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BERLIN (AP) — The German government says it is considering taking a stake in Dutch grid operator TenneT, which has a large footprint in Germany.…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and LORNE COOK BUCHAREST (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is condemning Russia’s weekslong assault on…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian officials say Israeli troops have shot and killed a Palestinian man during an arrest raid in the occupied West Bank as…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite high interest rates and chronic inflation, the U.S. economy grew at a 2.9% annual…

BUCHAREST (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister says Sweden and Finland have made some progress in meeting Turkey’s security concerns but still…

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s interior minister has flatly rejected new media reports of possible deaths on…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban official says that at least 10 students were killed when a bomb blast hit a religious…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matthew McConaughey, Mila Kunis, Jennifer Hudson and “Abbott Elementary” creator and star Quinta Brunson have been named…

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Rolling Stones plan to release what they’re calling their “ultimate live greatest hits…

By KIM CHANDLER and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press WETUMPKA, Ala. (AP) — Tornadoes damaged numerous homes, destroyed a fire station, briefly trapped…

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Germany say police have searched homes and questioned suspects as part of an annual nationwide crackdown against…

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — State media say former Chinese President Jiang Zemin has died at age 96. Jiang led China out of…

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian prosecutors have asked for the house arrest of five public employees they blame for not protecting the country from…

By ALEX NISHIMOTO Edmunds A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle or PHEV is a great starting point for those looking to dip their toes into the electric…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive branch has recommended that billions of euros in EU funds be…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation in Europe has eased for the first time in more than a year as energy prices…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai broke into the media industry about 30 years ago armed with the…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament has approved a resolution recognizing as genocide Ukraine’s 1930s…

By FELICIA FONSECA and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday pledged to give Native Americans a…

BERLIN (AP) — A court in western Germany convicted a 39-year-old man of murder Wednesday in the shooting deaths of two police officers who had…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union wants to set up a U.N.-backed specialized court to investigate possible war…

Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Soccer fans in Iran’s Kurdish majority region have cheered the U.S. win over Iran in a politically charged…

By WILL WEISSERT and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats gathering to consider shaking up the order of their 2024 presidential…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States isn’t seeking to sever economic ties with China — even as it takes…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian and Chinese strategic bombers have flown a joint patrol over the western Pacific in a show of increasingly close defense ties…

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A campaign to vaccinate older Chinese has sparked hopes Beijing might roll back severe anti-virus…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A court in Tokyo says Japan’s lack of law to protect the rights of same-sex couples to marry and…

By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria has received two million doses of cholera vaccines, the first to reach the war-torn…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Low-cost fashion brand H&M says it will be reducing its global workforce by around 1,500 positions as part of a plan to reduce…

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Jiang Zemin, who led China out of isolation after the army crushed the Tiananmen Square…

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — One day after Iran and Wales were eliminated at the World Cup, FIFA has given a public assurance that rainbow items and banners…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press IRPIN, Ukraine (AP) — For soccer lovers in Ukraine, Russia’s invasion and the devastation it has wrought…

By DANICA KIRKA and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The Prince and Princess of Wales embarked Wednesday on their first overseas trip…

LORNE COOK, STEPHEN McGRATH and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press BUCHAREST (AP) — NATO turned its attention on Wednesday to three countries shaken…

HONOLULU (AP) — The Navy says there is no evidence of drinking water contamination after a spill of fire suppressant at a fuel facility in Hawaii.…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Tiger Woods painted an uncertain picture about how much golf he can play, saying Tuesday…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he recently told U.S. President Joe…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s security minister has warned that the city’s protests against China’s anti-virus…

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer UAB has hired former NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer as its next head coach. UAB athletic director Mark Ingram announced…

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s oldest and largest conglomerate, Tata Sons, will merge its Air India with Vistara, a carrier it jointly runs with…

By JACK B. JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The debate over who owns ancient artifacts has been an increasing challenge to museums across…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares advanced in Asia on Thursday after a rally on Wall Street spurred by the Federal…

By ABDUL SATTAR and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber has killed a police officers and three civilians from the…

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For decades, Jackie Young had been searching. Orphaned as an infant, he spent the first few years…

By TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press HUDSON, Wis. (AP) — In a picturesque corner of western Wisconsin, a growing right-wing conservative movement has…

By TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press HUDSON, Wis. (AP) — A word — “Hope” — is stitched onto a throw pillow in the little hilltop…

By KEVIN FREKING and JOSH FUNK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House moved urgently to head off the looming nationwide rail strike on…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Only scattered challenges to certification of the midterm election have been reported in the United States, and…

By GUILLERMO GARAT Associated Press MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Two months into an investigation of alleged passport forgery involving the former…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party has vowed to “resolutely crack down on infiltration and sabotage activities by hostile forces,”…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley says she would take the Christmas holiday to mull a…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s former Prime Minister Scott Morrison has listed his achievements in…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — In a crowded brewery, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis embraced Richard…

By MANUEL RUEDA and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia wants the Biden administration to grant temporary legal status…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Syria warns that the military escalation in Syria is…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A woman who was extradited from South Korea this week after the bodies of her two…

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Christian Pulisic kicked the ball, scored the goal and crashed into the goalkeeper, a collision…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Southern California man has admitted to firing BB guns at a Planned Parenthood clinic at least 11…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s inaugural address clocked in at just 16 minutes. Closing…

BOSTON (AP) — The family of a man who was badly hurt when an SUV crashed into an Apple store in Massachusetts have sued the company, the driver and…

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday lifted a temporary restraining order that limited wolf hunting and…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer An experimental Alzheimer’s drug modestly slowed the brain disease’s inevitable worsening, researchers…

By SARAH RANKIN and GARY FIELDS Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia NAACP says it has received “scant” information of substance…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kim Kardashian and Ye have reached a settlement in their divorce, averting a trial that had been set for next month. Court…

By HOPE YEN and JOSH FUNK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is asking Congress to intervene to avert a potentially crippling…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer U.S. senators from both parties expressed skepticism Tuesday that a proposed merger between grocery giants…

By ALI ABDUL-HASSAN and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. team’s victory over Iran at the World Cup was closely watched across…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania elections officials say “a handful” of counties haven’t fully…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is betting he can win his way back to the White House by reviving the outsider appeal…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was…

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say two men have been arrested and charged with murder in the fatal March shooting of a girl who was struck in the…

By CALEB JONES and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HILO, Hawaii (AP) — The first eruption in 38 years of the world’s largest active…

By MARK PRATT Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Hundreds of people have gathered at Harvard University and near Chinese consulates in New…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A former Georgia prosecutor charged with hindering the police investigation into the 2020…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A new study says the U.S. gun death rate last year hit its highest mark in nearly three decades.…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The masked man of Broadway is going out strong. “The Phantom of the Opera” —…

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press Twitter will no longer enforce its policy against COVID-19 misinformation, raising concerns among public health…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico and the United States appear to be headed for another commercial dispute, this time over a Mexican ban on imports of…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has issued an executive order banning state employees and…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A program offering cash and free outdoor adventures to remote workers to move to West…

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — U.S. and Kurdish military officials say Turkish airstrikes and a threatened ground invasion in…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — One of the most sensational crimes in recent Vatican history is back in the spotlight thanks to a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Tuesday approved a $1 billion arms sale to Qatar in a transaction unveiled during halftime of the key…

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Supervisors in San Francisco voted Tuesday to give city police the ability to use potentially…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A former Venezuelan treasurer and nurse to the late Venezuelan President…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Justice Department made a rare intervention Tuesday to try…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court hears oral arguments Wednesday on an attempt by environmental…

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says his country’s offer to send Patriot anti-missile systems to Poland remains on the table…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — New electric vehicle models from multiple automakers are starting to chip away at Tesla’s dominance…

By ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Documents related to a man’s arrest in the 2017 killings of two…

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Republican National Committee is moving forward with a new post-election audit…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The father of a prominent member of the Belarusian opposition serving an 11-year prison…

ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — The founder of the institute that examines diversity in sports is taking to Twitter to highlight weekly examples of racism…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has announced plans for a second Summit for Democracy next year, this time to be…

NEW YORK (AP) — Clarence Gilyard Jr., a popular supporting actor whose credits include the blockbuster films “Die Hard” and “Top Gun”…

By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An attorney for North Dakota has asked the state Supreme Court to strike down an…

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s government has presented a new bill with the goal of providing better…