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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — MSNBC says it has hired former Biden aide Symone Sanders to host a weekend television show and…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A group of North Carolina voters want U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn disqualified as a…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish opposition senator whose phone was hacked with advanced spyware has filed a civil suit against Poland’s ruling…

CAIRO (AP) — One of Egypt’s last independent human rights organizations says in a statement it has closed down, citing government persecution.…

GENESEO, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois family has solved the mystery of what happened to their missing cat that likes to sit on horses and donkeys. The…

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — A 33-year-old aspiring Olympian has set a Walt Disney World marathon weekend record, sweeping all four races in…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European drug regulator says it has started evaluating an application by Pfizer for its pill to treat the effects…

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile is implementing a fourth vaccination dose for some citizens as the number of daily coronavirus infections rises.…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany is blaming the collapse of a shipyard business on its Malaysia-based owner Genting Group, saying the conglomerate refused to…

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health secretary Xavier Becerra is ordering Medicare to reassess a big premium…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia prosecutor weighing whether Donald Trump and others committed crimes by trying to…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The spokesman for European Parliament president David Sassoli says the Italian has been hospitalized due to abnormal functioning of…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy is targeting the unvaccinated with a host of new coronavirus restrictions. As of Monday,…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia has been easing coronavirus restrictions after a decline in new infections while the fast-spreading omicron…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Take-Two Interactive, maker of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, is buying Zynga, maker of FarmVille…

LONDON (AP) — The British government says property developers must bear the cost of removing dangerous cladding that has left scores of apartment…

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s military leaders are denouncing new economic sanctions imposed by a regional bloc…

BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in the Chinese city of Tianjin have reported 41 COVID-19 infections out of 3.4 million residents tested since the…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Damage wrought by Hurricane Ida in the U.S. state of Louisiana and the flash floods that hit Europe…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Conscripts in Norway have been told to return their underwear, bras and socks after the end of their military service so…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Activists and migrants say Libyan security forces have broken up a protest sit-in by…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police body-camera video shows a harrowing rescue in California, where a small plane crashed on railroad tracks shortly after…

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Supply chain issues mean many people gave and received gift cards for the holidays. The more time that passes, though,…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s prime minister has ordered cafes, bars and restaurants to close at 11 p.m., urged people to work from home…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The office of a Taliban-appointed governor in eastern Afghanistan says that an explosion near the border with Pakistan…

MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says it’s time to consider whether to move away from the detailed tracking that the…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s schools reopened their gates to students on Monday, ending the longest school…

BEIJING (AP) — Beijing has accused Washington of inciting Lithuania to “contain China” in a feud over the status of self-ruled Taiwan after…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is now speaking about getting the coronavirus vaccination as a “moral…

By BARBARA SURK Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has traveled to the country’s Mediterranean coast to…

BEIJING (AP) — Foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern states are visiting China for meetings this week with officials from…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish diplomat appointed to improve contacts with Jews worldwide has been fired after he criticized his own government’s…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch King Willem-Alexander has sworn in a new ruling coalition, led for the fourth…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Authorities in Kazakhstan say nearly 8,000 people were detained by police during protests that…

By KONSTANTIN MANENKOV and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Russia and the U.S. remained far apart after talks aimed at defusing…

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL AP Science Writer NEW DELHI (AP) — Healthcare and front-line workers along with people above age 60 with health problems are…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Two former Israeli prime ministers have faced off in a Tel Aviv courtroom as Benjamin Netanyahu’s defamation suit against Ehud…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Officials from Russia and the United States and its NATO allies will sit down for talks…

By DAVID PORTER, MICHELLE L. PRICE and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators are trying to determine why safety doors…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are sinking in cautious trading following a decline on Wall Street amid continuing…

By WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel has granted residency rights to thousands of Palestinians in the occupied…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are mounting an impassioned bid to overhaul Senate rules that stand in the way of…

By WILL WEISSERT and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic is beginning to recede as a top priority in the…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and JUAN PABLO ARRAEZ Associated Press BARINAS, Venezuela (AP) — Twice in less than two months, Venezuela’s opposition has…

BANGKOK (AP) — A legal official says a court in Myanmar has sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four more years in prison after finding her…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Students in the nation’s third-largest school district will resume classes this week after…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, one of former President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Congress, has rejected a request…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street fell on worries the Federal Reserve will raise…

By ROD McGUIRK and MARK D. BAKER Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic has returned to the tennis court for training, having…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN, ANDREW SELSKY and DAVID PORTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Harrowing tales of escape have emerged after a fire broke…

