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By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — LGBTQ+ activists in Minnesota want prosecutors to treat the killing of a trans woman in…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks says it’s committed to bargaining with its unionized workers and reaching labor agreements next…

By EDITH M. LEDERER and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief and many Security Council members are…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court in Washington has upheld a gag order on former…

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama city has fired three police officers connected to the fatal shooting of a Black man in front of his own home during…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Five billion dollars worth of gambling gets done each year in Atlantic City. But the…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian journalists association has reported that two journalists have been…

By MELINA WALLING and JOSHUA BICKEL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A joint initiative from the United States and United Arab…

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona woman got a huge shock when surveillance footage showed the thief who stole her backyard cameras was four-legged…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Universities of Wisconsin and Assembly Republican Speaker Robin Vos have reached a…

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The second of two former Black Panthers who always maintained their innocence in the 1970 bombing…

By JACK DURA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The 42-year-old son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer is scheduled for his…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian police have put prominent Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen on a wanted…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Friday the newest member of…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York can continue to enforce laws banning firearms in sensitive locations, a federal appeals court ruled Friday in its first…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts’ attorney general has filed a lawsuit accusing a white nationalist group of civil…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — University of Nebraska officials have unveiled a plan for a $450 million renovation of its…

By DAVID A. LIEB and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Some Republican Missouri lawmakers are renewing their call to…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Pennsylvania man described by authorities as the lead defendant in a drug distribution and human smuggling case has pleaded…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A judge has found the New Hampshire publisher of a weekly community newspaper guilty of…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Scotland’s highest civil court has upheld the British government’s move to block a landmark…

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — An extremely rare white leucistic alligator has been born at a Florida reptile park. Gatorland Orlando said Thursday that…

NEWARK N.J. (AP) — Authorities in New Jersey say two nurses and a medical resident were stabbed inside a pediatric intensive care unit. The…

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer U.S. regulators have approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease. Doctors hope they can cure the painful…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Thursday made his first public appearance outdoors since being stricken by bronchitis two weeks ago, which forced him…

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Police say the suspect in the September shooting deaths of a suburban Chicago family was in a relationship with one of the…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man who spent 11 years behind bars for a killing before his conviction was overturned is suing the city and detectives…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gave $2.1 billion in donations since November 2022, she said in an online post,…

NEW YORK (AP) — Spotify’s chief financial officer, Paul Vogel, is leaving next year, the music streaming service said — just days after the…

By LOU KESTEN Associated Press It’s been a terrific year for video games. Developers hit their stride on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox X/S consoles,…

By EDNA TARIGAN and RAHMAT MIRZA Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s president says his government blames a surge in human…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The president of Harvard University has apologized for her remarks at a congressional…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fourteen years ago, Tony Shalhoub said goodbye to one of his most beloved creations — the…

BOSTON (AP) — An official menu for a state banquet that bears the signature of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong has been auctioned for $275,000.…

Slovakia’s President Zuzana Caputova says she will seek to block the new government’s plan to return the prosecution of major crimes from a…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A bold, innovative project begun nearly a generation ago to erect a…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are headed to California for six fundraising…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The publishing world made plenty of news in 2023, but not only because of the books themselves.…

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa helicopter pilot is back in the air, two weeks after a waterfowl smashed through the windshield of his chopper and…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees has unanimously approved the next…

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Olympic Committee says some Russian athletes will be allowed to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s state media say top leaders held an annual planning meeting where they agreed to step up spending to help rev up the…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is the first tour to cross the billion-dollar mark, according to…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers are demanding information on federal efforts to stop the influx of…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s caretaker interior minister says nearly half a million Afghans who were living in…

By AYAKA MCGILL Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Thousands of tons of dead sardines have washed up on a beach in northern Japan for unknown reasons.…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A man arrested for firing gunshots outside a Jewish temple in upstate New York been federally charged. An FBI spokesperson says…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Jon Rahm is the biggest name yet to bolt to Saudi-funded LIV Golf. It’s a huge catch for LIV and an equally…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer A large British study finds that less frequent screening is just as good as annual mammograms for certain…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Asian Development Bank says it approved $200-million concessional loan to…

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police have arrested a woman who’s accused of trying to burn down the birth home of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — This weekend’s soccer matches in Greece have been postponed following serious clashes involving sports fans that left a…

LONDON (AP) — Thousands of people have lined the streets of Dublin to watch the funeral procession of The Pogues front man Shane MacGowan. Crowds…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country is considering allowing neighboring Greece to benefit from a nuclear…

The Associated Press Vladimir Putin has moved to prolong his repressive and unyielding grip on Russia for another six years. Putin still commands…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and several key Cabinet ministers have been grilled by…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo has canceled an upcoming video game event and postponed several others because of…

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The three candidates running in Taiwan’s presidential election will hold a…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under pressure to explain why Britain has paid Rwanda 240 million…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Syrian refugee has been arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of crimes against…

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has lost a preliminary round in his libel case against the publisher of the Daily Mail tabloid for a story that said he…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The CEO of chipmaker Nvidia views Malaysia as a potential hub for artificial intelligence “manufacturing.” Jensen…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s defense minister has vowed massive retaliatory missile strikes on…

BERLIN (AP) — A union representing Germany’s train drivers began a 24-hour strike Thursday night, causing widespread rail cancellations and…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say Israeli forces stormed into a refugee camp in the occupied West…

PARIS (AP) — A French juvenile court is handing down a verdict for six teenagers accused of involvement in the killing of teacher Samuel Paty. He…

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting the Notre Dame Cathedral, marking the one-year…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is heading to Las Vegas to showcase $8.2 billion in funding for 10 major…

By SIBI ARASU The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As United Nations climate talks enter their second week, negotiators who are…

By NAJIB JOBAIN, BASSEM MROUE and ELENA BECATOROS The Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Desperate Palestinians fleeing Israel’s…

BY QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. and Iraqi officials say a rocket attack at the sprawling U.S. embassy in Baghdad has…

By ZIMO ZHONG AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday ahead of a U.S. government jobs report, after Wall…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — From trade to human rights, the leaders of China and the European Union differed on a wide range…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — One of the biggest and brightest stars in the night sky will momentarily vanish.…

By ISABEL DEBRE, SAMY MAGDY and NAJIB JOBAIN Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The roads are so ravaged that the dead and wounded arrive by…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says a Chinese military surveillance balloon has been spotted in the Taiwan Strait, along…