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ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — Investigators say a man on a motorcycle who fired on officers as they tried to pull him over was shot and killed on a South…

BEIJING (AP) — China has sent three astronauts to its space station for a record-setting six-month stay for the country. The spacecraft blasted off…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The attorneys for prominent South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh have released medical…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Capitol Police officer has been indicted on obstruction of justice…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge has denied a request by dozens of scientists and others at Los…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Democrat who will likely become New York City’s next mayor says he does not intend to…

BRUSSELS (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Poland’s European Union partners need to step away from confrontation and instead talk to…

ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit woman has been ordered to find another home for her four African caracals after one of the wild cats…

WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — Colby College in the U.S. state of Maine is banning discrimination based on caste, a system of inherited social class. The…

By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Charise Castro Smith, the first Latino woman to co-direct a Walt Disney Animation Studios…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts has rejected a Supreme Court stay request from the St. Louis-based natural gas company Spire Inc. to…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Six female former lawmakers and judges from Afghanistan have been received by Greece’s prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis,…

By RUSS BYNUM and AARON MORRISON Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — As three white men prepare to stand trial in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery,…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus says it has started procedures to revoke citizenship granted to 39 foreign…

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press EPECUEN, Argentina (AP) — The Argentine spa town of Villa Epecuen was a mecca of tourism for much of the…

By KATE BRUMBACK and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta mayoral candidates are talking about affordable housing, hoping to stave off…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s beloved puffins suffered one of their worst years for reproduction in decades…

LONDON (AP) — A Cambridge University college says it will return a looted bronze cockerel to Nigeria later this month. Jesus College said Friday…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s National Court has consented to the extradition to the United States of ex-Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez’s former nurse,…

CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago man who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $831,000 from a charity he ran for kids with disabilities and…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Defense Ministry says a Russian warship has prevented a U.S. Navy destroyer from…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man who was shot in the arm by Kyle Rittenhouse during a protest against police brutality…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The number of people in Puerto Rico who identified as “white” in the most recent…

By SIAN WATSON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — During the pandemic, shock rocker Alice Cooper replaced touring with tap dancing. The 73-year-old…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s caretaker prime minister says his country has set the future decarbonization of the economy as a priority in…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s central bank says financial risks from China Evergrande Group’s debt problems are “controllable” and unlikely to…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A Cyprus Civil Aviation official says United Nations inspectors have completed…

By JO KEARNEY and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LEIGH-ON-SEA, England (AP) — A long-serving member of Parliament was stabbed to death during a…

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is quietly advancing controversial settlement projects in and around Jerusalem while…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s new national airline has made its inaugural flight and unveiled its new name and logo.…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African police say they have arrested 56 people who will likely face charges…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans continued to spend at a solid clip in September even while facing sticker…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says there must be no rush in officially recognizing the…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan court has summoned the country’s attorney general and a former navy…