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By LISA RATHKE Associated Press CHESTER, Vt. (AP) — An animal tranquilizer is turning up in drug overdoses across the country. A report from the…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The globalized city-state of Dubai appears to be in the midst of a boom season.…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two years have passed since Congress directed the creation of an intelligence center to lead…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Pfizer’s vaccine has been authorized by U.S. regulators for younger children, and millions of teens already…

By GILLIAN FLACCUS, FELICIA FONSECA and BECKY BOHRER Associated Press WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (AP) — The massive infrastructure bill signed earlier this…

By YIRMIYAN ARTHUR Associated Press OTING, India (AP) — High up in the hills along India’s border with Myanmar, Oting village in the…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has set a new record for COVID-19 deaths as officials warn that the highly…

By AMY FORLITI and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy says it has seized a large cache of assault rifles and ammunition…

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn says he has tested positive for COVID-19, though he is fully vaccinated with a booster and has no…

By PATRICIA LUNA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — When Gabriel Boric is sworn in as Chile’s president he’ll not only be the youngest to…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sally Ann Howes, who played as a child actor before she later starred in the 1968 film “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” with Dick…

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man convicted of providing material support to the Islamic State group was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in federal prison…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A U.S. appeals court has affirmed a ban against cockfighting in U.S. territories. The…

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it will hold a special session in just over two weeks to hear arguments…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California woman who punched a flight attendant in the face and broke her teeth during a flight has pleaded guilty to a federal…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Federal authorities argue that new state law forbidding local police from enforcing federal gun laws is hampering efforts…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Young Kim is running for reelection in a newly redrawn district in…

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas prosecutors say a 21-year-old Democratic state lawmaker who is charged with domestic battery in a disturbance involving…

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts tribe’s long-disputed reservation was reaffirmed by the Biden administration on Wednesday. The decision by the…

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia has reported a major spike in coronavirus infections, prompting the worst-hit state of New South Wales to reimpose mask…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 has struck in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico’s western coast, but…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon was carjacked at gunpoint by two men in a south Philadelphia park but wasn’t injured, police and…

By LAURA UNGAR and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers Two new British studies provide some early hints that the omicron variant of the coronavirus may be…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say a Chicago banker should spend at least four years in prison after he was…

NEW YORK (AP) — Christmas came early — or really late, depending how you look at it, when a professor at the City College of New York in Harlem…

By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The U.S. Treasury has designated three men in Brail as being affiliated with…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The parents of a teenager charged with killing four students at a Michigan high school are asking for a…

By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say seven members of an immigrant family from Honduras whose bodies were found…

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Angels for Higher is giving people with Down syndrome opportunities to work as greeters at…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it plans to reconsider a decision made…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Joel Coen’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” is an intoxicatingly expressionist Shakespeare…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — State prosecutors have lost their bid to reinstate charges against the former president of Michigan…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Foxconn Technology Group has qualified for nearly $30 million in Wisconsin tax credits. That marks the first time the…

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military says troops have fatally shot a Palestinian man who it says opened fire at them from a passing…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A state appeals court has rejected the appeal of an Oklahoma death row inmate who was sentenced to die for killing a…

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press The White House is downplaying a statement by the U.S. Secret Service that nearly $100 billion at minimum has…

By REBECCA REYNOLDS Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Nine days after a tornado demolished his three-story office building in downtown…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press A New York man has pleaded guilty to storming the U.S. Capitol with fellow members of…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has authorized the first pill against COVID-19, a Pfizer drug that Americans can…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The nation’s largest four-year university says it will require students, faculty and staff at its 23 campuses to get…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided to postpone the Governors Awards, which bestow honorary…

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a New Orleans-based company has agreed to turn over a $432…

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s message to the American people on confronting the omicron…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia government is imposing a series of Covid-19 vaccine mandates in…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Court officials are edging closer to dividing up pop superstar Prince’s estate. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported…

By KEVIN FREKING and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell is openly recruiting Democratic…

BY ROB MAADDI and BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writers With a surge of COVID-19 cases threatening to disrupt the NFL season, the league discussed…

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated press WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden will spend his first Christmas as president at the White House with family and is…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Relatives, lawmakers and other supporters are pleading for clemency for a trucker sentenced to 110…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria has had to destroy more than 1 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19…

