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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will seek to streamline regulations and offer incentives to help make health care more accessible under two bills…

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A prosecutor has told jurors that a murder defendant acted callously in killing a 6-year-old…

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) — The boyfriend of a 20-year-old woman fatally shot in the neck when they pulled into the…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Thousands of people have rallied across Slovakia as protests intensify against a plan by the new government of…

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana state House of Representatives has unanimously passed bill that defines…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Early voting in Minnesota’s Super Tuesday presidential primary begins Friday. The…

By AYANNA ALEXANDER and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A top No Labels leader says Nikki Haley “would deserve serious…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A billionaire couple is giving $100 million to Atlanta’s Spelman College, which the women’s school…

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press When New Hampshire voters cast their ballots in Tuesday’s first-in-the-nation primary, many will do so…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court won’t reconsider former “Dances With Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press A Justice Department report details a myriad of failures by law enforcement who responded…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament has approved legislation that is intended to ease deportations of unsuccessful asylum-seekers as…

NEW YORK (AP) — An estimated 320 journalists around the world were imprisoned because of their work toward the end of 2023. That’s from the…

By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Authorities in Kenya say a donkey cart carrying a suspected improvised bomb has blown up at a…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is expected to extend current spending and keep the federal…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — New research bolsters a push to use sewage to track more diseases in the U.S. Wastewater testing…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s leading soccer club Basaksehir says it’s parted ways with Israeli player Eden Karzev following a…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is planning to visit four African countries as the Biden…

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia has decided to set up temporary facilities for handling migrant arrivals at the border with Croatia, citing a…

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal jury has convicted six alleged gang members in the 2020 fatal shooting of Chicago rapper FBG Duck. Jurors deliberated over…

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that U.S. military strikes against Iranian-back Houthi rebels…

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Issey Miyake’s fall-winter collection has transformed the runway in Paris’ Palais de Tokyo…

By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gang members have raided a key community in Haiti’s capital that is home to numerous…

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A prominent human rights group in Belarus is calling on the United Nations’ special rapporteur for human rights in the…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bitter cold weather is causing a rash of spills in the oil fields of North Dakota as well as a slowdown in production. North…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly majority leader says a GOP attempt to impeach…

By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s Karim Wade, who is the son of a former president, has renounced his French…

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Franz Welser-Möst is back on the Cleveland Orchestra’s podium, concentrating again on music…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks’ game at the Golden State Warriors scheduled for Friday night has been postponed following the…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s governing parties have assailed a resurgent far-right opposition party over a report that extremists recently met to…

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO will launch next week its biggest wargames in decades with around 90,000 personnel set to take part in months-long military…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. hit a United Arab Emirates shipping firm and its 18 vessels with sanctions after it…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The writer who accused former President Donald Trump of sexually attacking…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are highlighting the battle over abortion…

MORONI, Comoros By NAZIR NAZI Associated Press (AP) — People have barricaded streets and burned tires as violent protests continue for a second day…

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Tens of thousands of public sector workers have walked off the job across Northern Ireland. They are striking to…

BERLIN (AP) — Arnold Schwarzenegger was stopped for hours by customs at Munich Airport after entering Germany with a luxury watch that was…

AMSTERDAM (AP) — England soccer international Jordan Henderson has arrived in Amsterdam amid reports he is about to sign a deal with struggling…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police say that a suspect has been arrested in the brutal killing of an American art dealer who was the co-owner of…

BRUSSELS (AP) — European lawmakers have adopted a resolution calling for a permanent cease-fire in Israel’s war against Hamas, on the condition…

NEW DELHI (AP) — A fire official in western India says a boat has capsized in a lake and drowned 15 students and one teacher. Jitu Parmar, a fire…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Thousands of cinema lovers, Hollywood celebrities, industry executives and filmmakers from…

By COLLEEN LONG, GISELA SALOMON AND STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A major sticking point in congressional negotiations over…

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested U.S. rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine on charges of domestic…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week fell to its lowest level in more than a year,…

By The Associated Press A Russian city near the Ukrainian border canceled its traditional Orthodox Epiphany festivities on Friday due to the threat…

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — This week’s airstrikes between Iran and Pakistan that killed at least 11 people marks a…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Parliament has voted to amend the country’s constitution for the third time, removing the term “handicapped” and…

HYDERABAD, India (AP) — India’s newest airline says it will buy 150 Boeing 737 Max aircraft, in the first major announced sale for the…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Six people are wounded after gunfire broke out inside a popular shopping mall in Kansas City, Missouri. The shooting…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Taylor Swift leads the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards nominations with nine, followed closely by…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Country music star Reba McEntire will grace next month’s Super Bowl stage to…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s government says Iran arrested a Swedish citizen in his 60s in late November. The authorities did not…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has laid out a challenge to members of Parliament’s unelected…

LONDON (AP) — Prince William visited his wife Kate Thursday in a London hospital, where she is recovering after abdominal surgery. British media…

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer A year ago, anti-abortion activists from across the U.S. gathered for their annual March for Life with reason to…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A new edition of “The Hunger Games,” the first novel in Suzanne Collins’ dystopian series…

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri activists are throwing support behind a constitutional amendment to…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — “Oppenheimer” leads the race for the British Academy Film Awards, with nominations in 13…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Sheryl Sandberg, who helped to transform Facebook from a tech startup into a digital advertising empire, will…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers have approved the key 2024 state budget but it still needs approval from President Andrzej Duda, who…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in Haiti say they’re investigating allegations of sexual abuse and abuse of authority and public…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has signed a deal with the United States to purchase up to 400 Tomahawk cruise missiles as…

WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — A Wolverhampton fan was unable to celebrate his team’s late winner in an FA Cup replay because he’d been plucked…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition activists say an airstrike that was likely carried out by Jordan’s air force on…

PARIS (AP) — French soccer club Bastia has been handed a one-point deduction after its second-tier game was disrupted when a fan racially abused an…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat has dismissed a proposal by the United States to resume a dialogue on…

By KELVIN CHAN and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Artificial intelligence is easily the biggest buzzword for world leaders…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — China and the Philippines said they have agreed to work on lowering tensions after a year of tense…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s government will not change policies the European Union believes infringe on…

PARIS (AP) — France’s defense minister says French manufacturers have reduced manufacturing times for some of the weapons systems they supply…

By NAJIB JOBAIN and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike on a home killed 16 people, half of them children,…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is going to North Carolina to highlight $82 million in new investments that…

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — In recent weeks, lawmakers in the United States and the United Kingdom have sent letters to the…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Top Republican legislators in Kansas have renewed a fight with the Democratic governor over…

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singaporean Transport Minister S. Iswaran was charged Thursday in the first ministerial…