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TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The main opposition party in Georgia has filed a court case calling for the imprisoned ex-president of the country to be…

BERLIN (AP) — The governor of Germany’s state of Lower Saxony says he is quitting Twitter because the microblogging site is increasingly being…

By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s military says more than 700 personnel will travel to eastern Congo to join…

PAPHOS, Cyprus (AP) — Defense lawyers for a British man on trial for causing the death of his sick wife in Cyprus’ coastal resort town of Paphos…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has set a new target for military spending over the next five years to $318 billion, or 1.5…

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet The vast majority of Americans no longer get tax breaks for charitable contributions, but that’s no reason to stop…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Global arms sales have grown by nearly 2%, chiefly because of the war in Ukraine. But the conflict may also hamper production, not…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s foreign minister has signaled that his country will continue to buy oil from…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Nelly Korda and Lexi Thompson can expect plenty of more LPGA faces next year in the QBE…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The death toll from the tragic flash flood that swept away members of a church…

LONDON (AP) — Asked to sum up 2022 in a word, the public has chosen a phrase. Oxford Dictionaries said Monday that “goblin mode” has been…

By ASHRAF IDRIS and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s coup leaders and the main pro-democracy group signed a deal…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban government spokesman says an Islamic State suspect has been arrested in last week’s…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Police have arrested three teachers at a nursery school in central Japan on suspicion they…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — In a dusty neighborhood on the outskirts of Qatar’s capital, guards stand duty at a gated…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Annual inflation in Turkey has eased slightly in November for the first time in more than a year, but remains close to…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has fired about 130 artillery rounds into the water near its western and…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Hours after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, health staff at a children’s hospital in…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The war in Ukraine has put the European Union’s expansion at the…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The text message to the Vatican monsignor offered forgiveness along with a threat: “I…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The leader of the United Arab Emirates is making a surprise visit to Qatar during its hosting…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian drones struck two air bases deep inside Russian territory, the Kremlin said Monday,…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say a 22-year-old Palestinian man has been killed by Israeli fire during a military raid in the…

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dallas safety Malik Hooker had no idea what he was starting with a fumble return…

VENICE, Fla. (AP) — A private airplane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast Saturday night, with two people confirmed dead as…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America CARTHAGE, N.C. (AP) — Tens of thousands of people braced Monday for days without…

WASHINGTON (AP) — About 200 protesters in Washington have lit candles and shouted “Free China!” two blocks from the White House in a show of…

By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Legislation that ensures same-sex and interracial marriages are recognized as legal unions appears…

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China is easing some of the world’s most stringent anti-virus controls and authorities say new…

By JANIE HAR and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The unabashedly liberal city of San Francisco became the unlikely proponent of…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand is launching a wide-ranging inquiry into whether it made the right…

By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Raphael Warnock is the first Black U.S. senator from Georgia, having broken the color barrier for…

By JESSICA GRESKO and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ‘s conservative majority sounded sympathetic Monday…

By ADAM BEAM and SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could become the first state to fine big oil companies for…

By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A white former police officer is set to go on trial Monday for fatally shooting a Black…

By AGOES BASOEKI Associated Press SUMBERWULUH, Indonesia (AP) — Improved weather conditions have allowed rescuers to resume their search for…

Bob McGrath, an actor, musician and children’s author widely known for his portrayal of one of the first regular characters on the children’s…

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Jurors in the capital murder trial of a former U.S. Border Patrol agent have heard him confess in a taped interview to killing…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday the U.S. will not shrink from its unwavering…

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia farmer says his sheepdog is recovering at home two days after killing a pack of coyotes that attacked his flock of…

Officials say a woman attacked six sheriff’s deputies while refusing to exit a plane on Thanksgiving Day at an airport in Louisiana. The…

By DAVID KLEPPER and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press Now that he’s back on Twitter, neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin wants somebody to explain the rules.…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” kept the box-office crown for the fourth straight weekend, and…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer For this college football season, the BCS probably would have been fine. Two days after the College…

ATLANTA (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board said Sunday it is investigating an Atlanta house fire that killed two people over the…

By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump faced rebuke Sunday from officials in both parties after calling for…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The police chief of Tampa has been placed on leave after a video emerged of her flashing her badge from the passenger seat of a…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At least nine people died and eight others were missing in South Africa after a flash…

