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By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — One of Brazil’s most popular singers and a Latin Grammy winner died on Friday in an…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A prosecutor says a woman charged in connection with the death of her 8-year-old son, whose…

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — NASCAR has denounced its association with the “Let’s go, Brandon” political cry…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to hear appeals from two doctors who were convicted of illegally distributing pain medication after…

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers says he sought alternative treatments instead of the NFL-endorsed…

CATSKILL, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say an upstate New York man is in grave condition at a hospital after police used a Taser to subdue him and he…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The astronauts who will depart the International Space Station on Sunday will be…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The company that runs a for-profit immigration jail in Washington state has suspended its detainee…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his husband Chasten are publicly celebrating their…

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Court hearings have been set for Nov. 12 for two Iowa teens charged with murder in the death…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press The long-standing practice of allowing attorneys to dismiss prospective jurors without giving a reason has come…

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An effort by prosecutors at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial to portray one of the men he shot…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian government says it will raise the national flag again all federal buildings after the…

By DAN CHRISTIAN ROJAS Associated Press PUERTO MORELOS, Mexico (AP) — The shooting of two suspected drug dealers at a resort on Mexico’s…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON The Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A stabbing death in Florida is fueling criticism of the federal government’s handling of…

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal agents searched the New York homes of people tied to the conservative group Project Veritas months after the group received…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has called for an end to the intensifying and expanding…

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana congressman has regained control of his office Twitter account after deleting a post about a transgender Biden…

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska State Troopers say a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter has rescued seven people who had been iced in since last week at a…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The state of Florida’s ban on coronavirus mask mandates in schools will stay in…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Sacramento have arrested a man suspected of committing a series of violent sexual assaults by using DNA…

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A prosecutor investigating accusations that former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo groped a woman…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy was supposed to help President Joe Biden and Democrats, but as of late it’s been…

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved a $1 trillion package of road and other infrastructure projects after…

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A young South Florida man has been convicted of fatally stabbing a 13-year-old boy during a sleepover. The Palm Beach…

By SARAH RANKIN and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va (AP) — Republican Glenn Youngkin spent months talking to voters about his plans to…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge has entered not guilty pleas on tax evasion charges on behalf of Derek Chauvin, the…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An organization that hosted the dissection of a human body for a ticket-buying audience says it had a contract saying the…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police have clashed in Athens with protesting firefighters demanding job contracts in…

Associated Press The spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians has been released from a New York hospital and is expected to fly home to Turkey…

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Jonathan Johnson spent weeks on a ventilator battling COVID-19, then decided to get married — in the hospital. The…

ASSOCIATED PRESS TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A truck driver who ousted the powerful New Jersey Senate president in the election has apologized for social…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Justice Department official who aligned himself with Donald Trump after he lost…

By BARRY WILNER AP Sports Writer Scott Hamilton always will be known as an Olympic gold medalist. Another part of his legacy is establishing a place…

By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At 55, Salma Hayek says she came to feel like the mother of some castmates in…

By JEFFREY COLLINS and MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The United States is steadily chipping away at vaccine hesitancy and driving down COVID-19…

BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Aaron Feuerstein has died at age 95 after a life in which he gained fame for continuing to pay workers at his Massachusetts…

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian health officials say a 13-year-old boy was shot and killed by Israeli fire during clashes in the occupied…

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A confidential Israeli dossier detailing alleged links between Palestinian human rights groups…

By TERRY TANG Associated Press One of the hottest clubs in Hollywood is run by “Crazy Rich Asians” actor Jimmy O. Yang and his producing…

By DAN PARKS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Angela Williams has taken the helm of the nation’s largest charity with a…

BANGKOK (AP) — Testimony by prosecution witnesses in the case of a U.S. journalist detained in Myanmar for more than five months has established…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A prosecutor says a 22-year-old man dressed in battle gear fired at least 20 shots outside and…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say one protester has been killed and scores of people were injured, most of…

BILLERICA, Mass. (AP) — Human remains found in a Massachusetts river have been positively identified as those of a 17-year-old girl who went…

ATLANTA (AP) — The son of R&B legend Gladys Knight has been sentenced to serve two years in prison for failing to withhold payroll taxes for…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The University of Florida is reversing its position, saying it will allow three professors…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan says it will pay $300,000 to the only employee who was fired as a result of…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — After nearly a century on its lofty perch, the northern mockingbird may be singing…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party has received less than 50%…

BERLIN (AP) — A Russian diplomat has died in Berlin in what the Russian Embassy has called a “tragic accident.” It said the incident involving…

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani lawyer says his client, a Czech model sentenced in 2019 to eight years in prison on charges of attempting to…

By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include an album from the superstar duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, the film…

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s parliament has approved new labor laws on working from home. The regulations introduce additional protection…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has filed charges of espionage and attempted state overthrow against five people who were allegedly part of a hackers…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles officials say a city utility worker was electrocuted while working in an underground electrical vault. The…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A trendy Zimbabwean restaurant has reopened but without an appearance by a South African…

By MATTHEW LEE and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has named a new coordinator for its investigation into…

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press Fears and unfounded rumors about COVID-19 vaccines have spread among Peru’s Indigenous people, who are about…

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s parliament has approved a reworded bill to allow euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s health minister has signed an order granting single women, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people access to medically…

By SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Young people both inside and outside the U.N. climate talks are…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The United Kingdom has rejected European Union proposals to streamline the trade of goods in…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian Red Cross official says seven more bodies have been recovered from a high-rise…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan says it will ease border controls beginning Monday for fully vaccinated travelers excluding…

By DAVID A. LIEB, GEOFF MULVIHILL and ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The attorneys general of 27 states have filed…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities have seized four plots of land owned by the youngest son of…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis will travel to Greece and the eastern Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus on a…

By DARKO BANDIC Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian authorities will limit gatherings and widen the use of COVID-19 passes to curb…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations’ top human rights official has condemned actions by military leaders in…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Latvian parliament has given employers the go-ahead to dismiss employees who are required to get vaccinated against…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer says its experimental pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by…

By NICO GARRIGA and THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press GRANVILLE, France (AP) — French fisherman Hermann Outrequin gave up his fishing company job and…