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By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A review of potential voter fraud cases in the 2020 general election in Arizona’s second-largest…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico wants to improve children’s diets, so it seized 380,000 boxes of Corn Flakes, Special K and other Kellogg’s…

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is pushing ahead with efforts to prod people to get COVID-19 shots after the…

By SUDHIN THANAWALA and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Forecasters’ predictions of debilitating snow and ice as far south as…

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say a northwest Indiana man allegedly killed his roommate by repeatedly spiking her beverages with…

By The Associated Press NEW YORK Newly unredacted documents from a state-led antitrust lawsuit against Google accuse the search giant of colluding…

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Tens of thousands have joined in a government-sponsored rally in Mali’s capital to protest new…

By TOM FOREMAN Jr. Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Two witnesses say a man shot by an off-duty North Carolina sheriff’s deputy…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is condemning the seizure of a United Arab Emirates ship and…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A district attorney says Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton violated the state’s open records laws by withholding or failing…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A spokesman for Britain’s Defense Ministry says the U.K. will build a new…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thieves have been raiding cargo containers aboard trains nearing downtown Los Angeles for months, leaving the tracks blanketed…

By ELENA BECATOROS and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — French presidential candidate Valerie Pecresse has stressed the need…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Martin Shkreli to return $64.6 million in…

By DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil has begun giving COVID-19 vaccines to children, marking the start of an effort…

ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — A military inquiry has found that an air force helicopter crash that killed India’s military chief…

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the federal website where Americans can request free COVID-19 tests will…

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The omicron variant is sickening so many sanitation workers around the U.S. that some…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Outgoing Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring is leaving a progressive legacy behind…

CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois judge could be facing discipline after he mocked an attorney in comments that he apparently did not realize were being…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota legislative committee has approved a bill championed by Gov. Kristi Noem to…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix’s docuseries “Cheer” is back for a second season, picking up where season one…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press LITCHFIELD, Conn. (AP) — A symbol of support for U.S. troops is now the centerpiece of a contentious free-speech…

PRAGUE (AP) — The new Czech government will allow some workers who have tested positive for the coronavirus to stay on the job, in an extraordinary…

HOUSTON (AP) — A judge has found no probable cause to support a charge a Houston mother faces after being accused of placing her 13-year-old son in…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Biden administration is moving to tighten oversight of projects that…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Sixteen years after their legal battle began, about 18,000 homeowners in central Florida…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press Authorities say a Rhode Island man believed to have fled the U.S. and faked his death to evade prosecution for…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are recommending dropping charges against a Massachusetts Institute of…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected a new map of the state’s 15 congressional…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s foreign minister has expressed optimism that there is a “deal to be done” to resolve…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military says militants attacked an army post in a former militant stronghold in the country’s northwest,…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden will hold a news conference on Wednesday, the eve of the one-year…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge has declined to temporarily halt the executions of two Oklahoma inmates who…

By ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writer Three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray has rejected lucrative approaches to play exhibition matches in Saudi Arabia…

By ALAN FRAM and MARINA VILLENEUVE WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Rep. John Katko has announced he is not seeking reelection this year. That makes him…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — More than two thirds of Poland’s COVID-19 medical advisory body have resigned saying the government is not heeding their…

By GLENN GAMBOA and HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writers The late Betty White was a tireless advocate for animals for her entire life, from caring for…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer George Lucas and Kathleen Kennedy, stewards of the Star Wars universe and numerous other notable motion pictures, are…

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Kosovo has rejected a call from Western governments to allow its minority Serbs to vote in a…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN, ZEKE MILLER and BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is threatening to recoup COVID-19…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is wrapping up a transformative but sometimes-tumultuous…

By TALI ARBEL and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press A lot of people are angry at Novak Djokovic. And his sponsors may just wait it out. It’s unclear…

SEATTLE (AP) — A dog that was trapped inside a collapsed Seattle house for six days following a landslide has been rescued. The Seattle Fire…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Heavy snow is spreading across a large swath of the Midwest, where travel conditions deteriorated and scores of schools closed…

By AAMER MADHANI, NOMAAN MERCHANT and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says U.S. intelligence officials have…

By MARC LEVY and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press McCONNELLSBURG, Pa. (AP) — An inspection of voting machines in a heavily Republican county in…

By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio investigators have found 89 sets of cremated remains in an abandoned Akron church. The…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A substitute teacher in Florida has resigned after students said she yelled a racial slur in the classroom. Pinellas…

Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Family and friends of a New Orleans man who was the oldest World War II veteran when he died earlier in January…

BERLIN (AP) — German officials have praised a group of medical students who held a silent vigil outside a hospital in Dresden late Thursday in…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — More than 150 former Environmental Protection Agency employees are writing to the Virginia…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Insurers and employers are taking a renewed interest in programs that help people deal with chronic _ and potentially…

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a young Florida man to life in prison for the stabbing death of a 13-year-old during a sleepover…

BANGKOK (AP) — A legal official says Myanmar’s military-installed government has filed five new corruption charges against ousted leader Aung San…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Athletes have been put at center court of arguments over COVID vaccines. The…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. industrial production fell 0.1% in December, the first decline since September,…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers want the Senate to have a say in who leads the troubled…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has long lamented that he can’t walk around town unnoticed like he used to before…

NEW YORK (AP) — Three women are facing federal charges of attacking an airline security officer who tried to block them from boarding a flight at…

ROME (AP) — With a state funeral, Italy has paid tribute to David Sassoli, the president of the European Union’s parliament, who died earlier…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans overlooked shortages, spiking prices and uncertainty over the omicron variant…

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian authorities say children aged between 5-11 will be able to get vaccinated against COVID-19 starting late…

By ALEKSANDAR FURTULA and MIKE CORDER Associated Press VALKENBURG, Netherlands (AP) — Shops, bars and restaurants in a southern Dutch town have…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Defense Ministry says that a massive leak from a military equipment database includes only publicly available…

By ULIANA PAVLOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian government has decided to delay a controversial bill requiring QR codes confirming…

By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general is asking federal prosecutors to open a criminal investigation…

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian authorities say last year’s population census in the European Union country has shown an almost 10% drop over…

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Novak Djokovic’s supporters in Serbia were dismayed after waking up to the news that…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The office of Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson says she has tested positive for COVID-19. She took part in a debate in…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean rescuers have pulled a body from a heap of rubble at the construction site of a 39-floor building that…

LONDON (AP) — British prosecutors say a court hearing for an American citizen who left Britain after being involved in a crash that killed a…

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has commissioned new navy minelayers to add to its defenses against giant rival China. President Tsai Ing-wen…

BEIJING (AP) — China says it gained support on issues including the treatment of Uyghur Muslims from Persian Gulf states following talks at which…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Milan fashion houses were charting a path out of the pandemic that included a menswear calendar…

GENEVA (AP) — The government of Ethiopia has sent a letter to the World Health Organization accusing its Ethiopian director-general of…

By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian author whose bestselling comic novel, “My Uncle Napoleon,”…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press The Transportation Department is launching a $27 billion program to repair and upgrade U.S. bridges. It’s…

By DAVID McHUGH Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The risk of recession is looming for Germany after Europe’s biggest economy shrank at…