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By THOMAS ADAMSON and JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Public transport, schools and electricity supplies have been disrupted in France…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s defense minister has taken a leave of absence for an undetermined period of time after he felt unwell and…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese video game maker Nintendo has recorded a slight drop in in profit for April-December as…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has lifted its ban on Wikipedia services that were blocked last week by the country’s…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British energy firm BP has reported record annual earnings amid growing calls for the U.K.…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man convicted of killing his live-in girlfriend and her three young children has…

By BERNARD CONDON, JIM MUSTIAN and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Beyond the beating, kicking, cursing and pepper spraying,…

By MEHMET GUZEL, GHAITH ALSAYED and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press NURDAGI, Turkey (AP) — Rescuers raced against time early Wednesday to pull…

SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing plans to make staffing cuts in the aerospace company’s finance and human resources departments in 2023, with a loss of…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares are mixed in Asia after stocks rallied on Wall Street following comments by the chair…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian and New Zealand prime ministers are meeting to talk about China’s…

By ZEKE MILLER, SEUNG MIN KIM and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden exhorted Congress Tuesday night to work with…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — When lawmakers gather for President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address,…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders painted a dystopian portrait of the country in the…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s central bank has lifted its benchmark interest rate for a ninth…

AUBURN, Wash. (AP) — A single winning ticket for a $754.6 million Powerball jackpot was sold at a department store in a Seattle suburb, Washington…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Another intruder has breached the home of Air Force One, one of the nation’s most sensitive…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Simu Liu, who’s best known for playing Marvel superhero Shang-Chi, wants everyone who…

MCKEESPORT, Pa. (AP) — A man having a “mental health crisis” shot and killed a police officer, wounded a second and fired at a third before…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has unveiled plans to funnel tens of…

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press Harry Whittington, the man who former Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot while they were hunting quail on…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A new report says nearly 150 New York City police officers committed misconduct, including using excessive force,…

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Landslides triggered by steady rains swept mud, water and rocks into several villages in southern Peru, killing at least 36…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his military to expand its combat…

By KAREN MATTHEWS NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is ending its COVID-19 vaccination mandate for municipal employees including police officers,…

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A Minnesota man has been sentenced to life in prison after he pleaded guilty to three counts of murder in the deaths of two…

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to five years in prison for setting fires at a Planned Parenthood clinic in southwestern Michigan.…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican Kelly Craft is facing turbulence over a recent ad about her bid to become…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britcoin is moving closer to reality. U.K. authorities say British businesses and consumers are…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A polar bear that killed a young mother and her baby last month in western Alaska was…

By NARDOS HAILE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A night in music brimming with shocking upsets, historic wins, tributes for artists like the late…

NEW YORK (AP) — A man charged with attacking police with a machete near New York’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve has been transferred…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla (AP) — The trial of a Florida nursing home administrator accused of causing the overheating…

By DENISE LAVOIE and BEN FINLEY Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An attorney for a teacher who was shot and wounded by a 6-year-old Virginia…

CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — Fire swept through a large commercial warehouse in suburban Chicago, producing a smoke plume that could be seen for…

NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — A rancher who lives near Arizona’s border with Mexico is being held on a charge of first-degree murder in last week’s…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama attorney general argued an inmate did not suffer unconstitutionally during an aborted lethal injection last…

By PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Like thousands of other Austin residents, Darin Murphy began a sixth day…

By JOHN COON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — When the NBA All-Star Game returns to Salt Lake City for the first time in three decades, Utah…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Monday was supposed to be a day of modest hope in the U.S.-China relationship. Secretary of…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press A judge has ruled he will allow jurors to hear evidence that disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was…

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a plane transporting the body of Pakistan’s former president Pervez Musharraf from the  United Arab…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal appeals court has denied South Carolina Republicans’ motion…

By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer Former Chelsea and Newcastle forward Christian Atsu is missing and believed to be trapped under rubble following the…

By MEHMET GUZEL and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press ADANA, Turkey (AP) — Rescuers called out, “Slowly, slowly,” as they lifted a man inch by…

By ZEKE MILLER, LOLITA C. BALDOR and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say efforts ordered by President Joe Biden to…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Bourbon tourism reached new heights last year in Kentucky. Attendance at distilleries…

