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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is marking the four-year anniversary of the detention in Russia of American businessman Paul Whelan. His…

By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — A local official says at least 57 people have been killed and more than a dozen others…

PARIS (AP) — Ukrainian authorities say a Ukrainian businessman and former lawmaker suspected of embezzling more than $100 million has been arrested…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The National Guard went door to door in parts of Buffalo on Wednesday…

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s first floating liquefied natural gas terminal was moored Wednesday at the southern port…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A giant Mega Millions jackpot grew larger Wednesday to an estimated $640 million after another drawing without a winner. No…

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A group of ethnic Chechens fleeing Russia has arrived in Bosnia with hopes of using the Balkan country as a…

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s prime minister has inaugurated the country’s first metro rail service aimed at easing notorious traffic…

By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet More than 1 in 4 retirees say they’re spending more than they can afford, according to a recent survey from the…

BERLIN (AP) — A Swiss court has granted a six-month “stay of bankruptcy” to the operating company for the never-opened Nord Stream 2 pipeline.…

By FELIPE DANA, RENATA BRITO and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — France’s defense minister on Wednesday pledged further…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopian Airlines has resumed scheduled flights to Tigray’s capital, Mekele, as the…

A 97-year-old woman is appealing her conviction in Germany of being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders when she was a secretary to the…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Benjamin Netanyahu’s incoming hard-line Israeli government has put West Bank settlement…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI ‘s health has worsened over the past hours due to…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong is scrapping some of its COVID-19 restrictions, including PCR tests for inbound travelers…

By SAM MEDNICK and VIRGILE AHISSOU Associated Press COTONOU, Benin (AP) — It’s been more than a year since jihadis first stormed Igor…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has bought some 1,400 drones, mostly for reconnaissance, and plans to develop…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir said government forces killed four suspected militants in a gunbattle on Wednesday. Troops…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press/Report for America GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A Delaware trucker described as an architect…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will be asking voters for a second term leading one of the…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Heavy rains and floods that devastated parts of the Philippines over the Christmas weekend have left at least 32 dead…

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic has arrived in Australia almost a year after he was deported over his stance against COVID-19…

NORCO, Calif. (AP) — An 80-year-old Southern California liquor store owner who opened fire with a shotgun and wounded a would-be armed robber this…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Southwest Airlines Co., down $2.15 to $33.94. The airline had…

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Scientists will get $25 million to study salt lake ecosystems in the drought-stricken U.S. West,…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s tax returns are expected to be released by the…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A divided appeals court has tossed out the insider trading convictions of four men, prompting…

By MARCOS ALEMAN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Nine months into a state of emergency declared by President Nayib Bukele to…

By CHINEDU ASADU By Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities say a car crashed out of control into a crowded street party in southern…

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has been using a public health rule intended to limit the spread of disease to expel…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president appealed to the country’s citizens Tuesday not to accept holiday handouts and gifts from drug gangs,…

Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A 57-year-old homeless man, who died from cold weather exposure Christmas day, was trying to travel from…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has ordered Kari Lake, the Republican who lost the Arizona governor’s race, to pay…

By REBECCA SANTANA and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is keeping pandemic-era limits on asylum in place for…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press KINGSHILL, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday traveled to a place very familiar to…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill requiring the federal Bureau of Prisons to…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The fading North Atlantic right whale will remain protected under the Endangered Species…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A cold snap blanketing the Deep South has upended water systems as…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s interior minister says authorities have arrested five people suspected of involvement in last week’s suicide…

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A top aide to President Mahmoud Abbas is heard in newly released recordings cursing the Palestinian leader and insulting…

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A judge has postponed a court hearing for a former Georgia prosecutor charged with meddling in the police investigation of…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy’s next amphibious assault ship will be named after the city of Fallujah, which…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — State governments emerging from the coronavirus pandemic built historic cash surpluses…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin waitress got a Christmas morning surprise from a customer — a $1,000 tip. Callie Blue, 29, was waiting tables at…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The French and Polish defense ministers have agreed to a deal under which France will provide Poland with two observation…

