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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia City Council member and his wife have been acquitted of corruption charges in federal court. Jurors deliberated…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer MUNSTER, Germany (AP) — Top diplomats from the world’s major industrialized democracies will grapple with the…

By BRIAN MELLEY and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — As the former captain in charge of the Hollywood Division of the Los Angeles…

PAULINA, La. (AP) — The derailment of six train cars and a subsequent acid leak has prompted road closures and evacuations in a Louisiana…

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A former Kansas undersheriff has been found not guilty in the death of a man he shot…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is making $4.5 billion available through a low-income home energy…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A high-profile Idaho attorney who has defended in state and federal courts some of the most…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Big money continues to roll into Georgia’s governor’s race even as Republican incumbent Brian Kemp…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence has visited North Carolina to help support U.S. Senate…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Days after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes tried to…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Democratic state senator from Tennessee who is running to represent the Nashville area in Congress says her husband has…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE (AP) — With midterm elections less than a week away, a Louisiana congressional candidate is touting the…

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has revealed that he underwent surgery and six weeks of radiation therapy for bone cancer in his jaw…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. refugee chief says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has driven some 14 million…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Madison Children’s Museum has fired a Wisconsin man with cognitive disabilities after he wore an Adolf Hitler costume…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Rapper Takeoff died from gunshot wounds to the head and torso following a shooting outside a…

BERLIN (AP) — German officials have agreed on the main details of a plan to provide up to 200 billion euros ($198 billion) in subsidies to…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Republican Gov. Kristi Noem was looking to shore up support for her South Dakota…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press When NBC canceled the sci-fi family drama “Manifest” last year after three seasons, fans were devastated: The…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Sara Campos remembers being inspired to start skateboarding after playing Tony Hawk videogames on the California…

NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has started deliberating in the case of a Donald Trump loyalist accused of using his access to the Republican former…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s foreign minister has urged world leaders and negotiators to deliver on previously made…

By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Mortgage rates continue to jump, home sales slump and credit cards and auto loans increase. Savings…

BERLIN (AP) — German officials have cleared the way for a public transport pass costing 49 euros ($48.50) per month that will be valid nationwide.…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Filmmaker Paul Haggis told jurors Wednesday that he believed he had a consensual encounter with…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Two Belgian activists who targeted Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” painting in a climate…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Agriculture Department announced more than $223 million in grants and loans Wednesday to…

By MEG KINNARD and ALMAZ ABEDJE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press is the only news organization that does all of the…

The Associated Press IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The Colorado city of Idaho Springs said Wednesday that it has agreed to pay $7 million to a…

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s parliament has adopted a law preventing organizations…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and CARA ANNA Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Ethiopia’s warring sides agreed Wednesday to a permanent…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Shehan Karunatilaka wrote his Booker Prize-winning novel “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida” to…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin appeals court and a circuit judge this week shot down attempts backed by liberals…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ASBURY PARK, N.J. (AP) — A grand jury has declined to bring criminal charges against a New Jersey police officer…

By KEN MILLER Associated Press The search for remains of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre has turned up 21 additional coffins in unmarked…

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press It’s Election Day, and you’ve decided you’re going to vote in person. You get there and — choose your own…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is asking voters in his state to worry about Republican Tim Michels.…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More than 200 votes have been cast in the wrong races in…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Protesters opposed to the Supreme Court’s decision overturning abortion rights briefly interrupted arguments at the court…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Is Fleetwood Mac’s landmark album “Rumours” better than “To Pimp a Butterfly”…

By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It was his last stop of the day on a West Coast swing, a backyard fundraiser at…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Think you’re a sure bet for Wednesday night’s estimated $1.2 billion Powerball…

By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has accused North Korea of covertly shipping a “significant…

By COREY WILLIAMS and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The FBI has arrested two alleged members of the far-right…

By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A senior Ukrainian government official says Elon Musk has given assurances to Ukraine that…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press Michigan officials say nearly all the lead pipes in Benton Harbor, Michigan, have been replaced. Michigan Gov.…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland’s official slogan is “The City That Works,” but after a…

By ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Warning that democracy itself is in peril, President Joe Biden called on…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Deep sea mining is getting a close look this week as scientists, lawyers and…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — The Democrat running to be Georgia’s top elections official says says incumbent…

BERLIN (AP) — The German government says that it plans to make plastic manufacturers contribute to the cost of cleaning up litter in streets and…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Lisa has made landfall on the Caribbean coast of Belize. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Lisa had maximum…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank is warning that many financial institutions are moving too…

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has agreed to send deminers to help train Ukrainians in clearing land mines planted by…

By JAMES ANDERSON Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Colorado’s Democratic governor, Jared Polis, has emphasized in his reelection…

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Kenya is sending more than 900 military personnel to eastern Congo to join a new regional force trying to calm deadly tensions…

LONDON (AP) — A group of winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature have urged world leaders to raise human rights issues as they visit Egypt for…

EUCLID, Ohio (AP) — A white police officer who fatally shot a Black driver during a struggle inside a car must pay his family $4.4 million. An Ohio…

BY DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer Climate action has become a much discussed topic around the world, but can individual actions make a difference in…

By FAY ABUELGASIM and BARBARA SURK Associated Press ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Leaders have concluded a two-day summit of the Arab League in Algeria.…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As bereaved families and friends struggle to make sense of a Halloween crowd crush…

By SAM KEMMIS of NerdWallet Online shopping, including travel shopping, has shifted from desktop to mostly mobile devices. Yet, research on shopping…

LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has reversed an earlier decision not to attend the U.N. climate summit in Egypt. Sunak’s office…

By ANDREW MELDRUM and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia agreed Wednesday to rejoin a wartime agreement that allows…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles has played down the significance of a major…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Two of the largest U.S. pharmacy chains, CVS Health and Walgreen Co., announced agreements in principle Wednesday…

By MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds The number of sedans on the market has been dwindling for years. Fortunately, there are two compelling choices left that…