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NEW YORK (AP) — One of the country’s most acclaimed and innovative literary magazines is shutting down. The Believer was founded nearly 20 years…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the third time this year, Senate Democrats tried to pass sweeping elections legislation…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI agent has testified that authorities found a trash bag of shredded documents, thousands of…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A neurologist who already faces rape charges in New York and New Jersey…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The leading candidates for Virginia governor have gone quiet on commitments both previously…

DALLAS (AP) — Authorities in Dallas say a man shot into an apartment and hit a gas line, causing an explosion that injured seven people, including…

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s state media says the United Arab Emirates’ crown prince has received a rare telephone call from Syrian…

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — The owner of a Louisiana livestock business has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $76,000 in federal coronavirus farm aid.…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities in Belarus have raided the offices of the country’s top independent newspaper…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Teachers, auto mechanics and retirees in Georgia are being questioned one by one to determine…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve reports that the economy was facing a number of headwinds at the…

By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia prosecutors who are pursuing the case against a man accused of raping a woman on…

GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — The trial of a former Nevada prison inmate accused of the 1984 killing of a suburban Denver woman has ended in a mistrial…

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden is speaking candidly about the challenges of her job as first lady. She was at a…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The FBI and a family attorney say items believed to belong to Brian Laundrie and…

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman after she called 911 to report…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A fire chief in Florida has been fired for insubordination. Battalion Chief Stephen Davis wouldn’t discipline employees…

BERLIN (AP) — Center-left lawmaker Baerbel Bas is set to become the new speaker of Germany’s parliament. She would replace conservative veteran…

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama prosecutor says he has no plans to dismiss an indictment in an unusual ransom plot involving a stolen Confederate…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa has started giving COVID-19 vaccinations to adolescents aged between 12 and…

CAIRO (AP) — State-run media says a head-on vehicle collision left at least 19 people dead and one other injured just outside the Egyptian capital…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The race for city attorney in heavily liberal Seattle is offering voters a stark choice: A…

By AMY TAXIN and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Records show the Coast Guard received multiple reports of a possible…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s company is under criminal investigation by a district attorney in a New York City suburb into…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A $650 million plan would give the Los Angeles Zoo a theme park-style transformation over the next 20 years. The Los Angeles…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Hugo Chávez’s former bodyguard is scheduled to be released from prison in the coming months…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The NFL is kicking off a $6.2 million campaign for problem gambling programs across the…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Biden administration has dealt a serious blow to the proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The only Michigan official fired in the Flint water disaster likely was a “public scapegoat” who…

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Amherst College says it will no longer give admissions preference to the children of alumni. The liberal arts college…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Maldives’ environment minister says a failure to limit…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — More than half of the European Union member states have formally opposed soccer’s Super League…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Parliament says it’s preparing legal action against the EU’s executive arm…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it will spend $120 million to boost access to generic versions of…

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University is short of help and pleading with staff to volunteer in campus dining halls. The Lansing…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer A new Alzheimer’s drug from Biogen brought in only $300,000 in sales during its first full quarter on the market. It…

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has ordered R&B superstar R. Kelly to stand trial in Chicago on child pornography and obstruction of justice…

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An associate of Rudy Giuliani has told a federal judge that he will not testify at his own trial.…

ROME (AP) — Dozens of former flight attendants from defunct Italian airline Alitalia have stripped off their uniforms, wearing only undergarments…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia has introduced COVID passes for indoor venues in late evening hours following weeks of surging infections and…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bitcoin stormed above $66,000 for the first time on Wednesday, riding a wave of excitement about…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Companies are confronting demands by hourly workers on terms that often used to be…

COVINGTON, Ga. (AP) — Officials in Georgia say one worker was killed and two seriously injured when part of a bridge collapsed into a river during…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A military veteran best known as the helicopter pilot who was shot down and held prisoner…

By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s state news agency reports the government has raised the price of fuel by about 25%.…

By BABACAR DIONE and CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s navy seized more than 2 tons of cocaine from a ship…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The few mortal remains of a World War II British air gunner have been formally buried in a…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A think tank says Australia is the worst climate performer among comparable developed…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu of Canada has been named as the winner of the 40,000-euro ($45,000)…

By JOHN MARSHALL Associated Press NEKOOSA, Wis. (AP) — A classic golf course — the Lido — is being resurrected 1,000 miles from the original…

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — A teenager held in the killing of a South Florida police officer has a lengthy criminal record. His arrest report says…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s competition watchdog fined Facebook 50.5 million pounds ($69.4 million) on Wednesday for violating rules during the UK…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been awarded the European Union’s top…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press More than a dozen Senate Democrats are imploring President Joe Biden and congressional leaders to keep a…

By ZEKE MILLER and LINDSEY TANNER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Kids aged 5 to 11 will soon be able to get a COVID-19 shot at their…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel says it will increase the number of Palestinian workers it permits to enter its territory from the Gaza Strip.…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — With coronavirus cases rising in Britain, the government is urging millions of people to get booster…

By BRYNN ANDERSON and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Police in Atlanta say a woman is dead and a suspected gunman has been killed…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will require police officers, firefighters and other…

By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet Travel in the COVID-19 era is anything but predictable. Don’t get caught off guard by flight cancellations,…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian police officers have fired tear gas at protesters in Lagos, the country’s…

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Three people were killed and two others critically wounded in a shooting at a home in a southeastern Wisconsin city, and…

ROME (AP) — Retired Pope Benedict XVI has said he hopes to soon join a beloved professor friend in “the afterlife.” Benedict penned an Oct. 2…

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Germany say police have searched 14 premises across the country in connection with a suspected far-right extremist…