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By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press PORT REPUBLIC, N.J. (AP) — Like many kids at the Jersey Shore, Stewart Farrell loved going to the beach, playing on…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A court in Dubai has approved the extradition to Denmark of a British financier accused of orchestrating a $1.7…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press MARKTL AM INN, Germany (AP) — People in Pope Benedict XVI’s Bavarian homeland prayed…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says three soldiers were killed when troops have raided a militant hideout in a former militant…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee has dropped its subpoena against former…

By HOLLY MEYER The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Jerry Lamb could not maneuver his wheelchair into the rows of pews at his church.…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press More than 1,100 towns, hamlets and villages in the U.S. lost their status as urban areas as the U.S. Census Bureau…

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil´s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Thursday that Amazon…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s foreign ministry has summoned Russia’s ambassador to explain why Moscow has placed a Bulgarian journalist…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines said it expects to return to normal operations Friday after more than a week of…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Three white men in South Africa have been charged with crimes including attempted murder…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press Taking down the Christmas tree is only one task after the holiday season. For those with a real tree, figuring out what…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and Senate Democrats are closing out the first two years of…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the Biden White House, a quartet of four female judges in Colorado…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose modestly last week, the latest…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is lucid, alert and stable but his condition remains serious,…

By HILARY FOX Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The weather outside may be frightful, but the myriad viewing options inside can be nothing short of…

By KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — When it comes to acting, Maria Bakalova considers herself to be a person of extremes.…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Roads reopened Thursday in storm-besieged Buffalo as authorities…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian police say they have detained two people sought on international warrants during a raid to locate migrants and…

By ADIL JAWAD and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say Pakistani police in multiple raids detained at least 1,200…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has overseen the commissioning of new warships and vowed to further strengthen his country’s navy.…

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Aid agencies are warning that Afghans will die because of the Taliban order banning women…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines says President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. hopes to sign a number of agreements during a visit to Beijing that…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has staged large-scale military drills to simulate shooting down North…

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The Portuguese government’s chief official in charge of transportation, including the fate of the troubled national…

By COURTNEY WALSH Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has vowed to address the “litany of woe”…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — With its brutality, technological accomplishments and rigid ideology, the Soviet Union loomed over the…

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic has reiterated his earlier comments that he bears no hard feelings on his return to Australia after his…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A freight truck collided with a bus on a highway near the South Korean capital Seoul on Thursday, causing a fire that…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of an anti-tank mine-laying system to Taiwan amid the rising military threat from…

By RENATA BRITO and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles hit Ukraine Thursday in the biggest wave of strikes in…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Friday following encouraging U.S. employment…

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Even before the Taliban barred Afghan women from working at non-governmental groups,…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press State lawmakers around the country introduced thousands of bills to change the way…

By BEATRICE DUPUY, RICHARD LARDNER and SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Vildana Mutevelić huddled in her…

By KEN MORITSUGU and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Moves by several countries to mandate COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from…

By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE and MARÍA VERZA Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — When migrants arrive to the main crossing point into southern…

By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE and MARÍA VERZA Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — When migrants arrive to the main crossing point into southern…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A recount of votes has confirmed Democrat Kris Mayes narrowly defeated Republican Abraham…

By HENG SINITH and SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press POIPET, Cambodia (AP) — A massive fire at a Cambodian hotel casino Thursday injured over 60…

OJAI, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say they won’t file criminal charges over decades of alleged sexual misconduct at an elite private high…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The statue of a 19th-century Northern California rancher and meat-packing magnate has been decapitated leaving…

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — State prison officials have accused a former correctional officer at…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s largest county has won a legal victory in its effort to stave off a rare federal takeover of a jail. A judge…

By ALICIA FERNANDEZ Associated Press CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — A familiar mix of disappointment, patience and determination spread among…

HAGERSVILLE, Ontario (AP) — Canadian prosecutors have filed first-degree murder charges against two people arrested after an Ontario Provincial…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Attorney General Keith Ellison has charged a former Minneapolis police officer with beating a man during protests…