By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees are promoting Rachel Balkovec to manager at Low A Tampa, making her the…

Bob Saget, the comedian and actor known for his role as a widower raising a trio of daughters in the sitcom “Full House,” was found dead Sunday…

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bob Saget, a comedian and actor best known for his role on the sitcom “Full House,” has…

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Police in Honduras say a local leader of the indigenous Lenca group has been shot to death. Officials say Pablo Isabel…

WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s office says she has tested positive for COVID-19 and “is experiencing symptoms…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom will celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne with a military…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican prosecutors say they have charged seven people, including former top officials, in the “Fast and Furious” weapons…

By MICHAEL TARM Associated Press An actor and TV executive remembered by a generation of baby boomers for his role as Dobie Gillis some 60 years ago…

SEATTLE (AP) — Flooding coursed over roads and inundated farmland in Washington state as the Pacific Northwest slowly recovered from a series of…

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Members of Nicaragua’s new congress have taken office, one day before President Daniel Ortega is to be sworn…

By DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Police in Brazil say the death toll from an accident in which a slab of cliff rock…

By DAVID PORTER, BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City fire officials say a malfunctioning space…

BANNER ELK, N.C. (AP) — Several people were hurt at a North Carolina ski resort when a hydrant sprayed a blast of water onto skiers riding above on…

By KONSTANTIN MANENKOV and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A top Russian diplomat has predicted “difficult” talks with the United…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago school leaders are canceling classes for a fourth day in the nation’s third-largest…

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Novak Djokovic’s parents have joined a protest rally in downtown Belgrade with their…

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline dropped 2 cents over the past three weeks to $3.39 per gallon. Industry…

LONDON (AP) — British police have applied for a “no-fly” zone over Windsor Castle as it reviews security arrangements at the landmark where…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Spider-Man’s box office dominance continued in its fourth weekend in theaters, adding another $33 million in ticket…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Georgia coach Kirby Smart got an inside look at what it takes to build a college…

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say 27 people were rescued from a floating chunk of ice that broke away from shore in the bay of Green Bay in…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Survivors of a deadly attack in Nigeria’s northwest say the death toll has reached 200.…

By DAVID PORTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A co-creator and promoter of the 1969 Woodstock music festival that served as a touchstone for…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Even though NBC dropped the 2022 Golden Globe Awards, the embattled Hollywood Foreign Press Association proceeded with…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The National Library of Israel says the number of visitors to its Arabic website more than…

PRAGUE Thousands of people have marched through the Czech Republic’s capital to protest against compulsory COVID-19 vaccination for certain groups…

By FRANCIS KOKUTSE and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — West African regional leaders have imposed new sanctions on Mali that…

By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Advocates for closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center were hopeful when President Joe Biden took…

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois officials are seeking answers after the killing last week of a state…

BERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany have arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of killing a couple in their home while their four children were…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The new head of a Massachusetts tribe says he intends to take a cautious approach to gambling…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, one of former President Donald Trump’s most…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and JUAN PABLO ARRAEZ Associated Press BARINAS, Venezuela (AP) — Voters in the home state of Venezuela’s late President…

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Omicron is shining a spotlight on the disparities between who gets paid sick days and who doesn’t. Nearly…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writers Millions of workers whose jobs don’t provide paid sick days are having to choose…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A leading Sudanese protest group has rejected a United Nations initiative to hold talks with the…

by RADUL RADOVANOVIC Associated Press BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Under growing international pressure over their leader’s…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s new parliament has reelected its speaker for a second term, the first step toward…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Joe Biden wraps up his first year in the White House, he has held fewer news…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Advocates say that Saudi authorities have released a princess detained in the kingdom under mysterious…

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani counterterrorism police say they have killed six militants from the Islamic State group in an overnight raid at a…

MADRID (AP) — Spanish police say they have dismantled a drug-trafficking ring that allegedly brought hashish and marijuana from Morocco to southern…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say roads at a popular Pakistani resort are clear after the deaths of 22 people who were stuck in their cars during a…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ foreign minister has resigned his post amid swirling speculation over his intention to run for president of the…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s ruling parties are hitting the brakes on plans for compulsory coronavirus vaccinations,…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A government official says gunmen have released 30 Nigerian students who spent nearly seven…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has baptized 16 babies in the Sistine Chapel to resume a decades-old Vatican tradition. The ceremony wasn’t…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Kazakhstan’s health ministry says 164 people, including a 4-year-old girl, have been killed in…

By SAM MEDNICK and DENG MACHOL Associated Press OLD FANGAK, South Sudan (AP) — Aid groups say more people will face hunger this year in South Sudan…