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By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court hears oral arguments Wednesday on an attempt by environmental…

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says his country’s offer to send Patriot anti-missile systems to Poland remains on the table…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — New electric vehicle models from multiple automakers are starting to chip away at Tesla’s dominance…

By ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Documents related to a man’s arrest in the 2017 killings of two…

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Republican National Committee is moving forward with a new post-election audit…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The father of a prominent member of the Belarusian opposition serving an 11-year prison…

ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — The founder of the institute that examines diversity in sports is taking to Twitter to highlight weekly examples of racism…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has announced plans for a second Summit for Democracy next year, this time to be…

NEW YORK (AP) — Clarence Gilyard Jr., a popular supporting actor whose credits include the blockbuster films “Die Hard” and “Top Gun”…

By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An attorney for North Dakota has asked the state Supreme Court to strike down an…

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s government has presented a new bill with the goal of providing better…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas lawmaker who was forced out of one of the state Senate’s most powerful jobs…

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NOROLK, Va. (AP) — A Walmart employee who survived last week’s mass shooting at a store in Virginia has filed…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The parents of a Georgia high school basketball player who collapsed while practicing outdoors in…

CAIRO (AP) — Saudi Arabian state media says the country has agreed to extend the terms of a $5 billion aid package to Egypt in March. The move is…

By ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he hopes lawmakers can work together to fund the…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University President Kristina Johnson says she’ll step down when the school year ends in May. She’s…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has postponed the January trial for the parents of the teenager who killed…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has interviewed former…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld the extortion and fraud convictions of a once-celebrated…

BERLIN (AP) — Official figures show that Germany’s inflation rate slipped back slightly to 10% in November. But galloping prices remain a major…

By KATHIA MARTÍNEZ Associated Press ANCON, Panama (AP) — In a tropical forest beside the Panama Canal, two black-handed spider monkeys swing about…

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has urged North Macedonia to acknowledge the presence of an ethnic…

By MARIAM FAM Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Rabbi Eli Chitrik’s phone buzzes. A woman is about to show up at his Doha hotel to pick up her…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Fewer than half the people in England and Wales consider themselves Christian, according to the most…

BEIJING (AP) — Three Chinese astronauts docked early Wednesday with their country’s space station, where they will overlap for several days with…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A new study finds that few Americans have heard of MyPlate, the government diet guide that replaced the…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed bipartisan legislation Tuesday to protect same-sex marriages, an…

BEIJING (AP) — President Xi Jinping says China is ready to “forge closer partnership” with Russia in energy. A state news agency says Xi made…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Residents in several towns across Louisiana and Mississippi took cover as tornado sirens blared late Tuesday, and forecasters…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Stay,” the smash hit by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber topped Apple Music’s…

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Biden administration declared the northern long-eared bat endangered on…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and JOANNA KOZLOWSKA Associated Press ROME (AP) — Russia is complaining about Pope Francis’ latest condemnation of atrocities…

By JEAN FERNAND KOENA Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Authorities in Central African Republic have opened an investigation…

HOUSTON (AP) — The city of Houston lifted an order Tuesday that had called for more than 2 million people to boil their tap water before drinking…

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Against a backdrop of Russian attacks, border closures and a nail-biting journey across Europe,…

BERLIN (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights has rejected a German teacher’s appeal against being blacklisted for her far-right activities…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer BERLIN (AP) — The head of the International Monetary Fund says it’s time for China to move away from mass…

MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow has opened the trial of a prominent Russian opposition figure who faces charges stemming from his criticism of the…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Supreme Court has reinstated a judge who was suspended for two years. The judge…

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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities have ordered school closures following a magnitude 4.8 earthquake that struck an area in southern Greece where…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An uneasy calm is hanging over Kyiv as residents of the Ukrainian capital prepare for Russian…

BEIJING (AP) — At the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, China set out its “zero-COVID” measures that were harsh, but not out of line with what…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Fidelity Charitable, the nation’s largest grantmaker, expects 2022 will be the first year since 2018 that the…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A top Qatari official involved in the country’s World Cup organization has put the number…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s visit to a computer chip factory in Bay City, Michigan, continues…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government has abandoned a plan to force tech firms to remove internet content that is…

By TAMER FAKAHANY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Soccer — or football, to most of the global billions watching the World Cup this month — is…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The son of a Russian businessman close to President Vladimir Putin has denied any wrongdoing at the start of his trial…

By JENNA FRYER AP National Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar’s soccer team was the first World Cup host nation to lose its opening match and…

By RENATA BRITO Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Three stowaways were found on a ship’s rudder in the Canary Islands after an 11-day…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The last World Cup clash between the United States and Iran 24 years ago is considered one of…

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar is to supply liquefied natural gas to Germany under a 15-year deal as the European economic powerhouse scrambles to…

BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. Navy has dismissed Beijing’s protests over a “freedom of navigation operation” conducted near a Chinese-held…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s new military chief has taken command of the country’s armed forces. The army…

By VASILISA STEPANENKO and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Retired Ukrainian construction worker Borys Markovnikov is on the…

By STEPHEN McGRATH, LORNE COOK and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — NATO doubled down Tuesday on its commitment to one…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — When a dozen Russian soldiers stormed into Dmytro Bilyi’s home in August, the…

By JOE McDONALD, DAKE KANG and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese universities sent students home and police fanned out in Beijing…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America A federal trial to determine whether South Carolina’s congressional maps are legal is closing…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man convicted of ambushing and killing a St. Louis area police officer he blamed…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Lava is shooting 100 feet to 200 feet (30 to 60 meters) into the air as Hawaii’s Mauna Loa,…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday ahead of a closely watched speech by the Federal Reserve…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are promising aggressive oversight of the Biden administration once they…