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PARIS (AP) — A French nun who was believed to be the world’s oldest person but had been reportedly growing weary of the burdens of age has died a…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A tiger that escaped from a private farm in South Africa and attacked a man and killed two…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The new head of Taiwan’s ruling party who described himself as pro-independence has vowed…

By MALAK HARB Associated Press BROVARY, Ukraine (AP) — A helicopter carrying Ukraine’s interior minister crashed into a kindergarten in a…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it has deported an Italian activist to Italy after Israeli security forces detained…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court has found three former utility company executives not guilty of negligence over…

BEIJING (AP) — Hairdresser Wang Lidan is making an emotional Lunar New Year journey from Beijing to her hometown in northeastern China — her…

BERLIN (AP) — Police say a fire that killed three people in a psychiatric nursing home in southern Germany could have been set intentionally by one…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Matteo Messina Denaro’s long record as a killer — turncoat mobsters said he’d…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A magnitude 7.0 earthquake shook eastern Indonesia and southern Philippines on Wednesday, with no damage immediately…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Pro tennis player Jessica Pegula has Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin on her mind…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares advanced Wednesday, with Tokyo gaining more than 2% after Japan’s central…

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — On New Year’s Eve, a small boat carrying more than 230 would-be migrants, most of them…

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A former researcher accused of concealing work he did in China while employed by the…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has been sworn in as the state’s first Black governor. The…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An attorney for Derek Chauvin has asked an appeals court to throw out the former…

HONG KONG (AP) — China games company NetEase Inc. says it has rejected a proposal from World of Warcraft creator Activision Blizzard to temporarily…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press ZURICH (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met on Wednesday with her Chinese counterpart and pledged an…

SYDNEY (AP) — A Qantas flight traveling from New Zealand to Sydney landed safely on a single engine after it issued a mayday call over the Pacific…

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Attorneys for an adjunct art professor said Tuesday she is suing the Minnesota…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press MACAO (AP) — The founder of Macao’s once-biggest casino junket organizer has been sentenced to 18 years in jail…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov cited his Russian Orthodox religion as the reason he did not…

WALES, Alaska (AP) — A polar bear has attacked and killed two people in a remote village in western Alaska, according to state troopers. Alaska…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa and her news company have been cleared of tax evasion charges she said were among…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is calling for new gun control laws and greater accountability for…

SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state Supreme Court has brushed aside the final remaining legal hurdle in the way of a $4 billion dividend by…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis laid out a vision Tuesday to tackle the state’s…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A deep earthquake has shaken eastern parts of Indonesia, but no serious damage or injuries have been reported. The U.S.…

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The NCAA hopes a federal appeals court will soon block a lawsuit that seeks to treat…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington, D.C., mayor and city council are locked in a public dispute over how to respond…

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who police say fatally shot his wife, her mother and their five kids before turning…

By MICHAEL TARM and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER The Associated Press President Joe Biden campaigned on a pledge to work toward abolishing federal capital…

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A married couple and their son convicted of first-degree premeditated murder in the fatal shooting of a security guard who…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says the rising cost of purchasing or leasing a vessel that can hold…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Residents living in a community just outside Scottsdale, Arizona are feuding with the city they long…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press A staffer on Herschel Walker’s Republican Senate campaign has filed a lawsuit against prominent conservative…

YOAKUM, Texas (AP) — A small plane crash in Texas has left four members of a Tennessee church dead and the lead pastor injured. That’s…

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America Books containing “sexually explicit” content — including depictions of sexual or gender…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina utility says that an electricity substation has been…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has withdrawn from a 32-state voter registration partnership. New Secretary of…

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A grocery store featuring thousands of faux food items made entirely from discarded…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A shooter stood over a 16-year-old mother clutching her 10-month-old baby and pumped bullets…

By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House brushed aside criticism Tuesday of its fragmented disclosures…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia teenager has been sentenced in adult court to life in prison in the killings of four family members. Gavin…