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By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands’ biggest pension fund says it will stop investing in companies that…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Angela Merkel took a step closer to political retirement Tuesday after…

BEIJING (AP) — Police in Wuhan, China, say they are searching for a man who killed seven people then jumped off a bridge in the city. Local reports…

By MARCY GORDON and MATT O’BRIEN AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators have put executives of YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on the…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are lower after Australia reported unexpectedly strong inflation,…

By SARAH EL DEEB and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — For eight months, a relatively obscure Lebanese judge has been quietly…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government says it will expand a vaccine mandate to include thousands…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli Foreign Ministry official says the country is sending an envoy to Washington…

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong has convicted a second person under its sweeping national security law for chanting pro-independence slogans, amid a…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A Seoul hospital says former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo has died. He was 88.…

By RYAN PEARSON and GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood professionals say they’re baffled by the circumstances of the…

By JIM MUSTIAN and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press MONROE, La. (AP) — As the Louisiana State Police reel from a federal investigation into the…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, EMILY SWANSON and NATHAN ELLGREN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of Americans regard the deteriorating climate…

By JIM MUSTIAN and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press MONROE, La. (AP) — As the Louisiana State Police reel from a federal investigation into the…

By JAY REEVES Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An 82-year-old Black woman who became a civil rights pioneer when she was arrested for…

By LISA MASCARO and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is zeroing in on a package of clean energy strategies for…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will tighten COVID-19 restrictions despite its lack of outbreaks to align with China’s…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A TikTok star with nearly a million online followers pleaded not guilty on Monday to shooting and killing his newly estranged wife…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press To help pay for his big economic and social agenda, President Joe Biden is looking to go where the big money is and…

By LISA MASCARO, AAMER MADHANI and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s big domestic policy bill is now half its…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Details are still emerging about how Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed a cinematographer on a…

By ZEKE MILLER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S.…

By COLLEEN LONG, RACHEL LA CORTE and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican secretary of state who challenged former President…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities have identified the suspect in a Boise, Idaho mall shooting as 27-year-old Jacob…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A powerful atmospheric river storm that swept through California set rainfall records…

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Brian Johnson kicked a 33-yard field goal with 1:56 remaining in his NFL debut, and the New Orleans…

By LISA MASCARO and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is zeroing in on a package of clean energy strategies for…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Princess Mako says she will “walk together” in a new life with her husband after they…

By EILEEN NG and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Southeast Asian leaders have begun their annual summit without Myanmar…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. human rights investigator says Iran executed over 250 people, including at least…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In an effort to ease congestion at the nation’s busiest port complex, officials say they will start fining shipping companies…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister says the country is set to reduce emissions by 35% below…

By COLLEEN LONG, RACHEL LA CORTE and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican secretary of state who challenged former President…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has announced the appointment of former U.N.…

By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros are in the World Series for the third time in five years. They go into Game 1…

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — The only bidder for management of Georgia’s Confederate-themed park is a new firm created by an official of the…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The judge who oversaw the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin said Monday that he will make the…

By ZEKE MILLER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S.…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has denied a request from Chicago to extend an order barring the president of the police…

MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida man has been convicted of posting bomb-making instructions on the internet for people who he believed were Islamic…

By SEAN MURPHY The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has blocked three anti-abortion laws that were scheduled to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials are extending until mid-January its rules that cruise ships must follow to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks.…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — U.S. Rep. Don Young is seeking a 26th term in the U.S. House, but in 2022, he will face a challenger with strong name…

KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Police say four people remain hospitalized, two in critical condition, after a weekend drag racing crash that killed two…

By KANTELE FRANKO Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed more of the unsettled lawsuits filed by men who say Ohio…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of households receiving emergency rental assistance has increased steadily in recent…

By SEAN MURPHY The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge in Oklahoma says the state can move forward with scheduled lethal…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Despite noises, flashing lights and video clips, the casino floor of today is not all…

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — A man in the U.S. state of Wyoming allegedly tried getting out of a drunken driving charge by claiming his 4-year-old son was…

By The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Bluegrass musician and singer Sonny Osborne, whose fast banjo licks turned “Rocky Top” into a…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — First lady Jill Biden visited South Carolina on Monday, promoting efforts toward finding a…

MIAMI (AP) — Florida police say a high school student was ambushed and stabbed to death with a knife and sword by another student who was angry he…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judicial inquiry has begun into the death of Eric Garner. Garner’s dying cry of “I…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium is poised to reinforce pandemic measures in an attempt to stunt the sharp increase of coronavirus cases, with officials…

By ACACIA CORONADO Report for America/Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed redrawn voting maps that pave a safer…

By REBECCA BOONE and KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Police in Boise, Idaho, say two people were killed and four injured in a…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge has concluded that two neo-Nazi group members intended to engage in…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s top lawyer has filed suit against the Biden administration seeking to restore a…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Local authorities and police say at least 18 worshippers have been killed by gunmen who…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has suspended $700 million in financial assistance to Sudan…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee state senator and a Nashville social club owner have…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say they believe Iran was behind the drone attack last week…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Treasury Department has hired a former JPMorgan Chase executive to head a new government…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The final giant chunk of an overturned cargo ship has been removed from waters along the coast…

By LISA MASCARO, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democrats’ idea for a new billionaires’ tax to help…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The founder of a far-right anti-government group says a report estimating the…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press Tumbling COVID-19 case counts have some schools around the U.S. considering relaxing their mask rules, but…

By DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Facebook and Instagram have removed from their platforms a live broadcast that Brazil’s…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The National Labor Relations Board says there’s sufficient interest to form a union at…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A family lawyer says the initial autopsy on the remains of Brian Laundrie did not…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press Congressional investigators say two Border Patrol agents were fired from among 60 found to have committed…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Hertz has announced that it will buy 100,000 electric vehicles from Tesla. It’s one of the…

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s president says he will not extend the state of emergency that had been imposed across the country for more than four years.…

COLUMBUS, OHIO (AP) — Ohio printed out 35,000 new license plates before realizing a banner depicted on the plate was attached to the wrong end of…

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman says the U.S. conspiracy conviction of the notorious…

By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press HUIXTLA, Mexico (AP) — More than 2,000 mostly Central American migrants were walking along a highway in…