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By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Two senior officials from the Palestinian militant Hamas group have visited the Syrian…

By VICTORIA MILKO, FIRDIA LISNAWATI and KATHY YOUNG Associated Press LES, Indonesia (AP) — After diving into the warm sea off the coast of northern…

By LEON YIN and AARON SANKIN/The Markup The Markup Having a fast internet connection at home has become a near-requirement for many Americans,…

By LEON YIN and AARON SANKIN/The Markup The Markup A couple of years into the pandemic, Shirley Neville had finally had enough of her shoddy internet…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A World Health Organization official says experimental Ebola vaccines will be deployed…

By BRIAN MELLEY and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The father of Kristin Smart, the California Central Coast college student…

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s main opposition Congress party has elected Mallikarjun Kharge as its new president in…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Liz Truss described herself as “a fighter and not a quitter” Wednesday as…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A bombing near the front gate of Myanmar’s main prison for political detainees has killed at least…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s domestic security agency on Wednesday took over investigations of drone…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s government says the World Bank estimates that this summer’s record-breaking…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will discuss with his Japanese…

BEIJING (AP) — While Xi Jinping is primed to receive a third term as head of China’s ruling Communist Party on Sunday, it is unknown who will…

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British food prices rose at the fastest pace since 1980 last month, driving…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired about 100 more artillery shells toward the sea Wednesday in response…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Iranian-made drones that Russia sent slamming into central Kyiv this week have complicated…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower on Thursday after Wall Street benchmarks fell, reversing…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The European Union executive is reminding Silvio Berlusconi that Russia “illegitimately”…

By TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A former Mike Pence aide is sidestepping previous support for tighter voting restrictions and…

By ANWAR SALEM and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press HAYS, Yemen (AP) — An emaciated little girl lies motionless on a hospital bed and struggles to…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Students in obstetrics-gynecology and family medicine — two of the…

By KANIS LEUNG and ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader has unveiled a new visa scheme to woo global talent, as the city…

By YURI KAGEYAMA and STEPHEN WADE Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The bribery scandal tied to the Tokyo Olympics won’t go away. It is sullying the…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A top executive of South Korea’s largest mobile chat app, Kakao, has resigned over a…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs says a voter registration error has caused some voters…

By GARY FIELDS and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans remain pessimistic about the state of U.S. democracy and…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Black-white disparities exist in fertility medicine, reflected in life-and-death outcomes for babies, according…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Republican challenger Scott Jensen launched sharp attacks against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A self-described family man with a distinctive back tattoo felt humiliated…

By JONATHAN DREW and ALLEN G. BREED Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The parents of a 15-year-old boy accused of killing five people in a…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi returned to Tehran early Wednesday after competing…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Mali’s foreign minister is accusing former colonial power France of “duplicitous…

By AAMER MADHANI and MARK STEVENSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Andrés Manuel López Obrador spoke Tuesday as a…

By BASSEM MROUE and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament has approved amendments to a banking secrecy law, a…

By DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Athletes in two of Australia’s most popular sports — cricket and netball — are…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor and rapper Kaalan Walker has been sentenced to 50 years to life in prison for his conviction for raping aspiring models he…

JACKSON, Miss (AP) — An employee of a Mississippi wastewater hauling company pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday for his part in illegally…

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The leader of the Canadian province of Alberta is apologizing for what she called “ill-informed” comments on…

By GISELA SALOMON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The United States says it has offered critical emergency humanitarian assistance to the people of…

NATIONAL MINE, Mich. (AP) — It’s beginning to look a lot like winter in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, with snow falling and high winds toppling…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A legal loophole in Idaho that allows parents of teens to nullify child custody agreements by…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Spacey remained composed Tuesday during cross examination at a civil trial, repeatedly…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Insurance companies that have long said they’ll cover anything, at the right price, are…

NEW YORK (AP) — NBC had an attractive Sunday night football matchup between NFC East contenders Dallas and Philadelphia this week, and were…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A member of the Oath Keepers says the extremist group was prepared on Jan. 6, 2021, to…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal grant jury has issued a new indictment against a dive boat captain, alleging that…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy warns that Republicans will not write a…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s scandal-plagued welfare program turns away most applicants for cash…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Eleven people were killed in U.S. crashes involving vehicles that were using automated driving systems…

STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors on Tuesday charged a Northern California man with fatally shooting three men whom police have said were among…

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey officials have announced a lawsuit against five oil and gas companies and a petroleum trade organization…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Attorneys for a key ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have filed a new motion seeking to…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press John Gaps III, an award-winning former Associated Press photographer, has died. The 63-year-old documented…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri school board decided Tuesday to shut down a grade school that sits near a…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has set a special election for March 7 for voters to decide…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix has reversed its recent subscriber losses with a summertime gain. Management…

By BRIAN MELLEY and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The last man seen with Kristin Smart was convicted Tuesday of killing the…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL for the first time has done an internal demographic study of its staff and all 32 teams,…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say an attorney who worked on the staff of Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has pleaded guilty to a child…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A union chief is calling for the death penalty for a man accused of killing a veteran patrol…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Time be flyin’,” it’s said in Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin.” It’s…

CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly’s former business manager asked a federal judge to award him $850,000 in attorneys fees after a jury acquitted him during…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has set a February execution date for a suburban St. Louis man who was convicted of killing…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed FedEx from a lawsuit filed by relatives of five of the eight people who were fatally shot last…

By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A state audit says the North Dakota Health Department stored thousands of COVID-19…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The family of an American citizen arrested in Saudi Arabia says he was tortured and sentenced to 16 years in…

LONDON (AP) — The British Broadcasting Corp. has marked 100 years of broadcasting, a century after a group of wireless manufacturers founded the…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Last year was a roller coaster ride for theme parks worldwide, with U.S. water parks approaching pre-pandemic levels and parks…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The embattled Los Angeles City Council installed a new president Tuesday after a…

By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKMULGEE, Okla. (AP) — Police in eastern Oklahoma say a man wanted for questioning about the deaths and…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press Democrats in Nevada hold both U.S. Senate seats, the governor’s mansion and three of its four U.S. House…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A new report finds preliminary agriculture losses in Florida from Hurricane Ian’s…

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The Kosovar prosecutors’ office has reported that an ethnic Serb accused of killing ethnic Albanians in 1999 was arrested…

MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Russia has rejected imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s second appeal of a nine-year sentence. The 46-year-old…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden promised Tuesday that the first bill he sends to Capitol Hill next year…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer South Carolina is the unanimous No. 1 team in the preseason AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll. The…

HOUSTON (AP) — A woman accused by authorities of killing her 5-year-old daughter near a suburban Houston park because she thought the girl was an…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The vice chairman of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents is publicly questioning whether enrollment declines at one…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired artillery shells near its sea boundaries with South Korea late…

By NATACHA PISARENKO and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press SIERRA PAILEMAN, Argentina (AP) — It was a sunny morning when about 200 people trudged up a…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Federal authorities say they are trying to rescue more than 100 migrants stranded on…

By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — For countries to transition away from fossil fuels and toward cleaner energies like solar…

By ERIC TUCKER and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — French cement company Lafarge has pleaded guilty to paying millions of…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A winning lottery ticket worth a share of a $494 million Mega Millions jackpot was purchased in a southwest Florida city…

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A pipeline operator has agreed to pay $50 million to Southern California fishermen, tourism companies and property owners…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Soccer coaches across Cuba are training hundreds of players as part of a new program to elevate the…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Control of the U.S. Senate could again come down to Georgia — and that means it could further come down to the…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A small Texas seafood importer has sued the federal government for blocking a shipment of fish from…