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By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence rose this month as Americans shrugged off concerns about rising…

By MOSHE EDRI Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israel Antiquities Authority says it’s discovered remnants of two shipwrecks off the…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has dismissed a criminal charge of reckless conduct against Georgia state Rep. Trey Kelley.…

By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has ended an abbreviated first week of deliberations without reaching a…

BEIJING (AP) — China has ordered the lockdown of as many as 13 million people in neighborhoods and workplaces in the northern city of Xi’an…

By STEVE McMILLAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A rust-colored 1875 almanac, a cloth envelope and a silver coin have been found in a time…

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press ELK CREEK, Neb. (AP) — One day, a mining company hopes to dig up rare materials in one corner of Nebraska that would…

By LORNE COOK and VANESSA GERA Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is launching legal action against Poland over recent decisions…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says Turkish authorities have arrested an American diplomat working for the U.S.…

By LAETITIA BEZAIN Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascar’s police minister and an air force mechanic succeeded in swimming…

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer Tokyo Olympic organizers say the cost of the Games is estimated to be $1.8 billion less than anticipated. The Tokyo…

By BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — The man who led a 2008 coup in Guinea has returned to the West African nation after more…

By REFUGIO RUIZ and FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press AYOTLAN, Mexico (AP) — When Jesús Solís noticed the waters of the reservoir where he had…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a 2.3% rate in the third quarter according to a third and final…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A government panel has retained Japan’s male-only imperial succession system despite a sharply…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Mario Draghi says his government has accomplished most of what it set out do in…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat says that Russian and U.S. negotiators will sit down for talks early…

By LAURA MCMULLEN of NerdWallet It’s not too late to give presents or extra gratuity to the regular service providers in your life. For people you…

The European Union and the United Kingdom have reached a deal on their shared fisheries stocks. But environmentalists insisted that even after Brexit…

By ANGELA CHARLTON and BARBARA SURK Associated Press SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — France’s health minister says omicron…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer ATHENS, Ohio (AP) — The US has opened a formal investigation into the potential for Tesla drivers to play video games…

By MILES BRANMAN Edmunds Remember the compact trucks that were popular in the 1980s and 1990s? Well, they’ve made a comeback for the 2022 model…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The White House’s national security adviser says the United States and Israel need a…

BEIJING (AP) — China is defending its international scientific exchange programs in the wake of the conviction of a Harvard University professor…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The world’s biggest shipping company, Denmark’s A.P. Moeller-Maersk, says it’s acquired Hong Kong-based LF…

BERLIN (AP) — A former nurse at a home for the severely disabled in eastern Germany has been convicted of murder and given a 15-year sentence for…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press SCHIPHOL, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch prosecutors have demanded life sentences against four suspects in the downing of…

BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai army officer says fighting between Myanmar government forces and ethnic guerrillas has sent about 4,200 villagers fleeing…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press ROME (AP) — Plans are progressing for a meeting next year between Pope Francis and the…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s justice minister says he will present legislation next month to remove from the country’s criminal code a ban on…

By ASTRID GALVAN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Safe haven laws drew attention this month when U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of small business owners have rallied in South Korea’s capital, calling for…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has confirmed its first known local transmissions of the new omicron variant of the…

By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spaniards looking for a respite from the pandemic’s gloom have found some cheer with a rite that…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Danish parliament has voted to oust a former immigration minister who earlier this month was convicted by a rarely…

BANGKOK (AP) — Rescue officials say a landslide at a remote jade mine in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state has left at least one person dead and 70…

By SAM MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A Libyan parliamentary committee says it’s become “impossible” to hold the country’s…

By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s drop in new COVID-19 cases in recent days may signal the country’s…

By MAE ANDERSON NEW YORK (AP) — After a wearying nearly two years of the pandemic, independent retailers are cautiously hoping their holiday…

By DAVID McHUGH and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Russia’s natural gas pipeline to Europe is built and…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares are modestly higher after stocks advanced on Wall Street with encouraging…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have ramped up a major sea-and-air search and rescue operation in the Aegean Sea after a migrant smuggling…

By FARES AKRAM Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Virtually every household in the Gaza Strip relies on batteries to keep their home…

By VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Construction for tourism in Indonesia’s Komodo National Park is raising concerns…

By CLAIRE GALOFARO AP National Writer BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) — As the pandemic ravaged the country, deaths from drug overdoses surged by nearly 30%,…

By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, along with progressive and moderate Democrats, appears…

SYDNEY (AP) — New COVID-19 cases in Australia’s most populous state have surged to a pandemic record, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison met with…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Two-time Olympic short-track champion Shim Suk-hee has been suspended for two months…

By CLAIRE GALOFARO AP National Writer BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) — As the pandemic ravaged the country, deaths from drug overdoses surged by nearly 30%,…

By JASON DEAREN Associated Press Jacksonville, Fla. (AP) — In nearly 10 years working undercover for the FBI inside Florida’s Ku Klux Klan,…

By JASON DEAREN Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — For nearly 10 years, Joseph Moore lived a secret double life. At times the U.S. Army…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s roughly 2.5 million health care workers have until Feb. 1 to get a…

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has ruled against two past right-wing governments in Latin America and one…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials say 2021 is shaping up to be even deadlier than last year. It’s too early…

By AMY FORLITI and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The jury at suburban Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter’s manslaughter…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has endorsed Hong Kong’s first legislative elections held under new laws ensuring that only…

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a tornado smashed pool cages and toppled trees onto cars as it tore through southwest Florida. The News-Press…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill Tuesday night that will give tax relief to Atlantic…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom says California will require health care workers to get booster shots…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has pardoned a man who had spent nearly 24 years in prison after allegations he sexually…

BOSTON (AP) — A Harvard University professor charged with hiding his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program has been found guilty on all counts…

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press The U.S. Secret Service says nearly $100 billion has been stolen from COVID-19 relief programs set up to help…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An advertising-technology billionaire has formally resigned his membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Democrats appear to have come away with the advantage in a recasting of the…

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Congregations affiliated with the United Methodist Church have agreed to contribute $30 million to a fund for victims who say…

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man charged earlier for his participation in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has reversed its own legal opinion and will now allow federal inmates released on home confinement during…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — High wind will keep NASA’s newest space telescope on the ground for at least…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Television viewers were in the mood for competition last week. NFL football games were the…

By JOHN WAWROW and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writers The NHL is not sending players to the Beijing Olympics after all. Two people with direct knowledge…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pedro Almodóvar’s “Parallel Mothers” stars Penelope Cruz and Milena Smit as young mothers…

HART, Mich. (AP) — The father of four Christian missionaries from Michigan who escaped from kidnappers in Haiti is expressing gratitude and says…

By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Authorities say two travelers are facing charges following a brawl with police at Miami…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News defended Jesse Watters after he used the phrase “kill shot” in a speech urging young…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The quick spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus has stirred another reckoning…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The trial for a truck driver charged with causing the deaths of seven motorcyclists in…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge has set bond at $25,000 for suspended Marlboro County Sheriff Charles Lemon days…

By STEPHEN GROVES AND KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press The suburban Minneapolis police officer on trial for fatally shooting Daunte Wright has said…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Documentaries about Julia Child, “Black Woodstock,” the pandemic and The Velvet Underground and acclaimed…

TAUNTON RIVER, Mass. (AP) — A rare Steller’s sea eagle was spotted by 200 bird watchers around Taunton River, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe…