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By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press MARION, Ohio (AP) — When Mary Ellen Withrow first ran for public office, she was not allowed to have a credit…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Amgen is spending more than $26 billion to dive deeper into rare disease treatments with a deal for drugmaker Horizon…

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet A record number of young adults are moving back home to live with their parents, thanks to the high cost of housing,…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers are considering ways to shore up the state’s struggling home…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — German automaker Mercedes-Benz is investing 1.3 billion euros ($1.4 billion) in a electric van plant in Poland. The…

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Away from the roaring noise, lights and fireworks of World Cup games, there’s a safe…

By ELENA BECATOROS and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s foreign minister has lashed out at Turkey after Turkish…

By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — An international rights group has accused the European Union’s border and coast guard agency of…

NEW YORK (AP) — A joint venture between General Motors and South Korean battery company LG Energy Solution has closed on a $2.5 billion federal…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Three young boys who fell through ice covering a lake in central England have died and a fourth…

Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The leaders of Hungary, Romania, Georgia and Azerbaijan are planning to meet in Romania’s capital this…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s economy shrank in the three months through October, confirming the toll rampant inflation and rising interest rates are…

MOSCOW (AP) — A massive fire has gutted a shopping mall on Moscow’s eastern outskirts, the second such blaze in four days. Monday’s blaze…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press KIMANA SANCTUARY, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s most identifiable community is abandoning spear-aided lion hunting for…

BEIJING (AP) — China said it would stop tracking some travel, potentially reducing the likelihood people will be forced into quarantine for…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A hearing has begun that will decide whether to overturn the conviction of a Missouri man who has…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday as the Federal Reserve and other central banks…

By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare for the District of Columbia and other major cities that public…

By WILL WEISSERT and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Young voters who have been critical to Democratic successes in recent…

By WILL WEISSERT and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Young voters who have been critical to Democratic successes in recent…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The 80th Golden Globe Awards nominations have been announced, with “The Banshees of Inisherin” and…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Four Oath Keepers charged with plotting to stop the transfer of…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran executed a second prisoner on Monday convicted over crimes committed…

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A Palestinian hospital says Israeli forces killed a teenage girl during an army operation in the occupied West Bank.…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Todd Field’s symphonic backstage drama “Tár” and the existential comedy “Everything Everywhere All at Once” tied for…

HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say 16 people, including 13 children, are injured after a small church bus overturned near a Houston-area apartment.…

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Several members of a state commission tasked with conducting an independent investigation of a 2019 mass shooting in…

HONOLULU (AP) — The eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island continues to ease, scientists said Sunday, reinforcing an earlier…

HAVANA (AP) — A delegation of at least three U.S. lawmakers has visited Havana and met with Cuba’s government this week. Reps. James McGovern…

NEWRY, Maine (AP) — A bunch of Santa lookalikes took to the ski slopes to spread some seasonal cheer on Sunday. More than 300 jolly ol’ elves —…

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Authorities are investigating the cause of an explosion that killed three people at a San Antonio construction company. The…

INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — At least 13 bald eagles were likely poisoned by scavenging the carcasses of euthanized animals that were…

RICHMOND, Va, (AP) — Work to relocate Richmond’s final city-owned Confederate monument should start this week after a judge refused a request to…

By ADAM GELLER AP National Writer The announcement Sunday that a Libyan man suspected in the 1988 bombing of a passenger jet has been taken into U.S.…

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — A winter storm that sent ski lift chairs swinging and closed mountain highways in the Sierra Nevada will push…

By NOEL SICHALWE Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Zambian police say the bodies of 27 men believed to be Ethiopian nationals have been…

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) — Patti LaBelle was abruptly rushed off stage just a couple of songs into her Christmas concert in Milwaukee after a bomb…

By NOEL SICHALWE Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — The body of a 23-year-old Zambian student who died while fighting for the Russian army in…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return from the moon Sunday,…

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas authorities in Gaza have announced the discovery of over 60 tombs in an ancient burial site dating back to the…

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo said in a cryptic social media post that his dream of winning the World Cup…

CHICAGO (AP) — A prominent Roman Catholic priest known for his activism has been reinstated as leader of his Chicago parish after being cleared by…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Two European aid groups have docked their rescue vessels in Italian ports and some 500 would-be…

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — United States forces have killed two Islamic State group officials in eastern Syria in a helicopter raid. U.S.…

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Voters in Shreveport have elected a Republican mayor for the first time in 28 years. Tom Arceneaux won a runoff election…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake has shaken southern Mexico, sending nervous residents of the capital into the street. The…

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s army says deadly shelling by Afghanistan’s Taliban forces at a Pakistani border town has killed…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON and LAURA UNGAR Associated Press Coronavirus-related hospital admissions are climbing again in the United States, with older…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — WNBA star Brittney Griner didn’t want any alone time as soon as she boarded a U.S. government…

ROME (AP) — A man opened fire Sunday during a condominium board meeting in a coffee shop in northern Rome, killing three people and injuring…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The number of people killed in an apartment building explosion and fire on the English Channel Island…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Before the pandemic, Cheryl Woodard used to take her daughter and her friends to eat…

By ERIC TUCKER and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says a Libyan intelligence official accused of making the…

By JENNIFER PELTZ and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s latest plan to keep mentally ill people from…

By ANITA SNOW and ROSS D. FRANKLIN Associated Press SAN RAFAEL VALLEY, Arizona (AP) — Work crews have steadily erected hundreds of double-stacked…

By ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a 30-kilometer (19-mile) security corridor…

CAIRO (AP) — Iran’s currency has reached its lowest value against the dollar with anti-government protests now in their third month. A breakdown…

By SYLEJMAN KLLOKOQI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Tensions were high in northern Kosovo on Sunday, with Serbs…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander Sunday, blasting off…

By INNA VARENYTSIA and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — A hand grenade jerry-rigged into the detergent tray of a Kherson…