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By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas lawmaker who was forced out of one of the state Senate’s most powerful jobs…

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NOROLK, Va. (AP) — A Walmart employee who survived last week’s mass shooting at a store in Virginia has filed…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The parents of a Georgia high school basketball player who collapsed while practicing outdoors in…

CAIRO (AP) — Saudi Arabian state media says the country has agreed to extend the terms of a $5 billion aid package to Egypt in March. The move is…

By ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he hopes lawmakers can work together to fund the…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University President Kristina Johnson says she’ll step down when the school year ends in May. She’s…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has postponed the January trial for the parents of the teenager who killed…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has interviewed former…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld the extortion and fraud convictions of a once-celebrated…

BERLIN (AP) — Official figures show that Germany’s inflation rate slipped back slightly to 10% in November. But galloping prices remain a major…

By KATHIA MARTÍNEZ Associated Press ANCON, Panama (AP) — In a tropical forest beside the Panama Canal, two black-handed spider monkeys swing about…

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has urged North Macedonia to acknowledge the presence of an ethnic…

By MARIAM FAM Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Rabbi Eli Chitrik’s phone buzzes. A woman is about to show up at his Doha hotel to pick up her…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Fewer than half the people in England and Wales consider themselves Christian, according to the most…

BEIJING (AP) — Three Chinese astronauts docked early Wednesday with their country’s space station, where they will overlap for several days with…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A new study finds that few Americans have heard of MyPlate, the government diet guide that replaced the…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed bipartisan legislation Tuesday to protect same-sex marriages, an…

BEIJING (AP) — President Xi Jinping says China is ready to “forge closer partnership” with Russia in energy. A state news agency says Xi made…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Residents in several towns across Louisiana and Mississippi took cover as tornado sirens blared late Tuesday, and forecasters…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Stay,” the smash hit by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber topped Apple Music’s…

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Biden administration declared the northern long-eared bat endangered on…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and JOANNA KOZLOWSKA Associated Press ROME (AP) — Russia is complaining about Pope Francis’ latest condemnation of atrocities…

By JEAN FERNAND KOENA Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Authorities in Central African Republic have opened an investigation…

HOUSTON (AP) — The city of Houston lifted an order Tuesday that had called for more than 2 million people to boil their tap water before drinking…

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Against a backdrop of Russian attacks, border closures and a nail-biting journey across Europe,…

BERLIN (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights has rejected a German teacher’s appeal against being blacklisted for her far-right activities…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer BERLIN (AP) — The head of the International Monetary Fund says it’s time for China to move away from mass…

MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow has opened the trial of a prominent Russian opposition figure who faces charges stemming from his criticism of the…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Supreme Court has reinstated a judge who was suspended for two years. The judge…

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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities have ordered school closures following a magnitude 4.8 earthquake that struck an area in southern Greece where…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An uneasy calm is hanging over Kyiv as residents of the Ukrainian capital prepare for Russian…

BEIJING (AP) — At the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, China set out its “zero-COVID” measures that were harsh, but not out of line with what…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Fidelity Charitable, the nation’s largest grantmaker, expects 2022 will be the first year since 2018 that the…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A top Qatari official involved in the country’s World Cup organization has put the number…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s visit to a computer chip factory in Bay City, Michigan, continues…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government has abandoned a plan to force tech firms to remove internet content that is…

By TAMER FAKAHANY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Soccer — or football, to most of the global billions watching the World Cup this month — is…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The son of a Russian businessman close to President Vladimir Putin has denied any wrongdoing at the start of his trial…

By JENNA FRYER AP National Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar’s soccer team was the first World Cup host nation to lose its opening match and…

By RENATA BRITO Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Three stowaways were found on a ship’s rudder in the Canary Islands after an 11-day…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The last World Cup clash between the United States and Iran 24 years ago is considered one of…

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar is to supply liquefied natural gas to Germany under a 15-year deal as the European economic powerhouse scrambles to…

BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. Navy has dismissed Beijing’s protests over a “freedom of navigation operation” conducted near a Chinese-held…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s new military chief has taken command of the country’s armed forces. The army…

By VASILISA STEPANENKO and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Retired Ukrainian construction worker Borys Markovnikov is on the…

By STEPHEN McGRATH, LORNE COOK and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — NATO doubled down Tuesday on its commitment to one…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — When a dozen Russian soldiers stormed into Dmytro Bilyi’s home in August, the…

By JOE McDONALD, DAKE KANG and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese universities sent students home and police fanned out in Beijing…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America A federal trial to determine whether South Carolina’s congressional maps are legal is closing…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man convicted of ambushing and killing a St. Louis area police officer he blamed…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Lava is shooting 100 feet to 200 feet (30 to 60 meters) into the air as Hawaii’s Mauna Loa,…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday ahead of a closely watched speech by the Federal Reserve…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are promising aggressive oversight of the Biden administration once they…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up a dispute over a blocked Biden administration policy that would…

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Benny Snell Jr. kept waiting for his first carry of the season. When he finally got the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressman A. Donald McEachin, a Virginia Democrat, has died after a battle with colorectal cancer. He was 61. McEachin’s…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police have shot and killed a Palestinian man who rammed his car into an Israeli soldier…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government has ordered some of the thousands of truck drivers who have…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on legislation to protect same-sex and…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The federal government said Monday it will spend $250 million over four years on…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge will decide whether to block Mississippi from using three drugs when…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — On Monday an Oregon Senate panel rescinded the protective measure it had imposed on a state…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s environment minister said Tuesday her government will lobby against UNESCO…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The landmark trial over Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming care for children has…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is asking to be removed from a lawsuit by the…

EAGLE BUTTE, S.D. (AP) — A woman who long advocated for Native American rights and was known for organizing protests against the Dakota Access and…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday asked Congress to intervene and block a railroad strike before…

WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A prosecutor says the first defendant to face trial in the slayings of eight people from an Ohio family should be convicted…

By SUSAN HAIGH and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A greater-than-expected demand for aid has forced the Connecticut General…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A woman who accused a former state legislator of groping her at a Montgomery restaurant is asking that the criminal charge…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s football team will travel to its third funeral in five days to honor the life of Lavel Davis Jr., who was…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and NICK PERRY Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea extradited a 42-year-old woman to New Zealand, two months…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Interior Department on Monday proposed rules to limit methane leaks from oil and gas…

By JILL COLVIN and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A growing number of Republicans, including former Vice President Mike Pence,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says in a letter to Congress that there is “nothing to suggest” that Justice Samuel Alito violated ethics…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government has abandoned a plan to force tech firms to remove internet content that is…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Grand jury indictments allege two Colorado sheriff’s deputies needlessly…

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The capital murder trial of a former U.S. Border Patrol agent who confessed to killing four sex workers in South Texas in 2018…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON and MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writers China’s strategy of controlling the coronavirus with lockdowns, mass testing and quarantines…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Officials in a northeastern Pennsylvania county where paper shortages caused Election Day…

By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge has halted a lawsuit filed by basketball legend Julius Erving against a…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press Attorneys for a Black man on Missouri’s death row say he might not be facing execution if he were white. Lawyers…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A documentary on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s life and groundbreaking political career, shot and edited by her daughter, will…

LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — A protester ran onto the field carrying a rainbow flag and wearing a blue Superman T-shirt that said “SAVE UKRAINE” on the…

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The FBI has confirmed that the bones found in a Georgia landfill are those of a toddler who had been reported missing last…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Attorneys say an Alabama inmate was “subjected to ever-escalating levels of pain and…

By JESSICA GRESKO and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seems ready to side with a onetime top aide to ex-New York…

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals says a state board must reconsider its rejection of a substitute…

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press OXFORD, Mich. (AP) — Two former school board officials say policies and procedures that…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The mother of one of 19 children killed in the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has filed…