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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pennsylvania officials say a newly built bridge to replace the one that collapsed in Pittsburgh will open to traffic by the end…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Bettany has long been an admirer of art superstar Andy Warhol from a distance, like an…

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Southern California police say officers shot and killed a man who was holding a knife during a foot chase. Bakersfield…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Congress has halted a bill that would have allowed Native American tribes in Maine to get…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s first legal dispensary for recreational marijuana is set to open Dec. 29. The opening of the Manhattan dispensary…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Board of Regents has ordered a review of university campus events and…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has voted overwhelmingly to confirm the new U.S. ambassador to Russia. The vote to confirm Lynne M. Tracy as the new…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Chance the Rapper visited West Africa earlier this year, he initially…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is slapping sanctions on Iran’s chief prosecutor, four other Iranian officials and a company that…

By KAVISH HARJAI Associated Press/Report for America LOS ANGELES (AP) — States are racing against a deadline to challenge the map federal officials…

By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown will not face charges stemming from a…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A new federal law requiring that sesame be listed as an allergen on food labels is having unintended consequences…

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Confessed French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, who was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in Nepal, was ordered…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it will provide $1.85 billion in military aid…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British filmmaker Mike Hodges, who directed gangland thriller “Get Carter” and sci-fi cult…

By ADAM BEAM and AMY TAXIN Associated Press RIO DELL, Calif. (AP) — Outside the Dollar General, the store manager ticked off the items she had to…

GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said the agency is “very concerned” about rising reports of severe coronavirus disease…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore homicides surpassed 300 for the eighth year running in 2022 as gun violence remains…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — World Trade Organization arbitrators have concluded the United States violated its rules in…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho police say they’ve determined that a white sedan found in Eugene, Oregon, is not…

By KEN SWEET, REBECCA BLACKWELL and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two of Sam Bankman-Fried’s top associates secretly…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man who was recently retried and convicted in a 1995 killing is set to get out of…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man already serving a federal prison sentence for running an illegal autopsy scheme also has been sentenced to serve…

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Somalia’s government says the first group of 5,000 Somalis sent to Eritrea for military…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed for the tenth month in a row in November,…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An 800-page report set to be released Thursday by House investigators will conclude that…

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Police in North Macedonia say they have arrested nine people, including a police officer, on suspicion of smuggling…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Three estranged daughters of a 73-year-old man who fatally shot five people in his condominium near…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The American consumer’s confidence rebounded this month, even as the Fed continues to raise…

By RISDEL KASASIRA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A Ugandan court has charged an American couple with child trafficking in a case that…

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Wednesday it will release doses of prescription flu medicine from…

By HILARY FOX Associated Press PARIS (AP) — “Emily in Paris” fans will get a few surprises in their Christmas stockings, when the third season…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s national weather service said preliminary data indicates that 2022 will finish with average daily temperatures above 15…

BERLIN (AP) — The German government said Wednesday that it opposes bailed-out national carrier Lufthansa’s plans for bonus payments to…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ energy ministry says a consortium made up of energy companies Eni of Italy and France’s Total is expediting…

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — As a kid, Kevin Fair would take apart his Nintendo console, troubleshoot issues…

By ABDOULIE JOHN Associated Press SERREKUNDA, Gambia (AP) — Gambian authorities say that a dead man was found in the wheel bay of an airplane that…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A plan by Scotland’s government to make it easier for people to change gender for legal purposes…

By FRANCIS KOKUTSE Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana’s state media says that four men have each been sentenced to 10 years in prison…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s prime minister thinks it’s time to “drain the swamp” in the European…

By The Associated Press Russia announced an ambitious plan to beef up its military from 1 million to 1.5 million and create multiple new units.…

By NAJIB JOBAIN Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Red Cross said Wednesday that it had conducted rare visits to thousands of…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s King Harald V has been discharged from an Oslo hospital where he had received intravenous antibiotics to…

PARIS (AP) — The launch of a European rocket carrying two Earth observation satellites failed and ditched in the sea less than three minutes after…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A right-wing Danish lawmaker has been acquitted of misusing European Union funds worth 98,835 kroner ($14,105) and…

By JACKIE VELING of NerdWallet If you bought an unsuccessful gift this holiday season with a “buy now, pay later” plan, you or the recipient…

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s government says it has purchased three Turkish-made Byaraktar TB2 drones, the model that is becoming…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — International pressure is growing on Rwanda as France and Germany are the latest parties to…

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — The ball fluttered in the air and all but one of the 22 players on the Three Rivers Stadium turf…

By RONALD MONTOYA Edmunds A number of people with convertibles or fun weekend cars will store them for the winter season. With this in mind, the…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Most of the jurors at Harvey Weinstein’s Los Angeles trial were ready to convict…

By ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three days after the first Russian bombs struck Ukraine, Andrii Kuprash, the head of a…

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Kremlin is warning that increasing the supply of U.S. arms to Ukraine would…

By ERIKA KINETZ and SOLOMIIA HERA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — One was asked to be an informant for Russia. Another’s 16-year-old…

CAIRO (AP) — Iran’s state media says security forces killed two men and arrested two others suspected of carrying out a shooting in the…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of ambulance workers in Britain are staging a one-day strike, with unions and the…

BERLIN (AP) — Climate activists have sawn off the tip of the Christmas tree erected in front of Berlin’s iconic Brandenburg Gate. The group Last…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In a country where children have experienced nearly 10 months of war, there are people…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister says the remains of a Palestinian prisoner who died a day earlier from lung cancer will not be…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — For a year and a half, phone calls to people trying to survive one of the world’s worst wars…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prices are surging in Poland, making it among the European Union nations with the highest…

By MORGAN LEE, ELLIOT SPAGAT and GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Thousands of migrants are gathered along the U.S.…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Two women who say a nurse sexually assaulted them while they were unconscious in intensive care…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares advanced in Asia on Thursday after a rally on Wall Street as investors welcomed a…

By HUIZHONG WU and DAKE KANG Associated Press ZHUOZHOU, China (AP) — A Chinese health official says the country only counts deaths from pneumonia…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A senior U.N. official is urging the international community to prevent Armenia and…

By ZEKE MILLER, LISA MASCARO and E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy told cheering U.S.…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press The executive summary of the House Jan. 6 committee’s report documents how then-President Donald Trump was…

By WILSON RING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Patrick Leahy lingered on a narrow balcony on the west side of the U.S. Capitol, soaking in…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Concerns about illness or inflation aren’t stopping Americans from hitting the roads and airports this holiday…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Since her loss in the Arizona governor’s race, Republican Kari Lake…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Heavy snow in northwestern Japan has left three people dead, stranded hundreds of vehicles on…