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By JULIA FRANKEL and JALAL BWAITEL Associated Press BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Bethlehem is gearing up for a subdued Christmas without the festive…

BERLIN (AP) — The Russian-American writer Masha Gessen has received a German literary prize in a ceremony that was delayed and scaled down in…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has dismissed the state’s challenge to a judge’s order that’s blocked enforcement of…

By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s lower house has approved a major reform of the nation’s notoriously…

CHICAGO (AP) — Quaker Oats on Friday recalled several of its granola products, including granola bars and cereals, saying the foods could be…

By GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — The leaders of Italy and the U.K. have agreed to tackle irregular migration to Europe. They pledged…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The top two U.S. military leaders are traveling to Tel Aviv to advise the Israeli government on how…

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A north Louisiana attorney is now the first Black federal judge to serve on the state’s U.S. Western District Court…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma has denounced the governing African National…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Once the intial shock wore off on the price tag of Shohei Ohtani’s record-shattering $700…

By ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press Residential solar is gaining traction in the U.S., with about 4.5 million homes now with solar rooftops. The share…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian state news agencies have reported that President Vladimir Putin’s supporters have formally nominated him to run in the…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Black Ohio woman who miscarried in her bathroom has been charged with abuse of a…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Black Ohio woman who miscarried in her bathroom has been charged with abuse of a…

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — In a corner of their Mexico City office, activists from Catholics for the Right to…

LONDON (AP) — Britain says a Royal Navy warship has shot down a suspected attack drone targeting commercial ships in the Red Sea. Defense Secretary…

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is set to install a golden rooster atop its spire. Saturday’s…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqis have begun voting for the first time in a decade to select new provincial council…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s ruling emir, the 86-year-old Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, has…

NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian Navy says it is shadowing a bulk carrier that was boarded by unknown attackers in the Arabian Sea. Suspicion has fallen…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Both Russia and Ukraine have reported dozens of attempted drone attacks in the past day. Ukraine’s air force said Saturday…

By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A prolonged communications blackout that severed telephone and internet…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV is reporting that an Israeli Mossad spy has been executed in the country’s southeast. The report said the…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Lilian Nabulime hasn’t forgotten the time in the 1990s when the Ugandan capital had…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It could be a cold and grim New Year for thousands of migrant families living in New York…

By MAYSOON KHAN and SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia has welcomed the announcement that New York’s…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Salsa music blares from the food court in a rundown Miami shopping center as Latinos head to a…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — A once-powerful cardinal and nine other people are to learn their fates when a Vatican…

By STEPHEN GROVES, LISA MASCARO and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Prominent Latinos in Congress looked on quietly, at first,…

By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — So much for the women-and-children-first rule of rescues in crisis. The unwritten law of the sea,…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — It was the most painful inflation Americans had experienced since 1981, when “The…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A federal judge has denied a request to halt the reintroduction of gray wolves in Colorado just days…

By BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two “General Hospital” actors have won supporting honors at the Daytime Emmy Awards. The…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Firefighters in Washington, D.C., are battling a two-alarm fire that started in a three-story former firehouse under renovation…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The program tasked with replacing the Interstate 5 bridge that connects Portland, Oregon,…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Sacramento city councilman has pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he hired undocumented workers at his local…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mayim Bialik won’t be giving answers as a host of “Jeopardy!” anymore. “The Big Bang Theory” actor has posted news of…

Associated Press PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) — The remains of a U.S. Air Force staff sergeant from Massachusetts who was one of eight service members…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s governor has ordered the state’s National Guard to send troops to the border with…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Tesla driver will pay more than $23,000 in restitution for the deaths of two people during…

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. (AP) — Sheriff’s officials say a middle school teacher in Georgia was arrested after he threatened to cut off the head of…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four California men have been charged with running a drug ring that sent hundreds of pounds of cocaine and methamphetamine to…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas judge has blocked a law that took away the Board of Corrections’…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a request from Oregon Republican state senators who boycotted…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A state commission selected a basic design concept Friday for a new state flag for Minnesota…

By PATRICK WHITTLE and DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An independent report conducted for a police agency clears the…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green says he he wants 3,000 condos and homes normally rented to Maui tourists…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Campaign finance reports show this fall’s fight over abortion…

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Solomon Thomas was lost, stuck in a dark place mentally while desperately…

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Two wildlife conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against BNSF Railway over delays in…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley, a Republican presidential candidate; Gov. Chris…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State Auditor Beth Wood has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors for misusing a state-issued vehicle for personal…

By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The NCAA and a coalition of states have jointly asked a federal court to extend a small…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations peacekeeping chief says he was very satisfied with the strong support…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has refused to reconsider its ruling setting a deadline for the Louisiana Legislature to enact a new…

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man who told his estranged wife “If I can’t have them neither can you” has pleaded guilty but…

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A military investigation report released Friday says a U.S. Army helicopter hit another…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods jokingly refers to the PNC Championship as his fifth major. Maybe he’s not…

SANTIAGO (AP) — Chile’s police  have arrested at least 55 people in a fiscal fraud case that could be one of the biggest in the history of the…

By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — An Israeli strike killed a Palestinian cameraman for the TV network Al Jazeera and wounded its chief…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — U.S. diplomats have injected confusion into next year’s presidential election in…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has sat down with former late-night television host Conan O’Brien for an interview on the…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — An autopsy report on “Friends” star Matthew Perry says he died from the acute…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Internet gambling and sports betting set new records in New Jersey in November as the…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is ordering the USS Gerald…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it is investigating the killing of two Palestinians in the West Bank…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal appeals court denied a request on Friday to delay a judge’s decision that North…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The Treasury Department is spelling out the rules for tax credits designed to stimulate production of sustainable…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The United States is returning to Greece 30 ancient artifacts, including marble statues, armor helmets and breastplates,…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Michigan man described by prosecutors as a self-professed militia leader has been…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial has offered fresh insight…