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By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — All signs point to a relatively solid holiday season for America’s small businesses. Yet,…

By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press The tension between Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy was hard to miss when they last met on a debate stage. “Every…

By STEPHEN GROVES and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ken Buck has gained national prominence as a Republican congressman fed up…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Voters are set to make a critical decision in next week’s Virginia legislative…

By ABBY SEWELL and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press RMEISH, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli warplanes have conducted airstrikes along the border with Lebanon…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has unveiled a sprawling exposition highlighting the nation’s accomplisments, which will run through the months leading to…

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT, MATTHEW DALY, MICHAEL HILL and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The cancellation of two large offshore wind…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Japan’s prime minister has toured a Philippine patrol ship in a symbolic show of support as Tokyo shores up regional…

By JOSH BOAK and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden made a major commitment to cultivate a relationship with…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Thousands of Iranians gathered on the streets to mark the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. embassy in Tehran, while…

By HANNA ARHIROVA and NEBI QANA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s newly appointed head of defense industry says he wants to…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Scores of athletes celebrated the opening of the Gay Games in Hong Kong despite opposition from…

By BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea’s justice minister says that the country’s former strongman leader…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The Hong Kong Roman Catholic diocese says that the leader of China’s Communist Party-sponsored…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian attacks in Ukraine have wounded at least 14 civilians as the president of the European Commission returned to the…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban are appealing to Afghanistan’s private sector to help those fleeing Pakistan’s mass deportation drive.…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stepped up his frantic diplomacy on Saturday,…

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepalese authorities say their focus is on finding survivors after a strong…

By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAM MAGDY and DAVID RISING Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is meeting with Arab…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A group of militants have targeted a training airbase in eastern Punjab province, leaving three attackers dead. That’s…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will protest a lack of transparency in China’s…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and BILL BARROW Associated Press KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — For Sat PMs — Former President Donald Trump is expanding his…

By JEFF McMURRAY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Sophee Langerman was on her way to a bicycle safety rally in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood in…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s Democratic U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer has announced that he…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles gallery installation offers a unique art-meets-data look at the eviction…

By JIM SALTER and MARC LEVY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — For Sat PMs — Most members of Congress have stood firmly behind Israel since the…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s photo voter identification law is getting implemented in local…

By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ken Mattingly, an astronaut who is best remembered for his efforts on the ground that helped…

By ALON BERNSTEIN and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press RAMLA, Israel (AP) — Hours after Hamas militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, the…

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Kimberly Mata-Rubio’s 10-year-old daughter was one of the 19 children and two…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says 15 U.N. peacekeepers in a convoy withdrawing from a rebel…

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — The 3-point shot of Dallas forward Grant Williams felt slightly off all morning in practice on the…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Officials say the U.S. Department of Justice has closed its review of the case of a drug suspect who was repeatedly…

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s President, Laurentino Cortizo, signed into law an indefinite moratorium on new mining concessions Friday. The law…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge says a former UCLA gynecologist who was sentenced to prison for sexually abusing student patients can be retried on…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Gaza director for the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says the average Gazan is…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A shortage of half-pint milk cartons is affecting school meals in cafeterias across the U.S. School officials from…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Michigan has fired Connor Stalions, the football staffer who is at the center of an NCAA investigation…

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — sA federal appeals court on Friday upheld Illinois’ prohibition on high-power…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Robert De Niro’s former top executive assistant says she found it “creepy” when the…

SAN SALVADOR (AP) — El Salvador’s top electoral court says President Nayib Bukele can run for reelection, even though the country’s…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press New York (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has denied any involvement in illegal political fundraising, but…

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police say a toddler in Las Vegas was hospitalized after finding a gun on a daycare playground that had been…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Deputy national security adviser Jon Finer; Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Va.; Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La. ___…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and KEN SWEET The Associated Press PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — The conviction of former cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press A federal judge has ordered Oregon counties to release criminal defendants from jail if they aren’t appointed an…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An autopsy suggests that the mass shooter in Lewiston, Maine, was alive and possibly on the…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court is temporarily lifting a gag order on Donald…

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Two teens have been charged as adults after investigators say they followed a Rocky Mountain College football player in his…

By MARLON GONZÁLEZ Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras has recalled its ambassador to Israel for consultations as it condemns…

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Reporter SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Officials in a suburban Chicago community have issued municipal citations to…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A stretch of street in Oakland, California, has been renamed for Tupac Shakur. The honor comes 27 years after the killing of…

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The ex-Louisville officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor during the botched 2020 police…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge has cited former President Donald Trump’s “repeated public…

By RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press A federal lawsuit alleges that Chicago-area police entered the wrong home while serving an arrest warrant in 2021…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Toyota is not advising owners of 1.9 million recalled RAV4 SUVs to park them outdoors, even though…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — New House Speaker Mike Johnson is showing what hardball partisan tactics might…

By TIA GOLDENBERG and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has deported thousands of workers to the besieged Gaza Strip, capping…

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Two more former Northwestern University football players have come forward saying they…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Former Puerto Rican boxer Félix Verdejo has received two life sentences after being found guilty in the grisly…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A fourth Republican presidential debate has been set for next month, with heightened polling…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Law enforcement officials say they found a staggering $8.5 million worth of psychedelic mushrooms during a bust in…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Election officials in Mississippi’s most populous county had to scramble to complete required poll worker training after an…

By BRENDAN FARRINGOTN Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida dentist on trial in his ex-brother-n-law’s slaying says he never…

ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities said the second of four men who escaped from a central Georgia jail last month has been captured. The Bibb County…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Less than a week after his death, a foundation has been established in the name of Matthew Perry to help people dealing with…

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem has requested guidance from the state’s Supreme Court about conflict-of-interest…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Utah prosecutors have charged a former county clerk with three felonies and other counts for…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles police say a California legislator was arrested on suspicion of drunken…

By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Tensions are high in Rio de Janeiro on the eve of the Copa Libertadores soccer final…

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A magnitude 5.6 earthquake has shaken northwestern Nepal and has been felt in  neighboring India. But there have been no…

MAINZ, Germany (AP) — German soccer club Mainz has terminated the contract of Dutch forward Anwar El Ghazi following his social media posts about…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from the National Rifle Association over comments from a former New York state…

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A judge in Virginia has ruled that a teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Even Christiane Amanpour felt it was odd that CNN’s best-known international journalist had…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers slightly changed the format of its second public meeting on the controversial Dakota Access…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Can former President Donald Trump run for his old job again after his…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Three federal judges in North Dakota have dismissed a lawsuit brought by Republican district…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether a Trump era-ban on bump stocks, the gun…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities have convicted the chief editor of a prominent independent…