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By IBRAHIM GARBA and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press KANO, Nigeria (AP) — Health authorities in Nigeria have confirmed an outbreak of diphtheria,…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia says there’s “a whole lot more” he wants to…

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say a bomb planted on the tracks by suspected militants derailed a passenger train in a remote area in…

By NICOLAE DUMITRACHE AND STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A judge in Romania has granted a request to extend by another…

LONDON (AP) — A British judge has rejected a lawsuit that accused the U.K. government of allowing the import of cotton products associated with…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is visiting Senegal with a message about the future…

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s government and al-Qaida-linked fighters are both claiming more than 100 people…

BEIRUT (AP) — Three suicide drones have attacked a U.S. base in eastern Syria, wounding two Syrian opposition fighters. The U.S. military says no…

By SYLEJMAN KLLOKOQI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Western envoys have visited Kosovo and Serbia as part of their…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Google is laying off 12,000 workers, or about 6% of its workforce, becoming the latest tech company…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has formally resubmitted documents seeking to obtain UNESCO World Heritage recognition for a…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — DeMeco Ryans’ day as San Francisco defensive coordinator started with meetings…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister and the nation’s security official say that foreign divers rescued from near a key port…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Church of England formally apologized Friday for its treatment of LGBTQ people, even as it said…

By ALICE FUNG and KARMEN LI Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — In crowded Hong Kong, where most apartments range from small to miniscule, rabbits…

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian state television says that a man’s body has been pulled out of a swollen river…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Andy Murray just wanted to go to the bathroom. It was 3 a.m., he’d already…

By SOPHENG CHEANG and DAVID RISING Associated Press SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AP) — A group of 15 Ukrainian deminers are wrapping up a week of training…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — India’s foreign minister says his country has given financial assurances to the…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Remarkable as Damar Hamlin’s recovery has been, the Buffalo Bills safety still faces a…

By SYLVIE CORBET and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed to boost military spending by more…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — As actor Alec Baldwin faces a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death…

By JOANNA KOZLOWSKA Associated Press A year after deadly rioting in Kazakhstan that was the worst unrest in the Central Asian country’s three…

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Police in Indiana said Friday that heroic actions by a Walmart employee and law enforcement officers kept a gunman who shot…

By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers A rough week on Wall Street dominated by worries about a weakening economy ended Friday with a broad…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Republicans are trying to pry open correspondence that Democratic Gov. Andy…

By DANIEL POLITI and FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Peru’s capital Friday…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida judge sanctioned former President Donald Trump and one of his attorneys, ordering them to…

By GARANCE BURKE and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — In more than 140 cities across the United States, ShotSpotter’s artificial…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Federal Security Service says it has initiated an espionage case against a U.S. citizen. In a brief statement, the FSB…

By ASHRAF KHALIL and CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A half century after Roe v. Wade, March for Life supporters on Friday…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — Ukraine will have to wait longer to find out if it will get…

By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — As the week-long Lunar New Year holidays in China draws near, children have something more than…

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile said Thursday that an unidentified malicious intruder breached…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — When Jacinda Ardern announced this week she was stepping down as New Zealand’s…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York City police union president, known for his combative style and insulting…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The Sundance Film Festival met the moment by going virtual for the past two years because of…

BEIJING (AP) — More bodies have been found following an avalanche that buried vehicles outside a highway tunnel in Tibet, raising the death toll to…

NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York City narcotics detective is on trial on charges of lying about witnessing drug deals. The allegations prompted…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A fire has destroyed about 60 makeshift homes in a densely packed neighborhood…

ST. ANTHONY, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho judge says a couple accused in a bizarre triple murder case will not be allowed to meet face-to-face to talk…

By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press David Crosby, the brash rock musician who evolved from a baby-faced harmony singer with the Byrds to a mustachioed…

OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama police say they have identified the remains of a young girl that were found in 2012 and arrested her father in…

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police officer has been put on administrative leave after video showed him punching a Black woman several times as she…

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A federal jury has convicted a Kansas man who admitted he threatened to kill a congressman.…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The owner of a West Virginia restaurant that was heavily damaged by fire has his coveted hot dog statue back. The Kanawha…

By JOHN DUERDEN Associated Press Iraq has won the Gulf Cup for the first time since 1988 with a 3-2 victory over Oman but the triumph was marred by a…

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A nonprofit group that aims to protect endangered species has asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reintroduce sea…

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A state Corrections Department official says testing to determine the reason…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA Director William Burns visited Kyiv last week to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr…

By MARIA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Concern is growing in Mexico over the fate of two environmental and community activists who…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Summer Myomick bundled her baby against the freezing winds whipping off the Bering Sea…

By ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press APTOS, Calif. (AP) — A frustrated President Joe Biden said Thursday there is “no there there”…

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says the U.S. will send 90 Stryker combat vehicles and an…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — A federal judge is ordering Boeing to appear in court next week and be arraigned on a felony…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer A California lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require schools that play major college sports to…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Advocates say the Biden administration has agreed to lower part of a border wall planned in the…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has visited Minnesota to affirm…

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan authorities have arrested a lawyer representing the jailed director of an investigative newspaper and are pursuing…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A detention hearing has been scheduled for a felon and failed political candidate…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization has had a rocky start, but Secretary of…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Look who’s in line for coveted House committee assignments. The most far-right House…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Department of Correction has fired its top attorney and another employee…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for a Black transgender woman who sued Georgia prison officials over alleged mistreatment…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Five days after the U.S. Energy Department announced a $700 million conditional loan to an…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and French President Emmanuel Macron met this week in Paris to talk…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Russian spy ship has been patrolling off the coast of Hawaii but so far has remained in…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University has announced it plans to offer a fellowship to a leading human rights activist…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. agents in southern Arizona say they seized up to 440 pounds of what they suspect is a precursor…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers can fine local government officials who attempt to restrict gun…

By KATHLEEN FOODY The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Attorneys say the family of an Illinois man whose death prompted murder charges against two…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A group of religious leaders who support abortion rights has filed a lawsuit challenging…

By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it hasn’t determined who leaked a draft of the…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Hillary Clinton was running for president, her campaign wanted a gentler…

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. authorities have handed over to Mexico a key suspect in the 2014 disappearance of 43…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest public utility has appointed an independent panel to look into power failures that spurred the…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Colombia has extradited to the U.S. on narcotics charges the brother of a powerful leftist senator…

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Every year, the night sky grows brighter, and the stars look dimmer. A new study that…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press The Biden administration’s big push to engage more with Africa is underway as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press Prosecutors in northeastern Nebraska are seeking the death penalty for a man charged in the killings of four…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union’s digital policy chief has warned TikTok’s boss that the social media app…

By MARLON GONZÁLEZ Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The family of one of two environmental activists killed in a rural part of…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A judge heard arguments Thursday over control of a 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh and said he hoped…

MIAMI (AP) — In a story published Jan. 19, 2023, about the boat crash that killed Anton Walkes, The Associated Press erroneously reported based on…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Charges against a New York City police officer accused of spying on behalf of China have…

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An official in northwestern Congo says at least 145 passengers are missing and feared…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani man named by the United Nations as a global terrorist in connection to the Mumbai…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden notches two years in office on Friday. That represents 730 days since his…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The warming of the waters off the East Coast has brought the loss of microscopic…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study says drenchings like those California has been getting since Christmas will only get wetter and…