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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Bob Penny, an Alabama college professor and actor who performed small roles in movies including “Forrest Gump” and…

By MARK PRATT Associated Press Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to send the consultant at the center of the nationwide college admissions…

By HOPE YEN and TOM KRISHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Starting Jan. 1, many Americans will qualify for a tax credit of up to $7,500 for…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus is seeking to strengthen ties with India through agreements aimed at tighter military cooperation, expanding the use…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press PORT REPUBLIC, N.J. (AP) — Like many kids at the Jersey Shore, Stewart Farrell loved going to the beach, playing on…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A court in Dubai has approved the extradition to Denmark of a British financier accused of orchestrating a $1.7…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press MARKTL AM INN, Germany (AP) — People in Pope Benedict XVI’s Bavarian homeland prayed…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says three soldiers were killed when troops have raided a militant hideout in a former militant…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee has dropped its subpoena against former…

By HOLLY MEYER The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Jerry Lamb could not maneuver his wheelchair into the rows of pews at his church.…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press More than 1,100 towns, hamlets and villages in the U.S. lost their status as urban areas as the U.S. Census Bureau…

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil´s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Thursday that Amazon…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s foreign ministry has summoned Russia’s ambassador to explain why Moscow has placed a Bulgarian journalist…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines said it expects to return to normal operations Friday after more than a week of…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Three white men in South Africa have been charged with crimes including attempted murder…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press Taking down the Christmas tree is only one task after the holiday season. For those with a real tree, figuring out what…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and Senate Democrats are closing out the first two years of…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the Biden White House, a quartet of four female judges in Colorado…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose modestly last week, the latest…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is lucid, alert and stable but his condition remains serious,…

By HILARY FOX Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The weather outside may be frightful, but the myriad viewing options inside can be nothing short of…

By KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — When it comes to acting, Maria Bakalova considers herself to be a person of extremes.…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Roads reopened Thursday in storm-besieged Buffalo as authorities…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian police say they have detained two people sought on international warrants during a raid to locate migrants and…

By ADIL JAWAD and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say Pakistani police in multiple raids detained at least 1,200…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has overseen the commissioning of new warships and vowed to further strengthen his country’s navy.…

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Aid agencies are warning that Afghans will die because of the Taliban order banning women…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines says President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. hopes to sign a number of agreements during a visit to Beijing that…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has staged large-scale military drills to simulate shooting down North…

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The Portuguese government’s chief official in charge of transportation, including the fate of the troubled national…

By COURTNEY WALSH Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has vowed to address the “litany of woe”…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — With its brutality, technological accomplishments and rigid ideology, the Soviet Union loomed over the…

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic has reiterated his earlier comments that he bears no hard feelings on his return to Australia after his…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A freight truck collided with a bus on a highway near the South Korean capital Seoul on Thursday, causing a fire that…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of an anti-tank mine-laying system to Taiwan amid the rising military threat from…

By RENATA BRITO and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles hit Ukraine Thursday in the biggest wave of strikes in…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Friday following encouraging U.S. employment…

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Even before the Taliban barred Afghan women from working at non-governmental groups,…