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By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO Associated Press BENI, Congo (AP) — Congo’s government now says at least 270 people died in a massacre last week in…

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Mall of America in suburban Minneapolis says it will toughen its…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — A special grand jury has issued a scathing report against a northern Virginia school…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ top elections official has resigned. Secretary of State John Scott said Monday he would step down after an intense…

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Lawyer Michael Avenatti, who rose to fame representing porn star Stormy Daniels against…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and European Union have agreed to intensify talks to resolve EU concerns…

BERLIN (AP) — German police say a 14-year-old girl died and a 13-year-old girl was seriously injured after they were attacked by a man with a knife…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — The German chemical company BASF will restore damaged natural resources at a notorious…

By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Tuesday marks the first-ever U.S. auction of leases to develop commercial-scale floating…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota town has backed away from a proposal to let people sue abortion providers,…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the removal of thousands of pounds of chemicals from an oil refinery…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Port of Savannah plans a $410 million overhaul of one of its sprawling terminals to make…

BAAR, Switzerland (AP) — Commodities company Glencore has reached an agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo to pay $180 million over…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s top officials certified the midterm election results Monday, formalizing…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has deepened Charleston’s port to make sure it can take in any ship and…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The U.S. and Argentina have agreed to have their tax agencies automatically share data about their citizens’…

By CARLOS VALDEZ Associated Press PUCARANI, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia is one of the poorest nations in South America, and nearly a fourth of its…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Orion capsule and its test dummies swooped one last time around the moon…

PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff says one of his deputies fatally shot another while they were off duty and taking a break from playing an…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma prosecutors say a man accused of killing four workers at a marijuana farm had…

NICE, France (AP) — French writer Dominique Lapierre has died at age 91. In 1964, Lapierre drew on archived material to co-author with American…

By AUDREY McAVOY and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — USS Arizona sailor Lou Conter lived through the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Memphis hospital says it has paused, not stopped, its gender-affirming services in…

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition activists say a Turkish military vehicle has run over a woman and a child in a northern Syrian town killing them…

French President Emmanuel Macron says it’s time to “open our eyes” to resurgent antisemitism and xenophobia. He spoke on Monday while…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Rail service has resumed between Nigeria’s capital and neighboring Kaduna state eight…

By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Scientists around the world warned governments who will be gathering in Montreal this…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The police chief in Tampa, Florida, resigned Monday after using her position to escape a ticket during a traffic stop involving…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As a businessman and president, Donald Trump faced a litany of lawsuits and criminal…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Major Western measures to limit Russia’s oil profits over the war in Ukraine have…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Pfizer is asking U.S. regulators to authorize its updated COVID-19 vaccine for children under age 5. The…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press HAVACO, W.Va. (AP) — The unmarked graves in a forgotten West Virginia burial ground known locally as Little…

By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has denounced a European…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press HAVACO, W.Va. (AP) — Mayapple plants sprout in the sunken soil where the bodies lie, their leaves sheltering…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s prime minister says a European Union summit in his country’s capital this…

NEW YORK (AP) — In a story published December 6, 2022, about “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” The Associated Press erroneously reported that 2023…

MOSCOW (AP) — A top Russian environmental official said Monday that the thousands of dead seals that washed up on Russia’s Caspian Sea coast…

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — FIFA has brought disciplinary charges against Serbia for alleged misconduct by players and fans including offensive chants at a…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has driven a vehicle across a bridge to Crimea that was damaged by a truck bomb attack in October.…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has welcomed Sweden’s extradition of a convicted member of an outlawed militant group, calling it a “start” that…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that significantly expands restrictions on activities seen as promoting LGBT rights…

By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO of The Associated Press and YONAT SHIMRON of Religion News Service COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. (AP) — As monks chanted evening…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping and other current and previous top officials have paid their respects to former leader Jiang Zemin, who…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There’s no rest for the spicy: Fresh off a world tour and two albums this year, Red…

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The image of a young Pelé celebrating goals and lifting trophies with Brazil’s national team…

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The main opposition party in Georgia has filed a court case calling for the imprisoned ex-president of the country to be…

BERLIN (AP) — The governor of Germany’s state of Lower Saxony says he is quitting Twitter because the microblogging site is increasingly being…

By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s military says more than 700 personnel will travel to eastern Congo to join…

PAPHOS, Cyprus (AP) — Defense lawyers for a British man on trial for causing the death of his sick wife in Cyprus’ coastal resort town of Paphos…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has set a new target for military spending over the next five years to $318 billion, or 1.5…

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet The vast majority of Americans no longer get tax breaks for charitable contributions, but that’s no reason to stop…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Global arms sales have grown by nearly 2%, chiefly because of the war in Ukraine. But the conflict may also hamper production, not…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s foreign minister has signaled that his country will continue to buy oil from…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Nelly Korda and Lexi Thompson can expect plenty of more LPGA faces next year in the QBE…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The death toll from the tragic flash flood that swept away members of a church…

LONDON (AP) — Asked to sum up 2022 in a word, the public has chosen a phrase. Oxford Dictionaries said Monday that “goblin mode” has been…

By ASHRAF IDRIS and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s coup leaders and the main pro-democracy group signed a deal…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban government spokesman says an Islamic State suspect has been arrested in last week’s…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Police have arrested three teachers at a nursery school in central Japan on suspicion they…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — In a dusty neighborhood on the outskirts of Qatar’s capital, guards stand duty at a gated…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Annual inflation in Turkey has eased slightly in November for the first time in more than a year, but remains close to…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has fired about 130 artillery rounds into the water near its western and…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Hours after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, health staff at a children’s hospital in…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The war in Ukraine has put the European Union’s expansion at the…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The text message to the Vatican monsignor offered forgiveness along with a threat: “I…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The leader of the United Arab Emirates is making a surprise visit to Qatar during its hosting…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian drones struck two air bases deep inside Russian territory, the Kremlin said Monday,…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say a 22-year-old Palestinian man has been killed by Israeli fire during a military raid in the…