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By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — You could call choreographer Annie-B Parson a “downtown” choreographer. She’s known…

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s first retail recreational cannabis sales will begin as soon as Jan. 10.…

OZARK, Mo. (AP) — Two men charged with felony counts of abusing students at a private Christian boarding school in Missouri have pleaded guilty to…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Embattled Los Angeles Councilman Kevin de León has attended his first City Council meeting in nearly two months since a scandal…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving a scam that falsely promoted adult adoptions as a path to U.S. citizenship.…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil soccer fans have been shocked into silence back home after the national team was…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump are in federal court in Washington for sealed arguments as part of the…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s mayor has beaten the rat rap. Days after Mayor Eric Adams appeared remotely at a city administrative hearing to…

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — Neymar walked off the field with teammate Dani Alves by his side, tears still rolling down…

LUSAIL, Argentina (AP) — A fan ran onto the field in the 75th minute of Argentina’s World Cup quarterfinal match against the Netherlands. The…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of NATO has expressed worry that the fighting in Ukraine could spin out of control…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Pulled from a sunken trunk at an 1857 shipwreck off the coast of North Carolina, work pants that…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Brittney Griner is back in the United States after an arduous 10-month saga in Russia. Yet nearly half of her…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A statewide grand jury empaneled at the request of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has called for lawmakers to create new…

By ED WHITE Associated Press FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A judge has dismissed criminal charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder over the Flint…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh killed his wife and son…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Production of oranges in Florida this season is forecast to be down 36% from earlier…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators and Honda Motor Co. are urging drivers once again to make sure their vehicles…

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines and JetBlue are expanding their partnership in the Northeast even while the government tries to kill the…

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A lawyer for the white gunman who pleaded guilty to state charges in the killing of 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s lead investigative agency is seeking $2 million in contracts with…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that more U.S.-Russian prisoner exchanges are possible if Moscow and Washington find a…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Next month’s AFI Awards will honor films including the “Avatar” sequel,  “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Elvis” and popular…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI and DENG MACHOL Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — For many in Africa, Morocco’s underdog performance is the best story in…

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — Neymar is again going home without a World Cup title. Luka Modric’s quest continues…

By JOHN HANNA, RYAN J. FOLEY and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A ruptured pipe dumped enough oil this week into a…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has overwhelmingly approved a resolution exempting…

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Lawyers for a doctor who intentionally defied a Texas abortion law that the lawyers called a “bounty-hunting scheme” say a…

BERLIN (AP) — Organizers of the annual Berlin film festival say Kristen Stewart will head the international jury in 2023. The American actor,…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An obscure elected position in Louisiana, with possibly major implications, is receiving…

By AAMER MADHANI and CARA ANNA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to announce at next week’s U.S.-Africa summit that…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is becoming an Independent and leaving the Democratic Party.…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press A senior official at the federal Bureau of Prisons has been repeatedly promoted, most…

By CARLA BRIDI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is unveiling some of the faces that…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press An international conservation organization says populations of a vulnerable species of marine mammal, numerous…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The rulemaking arm of Tennessee’s high school sports oversight organization has made a change that allows student…

BERLIN (AP) — The top United Nations human rights official said Friday that it’s important to protect the “civic space” for young…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department says it’s sanctioning a group of companies and people linked to…

By The Associated Press An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Justice Department’s…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s press erupted in outrage Friday at Prince Harry and Meghan’s documentary series, which…

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s parliament has voted for the third time in almost two years in favor of allowing euthanasia. But as happened…

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s prime minister says the country’s leadership is close to demanding the…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Justice Ministry has disclosed that more than 20 prison guards repeatedly pushed, slapped…

PARIS (AP) — French energy giant TotalEnergies says it will walk away from its stake in Russian natural gas producer Novatek and take a $3.7…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Supreme Court has suspended the law license of a former Tennessee state…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press The prison staff didn’t know much about the new acting warden. Then, they say, he made a…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale prices in the United States rose 7.4% in November from a year earlier, a…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The CEO of Penguin Random House, the world’s largest trade publisher, is stepping down.…

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say judges have confirmed the arrest of 23 people suspected of planning to topple the government, while the…

MOSCOW (AP) — A prominent Russian opposition figure has been sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison after being convicted on charges stemming from his…

BERLIN (AP) — The U.N.’s top human rights official says the first execution in Iran of a prisoner convicted for a crime allegedly committed…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese judicial officials and the state-run National News Agency say an actress with links to the…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A vice president of the European Union’s parliament was suspended by her party group after Belgian…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Celine brought a new line of fashion into the Hollywood spotlight in front of a…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A representative of one of the organizations sharing this year’s Nobel Peace Prize says Russian…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced Friday she has…

By MARIAM FAM Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — An emerald inscribed for a Mughal emperor. A Safavid-period knotted wool carpet. An Ottoman-era…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer This past year has seen a horrific flood that submerged one-third of Pakistan, one of the three costliest U.S.…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The elections to renew the local parliament on the Faeroe Islands, a semi-independent Danish territory in the North…

MOSCOW (AP) — One man is dead after a massive fire ravaged a shopping mall on Moscow’s northwestern outskirts. Authorities said…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Gulf Arab leaders and others in the Mideast are meeting in Saudi Arabia as part…

BERLIN (AP) — The top United Nations human rights official says his office will continue reaching out to Beijing about allegations of abuse in…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Nine miners have died in a coal mine explosion in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province and rescue workers are still…

BRUSSELS (AP) — A new report says the war in Ukraine, chaos in Haiti and criminal groups in Mexico contributed to a sharp spike in the number of…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Hate mealy apples and soggy french fries? Science can help. Restaurants, grocers, farmers and food companies are…

By BILL BARROW and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — In Georgia’s Senate runoff, Republicans once more met the realities of…

By LEKAN OYEKANMI and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Brittney Griner returned to the United States early Friday, nearly 10 months…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Violent attacks targeting Nigeria’s election commission offices are raising concerns…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain is easing banking rules brought in after the 2008 global financial crisis in a bid to…

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese airline has become the first customer to take delivery of a long-range jetliner produced by a state-owned manufacturer set…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Schools across Sri Lanka are closed as health and environment officials say the…

MADRID (AP) — Leaders and representatives of nine Mediterranean and Southern European countries are preparing to meet in Spain, with the energy…

By COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A Greek police officer accused of shooting and seriously wounding a Roma teenager…