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By JIM SALTER Associated Press SPANISH LAKE, Mo. (AP) — A puzzling, broad-daylight shooting at a small-town trailer park is renewing concerns among…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities in Las Vegas believe the body of a woman who died unnoticed in 2018 remained in her home for more than two years until…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK Ark. (AP) — A report says that a crack in a steel beam that forced the closure of the Interstate 40…

Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The last three school districts in Florida that required at least some students to wear masks are…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Jurors in the trial over Ahmaud Arbery’s death are watching security camera videos from…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A U.S. Marine veteran has pleaded guilty in San Diego federal court to orchestrating a drug-trafficking operation that moved tons…

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Members of a union representing film and television crews begin voting Friday on a tentative…

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man has been found guilty of killing his wife, whose remains were not found for more than a year. A jury on…

Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The federal government says California is ineligible for about $12 billion in public transit funding.…

By ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy The United Nations Climate Change Conference, which was postponed a year…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Henry Ruggs’ lawyers are telling a judge they found a witness who says firefighters were slow to…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors in Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial could ask the jury to consider less…

By DIARLEI RODRIGUES and MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A rap battle at a local bar means good news for people in…

By THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press THORNTON, Colo. (AP) — A team comprised of mostly veterans is helping Afghan refugees settle in the United…

By JUAN LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A 22-year-old college senior who was critically injured at the Astroworld festival in Houston has…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In 1972, Big Bird lined up on `Sesame Street’ to receive a measles vaccine as…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Lawmakers in Slovakia have narrowly rejected proposed legislation that would have tightened access to abortion in the…

LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II will attend a national service of remembrance for Britain’s war dead this weekend. The…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have turned the legal screws on one of the country’s most prominent human rights groups. This is the latest…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — In an impassioned speech to the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, Ugandan activist Vanessa…

BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s chancellor has stepped up threats of lockdown measures for unvaccinated people as new coronavirus cases in the Alpine…

SCOTLAND, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota man has been charged with murder and other counts for allegedly gunning down his ex-girlfriend, her father and…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Rising stage star Emilie Kouatchou came close to quitting musical theater during…

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A pilot program to help reduce bison at Grand Canyon National Park by shooting them has…

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Liberty University is responding to a former spokesman’s lawsuit alleging he was fired in retaliation for raising concerns…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the release of White House records sought by…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The hunger-striking husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been detained for more than five…

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It was 2015 when Congress last approved a major renewal of federal highway and other transportation…

PARIS (AP) — A French man has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor to death in an antisemitic attack.…

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria says the government has signed a contract with a group of companies from the United Arab Emirates to build a solar…

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has recommended the authorization of two new medicines against the coronavirus for people at risk of…

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A man who is serving a 25-year prison sentence for rigging computers to win lottery jackpots…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — A prosthetic-tailed dolphin named Winter that starred in the “Dolphin Tale” movies…

By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The U.S. government is urging U.S. citizens to leave Haiti because of the country’s…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has issued a press statement expressing deep concern about ongoing violence…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kristen Stewart knows a thing or two about being extremely famous. Her latest film in which she…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Opposition campaign group Belarusian Sport Solidarity Foundation says freestyle skiing world champion Aliaksandra Ramanouskaya…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The movies are clawing their way back in theaters, but, so far, not everyone is showing up like they…

BERLIN (AP) — The German government’s tax income over the next few years is expected to be considerably higher than previously forecast as…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The speaker of Sweden’s parliament tasked the leader of the Social Democratic Party  with trying to form a new…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The skeptics of Wall Street have gone missing. As the stock market surges to record after record,…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch public health institute has announced the highest daily tally of new COVID-19 cases since the pandemic…

MILAN (AP) — Daniel Lee is leaving his job as creative director at Bottega Veneta after three years and creating the brand’s distinctive…

By FAY ABUELGASIM and NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s top general has reappointed himself as head of the army-run…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer A new report is shedding light on what types of organizations are receiving the most donations from charitable…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union parliament has condemned Poland’s recent near-total ban on abortions and called on the Polish government to…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress are looking to give U.S. automakers with union…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer MILAN (AP) — A new study shows that the personal luxury market of high-end accessories, leather goods and…

MADRID (AP) — The Spanish Navy has started helping farmers on the volcanic island of La Palma to reach their lava-surrounded banana plantations by…

By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say they are preparing new restrictions to counter the unrelenting surge of…

By DREW COSTLEY and NICKY FORSTER Associated Press An Associated Press analysis of temperature and population data shows that exposure to extreme…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs’ charter school will relocate to a larger campus in New…

By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Internet giants, including social media apps Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat, joined…

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarians will soon have some relief at the pumps after the government announced it will limit the price of gasoline and…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is renewing his call for Europe to welcome and show solidarity with migrants. He says the diversity they’re bringing…

BERLIN (AP) — Carnival revelers in the western Germany city of Cologne were lining up to show  proof of their COVID-19 vaccinations before they…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH of The Associated Press and KALYN BELSHA of Chalkbeat Chalkbeat and Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) —…

By RAF CASERT and VIRGINIA MAYO Associated Press YPRES, Belgium (AP) — Armistice Day remembrances have been observed around the world after the…

MADRID (AP) — More than 400 migrants have arrived by sea to Spain’s Canary Islands over a 24-hour period. The latest arrivals came talks between…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Investigators are asking Uber for records as they investigate the theft of more than $700,000 from an 82-year-old Florida woman…

By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Naval forces from the United States, Israel and two Gulf Arab states are taking…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — American and British citizens have been swept up in Ethiopia’s mass detentions of ethnic…

By COLLEEN LONG and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has saluted the nation’s military veterans as “the…

BERLIN (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency says the number of people worldwide forced to abandon their homes likely increased to more than 84 million in…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden has charged two executives of a Swedish oil exploration and production company…

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian Foreign Ministry says it has detected spyware developed by the Israeli…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish lira again has slid to a record low against the U.S. dollar after a surge in U.S. consumer prices inflamed…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Senior U.S. and South Korean diplomats have discussed how to restart stalled talks with North Korea, days after the North…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The outgoing Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández is on his way to Taiwan at the invitation of the island’s leader…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese shoppers spent $139.1 billion during this year’s annual Singles’ Day shopping extravaganza,…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Jakucho Setouchi, a Buddhist nun and one of Japan’s best-known authors known for novels depicting…