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A popular Greek TV comedian has been arrested following allegations that he posted sex videos of his former partners on…

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — COVID-19 vaccination passes have become obligatory for Tunisians, who will now be…

By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As part of the cast of “Clyde’s,” Reza Salazar does eight performances a week at the…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials say they’re opening more COVID-19 testing sites and restricting…

By KATIE TAM and ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A monument at a Hong Kong university that commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium has decided to further tighten restrictions in anticipation of the surging omicron variant.…

LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Wednesday it plans to fine the owners of the shuttered Oyster Creek nuclear…

MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is convening a special Cabinet meeting Thursday to pass a decree-law that makes it mandatory to…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden has tested negative for COVID-19. Vice President…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is extending a student loan moratorium that has allowed tens of…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — If you test positive for COVID-19, you should isolate at home, stay away from others and tell the…

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has formally resigned, a move he had announced after his governing…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A congressional committee has launched an investigation into the promoter of the Astroworld music…

Associated Press CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities say they found cocaine and methamphetamine wrapped around a man’s penis during a…

By JOSH BOAK The Treasury Department says it is issuing special licenses to ensure that some international aid can flow to Afghanistan. The country…

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The parents of actor and singer Alicia Witt have been found dead inside their Massachusetts home by police after she asked…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The NHL has announced that players won’t be able to participate in the Beijing Olympics. The move that seemed…

By JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Researchers studying the wreckage of the last U.S. slave ship on the Alabama coast have made…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal labor board is reviewing a decision by one of its regional officials to deny…

McLEAN, Va. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Chuck Robb and his wife, Lynda, have been hospitalized after a fire destroyed their northern Virginia home.…

By AMER COHADZIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnian officials and religious leaders have denounced suggestions voiced by…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A trademark tiff between America’s oldest beer maker and its best-selling beer brand appears to be over before…

By ALESSANDRA TARANTINO and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has met with an Afghan family he met during a visit…

By AMANDA LEE MYERS AP Entertainment Writer Los Angeles (AP) — As the “Insecure” chapter of Natasha Rothwell’s life comes to a close, she’s…

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic’s central bank has again increased its key interest rate in a continuing effort to tame soaring inflation. The 1…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose for the third straight month in November, reflecting strong demand, low…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press The jury deliberating at Kim Potter’s manslaughter trial in the shooting death of Daunte Wright asked a judge…

VIENNA (AP) — Austria has announced a slate of new measures aimed at slowing the spread of the omicron variant, including closing restaurants…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence rose this month as Americans shrugged off concerns about rising…

By MOSHE EDRI Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israel Antiquities Authority says it’s discovered remnants of two shipwrecks off the…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has dismissed a criminal charge of reckless conduct against Georgia state Rep. Trey Kelley.…

By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has ended an abbreviated first week of deliberations without reaching a…

BEIJING (AP) — China has ordered the lockdown of as many as 13 million people in neighborhoods and workplaces in the northern city of Xi’an…

By STEVE McMILLAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A rust-colored 1875 almanac, a cloth envelope and a silver coin have been found in a time…

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press ELK CREEK, Neb. (AP) — One day, a mining company hopes to dig up rare materials in one corner of Nebraska that would…

By LORNE COOK and VANESSA GERA Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is launching legal action against Poland over recent decisions…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says Turkish authorities have arrested an American diplomat working for the U.S.…

By LAETITIA BEZAIN Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascar’s police minister and an air force mechanic succeeded in swimming…

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer Tokyo Olympic organizers say the cost of the Games is estimated to be $1.8 billion less than anticipated. The Tokyo…

By BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — The man who led a 2008 coup in Guinea has returned to the West African nation after more…

By REFUGIO RUIZ and FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press AYOTLAN, Mexico (AP) — When Jesús Solís noticed the waters of the reservoir where he had…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a 2.3% rate in the third quarter according to a third and final…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A government panel has retained Japan’s male-only imperial succession system despite a sharply…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Mario Draghi says his government has accomplished most of what it set out do in…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat says that Russian and U.S. negotiators will sit down for talks early…

By LAURA MCMULLEN of NerdWallet It’s not too late to give presents or extra gratuity to the regular service providers in your life. For people you…

The European Union and the United Kingdom have reached a deal on their shared fisheries stocks. But environmentalists insisted that even after Brexit…