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Several parties to a wrongful death lawsuit over the fatal police shooting of a Black man on the Virginia Beach…

By DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine human rights group says DNA tests have confirmed that a man was…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin says he has a type of lymphoma that is a “serious but…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The family of rapper Theophilus London filed a missing persons report with Los Angeles police…

SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Police say a Colorado man was arrested for investigation of committing hate crimes in California after two young adults of…

By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A newly released report has found Tennessee has not complied with…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Whale Watch Week in Oregon is returning in-person for the first time since…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Rep.-elect George Santos of New York was under investigation by Long Island prosecutors…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida state prison inmate faces up to 10 years in federal prison for threatening to kill a federal judge and his…

By CARLOS VALDEZ and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Police in Bolivia have detained the country’s main opposition leader…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police are offering a $50,000 reward for tips that lead detectives to the hit-and-run driver who killed a woman and…

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America A Green Bay radio magnate who built Midwest Communications into a multistate operation has died.…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is wrapping up an easily-won second term as chief executive and…

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press A Dominican court convicted 10 people involved in the 2019 attempted killing of baseball Hall of Famer David…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer The U.S. announced new COVID-19 testing requirements Wednesday for all travelers from China, joining other…

FOREST LAKES, Ariz. (AP) — A mother and father of two as well as another parent, all Indian nationals, were the drowning victims recovered from a…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Police say a man who put three failed explosive devices inside a worship hall of Jehovah’s…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating whether Colorado’s…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans music legend Walter “Wolfman” Washington, a cornerstone of the city’s musical nightlife for decades, has…

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — After its sensational World Cup performance, Morocco might boycott the African Nations Championship next month because of a…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — One of Pelé’s daughters said Wednesday she and her family are enduring moments of…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Grand Canyon tour helicopter made a hard landing at a Las Vegas-area airport, injuring seven people, officials said Wednesday.…

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say professional boxer Gervonta Davis has been jailed in Florida after he struck a woman in the face. An arrest…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Owning Tesla stock this year has been anything but a smooth ride for investors. Shares in the…

A news outlet is reporting that a Los Angeles cameraman who suffered a spinal cord injury while on a New Mexico movie set has been awarded more than…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly banned the use of TikTok on the state-issued devices of government…

STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — A man suspected in Northern California serial killings has been charged in four additional slayings this week, bringing the…

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Victoria Solomon has been woken up by police, told to move off public sidewalks and had her…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Albert Rivera knows well how dangerous Mexico can be: He sometimes wears a bulletproof…

MIAMI (AP) — Reggae musician Joseph “Jo Mersa” Marley, Bob Marley’s grandson and Stephen Marley’s son, has died at 31. His representative…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Dense fog plagued California’s Central Valley early Wednesday as one winter storm left the state and another lined up…

By DAVID KOENIG and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Travelers who counted on Southwest Airlines to get them home suffered…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister has ordered a crackdown on local businesses operating under the…

PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — A monthslong Toni Morrison tribute at Princeton University will range from music created and performed by Grammy-winning…

By WILSON RING Associated Press The head of the Vermont Senate Judiciary Committee says he’s going to introduce a bill in the upcoming…

By CARRIE ANTLFINGER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press Some 1,600 bats found a temporary home this week in the attic of a Houston Humane Society…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Officials say the Turkish, Syrian and Russian defense ministers have held previously unannounced talks in Moscow. It was the…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Emergency services were placed on alert on an island near Athens following a new earthquake Wednesday that caused no injuries…

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A veteran Bosnian Croat politician has received a mandate to form a new government, positioning her to become…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A jury convicted Dayonta McClinton of robbing a CVS pharmacy but acquitted him of murder. A…

ROME (AP) — Italy’s foreign minister has summoned Iran’s ambassador to Rome to express his country’s concerns over the Iranian…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A police officer in Tampa, Florida, who was videotaped dragging a handcuffed woman into jail has been fired, authorities said.…

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer A change of scenery worked out just fine for Katie Ledecky. Shifting coasts and coaches after last summer’s…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican has detailed rituals and procedures to follow when a pope dies. But it hasn’t…