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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge has set aside the murder conviction of a man who was sent to prison for the 2004 killing of a man in a…

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The United Nations has ended its 10-year peacekeeping mission in Mali following the…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has confirmed it’s been holding talks, brokered by China, with…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Early awards in Hollywood’s unfurling awards season have gone to films like Celine Song’s tender…

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address U.S. military officers at…

LEONARDTOWN, Md. (AP) — Authorities in Maryland say a horse and buggy collided with a pickup truck at an intersection, seriously injuring the…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The leaders of Guyana and Venezuela will meet this week to address an escalating dispute over the Essequibo region that…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A man charged with terrorism and other offenses over a 2022 fire that badly damaged…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic secretary of state is calling for a Republican who served as a fake…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has refused to take up a case about whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Organizers of the Paris Olympics say work will resume this week to prepare the surfing venue in…

By The Associated Press A combination of heavy rain, snow, and wind is bringing threats of flooding and power outages to the Northeast. It’s…

DETROIT (AP) — Police say a person of interest has been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of a Detroit synagogue leader whose death…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Grammy Award-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar has drawn raves in South Africa as a…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An activist organization says the United Arab Emirates is conducting a mass…

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Giving a pet as a surprise gift at the holidays isn’t generally recommended. But offering…

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish government is under pressure to seek the return of the Somali president’s…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “All I Want for Christmas is You,” Mariah Carey’s hit from 1994, has grown over the last…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has traveled to a shipyard to attend the commissioning of new nuclear submarines. The visit on…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Allies of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are sounding the alarm…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A rare and newly published Raymond Chandler poem is an ode to his late wife, Cissy, that holds…

By REZA SAIFULLAH and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled Myanmar to escape a brutal…

BERLIN (AP) — Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o will head the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in February. The 2024…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — All top-flight soccer matches in Greece will be played without fans in the stadiums for…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Dozens of attacks on U.S. military facilities by Iran-backed factions in…

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet We often talk about 401(k)s and 403(b)s as if they’re the same, but they’re not. While both can help you save for…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Thousands of protesters are expected to gather in Brussels on Tuesday to protest what they…

BERLIN (AP) — The Austrian interior minister says a 16-year-old teenager has been arrested for allegedly planning to attack a synagogue in Vienna.…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish police say several people have been seriously injured after a temporary elevator crashed to the ground on a…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Reporter WASHINGTON (AP) — With inflation edging closer to the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, its policymakers…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Pressure is mounting on Hungary not to veto the start of European Union membership talks and the…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it will provide $35 million to BAE Systems to increase production at…

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press Renowned Chinese doctor and activist Gao Yaojie who exposed the AIDS virus epidemic in rural China in the 1990s,…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces one of the toughest weeks of his 13 months in office. On…

BERLIN (AP) — Police say two people have been killed and one wounded after a gunman fired shots at two locations in a southern Swiss town. They…

LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Eleven informal miners have been confirmed dead and their bodies recovered from an open-pit copper mine in Zambia after…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — The  U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization says that hunger remains a chronic problem in…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Ministry of Defense is transferring two minehunting ships to Ukraine as part of a package of long-term support to…

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has met with his Vietnamese counterpart on an official visit to boost relations between…

By The Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egyptians have resumed voting in a presidential election in which President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi faces no…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he plans to take “appropriate steps” over his…

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — India’s top court has upheld a 2019 decision by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to strip disputed Jammu and…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal court jury is poised begin its deliberations in an antitrust trial focused…

By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces battled Palestinian militants in Gaza’s two largest…

NEW YORK (AP) — Your Google search history for 2023 has arrived. Well, actually, the world’s. On Monday, the California-based tech giant released…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Singers RM and V of the K-pop band BTS began their mandatory military duties under…

By DAVID KEYTON Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As countries at the COP28 climate talks are wrangling over deadlines for…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine military chief says he was with Filipino forces aboard a supply boat that…

By UZMI ATHAR, Press Trust of India DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Indigenous women at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai are coming…

BEIJING (AP) — Overnight snowfall across much of northern China prompted road closures and the suspension of classes and train service on Monday. A…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “All I Want for Christmas is You,” Mariah Carey’s hit from 1994, has grown over the last…

By JON GAMBRELL and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Delegates at the United Nations climate talks have little…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press At a small rural Missouri high school, two English teachers shared a secret: Both were posting adult…

By MATTHEW BROWN and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press DENVER, Colo. (AP) — Wildlife officials plan to release gray wolves in Colorado in coming weeks,…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is hosting a White House reception Monday to mark Hanukkah, celebrating the…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will jet up to Philadelphia on Monday to announce a $22.4 million grant…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer After scandal and several troubled years, the Golden Globes are ready for a comeback. The re-vamped group, now a…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Holocaust survivors from around the globe will mark the start of the fifth day of Hanukkah…

By JOANNA KOZLOWSKA Associated Press Yekaterina Duntsova is a little-known journalist and mom-of-three from a small town in western Russia. She hopes…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The national conservatives who have ruled Poland for eight years are finally expected to…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A trial set to get underway in Washington on Monday will…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden goes into next year’s election with a vexing challenge: Just as the U.S.…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press SUMY, Ukraine (AP) — Since Russia invaded Ukraine, thousands of people have fled occupied regions of the country…

By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include a Christmas TV special from country star Cody Johnson, Taylor…

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott threw for two touchdowns, Brandon Aubrey made four field goals and…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A U.S. Air Force pilot has safely ejected before his F-16 fighter jet crashed into the sea off South Korea’s…

BY SETH BORENSTEIN and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — It’s the killer detail in international climate talks:…

Asian shares were mixed on Monday after Wall Street reached a 20-month high ahead of a week that includes essential U.S. inflation data and the…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A series of loud explosions has occurred in Ukraine’s capital followed by air raid sirens. There was no immediate word on…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Voter turnout plunged below 30% in Hong Kong’s first district council elections since new…

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Minnesota and Las Vegas played the lowest-scoring NFL game in 16 years, with Greg Joseph’s…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jonathan Glazer’s chilling Auschwitz-set drama, “The Zone of Interest,” has been named best movie of the year by the Los…

By JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — A fiery President Felix Tshisekedi of Congo has rallied thousands of supporters at a stadium…

NEW YORK (AP) — Parts the Northeast are bracing for a stormy night and messy morning commute. Authorities warn of potential flooding and power…

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana police say a woman has been arrested after driving her vehicle several times at or through an unspecified religious…

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Police say three shepherd dogs escaped from their yard and fatally attacked a 50-year-old Greek woman in her garden.…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Students, lawmakers and religious leaders joined forces Sunday at a temple in Philadelphia to strongly denounce antisemitism on…

By BOB SUTTON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A wet court caused by a leaky roof resulted in an interruption of No. 3 North Carolina…

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois records show that a man who confessed to the 2004 sexual assault and murder of a 3-year-old girl has died in a state…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump said Sunday he has decided against testifying for a second time…

By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The government of Guyana, under pressure from neighboring Brazil and a Caribbean…

Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A nationwide power blackout hit Kenya Sunday evening, paralyzing parts of the country, including the main…

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bronny James is poised to make his college debut for Southern California nearly five months…

By DIANE JEANTET and DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The city of Maceio’s civil defense authority says a mine belonging…

Associated Press At least nine people have been killed in Brazil’s Amazonian state of Para when a discharge of high-voltage electricity sparked a…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — An African regional bloc says Sudan’s warring generals have agreed to hold a face-to-face meeting as…

NEWRY, Maine (AP) — Santa’s helpers are taking the day off to hit the slopes in Maine. With beards and stocking caps flapping, about 300 Santas…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency has warned that Afghans could die in harsh winter conditions if they don’t get adequate shelter…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a Catholic priest in a small Nebraska community died after being attacked in the church rectory. The Rev.…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Japanese anime master Hayao Miyazaki’s is No. 1 at the North American box office for the first time…

PARIS (AP) — Lost a very expensive diamond ring? Try checking the vacuum cleaner. That’s what employees of Paris’ luxury Ritz hotel did — and…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Thousands of people have marched in the Belgian and German capitals to protest soaring antisemitism since the outbreak of the…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police say the pursuit of a suspected gunman ended in a shootout that left two officers and a suspect wounded.…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — For years, climate change has been a factor — not the only one — in…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is defending the emergency sale to Israel of nearly 14,000…

BERLIN (AP) — Several thousand people have demonstrated against antisemitism in Berlin as Germany grapples with a large increase in anti-Jewish…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s jaw-dropping $700 million, 10-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers has some…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A recent killing spree in the Mexican border city of Tijuana could have been lifted from a TV…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Navy divers have recovered the remains of the seventh of the eight crew members from a U.S.…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JOHN RABY Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Central Tennessee residents and emergency workers are continuing the…