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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…

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KLANG, Malaysia (AP) — Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has appealed to voters for another surprise victory when…

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s governing alliance is pledging to create a stable government that will be…

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A man charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting two Newark police officers was taken into custody Wednesday, after…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — WTA Tour Chairman and CEO Steve Simon says he does not know when women’s…

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A Paris court has found a former Liberian rebel guilty of torture, acts of barbarism and complicity…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has welcomed a pair of experts from China to help with an ailing panda in a rare opportunity for contact between the…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army says a Palestinian motorist slammed his car into an Israeli army officer near a checkpoint in the occupied West…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has affirmed his country’s commitment to invest in Pakistan despite a slowdown in recent years.…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Despite finishing first in Denmark’s election, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has…

By MARI YAMGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso has left for Seoul to meet with South Korean officials as…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish soldiers have begun laying razor wire along Poland’s border with the Russian…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press The foreign fans descending on Doha for the 2022 World Cup will find a country where women work, hold public office…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say one more person from a migrant boat shipwreck has been found alive,…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Schools and offices closed and some events in Hong Kong were canceled as tropical storm Nalgae…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A government inquiry has begun hearing evidence of unsolved deaths resulting from gay…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared headed toward victory…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s National Police Agency has raided local police departments in the…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press MORBI, India (AP) — Scuba divers are combing through a river in western India to make certain no bodies are left…

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Access to an industrial zone in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou was suspended Wednesday after…

By LEE KEATH and OMAR AKOUR Associated Press AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Sarah Asimrin still hears it from her uncles sometimes: “You’re a girl,…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press ROSETTA, Egypt (AP) — Sayed Abuel-Ezz has seen his crops wither from seawater before. As the Nile Delta farmer walks…

By DIANE JEANTET and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s apparent acknowledgment of his…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected Russia’s attempt to…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The NCAA is allowing teams to play and practice on Election Day. It had been a mandatory off day the past two…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Saudi prince who was attending graduate school in Boston is the latest person targeted as…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz formally received a sentence of life without…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell sought Wednesday to strike a delicate balance at a…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Millions of students have begun trooping back to public schools across the Philippines. The government is enforcing a…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper bashed a home run on the first World Series pitch he saw in Philadelphia, and then…

By SAM METZ and BRADY McCOMBS Associated Press WENDOVER, Utah (AP) — In the Utah desert, a treeless expanse of pristine white salt crystals has…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge declared a mistrial and dismissed grand theft charges Tuesday…

By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge has ordered armed members of a group monitoring ballot drop boxes in Arizona to stay…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — More than 400 people died in October in a series of crowd-related disasters in Asia,…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press/Report for America EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican Rep. Liz Cheney visited Michigan on Tuesday to…

FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — A California judge is allowing a lawsuit to proceed against the Los Angeles Angels over the drug-related death of pitcher…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada has unveiled plans for a big increase in the number of immigrants entering the country, with a goal of seeing 500,000…

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press For the fifth time in four years, Israelis went to the polls, and once again, no clear victor immediately emerged.…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has fired an additional six missiles off its eastern and…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a former Apple employee pleaded guilty Tuesday to defrauding the tech giant out of more than $17…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Food writer Julie Powell, who became an internet darling after blogging for a year about…

By MANUEL RUEDA BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela have met and say they will improve trade and security cooperation,…

By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Election officials say some Tennessee voters have cast ballots in…

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — One person was killed and six others were wounded after gunfire erupted at a crowded Halloween party in Kansas City,…

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — The former president of the only financial institution to be criminally charged in connection…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss (AP) — A federal judge has appointed a receiver to temporarily manage a…

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two Iowa teenagers killed their high school Spanish teacher last year because of frustration…

By MEGAN JANETSKY The Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Eighteen former Latin American and Caribbean leaders have signed a letter to U.S. President…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s high court says officials aren’t allowed to count votes from…

By JEFF AMY and BILL BARROW Associated Press CUMMING, Ga. (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence is supporting Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp as he makes…

By JANIE HAR and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Liberty McCoy was out Saturday urging voters to pass a Nov. 8 ballot measure…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer At just 28, rapper Takeoff had cultivated a rich hip-hop legacy with Migos — along with a…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a federal judge’s decision to block parts of a…

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — U.S. Border Patrol agents launched pepper balls at a group of migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border along the Rio…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities in New York say a man has been arrested with the gun that was used in a shooting…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — At least two clandestine graves holding human remains have been found in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato. The state…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis jury has ruled that Ford Motor Co. and other companies must pay $6 million to a Missouri family over claims that a…

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — Scientists say an invasive mosquito species was likely responsible for a large outbreak of malaria…

By DAVID PORTER and DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press Writers NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Two Newark police officers were wounded in a shooting Tuesday…

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — A Stanford University official says a man pretended to be a student at the school and lived in several of its dormitories…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for Sen. Lindsey Graham’s testimony in a…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Republicans are pumping resources into a law-and-order campaign for governor in New Mexico by…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Kansas native who led an all-female Islamic State battalion when she lived in Syria…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor is seeking to reopen his…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home,…

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal prosecutor has accused a longtime associate of Donald Trump of lying to a jury over how he…

By DIANE JEANTET and CARLA BRIDI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday stopped short of conceding…