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By JEFF AMY Associated Press DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Democrat Stacey Abrams is calling on Congress to act on voting rights as she launches a second bid…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The jurors now responsible for assessing 11 charges of fraud and conspiracy against…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Rescue teams are working to free people trapped by Malaysia’s worst flooding in years after heavy rains stopped…

By PATRICIA LUNA and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Former student leader Gabriel Boric will be under quick pressure from…

By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer PAW PAW, Mich. (AP) — Schools are turning to educational programs based on cognitive behavior therapy in an…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The death toll following the strongest typhoon to batter the Philippines this year has…

By AMY FORLITI and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The jury has concluded its first day of deliberations without reaching a verdict…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street lower amid concern about the coronavirus’s latest…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has denied saying she was sexually assaulted, despite a November social media post attributed to her…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Cory Booker of New Jersey say they have tested positive for COVID-19. Their…

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — YouTube TV began restoring access to Disney content after a dispute between the companies led…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A Japanese billionaire, his producer and a Russian cosmonaut have safely returned to Earth…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man has been arrested in Colorado on suspicion of killing a teenage girl in San Francisco more than four decades ago. San…

NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL and its players association temporarily clamped down on teams crossing the Canadian border and shut down operations of two…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials in southern Mexico say a pedestrian suspension bridge has collapsed, dumping a group heading to a Christmas party into…

VIENNA (AP) — Five years after a terrorist killed 12 people at a Berlin Christmas market, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier says Germany’s…

HOUSTON (AP) — A group of attorneys and advocates are seeking clemency for 110 Black soldiers who were convicted in a mutiny and riots at a…

VIENNA (AP) — Tens of thousands of Vienna residents have turned out to participate in a “sea of lights” commemoration for the more than 13,000…

CRAWFORD, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi town has canceled its annual Christmas parade because of an increase in shootings. Crawford Mayor Willie…

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline dropped by 6 cents over the past two weeks to $3.41 per gallon. Industry…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is walking a political tightrope as he faces increasing attacks…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poles flocked to city centers across the country to defend a U.S.-owned television network…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal authorities say 15 historical artifacts stolen almost a half-century ago from a number of Pennsylvania museums have…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina police department says one of its officers shot and killed a man who was stabbing his ex-wife’s…

ABDUR RAHMAN JAHANGIR Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A special rapporteur of the United Nations says the international community should…

A grandmother says two babies have survived a Kentucky tornado last weekend that ripped the bathtub they were in out of the ground, tossing it with…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Never underestimate your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, even with a mutating virus afoot. Despite rising concerns…

MOSCOW (AP) — Authorities in Russia have evacuated 128 coal miners from a coal mine in Siberia amid reports of a fire in one of the mine’s…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates says that it will no longer censor films released in cinemas, the country’s latest…

By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska has held one of the nation’s lowest unemployment rates for years, with fewer…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The rapidly-spreading omicron variant may soon leave U.S. doctors without two of the standard…

By JEFF AMY and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former Georgia Republican U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson has died. He was 76. His son John…

MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say the bodies of seven people were discovered inside a twin home in a northwestern Minnesota city but did not…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The White House’s top medical adviser says the COVID-19 omicron variant is “just…

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer In-person attendance at houses of worship across the U.S. has slowly risen from dramatically low levels when the…

By LUJAIN JO Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the international community has not done enough…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A West Coast rapper known as Drakeo the Ruler was fatally stabbed in an altercation at a Los Angeles music festival. His real…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Thousands of peaceful protesters have demonstrated in Brussels for a third time against reinforced COVID-19 restrictions imposed by…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s health secretary has refused to rule out imposing tougher COVID-19 restrictions before…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister is calling on parents to vaccinate their children against the coronavirus as the new omicron variant…

By EMILY SCHULTHEIS Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Germany should implement stricter measures this week to slow the spread of the omicron variant.…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Richard Rogers, the lauded British architect who was one of the forces behind the Pompidou Center in…

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani police officer says the death toll from a sewer gas blast in the country’s largest city has jumped to…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese have taken to the streets across the country in mass protests against a military takeover and…

By MALAK HARB Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Internationally-known DJ David Guetta has defended his participation in Saudi…

By JAMES BROOKS Associated Press ROVANIEMI, Finland (AP) — Christmas is in full swing in Finnish Lapland, where venue operators happily report that…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN, MAE ANDERSON and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — While restaurants in the U.S. and United Kingdom are open without…

Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s military says two rockets have struck Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, home to the U.S.…

SYDNEY (AP) — Four people including two children have died after a light aircraft crashed into the sea near the coast of Australia’s Queensland…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it has apprehended four Palestinian suspects believed to have taken part in a deadly shooting in the…

NEW DELHI (AP) — A man has been beaten to death in the northern Indian city of Amritsar after he allegedly attempted to commit a sacrilegious act…

By PATRICIA LUNA and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A leftist millennial who rose to prominence during anti-government…

n GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Police in Guatemala say 12 people have been slain in a village that has been involved in a years-long territorial dispute…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The death toll in the strongest typhoon to batter the Philippines this year has reached at…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police have identified a 61-year-old man as a prime suspect behind a fire that engulfed a…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four men are dead in north-central Mexico after armed assailants burst into a home where a holiday-season party was being held…

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state Sen. Doug Ericksen has died at age 52. The Ferndale Republican’s death Friday came weeks after he said he had…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Voter turnout in Hong Kong sank to 30 percent Sunday in the first legislative election since Beijing…

By Jonathan Landrum Associated Press Kangol Kid, a member of the legendary hip-hop group UTFO, has died after a battle with colon cancer. He was 55.…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer HONOLULU, Hawaii (AP) — The global surge in coronavirus infections wreaked havoc with Secretary of State Antony…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — About 100 migrants who trekked on foot north from the Guatemalan border have gathered in Mexico City to mark International…

By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — People’s Sexiest Man Alive of 2021 Paul Rudd has been inducted into the vaunted Five-Timers Club…

ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (AP) — A fire has ripped through a distribution center in North Carolina for the QVC home-shopping television network, causing…

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — The Salvation Army says Farmington-area residents of northern New Mexico are donating gifts and money after somebody stole…

STATESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A former CEO has been charged with embezzling more than $15 million from her employer and using stolen money to pay for a…

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former Minnesota police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright alternated between tears,…