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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman is warning North Korea against escalating its…

OTTAWA, Canada (AP) — Canada’s federal industry minister says he will not approve a multi-billion-dollar merger between Rogers Communications…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s largest health insurer says a cybercriminal has hacked the personal data…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — UN officials say Syria is facing “acute violence,” the worst economic crisis since…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — If you’re thinking of wiping down your kitchen with that bottle of Pine-Sol all-purpose cleaner under your sink — stop.…

By MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Fights over crime, abortion and the deadly U.S. Capitol insurrection took center stage as…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog has been invited to address a joint meeting of Congress as Israel prepares to celebrate the 75th…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — They dodge. They hedge. And, yes, they sometimes even fib — or at least flip-flop.…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California regulators have proposed fining Pacific Gas & Electric more than $155 million for sparking a 2020 wildfire in…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles detectives are investigating whether a recording last year that captured city…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — In a story published October 25, 2022, about the resignation of the Richmond, Virginia, police department, The Associated…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court has upheld a decision removing a probate judge from office who was accused of racist and sexually…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The head of the U.S. Forest Service has denounced the arrest by an Oregon sheriff of a Forest…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman who says Harvey Weinstein raped her in 2013 has testified that for years she…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Extreme weather from climate change triggered hunger in nearly 100 million people and increased heat deaths by…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota prosecutor who was overseeing an investigation into Gov. Kristi Noem’s…

PEACH SPRINGS, Ariz. (AP) — Rescuers used ropes and harnesses to hoist five people to safety after an elevator at a national tourist attraction…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A magnitude 5.1 earthquake rattled the San Francisco Bay Area on Tuesday, causing delays of some commuter trains. There were…

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press A teen shot by a San Antonio police officer three weeks ago as he put his car in reverse while eating a hamburger…

By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge determining whether to strike down Georgia’s abortion limits has heard conflicting…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer James Gunn, the writer-director who revived “The Suicide Squad” and made the “Guardians of the Galaxy”…

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A wealthy financier is facing questions at a federal trial about his friendship with Donald Trump. Tom…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors have told jurors that a Wisconsin man intended to hurt people when he drove his…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eric Weinberg, executive producer for the hit TV show “Scrubs,” was denied bail on Tuesday after pleading not guilty to…

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — U.S. prosecutors say a Ukrainian man has been arrested on federal cybercrime charges in an alleged scheme that for years used…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Mark Meadows, former White House chief of staff, is trying to avoid having to testify before a…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minnesota House speaker is stepping down as vice chairman of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents following…

ADELANTO, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man has been shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy after he allegedly opened fire first in the…

REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft on Tuesday reported a 14% drop in profit for the July-September quarter compared to the same time last year,…

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a Texas teen charged with killing his mother, whose body was found in the trunk of a car he crashed in…

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Police in El Salvador have arrested 11 alleged members of a migrant trafficking ring that charged as much as…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Regulators in Mexico have slapped fines totaling about $60 million on most of the country’s largest passenger bus lines,…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry says the United States wants to find a…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A congressional ally says President Joe Biden’s commitment to racial equity is…

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Tens of thousands have rallied in Bosnia to demand that electoral authorities end a recount of ballots from a…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer defending a Colorado man against charges he cheated donors to a $25 million fund to…

CAIRO (AP) — The leader of the coalition of gas-exporting countries says that the group expects demand for the fuel to far outstrip supply until…

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A police commissioner says a car crash that killed four teenagers in Buffalo, New York, may have been linked to a Tiktok…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of progressive Democrats has retracted a letter to the White House…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press ELLABELL, Ga. (AP) — Hyundai Motor Group is rapidly moving ahead with construction of its $5.5 million electric…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee is interviewing Hope Hicks, a longtime…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Harmeet Singh Gill was excited to hear that Rishi Sunak would become Britain’s first prime…

MADRID (AP) — Zara owner Inditex has reached an agreement to sell its Russian business to a Lebanese retail and real estate conglomerate. The buyer…

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A company that publishes three newspapers in Ohio has named a media industry veteran as its new publisher. Suzanne Klopfenstein…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Aliyah Boston of South Carolina and Caitlin Clark of Iowa were unanimous picks for The Associated Press…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A new report has found that the United Nations has procured tens of millions of dollars in…

By YURAS KARMANAU and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — An opposition leader in exile from Belarus says her country’s…

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The University of Florida is going to start enforcing a decades-old prohibition against indoor protests following a…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia is asking the U.N. Security Council to establish a commission to investigate its…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — By the Nielsen company’s count, 7.8 million people watched Amazon Prime’s coverage of…

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo. (AP) — Investigators in northwest Missouri are trying to determine if two dogs caused the death of an Amazon driver whose…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has joined other religious leaders at Rome’s Colosseum to make a plea for…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Republicans are facing a challenge to get enough votes in the Legislature to enact…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he wants to allow foreign airlines to operate domestic service between…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A strong earthquake has rocked the northern Philppines, but officials say no serious damage is expected and no tsunami…

NEW YORK (AP) — Ballet dancer, choreographer and actor Mikhail Baryshnikov, who famously defected from the Soviet Union nearly a half-century ago,…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS and JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 19-year-old who killed a teacher and a 15-year-old girl at a St. Louis high…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The eighth-largest lottery jackpot will be up for grabs when numbers are drawn for an estimated $700 million Powerball…

By ERIC TUCKER and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two suspected Chinese intelligence officers have been charged with attempting…

By KEN SWEET and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON The Associated Press / Report for America NEW YORK (AP) — The number of Americans who do not have a bank…

By TAMER FAKAHANY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — They are two photos taken exactly seven weeks apart, capturing the traditional and ceremonial…

By The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Country Music Association Awards will open this year’s show with a tribute to the late…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Books and speeches, lyrics and interviews, impulsive tweets and sworn testimony: Keeping up…

By MATT OTT AP Business Reporter WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumers were less confident this month as concerns about inflation took hold again after…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s new far-right-led government of Giorgia Meloni has won the first of two required…

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Cuba (AP) — Gay couples have begun to get married in Cuba under the country’s new Family Code.…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter, who opened combat jobs to women and ended a ban on transgender…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) — A South Africa government spokesman says peace talks to end Ethiopia’s…

BERLIN (AP) — A closely watched survey shows that German business confidence is stuck at its lowest level in more than two years as energy worries…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is rolling out a feature that allows shoppers to pay for items using their Venmo accounts. The option to…

HARTLAND, Wis. (AP) — Police say the six people found dead after an apartment fire in a southern Wisconsin village last week had been shot in an…