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NEW YORK (AP) — Reaction poured in from the worlds of journalism, politics, sports and entertainment following the death of TV news pioneer and…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A woman who alleges Bill Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in 1986 sued the comedian-actor, NBCUniversal and…

By FRAZIER MOORE AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Barbara Walters, the intrepid interviewer, anchor and program host who blazed the way as the…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Landslides of rock and mud closed roadways Friday across California as heavy rains kicked off what will be a series of…

WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. (AP) — Thirteen bison were killed or had to be euthanized after their herd was struck by a semi-truck involved in an…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A landslide has destroyed about a dozen homes in northern Japan, leaving at least two people…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A judge has temporarily blocked the state of California from implementing a landmark new law aimed at raising wages and…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of defendants in Oregon who were convicted of crimes by…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona court has ruled that abortion doctors cannot be prosecuted under a pre-statehood law…

By CAMILLE RODRIGUEZ MONTILLA and MANUEL RUEDA Associarted Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — For three years, Juan Guaidó led the Venezuelan…

LONDON (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo completed a lucrative move to Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on Friday in a deal that is a landmark moment for Middle…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has asked the U.N.’s highest judicial body to give its…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina utility regulators have told Duke Energy Corp. to carry out a series of…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Incoming Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach agreed to help pay a $30,000 penalty to resolve…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters in its…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman who has previously said Steven Tyler had an illicit sexual relationship with her when she was a teenager is now suing…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — MGM Resorts International has sold land on the Las Vegas Strip that was the site of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S.…

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz is celebrating Germany’s progress in freeing itself from reliance on Russian gas, urging people to keep…

BY ASHRAW SWEILAM Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian officials say suspected Islamic militants have attacked a police checkpoint in Egypt’s…

By BABA AHMED Associated Press TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — The prosecutor general for the African nation of Mali says 46 soldiers from Ivory Coast have…

By LIZZIE KNIGHT Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Queen guitarist Brian May is now a “Sir.” May, who also has a doctorate in astrophysics and is…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia Thomas, the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas,…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has filed paperwork with the state Supreme Court to appeal a local judge’s ruling…

HAMILTON, Ontario (AP) — Ontario officials say there was no evidence of working smoke alarms in a Hamilton house that caught fire, claiming the…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press A police chief in Alaska pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he assaulted an intoxicated man while…

SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a Colorado man with a misdemeanor hate crime offense after he allegedly targeted two young adults…

By NATACHA PISARENKO and VÍCTOR R. CAIVANO Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s victory in the soccer World Cup…

By The Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Buccaneers backup quarterback Blaine Gabbert became an unexpected hero when a helicopter…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff to President Donald Trump,…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — In Mississippi’s capital city, where intermittent periods…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press CHRISTIANSTED, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — After two days out of sight while vacationing in the U.S. Virgin…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State Attorney General Todd Rokita announces that Google will pay Indiana $20 million to resolve the state’s lawsuit against…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska company has expanded a recall of alfalfa sprouts after 15 cases of salmonella were linked to the food. SunSprouts…

By CARLA BRIDI and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — The office of Brazil’s vice president says he has become acting president, an…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press The release of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns show he maintained a bank account in China…

Starting New Year’s Day, you can still wear bikinis on the beaches of Miami Beach, but forget about showing any butts — cigarette butts, that…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — In the first three months that Vermont has allowed the retail sale of marijuana for adult…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville election officials made erroneous updates to voter lists for last…