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ISLAMABAD (AP) — A minibus exploded in a mostly Shiite Muslim neighborhood in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, killing at least two civilians and…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Residents across the eastern U.S. — particularly in New England — are gassing up their snow…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson is inviting President Joe Biden to deliver his annual State of the Union…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. police have opened a fraud investigation into Britain’s Post Office over a miscarriage of…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press It has only taken 18 minutes to evacuate the 379 passengers of Japan Airlines Flight 516 after their plane burst…

BERLIN (AP) — The death toll from a fire in a hospital in Germany this week has risen to five. All of the victims were patients. Investigators are…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Thousands of mourners have attended a funeral for a Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric gunned down in broad daylight on the outskirts…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea conducted a new round of artillery firing drills near the disputed sea boundary with South Korea on Saturday,…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — In a solemn ceremony in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis has presided over…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer ISTANBUL (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has kicked off his latest urgent Middle East diplomatic…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian officials say the death toll from an Islamic State group-claimed suicide bombing has risen to at least 91. State TV on…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Thousands of Orthodox Christian worshippers have plunged into the wintry waters of rivers and lakes across Bulgaria to…

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s main opposition party has started Saturday a 48-hour general strike as the…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has acknowledged it is conducting a mass trial of 84…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia fired dozens of rockets at northern Israel on Saturday, warning that…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged that it withdrew its forces from a key city on the…

By ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s justice minister says 15 of 34 people detained on suspicion of spying for Israel…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Republicans plan to discuss removing state party Chairwoman Kristina Karamo.…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press While much of the world has Christmas in the rearview mirror by now, people in some Eastern Orthodox traditions will…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s Defense Ministry has accused China of harassment and trying to affect public morale by repeatedly sending balloons…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is more aggressive and openly political in pushing to expand…

By HIRO KOMAE, AYAKA MCGILL and YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press WAJIMA, Japan (AP) — Aftershocks are threatening to bury more homes and block roads…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Hundreds of Donald Trump supporters charged with storming the U.S. Capitol have faced the same choice in the…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The creative arts Emmy Awards are being handed out this weekend, and nominees include…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — In the follow-up to their 2018 bestseller “How Democracies Die,” authors…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The countdown to Mardi Gras has begun in New Orleans. Saturday marks the arrival of Carnival…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Oregon after a window and chunk of its fuselage reportedly blew out in…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. agency promoting equality for women says violations of the U.N. Code of Conduct…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency says over the next month it plans to dramatically…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Leading New Mexico lawmakers are recommending a 5.9% increase in general fund spending for the…

By ROBERT JABLON The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Researchers say underwater dump sites off the Los Angeles coast contain thousands of World…

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech basketball player Pop Isaacs has been accused in a civil lawsuit of sexual assault of a minor when the Red Raiders…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT and JILL COLVIN Associated Press SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is calling on his supporters not to be…

NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 100 more court files have been unsealed in a lawsuit involving Jeffrey Epstein. They provide yet more detail about the late…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — On a mission to keep former President Donald Trump from returning to the White House, Former…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge is rejecting a lawsuit to disqualify Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones from holding office because of…

By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America A reporter who was fired for his standup comedy has been reinstated to his job at a…

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A human rights group says a small community in the violence-torn Mexican state of Guerrero…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A trade group representing TikTok, Snapchat, Meta and other major tech companies has…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized since Monday, due to complications…

DALLAS (AP) — Boeing wants an exemption from federal safety standards for an anti-icing system on its new, smaller version of the 737 Max airliner.…

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A Catholic priest who married a teenager after leaving the country with her this summer has been removed from the priesthood.…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced support for a plan to build a floating swimming…

By MARK SHERMAN and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will decide whether former President Donald Trump can be…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press Families of the 12 people killed in a Philadelphia row house fire that began in a Christmas tree two years ago are…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press CUMMING, Iowa (AP) — The shooting in Perry, Iowa, has cast a shadow over the state’s upcoming…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and MORGAN LEE Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top prosecutor says the state’s five…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former Ohio state lawmaker has been sentenced to two years of probation for domestic violence and must perform 250 hours of…

HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Authorities in the U.S. territory of Guam are vowing to bring to justice those who fatally shot a Korean visitor in a tourist…

INVERNESS, Calif. (AP) — Time is apparently running out for California’s “Inverness Shipwreck,” an old wooden boat that became an Instagram…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s top budget official is warning in stark terms about how lawmakers are…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge has declined to give Cher an immediate court conservatorship over…

STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Vatican has concluded a lengthy investigation into allegations of misconduct by Archbishop…

By The Associated Press Health officials say at least two dozen people in 14 states were sickened by salmonella poisoning tied to recalled meat snack…

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut military veteran has been arrested on allegations he threatened government officials, including showing up at…

Associated Press LEEDS, Alabama (AP) — Police in Alabama say a man crashed his car outside a Bass Pro Shop in Alabama, stripped down to his…

WARRENSBURG, N.Y. (AP) — New York state police say multiple people were injured when a tour bus carrying passengers rolled over on a highway in the…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Five voters in Massachusetts have become the latest to challenge former President Donald…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime head of the National Rifle Association said Friday he is resigning, just days…