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By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press Donald Trump’s suspension from Facebook and Instagram will stand for now despite his candidacy for president.…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan marked a trade deficit for the 15th month in a row in October as both imports and exports…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles has elected its first Black woman as mayor. Democratic U.S. Rep. Karen Bass…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Even as they signaled a continued hardline stance on opposing abortion and same-sex marriage, the…

By MARC LEVY and BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro is beginning the transition to his new…

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) — A doctor who police say has spent two decades providing medical assistance to youth hockey teams in Michigan and…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police in southern Mexico say they detected a dismembered human body after spotting a dog trotting down the street with a human…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S. and its Western allies clashed with Russia at the U.N. Security Council over…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Republican win in California on Wednesday has given the party control of the U.S.…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A class-action federal lawsuit is accusing 11 of the United States’ largest beef and pork…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Democrats have held on to a swing U.S. House district in Maine. Two-term Rep. Jared…

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Former President George W. Bush described the Ukrainian president as a “tough dude” on…

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California water polo coach has been convicted of sexually assaulting teenage girls during underwater training…

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia election officials hosted a dice roll to launch an audit of votes in last week’s election for secretary of state.…

By HANK KURZ Jr. and BEN FINLEY Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The three University of Virginia football players who were killed are…

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Among U.S. faith leaders and denominations, there are sharp differences over the bill advancing in the Senate that…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Justice Department says it is investigating whether Missouri has violated civil rights laws by needlessly…

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — They were supposed to be birthday presents. They were supposed to be Christmas presents.…

By DAVID FISCHER and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged eight people with smuggling endangered monkeys ,…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon has begun mass layoffs in its corporate ranks, becoming the latest tech company to…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Police awoke Indiana State athletic director Sherard Clinksdale early on Aug. 21 with tragic news. Two…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced plans for a 25,000-seat stadium for Major League…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government confirmed on Thursday that Novak Djokovic had been granted a…

By REBECCA BOONE and NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Police in the college town of Moscow scheduled a news conference for…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Signs of the housing crisis in Oregon are widespread: cluttered tent encampments in city…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — A Russian billionaire under sanctions by the United States and Europe over his…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An international nonprofit organization that sets sustainability standards for…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A host of Hollywood and sports celebrities including Larry David and Tom Brady were named as…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A company with an office in Houston and another owned by two American citizens appear to be helping…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma is moving a step closer to having a promise fulfilled from nearly 200 years ago that…

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press A new Senate report is criticizing the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security for not doing enough to track…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press A judge sentenced a man who killed six people and injured many others when he drove his SUV through a Christmas…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Many Kansas Republicans are blaming state Sen. Dennis Pyle for Democratic Gov. Laura…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court won’t reconsider its ruling temporarily blocking Arkansas…

A Sudanese refugee camp official says at least 48 people were killed in tribal clashes in Darfur last week. It was the latest round of inter-communal…

By JOSH BOAK and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden tried to shape the midterm elections not as a verdict on…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Brendan Fraser, whose performance in “The Whale” has made him a likely awards candidate this year,…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican chair of the Wisconsin Assembly elections committee who was backed by former…

By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk is defending himself in a shareholder lawsuit challenging a…

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Austria, Hungary and Serbia have held another top-level meeting dedicated to curbing…

FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) — Another round of testing has found no harmful radioactive contamination at a Missouri elementary school, leaving school…

By LISA MASCARO, BRIAN SLODYSKO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Mitch McConnell was reelected as Republican leader…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A top official says that Zimbabwe has made “very impressive” progress in meeting…

By ELEANOR H. REICH Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s Foreign Ministry has launched a campaign to educate Israeli soccer fans…

ROGERS CITY, Mich. (AP) — The election to fill a city council seat in a Michigan town has been settled by drawing two pieces of paper from a bowl,…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — New government data suggests U.S. overdose deaths have stopped rising, but many experts are urging…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky police officer who fatally shot an armed Black man during a standoff is facing a wrongful death lawsuit filed by…

ADA, Okla. (AP) — A 27-year-old Oklahoma man has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to fatally shooting a pastor at the request…

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Top fashion models are used to having a camera lens trained on them. But Ashley Graham, Precious…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — The head of a Kansas legislative panel wants to end the state’s contract with its…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the summer of 1997, audiences in Minneapolis at the Orpheum Theatre saw something no one…

By AMY TAXIN, JOHN ANTCZAK and JAE C. HONG Associated Press WHITTIER, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say 25 Los Angeles County sheriff’s academy…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — It’s looking more like a recession is coming in Europe. That’s the…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian Navy official says that a foreign ship and at least 27 foreign crew members have…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch judges are set to deliver their verdict in the trial of three Russians and a…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Elegance Bratton was 16 years old when his mother kicked him out of the house for being gay. After 10…

GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization says he expects the first doses of Ebola vaccine targeting the strain causing the current…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans stepped up their spending at retailers, restaurants, and auto dealers last…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Authorities in Kenya say that at least three people died when a building collapsed in the…

By PETER PRENGAMAN Associated Press SHARM el-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Six weeks before taking power, Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Americans are bracing for a costly Thanksgiving this year, with double-digit percent increases in the price of…

By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A witness who saw a University of Virginia student open fire onboard a bus returning…

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Here’s the sitch, Scrabble stans. Your convos around the board are about to get more…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s domestic spy chief says the country faces major security threats from the trio of…

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnia has inaugurated the three members of its new presidency, which for the first time in over a decade is…

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A bus carrying 28 migrants from Texas has arrived in Philadelphia, including a 10-year-old…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan President William Ruto urged lawmakers not to remove presidential terms limits…

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — A passenger ferry carrying 271 people has caught fire off Indonesia’s resort island of Bali but there are no immediate…

BERLIN (AP) — A senior German opposition official has lobbied the European Union to block the government’s plans to decriminalize the possession…

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — World Cup organizers insist the atmosphere in Doha days before the games start is genuine and being created by authentic fans.…