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By JENNA FRYER AP National Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Lionel Messi returns to the World Cup for a fifth attempt at finally winning soccer’s…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish authorities have arrested two people on suspicion of espionage in a pre-dawn operation in the Stockholm area. The…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians could face rolling blackouts from now through March in frigid, snowy weather…

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Once they all assume office, California will be the first state where it’s…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese artist Takashi Murakami’s visions have spanned colorful smiling flowers, a zany take on…

ROME (AP) — Leaders of Italy’s League party say one of the movement’s longtime leaders and a three-time Cabinet minister, Roberto…

By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America Some of Taylor Swift’s fans want you to know three things: They’re not still 16, they have…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran says it has begun producing enriched uranium at 60% purity at its underground Fordo nuclear plant. Iran’s official…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say a dilapidated fishing boat crammed with hundreds of migrants that lost steering and had been drifting…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA and PATRICK ONEN Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Kenzo has become the first singer from Uganda to earn a Grammy…

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government says more than 253,000 coronavirus cases have been found in the past three…

By VICTORIA MILKO AP Science Writer JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A 5.6 magnitude earthquake left more than 260 dead and hundreds injured as buildings…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) — Jimmy Garoppolo threw four touchdown passes, including two each to Brandon Aiyuk and George…

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s king has failed to reach a decision on whom to pick as prime minister…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — In conflict-ravaged nations like Yemen and Somalia, devastating floods and droughts…

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press GANDAKHA, Pakistan (AP) — Maryam Jamali should have been preparing for an economics exam. Instead, the teenager…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares advanced on Wednesday after solid earnings pushed retailers higher on Wall…

By THOMAS PEIPERT, JESSE BEDAYN and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The alleged gunman facing possible hate crime…

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Pablo Milanés, the Latin Grammy-winning balladeer who helped found Cuba’s “nueva trova”…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have secured their majority in the Senate for the next two years. But holding…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — American consumers and nearly every industry will be affected if freight trains grind to a halt…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un who was recently seen in public for the…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. David Valadao has defeated Democrat Rudy Salas in a Central Valley district, overcoming a strong…

By ANDI JATMIKO and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press CIANJUR, Indonesia (AP) — The death toll from the earthquake that shook the Indonesian island of…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Six former executives of a now-defunct Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper have pleaded guilty to a…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake has struck near the Solomon Islands but there are…

By HANK KURZ Jr. Associated Press The University of Virginia has canceled its game against rival Virginia Tech scheduled for Saturday following the…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Parliament has passed bilateral free trade agreements with India and…

By TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis doctor who provided abortion drugs to a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio has…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — In a story published Nov. 22, 2022, about a shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, The Associated Press…

By EDITH M.. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and its allies have strongly condemned North Korea’s latest…

NEW YORK (AP) — Forty-game winner Amy Schneider capped her big year by winning a hard-fought “Jeopardy!” tournament of champions in an episode…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman who bilked investors in a Southern California hotel and condominium project out of at least $26 million has been…

BEIJING (AP) — Investigators said that sparks from welding work appears to have been the cause of a fire that killed 38 people at a company dealing…

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Friends and family gathered Monday to remember one of the four University of Idaho students stabbed to death in their…

By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s internationally recognized government says Houthi rebels have targeted at ship an…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from a Virginia school board that says…

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The mother of a toddler reported missing Oct. 5 in Georgia has been arrested in connection with the child’s disappearance…

By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A second Republican-controlled Arizona county, Mohave, has delayed certifying results of this…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Simon & Schuster’s corporate parent has officially ended the agreement for Penguin Random…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A U.S. military veteran and his daughter are filing a lawsuit challenging a federal rule…

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — No. 3 Michigan running back Blake Corum may be the most pivotal player in The Game against…

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The former top aide to New Jersey’s Senate president has pleaded guilty in federal court to…

By JESSE BEDAYN and AMY FORLITI Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — In the mostly conservative city of Colorado Springs, Club Q has…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman linked to the far-right “Groyper” extremist movement has been…

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A military appeals court has ordered a new sentencing hearing for a U.S. Navy SEAL who got 10…

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Colombian government and the South American country’s largest remaining guerrilla group have resumed peace…

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville’s incoming mayor says Police Chief Erika Shields will step down in January.…

By The Associated Press Elon Musk’s Twitter has reinstated the personal account of far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, which was banned in…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Manatees that are dying by the hundreds mainly from pollution-caused starvation in…

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it will hear a dispute over a dog toy that got whiskey maker Jack…

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has announced preliminary approval to spend up…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An attorney for the driver who crashed into Los Angeles County law enforcement recruits on a training run last week says he fell…

MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) — Aviation authorities say a small plane has crashed in a neighborhood in the central Colombian city of Medellín, killing…

By KEVIN SCHEMBRI ORLAND Associated Press VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Malta’s government has introduced legislation to ease the European Union’s…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a University of New Mexico student conspired with two other students and a teenage girl to lure a visiting…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Auditors in Iraq have uncovered a massive scheme in which a network of…

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The Dominican Republic said it “profusely rejects” criticism of its crackdown on Haitian…

By HOWARD FENDRICH and KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press No, LeBron James does not want to be traded — that was put into the world by a fake Twitter…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors in the Trump Organization’s criminal tax fraud trial have rested their case.…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say two men who were arrested at New York’s Penn Station after antisemitic threats…

NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Dylan’s publisher is offering refunds for a $600 special edition of his new book, “The Philosophy of Modern Song,”…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK, S.D. (AP) — Perched atop a fence at Badlands National Park, Troy Heinert peered from…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York has issued the first 36 cannabis dispensary licenses on Monday, taking a monumental…

By STEVEN SENNE Associated Press HINGHAM, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say an SUV crashed into an Apple store in Massachusetts, killing one person and…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As angry supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S.…

By JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey sought a pause in executions and ordered a “top-to-bottom” review…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden continued a 75-year tradition Monday and pardoned a pair of…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Greek government has axed a prominent private charity’s leadership following a string of allegations that children in…

HENNESSEY, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says four people have been found dead and one injured following a reported…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top diplomat has held eight hours of unsuccessful talks with the leaders of Serbia and…