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GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A lion has been killed after escaping its enclosure at a zoo and killing its handler in northern Guatemala. The news site…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Poet Robert Bly, who authored the men’s movement classic “Iron John,” has died. Bly…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials are proposing more than $160,000 in fines against eight airline passengers over incidents involving alcohol.…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister says he will lead his country’s army…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A formerly homeless man who ended up in a mental institution for more than two years…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Nine people have died after a fire swept through a nursing home in eastern Bulgaria on Monday. Officials say an old school…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press A former police detective in Missouri has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for repeatedly kicking a…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Two Fox News Channel contributors have quit, saying “irresponsible” voices have drowned out the…

NEWBURY, Ohio (AP) — A tractor-trailer apparently collided head-on with a van Monday on an Ohio state highway, killing five of the seven people in…

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Disney has paused its policy requiring Florida-based employees to take the COVID-19 vaccine following new laws passed…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Traveling this holiday season can be safe if you’re fully vaccinated for COVID-19. For those who…

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian parliamentary commission has recommended stripping a lawmaker in the lower house of his immunity from prosecution as he…

BOSTON (AP) — American Airlines and JetBlue are asking a federal judge to throw out the government’s effort to block a deal between the two…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has formally cleared four Black men who were falsely accused of raping a…

BERLIN (AP) — Amazon says it plans to cut the use of plastic packaging in Germany following complaints that the online retailer is contributing to…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III received a stern talking-to from a Las Vegas judge but…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen says he has completed his three-year prison term and will…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The candidate endorsed by former President Donald Trump for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania is…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press Assault charges will be dropped against a former suburban St. Louis police officer who shot a shoplifting suspect in a…

By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer Hedge fund Alden Global Capital, one of the country’s largest newspaper owners with a reputation for intense…

By SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL BALSAMO and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Police say the suspect in a deadly Christmas parade…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press KAYA, Burkina Faso (AP) — The French military has denied injuring civilians in Burkina Faso when firing warning…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes ticked higher in October, marking their strongest pace since January, even…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Former President Barack Obama’s foundation says it has received a $100 million donation from Amazon founder…

LONDON (AP) — The U.K.’s Brit Awards are scrapping separate male and female artist categories in a shakeup designed to make the music prizes…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Amnesty International is urging Pakistani authorities to stop forcibly disappearing suspected militants for years without trial,…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of residents in the southeast English coastal resort of Southend have paid their respects to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court has rejected a claim that the Memphis, Tennessee, area has been taking water that belongs to…

CHADRON, Neb. (AP) — Three people have died in a plane crash in northwest Nebraska. The Star-Herald reports the pilot and two passengers died…

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has announced that the Biden administration is investing $1.5…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Climate change isn’t what’s driving some U.S. coal-fired power plants to shut down — instead it’s…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin has rejected the U.S. claims of a Russian troop buildup near Ukraine as a ruse…

By LAURA UNGAR AP Medical Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Scientists say vaccinating kids should not only slow the spread of the coronavirus but also…

By MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A legislative investigation has found “overwhelming evidence” that former New York…

By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Jurors have finished their second day of deliberations without reaching a…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced he’s nominating Jerome Powell for a second term as…

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 90% of federal workers have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A divided Venezuelan opposition has found itself  on familiar territory, having…

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Medicines Agency says it is evaluating whether to authorize booster doses of Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and SARAH EL DEEB MOSCOW (AP) — Lebanon’s Foreign Minister says his country has received from Russia satellite images of…

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s reinstated prime minister says that he will have the authority to form his own independent government, according to the…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish lawmakers will vote later this week on whether Swedish Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson should become the…

A Palestinian prisoner rights group says two Palestinian hunger strikers have halted their protest against Israel’s controversial policy of…

By DAN PARKS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy After years of declines, Americans’ trust in civil-rights and…

By ELODIE SOUPAMA Associated Press LE GOSIER, Guadeloupe (AP) — Schools have closed across the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and the French…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hailed preschool favorite Peppa Pig as an inspiring model for the…

By RISKA MUNAWARAH Associated Press CALANG, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian court has begun a trial against a group of men accused of poaching…

By RAF CASERT and MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — European authorities are pleading for patience, calm and a willingness…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has introduced a wide range of new restrictions aimed at curbing a COVID-19 infection spike that has pushed the rate…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The authoritarian leader of Belarus has criticized the European Union…

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia says one of its soldiers has been killed by Azerbaijani shelling amid simmering tensions on the border between the…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Target will no longer open its stores on Thanksgiving Day, making permanent a shift…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian state media have published photographs of the trial investigating the shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger…

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — It’s a ghastly sight: ticks by tens of thousands burrowed into a moose’s…

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet You likely lean on a variety of apps and websites to manage your professional life, your social life and even your…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A retired Russian admiral has alleged that the 2000 Kursk submarine disaster was caused by a…

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Environmental activists are welcoming the end of electricity generation from coal in Portugal. But they said Monday the…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China is demanding that Lithuania end its newly enhanced relationship with Taiwan that has already…

The Associated Press Thailand’s DTAC and True Corp. plan a merger that they say will create an “equal partnership” for pursuing…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — A day after Bulgarian President Rumen Radev secured his second term with a landslide victory in a runoff election, he drew…

By LISA RATHKE and WILSON RING Associated Press Vermont’s sole congressman, Democratic Rep. Peter Welch, says he’ll run for Democratic Sen.…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister says the rapid rise in coronavirus cases means it’s likely everyone…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s coronavirus death toll continues to hover near all-time highs, but the number of…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Democracy is deteriorating across the world, with countries notably taking undemocratic…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says it has reached a preliminary agreement with Pakistan, toward…

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer A video call between the head of the International Olympic Committee and Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai was meant…

By TRISHA THOMAS Associated Press ROCCELLA JONICA, Italy (AP) — Officials in southern Italy are seeing a sharp increase in the number of migrant…

JERUSALEM (AP) — A one-time spokesman for Benjamin Netanyahu has taken the stand against him in a corruption trial in Jerusalem. Nir Hefetz, a…

By BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The world police agency meets in Istanbul this week to elect new leadership. But human rights groups…

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — It was the decade Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points, the Celtics-Lakers rivalry took flight and…

By LEE KEATH Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Many Afghan families who once had steady, stable incomes have plummeted into desperation,…

By SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL BALSAMO and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A person taken into custody after an SUV plowed into a…

By DAVID RISING and SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — After slow starts, vaccination campaigns in several countries in…