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By JUSTIN KATUMWA and AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO Associated Press KIBUMBA, Congo (AP) — Eastern Congo’s M23 rebels retreated Friday from some of the…

BERLIN (AP) — The German government says it is formally suspending export credit and investment guarantees for business in Iran in the wake of…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military forces around the world will no longer be required to get the COVID-19…

By The Associated Press Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking,” there is the dialogue on screen and another off it. The film,…

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE, TATIANA POLLASTRI AND ERALDO PERES XAPURI, Brazil (AP) — When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is sworn in as president of the…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A grisly pre-Christmas killings of two young men and their uncle at an early 1900s house in Mexico City is putting attention on…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Retailers are scoring one win in the governmentwide spending bill. The $1.7 trillion funding package contains…

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Some of the newest members of Minnesota’s most diverse Legislature to…

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A bus carrying 47 Greek passengers has crashed into a height restriction barrier in Romania’s capital, leaving one…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of inflation closely watched by the Federal Reserve slowed last month, another sign…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans who control the Legislature are divided over whether to push for rape…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JILL BLEED Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Tens of millions of Americans endured bone-chilling temperatures,…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The United Nations and other groups are urging countries in southern Asia to rescue as many as 190…

MADRID (AP) — Spanish prosecutors have dropped their investigation into the deaths of more than 20 migrants last June at the border between Morocco…

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Officials say a former mayor of Santa Monica, California, died after a small plane crash-landed and flipped upside down…

By ANGELA CHARLTON and JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A man who was charged last year with attacking migrants shot and killed three…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has reaffirmed Beijing’s commitment to follow the “one country,…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police in Indianapolis have located the second of two missing infant brothers who were taken when their mother’s car was…

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sounded another defiant note on his return to…

BERLIN (AP) — A German court has convicted a man of attempted murder and bodily harm and sentenced him to 14 years in prison over a knife attack on…

By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — The eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has a peculiar “cemetery,” one that…

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Journalists in Somalia say the government is further restricting their work amid a significant…

LONDON (AP) — Air travelers are facing possible delays at U.K. airports as government employees who check passports go on strike. The walkout…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet has approved record defense spending next year in preparation for the country…

By MAHMOUD ILEAN Associated Press KFAR QASSEM, Israel (AP) — Israeli police have killed an Arab assailant who rammed into them with his car after…

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — French confessed serial killer Charles Sobhraj has been released from prison in…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has loosened restrictions on travel and gatherings with the threat from COVID-19…

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL, HUIZHONG WU and DAKE KANG Associated Press BAZHOU, China (AP) — Nearly three years after it was first identified in China, the…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Police say a powerful car bomb has exploded near a residential area in Pakistan’s capital…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press LYKOFI, Greece (AP) — Accompanied by a cloud of mosquitos, Police Capt. Konstantinos Tsolakidis and three…

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press DBAYEH, Lebanon (AP) — Tucked away in the hills north of Beirut below a Maronite monastery, Lebanon’s only…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares rose Monday in Asia in thin post-Christmas holiday trading, with markets in Hong…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee released its final report Thursday on the…

By MORGAN LEE and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Hundreds of migrants are gathered in unusually frigid cold temperatures…

By MICHAEL REZENDES and HELEN WIEFFERING Associated Press The video of a man raping his 9-year-old daughter was discovered in New Zealand in 2016 and…

By MICHAEL REZENDES and HELEN WIEFFERING Associated Press The video of a man raping his 9-year-old daughter was discovered in New Zealand in 2016 and…

BEIJING (AP) — China has sanctioned two U.S. citizens in retaliation for action taken by Washington over human rights abuses in Tibet. The Foreign…

NEW YORK (AP) — Emergency personnel have evacuated nearly 900 passengers from a Staten Island Ferry vessel following a fire in the ship’s engine…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, ERIC TUCKER, FARNOUSH AMIRI, JILL COLVIN, MICHAEL BALSAMO and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee’s final report asserts that Donald Trump criminally engaged…

The Associated Press Brittney Griner has asked her supporters in a social media post to advocate for Paul Whelan. Whelan is a former Marine serving a…

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut judge has denied Infowars host Alex Jones’ motion seeking a new trial and the overturning of a jury verdict…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Microsoft is headed for a battle with the Federal Trade Commission over whether the U.S. will block the…

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press Polar bears in Canada’s Western Hudson Bay — on the southern edge of the Arctic — are continuing to…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press DAMASCUS, Oregon (AP) — At a woodsy retreat center in Oregon, some 30 men and women are seated or lying down,…

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge in federal court is questioning San Francisco’s tactics in homeless encampment…

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — City officials in Stillwater, Oklahoma, say a military cargo jet carrying the Air Force Academy’s women’s…

CAIRO (AP) — The Central Bank of Egypt has raised interest rates as the country continues to battle double-digit inflation amid a sharp currency…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Kari Lake didn’t offer evidence to back her claims of widespread, intentional…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is offering rare discounts through year’s end on its two top-selling models, an indication…

HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — Purdue University says its Board of Trustees has formally reprimanded the top official of its northwestern Indiana campuses…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities in Pakistan have removed Pervez Elahi as the top elected official in…

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — An explosion hit a propane gas storage unit on the Moroccan coast, sending balls of flames into the sky. No casualties were…

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A human rights group in Argentina says DNA tests have confirmed that a man was…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A National Labor Relations Board decision means only union members may work heavy-lift equipment at a new shipping terminal…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Adnan Syed, who was released from a Maryland prison this year after his case was the focus of…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee is releasing dozens of witness transcripts from its…

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One of the most acclaimed ballet choreographers in the world, Alexei Ratmansky is stepping…

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A jury has convicted a New Hampshire man of running an unlicensed bitcoin exchange business and laundering over $10 million in…

Associated Press TALLAHASSEE (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court will convene a grand jury at Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ request to…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the U.S. deals with its deadliest overdose crisis to date, a national crime-prevention…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A prominent California medical school has apologized for conducting dozens of unethical medical experiments on at least 2,600…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Micron will reduce its workforce by 10% next year and take other cost-cutting measures as the computer memory chip maker…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jurors began deliberations Thursday at the trial of rapper Tory Lanez, who is charged…

By TARA COPP and LOLITA BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On the heels of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s emotional appeal for…

NEW YORK (AP) — A newly elected New York Republican whose life story has come under question since his election to the U.S. House of…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday voted to…

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has appointed 16 ministers just over…

By AAMER MADHANI and EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Thursday that the Wagner Group, a private Russian…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A company that plans to make batteries for the U.S. energy grid will locate its first…

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Now you see them, now you don’t. Some frogs found in South and Central America have the…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson described to the House Jan. 6 committee a wide-ranging…