A Utah man who served two years in prison breaking a child’s arm seven years ago was charged Friday with killing a…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has called for the immediate resignation of Board of Corrections Chairman Benny…

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The new NBC sitcom “Extended Family” is loosely based on the real-life family dynamics between…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The NFL has denied Eagles security chief Dom DiSandro’s appeal of a $100,000 fine in addition to banning him…

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden joined first lady Jill Biden, for a Christmas season visit to Children’s National…

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware’s largest hospital system will pay more than $47 million to settle whistleblower…

By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s anti-corruption commission has charged the country’s former tourism minister and…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press SHAMONG, N.J. (AP) — New details are emerging about the fatal crash of a Philadelphia TV news helicopter earlier…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court has overturned Republican-drawn legislative…

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — One person is still missing a week after residents were scattered when St. Louis’…

ELKHART, Ind. (AP) — Attorneys for a mentally disabled man who was wrongfully convicted in the slaying of a 94-year-old woman say he has reached an…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s statistics agency says more Brazilians declared themselves as being…

NEW YORK (AP) — Drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb is acquiring Karuna Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company that has developed a new…

WINNEMUCCA, Nev. (AP) — U.S. land managers are planning to round up more than 2,800 wild horses across four Nevada counties beginning next week.…

By MARCO DiMARCO Associated Press GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Residents of the small fishing town in Iceland where a volcano erupted this week have…

The federal government on Friday reopened railroad crossings in two Texas border towns, five days after the shuttering of rail operations there…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it will not immediately take up a plea by special counsel Jack Smith to…

GLENVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A tractor-trailer loaded with natural gas containers slammed into the bottom of an overhead railroad bridge in upstate New…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A conservative-led Missouri school board has voted to drop elective courses on Black…

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A lawsuit by a Seattle hospital says Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked for records…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A British sea trade monitoring agency says another boat has been hijacked near the coast of Somalia. That and the…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Florida State has sued the Atlantic Coast Conference, challenging a contract that binds the school to…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says he is eager to debate President Joe Biden, even if the debates…