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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A U.S. judge has set a two-week deadline for a Libyan military commander to answer questions in a lawsuit accusing him of…

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A prominent Bill Cosby accuser has filed suit Thursday against the actor over a 1990 hotel…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Greece are expanding a defense cooperation deal that will grant…

By EMILIO SANABRIA and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press HERNANDARIAS, Paraguay (AP) — The gigantic Itaipu hydroelectric dam straddling the…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s military chief says that the leader of an Islamic State-linked group has…

By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Opening statements have started in the trial of the 1984 killing of a…

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — The leader of the Marxist party that carried Pedro Castillo to Peru’s presidency says it…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta discussed financial transparency as the…

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities are accusing a fugitive of selling forged paintings by contemporary artist Raymond Pettibon. They say Christian…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana State University has removed the chair of its Department of French Studies. The Advocate reports that the move…

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — A former Marine battalion commander who was relieved of his duties after making comments criticizing the U.S. withdrawal…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.’s deputy humanitarian chief says Yemen’s economy is collapsing, its…

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A Coast Guard official says the amount of crude oil spilled in an offshore pipeline…

By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Steven DuBois, an Associated Press reporter who spent two decades sharing Oregon’s…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is slated to return to New York City to provide a videotaped…

LA PORTE, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana couple who accused staffers at a La Porte elementary school of strapping their then-8-year-old autistic daughter…

By SUMMER BALLENTINE and JIM SALTER Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican Gov. Mike Parson has condemned one of Missouri’s…

ROME (AP) — It’s the end of business for Italy’s bankrupt national carrier Alitalia, and an end of an era for Italy. Alitalia is flying…

By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators say they are cracking down on what they’re calling an explosion of…

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Many Norwegians recall it all too well: politicians, residents and Norway’s royal family together…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a raft of progressive new laws in the weeks after…

By MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Industrial gas supplier Air Products has announced it will build a $4.5 billion clean…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Reproductive rights supporters are asking the Oklahoma Supreme Court to put three anti-abortion laws on hold, including…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Caesars Entertainment and the company that produces the show “Absinthe” in Las Vegas…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is on an asteroid roll as it gets set to launch a series of spacecraft to visit…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The mother of a letter carrier who shot a supervisor and a manager before killing himself in…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar says a special envoy appointed by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations canceled his…

By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — A teenager in Liberia has become a national hero after finding $50,000 on the…

By PAOLO SANTALUCIA and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A court in Naples has convicted the captain of an Italian commercial ship that…

By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ordered a “whole-of-government” response to elevated…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British police chief has resigned after sparking an outcry with comments he made about how women…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A man convicted of killing his estranged wife, her unborn child and three other people in north Alabama has been sentenced…

By EVA VERGARA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — More than 100,000 Haitians in Chile are facing a Monday deadline to regularize their…

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle’s police department is sending detectives and non-patrol staff to respond to emergency calls because of an officer…

By KAREL JANICEK Association Press PRAGUE (AP) — Czech President Milos Zeman, in hospital for days with an unspecified health problem, needs time…

ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — An animal recovery group says a large cat native to Africa that escaped from its suburban Detroit home was captured after…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press DURBAN, South Africa (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma claims he was sent to prison in July…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A top U.S. trade official says the Biden administration remains committed to an easing of rules that…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A prominent South Carolina lawyer has been charged with stealing insurance settlements…

Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Vermont family has filed a lawsuit against Disney Cruise Lines, saying their 3-year-old daughter was…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Microsoft says it is shutting down its main LinkedIn app in China later this year following tighter…

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to meet Pope Francis when he visits the Vatican later this month,…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister says he has discussed the Russian media situation in Belarus…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute says that respected Dutch climate scientist Geert Jan van Oldenborgh…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The 38-year-old actor Vicky Krieps broke out into the mainstream four years ago with her turn opposite Daniel…

By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Nurses around the U.S. are getting burned out by the COVID-19 crisis and quitting, yet…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s police say they have found the body of a Syrian migrant near the border with Belarus. The young man’s…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press A panel of U.S. health advisers has endorsed booster shots for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As kids growing up in different states, Shoba Narayan and Michael Maliakel shared a love of…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — According to a new study by the World Health Organization, only one in seven…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are set to try again to advance a sweeping elections and voting…

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Services that offer home euthanasia for pets have been busy since the pandemic led to…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry concedes upcoming climate talks are likely to fall short of…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Despite renewed attention on efforts to diversify hiring in journalism since George Floyd’s…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation at the wholesale level rose 8.6% in September compared to a year ago, the…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A work by British street artist Banksy that sensationally self-shredded just after it sold for $1.4…

By KHADIJA KOTHIA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince William has criticized some of the world’s richest men for using their wealth to fund a…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to its lowest level…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s new prime minister has presented his center-left minority government a day after a man killed five in a…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) —  A spokesman for Zimbabwe’s national parks says a 71-year old South African…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities on the Greek island of Evia say several areas ravaged by summer wildfires are being evacuated following the…

LONDON (AP) — Environmental protesters pressuring the British government to insulate all homes within a decade as a way to reduce greenhouse gas…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer The most often-repeated thing said about the Velvet Underground is Brian Eno’s quip that the band didn’t sell many…

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two politically conservative state legislators have become the go-to team of lawyers in…

By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet Buy now, pay later services are everywhere now, and they’re not just for shopping. You can split travel costs, and…

JERUSALEM (AP) — A trash bin installed next to a bus stop in Jerusalem thanks people for not littering. Drop a piece of trash in, and sensors…

BEIJING (AP) — China and Russia are holding joint naval drills off the Russian Far East in the latest sign of their growing political and military…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The consortium of journalists behind the Pegasus Project investigation into malware from Israel-based NSO Group that provided…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s Foreign Ministry has warned against what it calls possible “political manipulation” of a renewed probe by the World…

By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok, an app best known for dancing videos with 1 billion users worldwide, has also become a…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has recorded the highest daily numbers of coronavirus infections and deaths since the…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Armenia is accusing neighboring Azerbaijan of systematically promoting ethnic hatred…

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Katie Couric’s book tour, which begins in two weeks, will have some have well known guests. Live Nation…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Republican fundraising committee dedicated to flipping the House in next year’s midterm…

By ANDREA ROSA and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A Rome judge has halted the trial of four high-ranking members of Egypt’s…

BERLIN (AP) — Austrian news agency APA has reported that former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has been sworn as a member of parliament after resigning…

By BABA AHMED Associated Press TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — Many residents of Timbuktu are worried that when French troops pull out of the city in…