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By AMANDA LEE MYERS AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — At 24, Sydney Sweeney has starred in hit shows including “Euphoria,” “Sharp…

By SYLEJMAN KLLOKOQI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo is hopeful that a deal with Denmark to rent 300 prison cells…

By KIYOKO METZLER Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Talks aimed at salvaging Iran’s tattered 2015 nuclear deal with world powers have adjourned to…

By MARCELA ISAZA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — He started off wanting to be a star soccer player, but instead Rauw Alejandro has become a…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president will have the final decision on a controversial media bill seen as…

By DAVID KLEPPER and LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — New research indicates far-right extremists and white supremacists are gaining…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The jury that will weigh 11 charges of fraud and conspiracy against former Theranos…

By The Associated Press A war that erupted in November 2020 between Ethiopian forces and fighters from the country’s Tigray region has killed tens…

PARIS (AP) — French authorities say they will seek European Union legal action against Britain over a months-long, unresolved fishing dispute. The…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The two straw goats of Gavle, Sweden’s most endangered Christmas decorations, have gone up in flames after surviving…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India and France have discussed future collaboration and co-production of defense equipment…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Emirati billionaire Majid Al Futtaim, who rose from working as a bank clerk to…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s prime minister says her government is moving to close theaters, cinemas,…

BANGKOK (AP) — Hundreds of inmates have set fire at a prison in southern Thailand in a riot over demands for better medical care for those…

By FRANCESCA EBEL Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Opponents and supporters of Tunisia’s leader held rival demonstrations on the new…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s government says the country will donate just over…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Heading into the Christmas week, nuclear energy has become a big thorn in the…

BY JENNIFER PELTZ and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. officials intensified calls for unvaccinated Americans to get…

By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet A summer spent fetching coffee and answering phones can result in a more impressive resume, but you may be paying for…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer The Federal Reserve and most other central banks are shifting into inflation-fighting mode as pandemic…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s currency has crashed to an new all-time low against the dollar a day after the Central Bank again lowered a key…

BEIJING (AP) — Crews have safely rescued 20 Chinese coal miners trapped inside a flooded shaft, while two others were found dead. The accident at…

By SALAR SALIM Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Northern Iraq’s provincial governor says eight people have died amid severe flooding…

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — A new coalition government has taken office in the Czech Republic and faces the coronavirus…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Istanbul governor’s office says at least 22 people have died in Istanbul after drinking bootleg alcohol. At least…

BERLIN (AP) — A closely watched survey shows business confidence in Germany has dropped for the sixth month in a row amid concern over the latest…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A British national has been ordered held in pre-trial custody suspected of being drunk on the British freighter that…

By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Fighting between Myanmar government forces and ethnic guerrillas has sent about 2,500…

BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s parliament has approved legislation that will allow chronically or terminally ill people to stipulate their will to die…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Members of Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union, the party of former Chancellor…

BEIJING (AP) — China has said it will take unspecified “necessary measures” to safeguard its institutions and enterprises after the U.S.…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is celebrating his 85th birthday. It’s a milestone made even more remarkable…

LONDON (AP) — British police have arrested a 27-year-old woman on suspicion of child neglect after four children died in a fire that ripped through…

By JOHN LEICESTER and DANIEL COLE Associated Press CLAVIERE, Italy (AP) — When the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August, some Afghans…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press HERAT, Afghanistan (AP) — The value of Afghanistan’s currency is tumbling, exacerbating an already severe…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks closed lower on Wall Street, marking their third losing week in the last four. Banks,…

By LISA MASCARO and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has all but acknowledged negotiations over his sweeping…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say all of the military services have now begun disciplinary actions and…

By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite months of being courted and cajoled, Sen. Joe Manchin is still not a…

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press LHEIBAN, Iraq (AP) — Iraq’s central government and the Kurdish autonomy zone have formed a fragile security…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — After suffering through what is believed to be the worst tornado in Kentucky history,…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says his government is accelerating COVID-19 booster shots…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin’s reluctance to endorse the Biden administration’s expanded child tax…

By MEG KINNARD, JOSH BOAK and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden has pledged to fight for stalled…

By ALICE FUNG and ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong voters are preparing to vote for the first time this weekend since election…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists are suing three federal agencies over an environmental review the government…

By AMY FORLITI and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Black motorist…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Travis Kelce scored on a 34-yard pass from Patrick Mahomes in overtime and the Kansas City…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge says that a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit brought against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems can go forward. In a…

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — The contestant from Alaska has been crowned Miss America at an event marking the competition’s 100th anniversary. What…

By CHISATO TANAKA and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press OSAKA, Japan (AP) — A fire that spread from a fourth-floor mental clinic in an eight-story…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s ethics commission has more work to do if it wants to seize the millions of dollars former Gov. Andrew Cuomo earned…

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Sex and the City” actor Chris Noth has been accused of sexually assaulting two…

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say the body of a Kentucky teenager has been found after a tornado ravaged her neighborhood. Nyssa Brown was…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal judges in Louisiana and Texas continue to chip away at Biden administration COVID-19…

SYDNEY (AP) — The premier of Australia’s most populous state says he is not considering lockdowns or other restrictions as a record 2,213 new…

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Two South Florida men have pleaded guilty in Ohio to leading a nationwide scheme to fraudulently obtain over $35 million in…

By EVA VERGARA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The widow of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet has died in the apartment where she led a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to block lower court orders that are keeping President Joe Biden’s vaccine…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A federal judge has rejected OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s sweeping deal to settle thousands of lawsuits over…

SYDNEY (AP) — Christmas lights have been turned off and a candlelight vigil was held in the Australian town where five children died after falling…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is subpoenaing James P.…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Educators have announced plans to increase security in response to TikTok posts warning of shooting and bomb…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Officials say an electrical fault from an improperly disconnected battery in a used vehicle led to the fire aboard a…

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A new federal regulation requires higher safety standards for pipelines…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says an engineer who worked for decades as a federal defense contractor…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former train engineer has pleaded guilty to terrorism for intentionally derailing a locomotive near a Navy hospital ship…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana appeal court says the man who killed former NFL player Joe McKnight cannot…

By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite months of being courted and cajoled, Sen. Joe Manchin is still not a…

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate parliamentarian says a Democratic effort to let millions of immigrants remain…

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities have issued a search warrant for Alec Baldwin’s cell phone, saying it could hold evidence that might be…

By KATE BRUMBACK and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An official with Rivian Automotive said the company was attracted to Georgia’s…