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WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Supreme Court justices say a media report they were at odds over the wearing of masks during the surge in coronavirus cases…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House has overcome objections by Democrats and some Republicans to pass…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — HBO and HBO Max have beaten Netflix to be the top contender at the GLAAD Media Awards with…

By AYA BATRAWY and MALAK HARB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A United Arab Emirates ambassador says Yemen’s Houthi…

NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of pushing a woman to her death in a New York City subway station has been arraigned on a murder charge and ordered…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A hospital in New Orleans says it has identified two patients infected with a rare drug-resistant fungus. The Centers for…

WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by family members of Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger Jr., who was…

By MIKE STOBBE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A new study that compares coronavirus protection from prior infection and vaccination concludes…

By KEN MILLER Associated Press Authorities say a wildfire in a central Texas state park is no longer growing and no injuries were reported after the…

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The federal trial for three former Minneapolis police officers who were with Derek Chauvin when…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Indigenous New Mexico woman has been named to lead the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. Cynthia…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Some TV characters have lofty goals. They want to find a soul mate, a fulfilling career or…

By DIANE JEANTET and DIARLEI RODRIGUES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Some 1,200 police officers have been deployed to Rio de Janeiro’s…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — New German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for a “paradigm shift” in the way the world…

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A hearing on a motion seeking to dismiss former Chicago-area police sergeant Drew Peterson’s 2012 conviction for killing…

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard has been denied bail and will be detained in Toronto as he awaits trial. Nygard is charged with…

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An Air Force airman convicted of kidnapping and killing a Mennonite woman was sentenced…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Maryland’s U.S. senators have introduced legislation to remove the name of a segregationist former lawmaker from a prominent…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press The sweeping elections bill that has collapsed in the Senate dealt with much more than voting changes. The…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Comedian, talk show host and political influencer Jon Stewart has been named the 23rd recipient…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Authorities say investigators are working to determine whether some small bone fragments found…

By MATTHEW PERRONE and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, people across the U.S. can log on to a government…

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have held their first economic conference, five…

NEW YORK (AP) — Cardi B has offered to pay the burial costs for all 17 people killed in a fire in a New York City high-rise. New York City Mayor…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks is no longer requiring its U.S. workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, reversing a plan it…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has raised 3 billion euros in a 10-year bond auction that helps boost its budget following its yearslong economic…

LOWVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York sheriff is being criticized for using his official letterhead to vouch for the “good character” of a…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A former Detroit City Council member who quit after pleading guilty to a bribery scheme has been…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida is on pace to produce the smallest crop of oranges in more than 75 years. A forecast released last week says the…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch talent show “The Voice of Holland” has been taken off air in the Netherlands amid a…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Transport Ministry has criticized a stunt that saw a Czech millionaire drive his high-powered sportscar along a public…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A court in Ukraine has rejected a motion by the prosecutors to remand former President…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The 44th annual Sundance Film Festival is back, and entirely online once more. The festival starts Thursday with nine…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Five philanthropies have announced plans to spend more than $20 million to bolster news coverage in Houston,…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has hosted his Iranian counterpart, hailing their the two countries’ cooperation on international…

OSLO, Norway (AP) — A psychiatrist who has observed a Norwegian far-right extremist who killed 77 people in 2011 says Anders Behring Breivik “has…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is announcing his nominating prominent Democratic fundraiser Jane Hartley…

By MATT O’BRIEN and TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writers Microsoft stunned the gaming industry when it announced this week it would buy game…

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press STRASBOURG, France (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to make the European Union more powerful…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has told a gathering of America’s mayors the Biden…

By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America CRAIG, Colorado (AP) — Craig, a small town in northwest Colorado is losing its coal plant, and…

By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Decades ago, Mexican activists drove women into the United States to terminate their…

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says face masks will no longer be mandatory in public places and schools in England and COVID-19…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has opened a new vaccine manufacturing facility…

CAIRO (AP) — Two senior U.S. diplomats are in Sudan to try and help find a way out of the ongoing crisis in the African country triggered by an…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s doctors and medical workers fear the country’s health care system may…

DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling about 200,000 cars in the U.S. to fix a problem that can stop the brake lights from turning off. The recall covers…

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and LARRY LAGE Associated Press The University of Michigan has agreed to a $490 million settlement with more than 1,000 people…

By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lily Tomlin is this year’s recipient of AARP The Magazine’s Movies for Grownups Awards career…

By FADI TAWIL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A U.N. agency is appealing to the international community to donate tens of millions of dollars to…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Construction of new homes in the U.S. rose for the third consecutive month in December and…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has issued a plea on behalf of prison inmates, saying they should never…

By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press LYON, France (AP) — French actor Gaspard Ulliel has died at 37 after a skiing accident in the Alps.…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press For many Jewish leaders, the hostage standoff in a Texas synagogue was all too familiar. They’ve seen a rise in…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has maintained a tough posture amid the tensions over its troop buildup near Ukraine.…

LONDON (AP) — Police in Ireland have arrested a second man as part of the investigation into the killing of a 23-year-old schoolteacher. Police…

By PAOLO SANTALUCIA Associated Press FOSSALTA DI PIAVE, Italy (AP) — Authorities say police in Italy and Albania have arrested more than 20 people…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press The Biden administration has announced the release of $14 billion to the Army Corps of Engineers to fund 500 projects…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw orchestra has played second fiddle to a pair of hairdressers. Vincent…

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says the European Union should quickly draw up a new security plan containing proposals…

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — A spattering of Paris Fashion Week menswear shows began in earnest this week for the fall-winter…

BRUSSELS (AP) — A local court has convicted 18 people who were involved from Belgium in the 2019 deaths of 39 people from Vietnam whose bodies were…

By ALEX ROSENBERG of NerdWallet As of Jan. 1, most surprise medical bills are now banned as a result of the No Surprises Act. Surprise medical bills…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A snowstorm in the Middle East has left many Lebanese and Syrians scrambling to find ways to…

By MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds The chip and supply chain shortages of 2021 have been difficult for automakers and consumers alike. But something positive…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has defied calls to resign in a feisty performance in…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDPAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The leader of Hungary’s political opposition has announced he has tested positive for…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press TANAGRA, Greece (AP) — French-built fighter jets roared over the Acropolis as Greece races to modernize its…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia has limited access to what the government considers the most risky events and public gatherings as the country…

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will begin making 400 million N95 masks available for free to Americans…

By LAETITIA BEZAIN Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Officials in Madagascar say that heavy rains have flooded parts of the capital…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Islamic militant who eluded capture for 18 years has been sentenced to 15 years in…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer The French Senate has voted in favor of banning the wearing of headscarves in sports competitions after arguing…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Consumer prices in the United Kingdom have risen at the fastest pace in almost 30 years as higher…

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Council President Charles Michel has become the second top-level European Union official who has had to pull out of the…

BEIJING (AP) — China is condemning plans by Slovenia to upgrade relations with self-governing Taiwan, a move likely to spark diplomatic and…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli Cabinet minister has dismissed claims that police used controversial spyware to…