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By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Universities that adopted COVID-19 vaccine mandates this fall have seen widespread compliance. That’s true even…

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare enrollees who take expensive medicines could save thousands of dollars a…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say no toxic chemicals at levels hazardous to human health have been found at a junkyard fire in Philadelphia that…

By MEHDI EL-AREM Associated Press AGAREB, Tunisia (AP) — New clashes have broken out between residents and police in the Tunisian city of Agareb,…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A charity operating a rescue ship with 306 migrants aboard says after days of waiting at sea…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse took the stand in his murder trial, acknowledging he used deadly force when…

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — One of New Jersey’s most powerful elected Democrats has conceded that he lost reelection…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden has used her first solo White House event as first lady to highlight the challenges…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s National Court has decided to extradite the former security chief of late Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez to the United…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A coalition of 10 states has filed a lawsuit challenging a new rule by President Joe…

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The Cuban Foreign Ministry has summoned hundreds of foreign diplomats to a meeting where it…

LONDON, Ky. (AP) — The charge against a 61-year-old man accused of holding a 16-year-old girl captive until a driver on a Kentucky interstate…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister has toured a Baghdad neighborhood on foot days after he escaped an…

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian prime minister has warned Israel that its refusal to accept a…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press A New Jersey gym owner who punched a police officer during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S.…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities say they have approved plans to have a COVID-19 booster shot for all who would want one. Health ministers from…

BOSTON (AP) — Investigators trying to learn why a commercial fishing boat sank off Massachusetts nearly a year ago are using some high-tech…

By DAVID A. LIEB and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Gerrymandering is surging in states where legislatures are in charge of redrawing voting…

By MICHAEL HILL, JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s attorney general has released hundreds of…

PARIS (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and French President Emmanuel Macron have agreed that France and the United States are ready to work…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Another round of violence across the northwest and central parts of Nigeria has led to the…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus says it it will seek European Union approval to stop processing asylum…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department has announced it’s levying sanctions against two senior Cambodian military officials for…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Attorneys for former Raiders player Henry Ruggs III are fighting to keep his medical records out of…

BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Myanmar has heard closing arguments in the case of Danny Fenster, a U.S. journalist jailed in Myanmar for more than five…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge has ruled that prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh must stay in jail…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A businessman accused of siphoning off millions in state contracts from Venezuela met secretly with…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Constitutional Court has ruled that three pro-democracy activists who called for reform…

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Just days before the CMA Awards, artists, academics and historians gathered in…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is stepping up pressure on Russia over a buildup of troops along its…

Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A man has been arrested for setting fire to some banners at a temporary memorial honoring the 49 victims who…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Several countries and companies have announced plans to stop selling cars that run on…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy is expanding the number of people eligible for a booster vaccine as the 4th wave in…

By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse testified Wednesday that he was under attack…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A new survey has found what organizers say is a lack of awareness in Britain about the…

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s prime minister, who announced his resignation after…

By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Before she became one of the most popular Argentine singers of the last year, María Becerra…

ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Paraguayan police say they have detained two Germans and a Chilean suspected of killing a German man and his daughter in…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s top court in a surprise move has questioned the prime minister over his peace talks…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Crystal is not ready to say goodbye to “Mr. Saturday Night.” The comic icon has…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama boy who weighed less than a pound at birth after his mother went into labor at only 21 weeks and one day of…

By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden will host talks next week in…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British lawmaker is defending his 400,000-pound ($540,000) a year second job, as calls grow for a…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LE PECQ, France (AP) — A prime-time address to the nation by French President Emmanuel Macron sounded very much…

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s ambassadors who were recently asked to leave Bahrain and Saudi Arabia amid an unprecedented diplomatic spat with Gulf…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Ferries in Greece are to remain tied up in port for two days after unions declared a 48-hour strike. The strike which began…

By SHONAL GANGULY and ALTAF QADRI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — A vast stretch of one of India’s most sacred rivers, the Yamuna, is covered…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Elton John has formally received one of the highest awards that can be bestowed by Queen Elizabeth II.…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say nearly 83% of hospital beds designated for COVID-19 patients are filled,…

By BRITTANY PETERSON and SAM METZ Associated Press DENVER (AP) — More places around the U.S. are eyeing the practice of recycling wastewater for…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A worsening surge of inflation for such bedrock necessities as food, rent, autos and…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to a new pandemic low 267,000…

By DARKO BANDIC Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Despite its infection surge, Croatia is becoming a new favored destination for Russians…

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — COVID-19 has had a staggering impact on the sheriff’s department in Broward County, Florida. During a memorial service…

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man who left his 19-month-old daughter to die in a burning car during a police chase was given 28 years…

NEW YORK (AP) — Two Washington Post reporters are working on a biography of George Floyd, from his family history in the tobacco fields of North…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Lawyers for a British newspaper publisher say the Duchess of Sussex crafted a letter to her…

By KATIE WORKMAN Associated Press For lovers of Advent calendars, there are lots of new offerings to count down to Christmas. Show up with one for…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and THEODORA TONGAS Associated Press OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — Microsoft has launched a digital immersive tour at the ancient…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A top Taliban official has urged former Afghan military pilots to remain in the country, saying…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has stepped down after seven years in office. Lofven will continue as as caretaker…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — An Italian judge has issued an international arrest warrant for the Israeli grandfather of a…

By ZEKE MILLER and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The campaign to vaccinate elementary school age children in the U.S. is off to a…

PRAGUE (AP) — Czech prosecutors have asked the newly-elected lower house of Parliament to lift Prime Minister Andrej Babis’ immunity from…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations says Ethiopian authorities have arrested and detained some 70 truck drivers…

By LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Former French President François Hollande has testified at the trial of 14 men accused of helping in…

By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The leaders of Malaysia and Indonesia have urged military-ruled Myanmar to resolve its…

By CHANELLE BESSETTE of NerdWallet Cryptocurrency banking allows consumers to hold and spend cryptocurrency such as bitcoin, litecoin and ether. Card…

By ALEX NISHIMOTO Edmunds Introduced for 2021, the Volkswagen ID.4 is the German automaker’s first all-electric SUV and part of a new wave of…

BERLIN (AP) — The German government’s panel of independent economic advisers has cut its 2021 growth prediction for Europe’s biggest economy to…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — A top European Union court has rejected Google’s appeal of a 2.4 billion euro fine from…