By CARLA BRIDI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Jair Bolsonaro told supporters that the future could only bring him three possibilities:…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan federal judge known for swift decisions and a no-nonsense demeanor has been…

EDGEWATER, Md. (AP) — Maryland State Police say rescuers used kayaks to reach the pilot of a small airplane that crashed into an icy creek and…

The Associated Press Here is a look at the 10 largest U.S. jackpots that have been won and the states where the winning tickets were…

BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand say an Irish tourist has died after falling out of a moving train. The man was identified as 45-year-old Patrick…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s top elections official is fully certifying results from the November vote after recount petitions in some…

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Someone could win more than half a billion dollars in the Mega Millions lottery Tuesday, but that…

By ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Cara Berg Raunick watched with bafflement as Indiana’s Republican…

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Dakota tribal members have completed an annual 330-mile ride on horseback  to honor 40 of their ancestors killed in 1862.…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The ghostly form floating in a large jar had been the robust reddish-brown of a…

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain has announced a new series of measures including scrapping Value Added Tax on staple food and…

CHICAGO (AP) — Lufthansa says a flight from Los Angeles to Frankfurt, Germany, made an unscheduled landing at Chicago’s O’Hare International…

By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has been around women’s basketball long enough to see the growing pains of a…

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Authorities in North Macedonia say the commander of the police station at a border crossing to Serbia, his deputy…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s governing coalition is arguing over whether remaining COVID-19 restrictions should be dropped after one of the…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The new TV series “José Andrés and Family in Spain” follows the groundbreaking chef…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — State and military police were sent Tuesday to keep people off…

BERLIN (AP) — The U.N. Security Council and the U.N. human rights chief have decried increasing restrictions on women’s rights in Afghanistan,…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Thousands of travelers have been stranded at airports or stuck on hold trying to rebook flights this week as a…

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — When he ran for the White House, Joe Biden told voters his presidency would be a…

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned that Ukraine must meet Moscow’s…

By ABBY SEWELL and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army has arrested a suspect in the killing earlier this month of a…

By LAUREN SCHWAHN of NerdWallet For those of us with big financial plans or resolutions for the new year, such as buying a home or new car, getting…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Thousands of Iranians across the country have attended funerals for 400 troops killed in the 1980s Iran-Iraq…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The accounts are haunting. Abductions, torture, rapes. Scores of civilians including women…

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC and SYLEJMAN KLLOKOQI Associated Press MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) — Serbs have erected more roadblocks in northern Kosovo and…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Families hoping to catch a Southwest Airlines flight after days of cancellations, missing luggage…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan will extend its compulsory military service from four months to a year starting in…

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Foreign companies welcomed China’s decision to end quarantines for travelers from abroad as an…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced Tuesday that Japan will tighten border controls for…

CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese police say a passenger bus slammed into a parked truck on a highway in the city of Omdurman, killing at least 16 people. The…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Islamic State group says it carried out a car bombing in northeast Afghanistan that killed a local police chief. The…

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press ECATEPEC, Mexico (AP) — For decades, officials have recognized Mexico’s high femicide…

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press ECATEPEC, Mexico (AP) — On a November afternoon, Mónica Citlalli Díaz left home in a…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press/Report for America GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The co-leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean government of President Yoon Suk Yeol is granting a special pardon to ex-President Lee Myung-bak, who…

By RAHMAT MIRZA and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press PIDIE, Indonesia (AP) — A U.N. agency says at least 26 Rohingya Muslims had died in dire…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Wednesday after a post-holiday retreat on Wall Street, as…

By The Associated Press The holiday shopping season — for Mega Millions lottery ticket buyers, at least — is ramping up as officials say the…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president on Tuesday called for stronger air defenses and high-tech…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep.-elect George Santos, R-N.Y., admitted Monday that he lied about his job experience and college education during his…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two seemingly isolated and random outdoor murders at the height of the holiday season and of…

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The United States will permit Major League Baseball players from Cuba to represent their home…

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A fourth electrical substation was vandalized late on Christmas Day in Washington state, leaving homes in Kapowsin and Graham…

CROSSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities believe six people were killed in an early morning house fire in Tennessee. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s…