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MOSCOW (AP) — A liberal Russian politician has lost another appeal against election officials’ decision to bar him from running in next month’s…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press Federal investigators say the city of Pittsburgh did not adequately maintain or repair a bridge, leading to the…

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has ruled that the man accused of killing seven people and injuring dozens more at a…

LA PARAGUA, Venezuela (AP) — Officials say an illegally operated open-pit gold mine has collapsed in central Venezuela while dozens of people were…

By KEN MILLER Associated Press Police in Mesquite, Texas, say a student who carried a gun to school had intended to harm other people before police…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee woman who posted photos on Instagram that appear to show her 5-year-old daughter helping her apply wax to adult…

By AAMER MADHANI and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Joe Biden is spotlighting his efforts to cancel billions of…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor has described former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, at the start of…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers are advancing legislation that would define who is considered female and…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — European diplomats in Belarus have condemned the trial of a Catholic activist in Minsk…

MARION, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa school board has resolved a lawsuit over a now-rescinded district policy that let students request a gender support…

By MARIA CHENG Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Whales sing loud enough that the sound travels through the ocean. But how they do that has been a…

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press The financially struggling Metropolitan Opera will present 18 productions in 2024-25, matching the current season and…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Love can blossom in the strangest of places, even in a post-apocalyptic world where…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A new entry in the “Avatar” franchise is about to soar and James Cameron has no part in…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private U.S. lunar lander reached the moon and eased into a low orbit Wednesday, a…

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel says it has found evidence of…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — James Biden has arrived for a private interview on Capitol Hill as part of House…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated press ROME (AP) — One of the first women who accused a once-exalted Jesuit artist of spiritual, psychological and…

By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer For as long as schools have policed hairstyles as part of their dress codes, some students have seen the…

LONDON (AP) — Futuristic London landmark the BT Tower is to become a hotel. Owner BT Group PLC said Wednesday that it has agreed to sell the tower…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Beyond Meat is revamping its signature plant-based burger, hoping that healthier ingredients will help it boost…

By R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — For years, churches and nonprofits have banded together money to bail out people from jail, often in…

NEW YORK (AP) — The new book from bestselling author Alice Paul Tapper, daughter of CNN anchor Jake Tapper, was inspired by a near-fatal health…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The German government says Europe’s largest economy is in “troubled waters.”…

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania has decided to seal off another two of its six checkpoints with Belarus amid growing tensions with its eastern…

By MORGAN LEE Associate Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors in New Mexico want more accountability for the 2021 death of a cinematographer who…

By DIANE JEANTET and ELEONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Foreign ministers of the Group of 20 nations are gathering in Rio de…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries have agreed on a new package of sanctions against Russia. The…

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia has announced a defense deal with Turkey that includes support for the Horn of…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Investigators have largely confirmed the contents of a grisly Mexican drug cartel video showing gunmen shooting, kicking and…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A new report says activists want stricter regulations of short-term rentals in Puerto…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish authorities are voicing grave concerns after slogans praising Russian President…

By KIM COOK Associated Press Dark paint hues have a bad rap as gloomy and depressing. More likely they’re bringing a room good vibes, whatever…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Emergency services in the Netherlands say two people have died and two others are injured after part of a bridge…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United States said Wednesday the United Nations’ top court should not issue…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The head of a renewable energy subsidiary of Japan’s top refiner, Eneos Holdings, has been fired…

By JOSH JACQUOT Edmunds Edmunds answers five of the most crucial questions about buying an EV. Starting with the financial realities of EVs we guide…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations says more than $400 million is needed for western Afghanistan to recover and…

LONDON (AP) — The Foreign Office says Britain has issued sanctions against six people who led the penal colony where Russian opposition leader…

By WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Hundreds of people living in an Indian state bordering Myanmar have protested the Indian…

By SARAH SCHLICHTER of NerdWallet Pet insurance can help you handle unexpected vet bills, but it won’t pay for everything. Before you buy a policy,…

PARIS (AP) — Striking workers have again closed down the Eiffel Tower. It’s the third day running that the landmark expected to be at the…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and Nikki Haley will face off Saturday in South Carolina’s first-in-the-South…

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The eldest son of Cambodia’s long-serving autocratic leader has won approval from lawmakers to have his youngest…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Across the United States, chronic worker shortages have led many companies to invest in…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Across the United States, chronic worker shortages have led many companies to invest in…

BACOLOD, Philippines (AP) — A farm truck carrying villagers in the central Philippines drove off a cliff in an accident that left 14 passengers…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has asked India to play a leading role in building…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order and create a new federal rule aimed…

LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers are seeking reassurances about the nation’s nuclear deterrent after reports that a test of the system failed…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden is set to announce $100 million in funding for research and development into…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The Biden administration is wading into a contentious debate about whether the most powerful artificial…

MADRID (AP) — Hundreds of farmers are driving their tractors towards central Madrid as part of ongoing protests against European Union and local…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Lawyers for the American government are to tell a London court why they think Julian Assange should…

By The Associated Press The mother of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has filed a lawsuit at a court in the Arctic city of Salekhard…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s industry minister has chided the president of the utility that runs the Fukushima nuclear…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Israeli sabotage attack on an Iranian natural gas pipeline caused the…

By ALTAF QADRI and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press SHAMBHU, India (AP) — Police have fired tear gas at thousands of Indian farmers who resumed their…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan has reported its exports surged nearly 12% in January, helped by robust demand for vehicles,…

By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Israeli strikes hit a neighborhood of the Syrian capital Wednesday morning, Syrian state TV…

BEIJING (AP) — Heavy snow has blanketed northern and central China, disrupting traffic and forcing schools to cancel classes. Flights and intercity…

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed Wednesday after technology shares led Wall Street broadly lower on Tuesday,…

By MANUEL VALDES Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard is embarking on one of its most unique missions yet in Puget Sound: a pilot…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A curious criminal case involving handwritten lyrics to the classic rock megahit “Hotel…

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s Republican lawmakers are far from coasting through this…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has officially ordered thousands of striking doctors to return to work…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Jury selection is set to begin for the trial of a Connecticut state trooper who fired seven gunshots into a stopped…

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press Authorities say they are set to file a murder charge against a man after the body of an 11-year-old girl was…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Tucker Carlson asked Vladimir Putin about his reasons for invading Ukraine two…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Earlier this month, when Tucker Carlson asked Vladimir Putin about his reasons for…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Occupants of the White House have grumbled over news coverage practically since the place was…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Kateryna Dmytryk had been waiting for this moment for almost two years — nearly all of…

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Emily Hollenbeck lived with a recurring depression she likened to a black hole, where gravity felt…

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — While France hosts grandiose ceremonies commemorating D-Day, Missak Manouchian and his Resistance…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Kateryna Dmytryk had been waiting for this moment for almost two years — nearly all of…

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Emily Hollenbeck lived with a deep, recurring depression she likened to a black hole, where…

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With election season already underway, some state election officials are expressing…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A China-born Australian democracy blogger will not appeal his suspended death sentence…