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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s troubled Maya Train tourist project will now include a 50-mile (78 kilometer) stretch of elevated trackway…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors in the Trump Organization’s criminal tax fraud trial will continue deliberating for a…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The first attempt to survey the extent of violence and harassment at work around the…

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras has become the second country in Central America to impose a state of exception suspending some…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has filed for reelection next year. The Democratic governor is…

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The family of country singer Naomi Judd has filed a notice seeking to voluntarily dismiss…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has thrown out bribery and fraud charges against former New York Lt. Gov. Brian…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Former U.S. Education Secretary John King Jr. has been named chancellor of the State University of New York, the…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man who shot and wounded Lady Gaga’s dog walker while stealing her French bulldogs last…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Miami congressman who signed a $50 million consulting contract with…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Much of the Arctic is in a burst of freak December warming. Temperatures in Alaska’s northernmost community…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria has rejected accusations that its border guards shot a Syrian refugee in October. Interior Minister Ivan…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, JONATHAN DREW and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Investigators believe a shooting that damaged power…

By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO Associated Press BENI, Congo (AP) — Congo’s government now says at least 270 people died in a massacre last week in…

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Mall of America in suburban Minneapolis says it will toughen its…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — A special grand jury has issued a scathing report against a northern Virginia school…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ top elections official has resigned. Secretary of State John Scott said Monday he would step down after an intense…

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Lawyer Michael Avenatti, who rose to fame representing porn star Stormy Daniels against…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and European Union have agreed to intensify talks to resolve EU concerns…

BERLIN (AP) — German police say a 14-year-old girl died and a 13-year-old girl was seriously injured after they were attacked by a man with a knife…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — The German chemical company BASF will restore damaged natural resources at a notorious…

By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Tuesday marks the first-ever U.S. auction of leases to develop commercial-scale floating…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota town has backed away from a proposal to let people sue abortion providers,…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the removal of thousands of pounds of chemicals from an oil refinery…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Port of Savannah plans a $410 million overhaul of one of its sprawling terminals to make…

BAAR, Switzerland (AP) — Commodities company Glencore has reached an agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo to pay $180 million over…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s top officials certified the midterm election results Monday, formalizing…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has deepened Charleston’s port to make sure it can take in any ship and…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The U.S. and Argentina have agreed to have their tax agencies automatically share data about their citizens’…

By CARLOS VALDEZ Associated Press PUCARANI, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia is one of the poorest nations in South America, and nearly a fourth of its…