By BILL BARROW Associated Press SMYRNA, Ga. (AP) — The reception area of a metro Atlanta office suite is a veritable museum of Herschel Walker’s…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer It’s now a lot easier — and cheaper — for many hard-of-hearing Americans to get help. Hearing aids can now…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — FIFA official Arsène Wenger took a shot at World Cup teams who tried to make political…

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A heartfelt Patti LaBelle praised her lifelong friend Gladys Knight. Sean Penn called U2…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Calista Anderson was at a sleepover when the email from a friend arrived. She was 12 years…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is about to confront a new elections case, a Republican-led challenge asking…

BEIJING (AP) — Three Chinese astronauts landed in a northern desert on Sunday after six months working to complete construction of the Tiangong…

MOSCOW (AP) — About 2,500 seals have been found dead on the Caspian Sea coast in southern Russia, officials said Sunday. Authorities in the Russian…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Saudi-led OPEC oil cartel and allied producers including Russia did not change…

By JAMEY KEATEN and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of U.S. intelligence says fighting in Russia’s war in Ukraine…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The World Cup in Qatar has become a political lightning rod, so it comes as no surprise that…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China has reported two additional deaths from COVID-19 as some cities move cautiously to ease…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for last week’s shooting at the Pakistani…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Jaana Mettala was six months pregnant and on her way to work when the bomb exploded in the…

CAIRO (AP) — Iran’s state-run news agency says authorities have executed four people accused of working for Israel’s Mossad intelligence…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s highest volcano on its most densely populated island released searing gas clouds and rivers of lava Sunday…

ATLANTA (AP) — Just what the Dr ordered. Two college students each wound up winning $100,000 in tuition Saturday, shortly after boos filled…

By TARA COPP Associated Press ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he wants to keep the military’s COVID-19…

PHOENIX (AP) — Jim Kolbe, who represented Arizona in Congress for more than two decades, has died. A statement from Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A family says a coyote ambushed and injured a 2-year old girl outside her Los Angeles home in a daytime attack before it was…

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — The listing agent for the Victorian home featured in the “The Goonies” film in Astoria, Oregon, said this week the likely…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County, the nation’s most populous, is getting a new sheriff. Robert Luna took a ceremonial oath of office…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — St. Edward’s Crown, the centerpiece of the Crown Jewels viewed by millions of people every year at…

By JENNA FRYER AP National Writer AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — The United States soccer team captivated the nation with its brief World Cup run. That…

By Tara Copp Associated Press SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. is at a pivotal point with China and will need military strength to ensure that…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian soccer great Pelé is responding well to treatment for a respiratory infection and…

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A jury in Maine has awarded a former state trooper $300,000 after determining the state police wrongly retaliated when he…

PARADISE, Texas (AP) — A 7-year-old Texas girl has been found dead, two days after being reported missing, and a FedEx delivery driver arrested in…

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — Scientists along the West Coast are seeking action to help sunflower sea stars recover from catastrophic population declines.…

By The Associated Press Noodles, a senior pug who predicted on social media whether it would be a bones day or a no bones day, has died, according to…

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — A senior Moldovan official says the country has struck a deal to renew severed electricity supplies from its breakaway,…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s state health commissioner will resign Jan. 1 after 13 months in the job to return to Harvard…

BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged a Texas man with threatening a Boston physician who cares for transgender children.…

By AREF TUFFAHA and FARES AKRAM Associated Press HAWARA, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians have pushed back against Israeli police claims that an…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Biden administration officials are toughening their language toward NATO ally Turkey…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British Museum has pledged not to dismantle its collection, following a report that the…

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The government of El Salvador sent 10,000 soldiers and police to seal off a town on the outskirts of the…

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — Christian Pulisic covered his face as he walked off. Tyler Adams, Weston McKennie and…

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and JARI TANNER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says Turkish authorities have arrested and…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Officials say that U.S.-owned Hess Corporation, a consortium partner in Guyana’s offshore oil sector, has agreed to buy…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is considering allowing express toll lanes on highways and…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Downey Jr. set out to make an objective portrait, a tribute to his father, the underground…