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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…

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…