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By ROB GILLIES Associated Press HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Canada’s health regulator has approved Pfizer’s kid-size COVID-19 shot. Health…

By SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The European Union has praised the opening of a new migrant facility Friday…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press President Joe Biden plans to nominate two new members to the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors. It’s a…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The decades-long odyssey to find the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa apparently has turned…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer With an Emmy win and a hit Apple TV+ series under his belt, Jason Sudeikis is having one big year. The show, of…

SMITHSBURG, Md. (AP) — Maryland State Police have identified four people found fatally shot after a police chase near the Pennsylvania state line.…

BERLIN (AP) — NATO’s chief says the alliance is closely monitoring an unusual concentration of Russian forces on the border with Ukraine.…

CHICAGO (AP) — The mother of a University of Chicago student who was fatally shot near campus last week flew to the city from China to talk about…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press Seven Native American tribes are asking the University of Alabama to return nearly 6,000 human remains and artifacts…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has formally declared the word “squaw” to…

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua’s government has announced that it will withdraw from the Organization of American States, a regional body…

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has issued emergency use advice for using Merck’s COVID-19 pill, even though the oral medicine has…

By EVA VERGARA and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chileans are voting for president Sunday with a mix of dread, optimism…

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Union’s drug regulator says it’s started evaluating the coronavirus pill made by Pfizer Inc. to see if it…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Senate Democrats will oppose the reappointment of Jerome Powell as chair of the…

BERLIN (AP) — Google says it has signed agreements with several large German publishers to avoid copyright disputes over the use of their material.…

By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A jury has completed the first day of deliberations in a civil trial of white…

By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Emails obtained by The Associated Press show that Tennessee Gov.…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Frozen vials labeled “Smallpox” that were discovered in a freezer at a vaccine research facility in Pennsylvania “contain…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration is considering new measures to protect a ground-dwelling bird…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A rare first printing of the U.S. Constitution has sold at Sotheby’s in New York for $43.2…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Photographer Mick Rock, whose iconic portraits of rock stars saw him dubbed “the man who shot the…

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thais flocked to rivers and lakes to release small floats adorned with flowers and candles in…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Officials say an earthquake with magnitude 5.1 has jolted Erzurum province in eastern Turkey, demolishing a number of houses…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD, MATTHEW PERRONE and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is opening COVID-19 vaccine boosters to all…

By ALBERTO ARCE Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities are trying to locate a group of Dutch tourists who left a hotel where they were…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish authorities say there are no more migrants camping along the Belarus side of the…

LONDON (AP) — The British government says it intends to ban the Palestinian militant group Hamas as a terrorist organization. The military wing of…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Job candidates rarely know when hidden artificial intelligence tools are rejecting their resumes or…

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer The tennis player who disappeared after accusing a former top Chinese official of sexually assaulting her is known…

JERUSALEM (AP) — A British heavy machinery company has denied allegations by an international rights group that it is complicit in alleged Israeli…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian officials say the country is introducing stricter controls at border crossings, requiring everyone to register…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge has convicted a white Kansas City police officer of involuntary…

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden remains “healthy” and “vigorous” and fit for duty, but is showing…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is awaiting a firm counterproposal from the United Kingdom to ease a standoff…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made a surprise announcement that he…

LONDON (AP) — British police say the homemade bomb that killed a man in a taxi in Liverpool contained ball bearings and would have caused…

BEIJING (AP) — The disappearance of tennis star Peng Shuai in China following her accusations of sexual assault against a former top Communist…

By MAHMOUD ILLEAN and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Vandals have slashed tires on nearly a dozen Palestinian-owned vehicles…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The head of the European Central Bank is doubling down on the message that it’s…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV says that thousands of farmers in central Iran have joined a protest demanding authorities open a dam to…

LONDON (AP) — Two women and two children have died in a house fire in London. The fire brigade says around 40 firefighters and six fire engines…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The head of Germany’s disease control agency said Friday that the country has entered into a…

BEIJING (AP) — China is threatening to retaliate against Lithuania after the Baltic nation allowed Taiwan to open a representative office in its…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have reported a record number of coronavirus deaths for a third day in a row. Russia’s state coronavirus task…

By ELOGE WILLY KANEZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States has ended a sanctions program for Burundi, saying circumstances have…

BY MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is calling on African nations to heed warnings…

By ARITZ PARRA and RENATA BRITO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities say a group of 39 Palestinians is seeking asylum in Spain after…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says it scrambled fighter jets to respond to a group of Russian and Chinese warplanes that entered its air…

By EMILY SCHULTHEIS and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austria has announced a national lockdown and a plan to mandate…

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Aaron Curry was known a decade ago as an NFL bust. He was the No. 4 pick of the 2009 draft and…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The task force in charge of Taiwan’s COVID-19 response has acknowledged that the island…

By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Afghanistan is facing a looming humanitarian crisis as aid organizations…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s Foreign Ministry is sticking to its line that it isn’t aware of the controversy surrounding tennis professional…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A surprising disclosure in Malaysian Parliament that former Prime Minister Najib Razak has asked to be given a house…

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say seven migrants have been killed and eight others injured after the driver of the vehicle they…

By MARIA CHENG and FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — When the coronavirus first emerged last year, health officials feared the…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leader Kevin McCarthy seized control of the House floor for more than…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press HODMEZOVASARHELY, Hungary (AP) — An independent conservative candidate for prime minister in Hungary is vowing to…

By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa is engrossed in debate over the legacy of apartheid’s last president, F.W. de…

By MANU FERNÁNDEZ and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press GUADALAJARA, Spain (AP) — For decades, family members of the tens of thousands victims of…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s once rapidly growing economy is taking another hit tied to its yearlong war, with…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks closed mostly lower on Wall Street Friday, though gains for several tech companies…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — A towering wooden screen once blackened with soot from worshippers’ candles is…

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian southern state will hold elections Saturday in a test for Prime Minister…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Polls show that a strong majority of Democrats and a majority of the American public…

By JASON DEAREN Associated Press Many Florida prison guards openly tout associations with white supremacist groups to intimidate inmates and Black…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Thousands of Afghans have applied for temporary admission into the U.S. for humanitarian…

By JASON DEAREN Associated Press Some Florida prison guards openly tout associations with white supremacist groups to intimidate inmates and Black…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet has approved a record 56 trillion yen, or $490 billion stimulus package,…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal raid on a small household marijuana garden on tribal land in northern New Mexico is…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and JUAN PABLO ARRAEZ Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Zoe Martano is no stranger to misery. The 6-year-old…

By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse has been acquitted of all charges after…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that he would repeal the controversial agriculture…

By DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer Australia’s test cricket captain has quit after being investigated by Cricket Australia for sending explicit text…