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Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Dozens of prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in the largest case…

Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday named Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal…

The Trump dance is becoming a trend around the NFL. Raiders tight end Brock Bowers, Titans wide receiver Calvin Ridley and Lions defensive end…

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Suspected attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have targeted a Panama-flagged bulk carrier…

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics say they will make the traditional champions’ visit to the White House on Thursday, when they will be welcomed…

AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — After watching quarterback Josh Allen bounce off two Kansas City Chiefs defenders before crossing the…

Poultry on a commercial farm in England have been infected with the bird flu virus. The U.K. government says the H5N1 virus was found in birds in St.…

Associated Press LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Authorities in Gabon say voters have overwhelmingly approved a new constitution more than one year after…

Associated Press U.S. officials are proposing increased logging on federal lands across the Pacific Northwest under changes to a sweeping forest…

POMONA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say three people were injured aboard a single-engine plane that crashed near a Southern California dragstrip…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Picketing is continuing outside a hotel-casino near the Las Vegas Strip with no talks scheduled between management and union…

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A bodyless head that washed ashore in South Florida has been identified as that of a 19-year-old swimmer who went missing…

Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An outbreak of E. coli has infected dozens of people who ate bagged organic carrots, and one person died from the…

AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The family of Quincy Jones was not sure they wanted to attend the Governors Awards. Their father died two weeks…

Associated Press Reg Murphy, a renowned journalist whose newsgathering career included stints as an editor and top executive at newspapers in…

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he has no plan to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin as he said support for Ukraine…

AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The Library of Congress has notified lawmakers of a “cyber breach” of its IT system by an…

Associated Press MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied missiles to strike deeper inside Russia,…

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Opposition protesters in Georgia’s breakaway province of Abkhazia have refused to cede control of key government…

AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Moviegoers were not exactly feeling the Christmas spirit this weekend, or at least not based on their attendance…

TYLER, Texas (AP) — The agent for Sundance Head, a winner on “The Voice,” says the country singer is recovering at home after he was…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The lawyer for Pete Hegseth says that Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary paid a woman who accused him…

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — A small plane crashed on Sunday in foggy weather in northeast Slovenia, killing three people on board. Police said they…

AP Tennis Writer MALAGA, Spain (AP) — Rafael Nadal’s impending retirement will loom over the Davis Cup Final 8 when play begins Tuesday in…

Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The leaders of Nigeria and India have pledged stronger ties in maritime security and counterterrorism during…

Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s interim leader and Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus says his administration will seek…

Associated Press POTRERILLOS, Honduras (AP) — Tropical Storm Sara has weakened to a tropical depression after making landfall in Belize, where…

Associated Press The WNBA has wrapped up a historic season that notched all-time viewership and attendance records while racking up brand deals and…

Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Prominent Russian opposition figures are leading a march of more than 1,000 people in central Berlin. They are…

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democrats fell short again in wresting away swing-state prize North Carolina from Republicans in the…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the U.S. intelligence services, in 2022…

Associated Press The 2024 presidential election featured sky-high turnout, approaching the historic levels of the 2020 contest and contradicting…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A gold pocket watch given to the ship captain who rescued 700 survivors from the Titanic has sold at auction for…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The defense ministers from the U.S., Japan and Australia have agreed to step up military cooperation and expressed…

AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. antitrust watchdogs that pounced on Big Tech and deterred corporate deal making throughout…

Associated Press A group of 32 students from the United States have been selected to attend the University of Oxford as part of the prestigious…

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A rare Israeli strike in central Beirut killed the Hezbollah militant group’s chief spokesman on Sunday, while…

AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Jones sent Stipe Miocic into retirement with a stunning back kick to the ribs and used a series of blows to…

Associated Press Firefighters in New York say a voluntary evacuation has helped them protect about 165 homes from a wildfire as officials in much of…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Walk into any supermarket and you can generally buy a banana for less than $1. But a banana duct-taped to a wall?…

Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Tropical Storm Sara is the third named storm to emerge this November, serving up a reminder that the Atlantic…

Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Around the country, advocates for Christian education have been finding legal ways to tap taxpayer money…

Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful typhoon wrecked houses, caused towering tidal surges and forced hundreds of thousands of…

Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — For many in New Delhi, one of the world’s most polluted cities, Lodhi Garden is an escape in the heart of…

AP National Writer Bela Karolyi, the charismatic if polarizing gymnastics coach who turned young women into champions and the United States into an…

CHICAGO (AP) — “The Bear” has a mirror image. More than 50 contestants turned out Saturday in a Chicago park to compete in a lookalike contest…

AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Mountain West Conference has concluded there was insufficient evidence to determine misconduct between…

SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing has delivered layoff notices to more than 400 members of its professional aerospace labor union, part of thousands of cuts…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Prosecutors say the officers involved in the fatal shooting of Salina man were justified in their actions and won’t be…

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) — A man who served as a head election judge in a Minnesota township has been charged with two felony counts for allegedly…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A walkout by hundreds of hospitality workers at a casino near the Las Vegas Strip entered its second day with union members…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed legislation that would provide full Social Security benefits to millions of people. The measure won…

Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Local officials in eastern Congo say at least 13 people were killed and others kidnapped by extremist…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump walked out to a roaring standing ovation just ahead of the start of the UFC…

AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jake Paul believes he can fight for a championship belt within two years. Mike Tyson might be finished in…

Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An environmental organization has served a notice of intent to sue one of the world’s largest aquaculture…

Associated Press The United States Postal Service might have found a way to unite a nation bitterly divided after this month’s election:…

Associated Press ATHENS, GREECE (AP) — Former Greek Prime Minister and lawmaker Antonis Samaras has been expelled from the ruling New Democracy…

McDonald’s is investing $100 million to bring customers back to stores after an outbreak of E. coli food poisoning tied to onions on the…

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party’s prodigious fundraising operation raised more than $1 billion in her…

Associated Press SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — Tropical Storm Sara started moving slightly faster Saturday after it stalled over Honduras,…

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Olav Thon, a billionaire entrepreneur recognizable for his bright red cap who went from selling leather and fox hides in his…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s choice of Matt Gaetz to be attorney general has many Justice Department employees reeling,…

Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The head of Georgia’s Central Electoral Commission has been doused with black paint at a meeting to…

VIENNA (AP) — Austrian utility OMV says supplies from Russia’s state-owned natural gas company Gazprom stopped early Saturday after the company…

DALLAS (AP) — A bullet struck the body of a Southwest Airlines airplane preparing for departure from a Dallas airport, forcing the cancellation of…

Associated Press LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Gabon is holding a referendum on whether to adopt a new constitution, more than a year after mutinous…

Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Conservative lawmakers in the Polish parliament exulted at Donald Trump’s victory, standing and…