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — Officials say a firefighter who was swept into a storm drain while responding to a storm on the Hawaiian island of Maui died…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Middle seats at many U.S. movie theaters just got more expensive. AMC Theaters, the nation’s…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The English Premier League vs. Manchester City: a legal fixture for the ages. Soccer’s richest…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The rules about the minimum and maximum sizes of lobsters that can be trapped off New…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis could take control over the board of a special governing…

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The hottest ticket in town for advertisers is officially sold out. Fox said Monday that in-game…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson will not grant clemency and halt the execution of Raheem Taylor, who…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — While TV writers Casey Johnson and David Windsor were winding down the emotional roller…

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s government has ordered the U.N. peacekeeping mission’s human rights chief to leave…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s finance ministry says budget revenue in January was 35% lower compared with the same month in 2022. That’s the last…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — COVID-19 vaccinations are no longer required for military personnel. But that hasn’t ended…

By The Associated Press Many governments have rushed to dispatch aid, personnel and equipment to help the rescue efforts in quake-stricken areas of…

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida teenager has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a 13-year-old classmate 114 times in 2021. Sixteen-year-old…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A major hospital system in northern Florida is seeing clinic patients again, days after a security problem forced it to…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police say three tourists from the U.S. mainland were stabbed in Puerto Rico after someone told them to stop filming…

By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A major 7.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Turkey has caused widespread damage across the…

MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow has sentenced a popular cookbook author and blogger to nine years in prison after convicting her in absentia of…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A $747 million Powerball jackpot will be up for grabs Monday night for players willing to risk $2 against the long, long…

NEW YORK (AP) — Amy Chua, the Yale Law School professor and author sometimes known as “Tiger Mom,” has written her first novel. “The Golden…

By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Private jet-setters are the reason every Super Bowl comes with super-size air traffic. Officials…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — For decades, Missouri executions played out in similar fashion: An inmate was strapped to a gurney…

By AAMER MADHANI and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Expect lots of new faces and fresh political dynamics as President Joe Biden…

By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Indian Ocean states agreed Monday to temporarily halt the use of industrial fishing gear…

MILLER PLACE, N.Y. (AP) — Police say an 82-year-old woman was pronounced dead at a New York nursing home but found to be breathing three hours…

By PATRICK ORSAGOS and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Crews released toxic chemicals into the air from five derailed…

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest picture book collaboration between Julie Andrews and daughter Emma Walton Hamilton was inspired by an unusual musical…

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer MERIBEL, France (AP) — Practically the only person not asking Mikaela Shiffrin if this was the Beijing Olympics…

MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is urging the European Union to “reindustrialize” to end its dependence on energy,…

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A small earthquake rumbled through western New York early Monday, alarming people in a region unaccustomed to such shaking but…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer The National Enquirer, the scandal-plagued tabloid that engaged in “catch-and-kill” practices to bury…

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces are keeping Ukrainian troops tied down with attacks in the eastern Donbas…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Defense Ministry says Patriot missile batteries acquired from the U.S. last year have been deployed to the…

PARIS (AP) — Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders along with 14 French media outlets and production companies are calling on Afghanistan’s…

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Delaying the start of Social Security retirement benefits can dramatically increase your monthly benefit and your…

By GHAITH ALSAYED and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press DARKUSH, Syria (AP) — The deadly 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey near the Syrian border has…

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say European investigators have shut down an encrypted communication service that was used as a secure channel for…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The government of oil-rich Norway is looking to donate 75 billion kroner ($7.3 billion) in a multi-year support package…

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Manchester City was accused by the Premier League on Monday of providing misleading information about its finances…

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — The hate attacks against Vinícius Júnior continued in Spain over the weekend. The Brazil forward…

MERIBEL, France (AP) — Italian skier Federica Brignone won the women’s combined race Monday on the opening day of the world championships after…

By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Concerns about the medical condition of two hunger strikers seeking political and judicial…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When the pandemic threat eased, Maureen Holohan was eager to scale back her online…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A judge in Kenya has ruled that Facebook’s parent company, Meta, can be sued in the…

By CALVIN WOODWARD and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A president’s State of the Union address has a predictable formula. But…