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By DAVID SHARP LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Children returned to school Tuesday and planned to go trick-or-treating in the evening after spending days…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Gallaudet University and AT&T developed a football helmet for Deaf and hard-of-hearing…

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The leader of Tunisia’s moderate Islamist party has been sentenced to 15 months…

HELSINKI (AP) — Three Finnish men who embraced neo-Nazi ideology have been found guilty of committing crimes with terrorist intent including…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader John Lee will not attend an upcoming economic conference in the U.S. due to…

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of garment factory workers have taken to the streets of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, and the industrial…

BERLIN (AP) — Police say remains of a person missing since devastating floods in western Germany more than two years ago have been found near the…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court has convicted a Russian businessman of exporting computer chips and other electronic products to the…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers us suing the Republican-controlled Legislature, arguing…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers are feeling increasingly less confident these days as fears of an oncoming…

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Police have clashed with opposition supporters in Bangladesh as the main opposition…

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A magnitude 6.6 earthquake has struck off the coast of northern Chile, and has been felt in several provinces of neighboring…

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The U.N. chief has toured the highest peaks in Nepal, and says the world should end…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus is working out with partners in the European Union and the Middle East the…

By JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — The United Nations migration agency says a record 6.9 million people have been displaced by…

By JULIA FRANKEL and MOSHE EDRI Associated Press ASHKELON, Israel (AP) — The soldiers guarding Avi Chivivian’s organic vegetable farm in…

By MELINA WALLING and JOHN LOCHER Associated Press GANADO, Ariz. (AP) — Growing up in Ganado, a small town in Navajo Nation in eastern Arizona,…

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Residents say United Nations peacekeepers have withdrawn from a rebel stronghold in northern…

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Catholic bishops have apologized again for sex abuses committed by members following…

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A former U.S. Army major and his wife accused of routinely beating their young foster children and denying them food and water…

By LUIGI NAVARRO Associated Press FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Just four at a time, visitors soon will be allowed access to a long-hidden space inside…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wages and benefits grew at a slightly faster pace in the July-September quarter than…

By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer AJIJIC, Mexico (AP) — There’s a look Sandy Phillips came to know each time she arrived somewhere a gunman had…

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Legal Affairs Writer As Janet Paulsen prepared to leave her husband, who had become increasingly volatile over their 15-year…

By CLAIRE GALOFARO AP National Writer FLINT, Texas (AP) — She leaned out of the tent at a small-town summer festival, hoping someone would stop to…

By ADAM GELLER AP National Writer LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) — By the time Hollan Holm pulls the family minivan into Chickasaw Park, the buzz rising…

By ADAM GELLER AP National Writer NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Inside the columned church on the corner, the rich tones of the organ have wrapped…

By NEBI QENA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.N investigators have urged Russia to acknowledge responsibility for a missile strike on a…

By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — An alliance of nations that push for more solar power worldwide are set to announce nearly…

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer U.S. regulators have sued SolarWinds and its top security executive for fraud for allegedly concealing poor…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — U.N. experts are demanding the Taliban immediately release two women’s rights defenders in Afghanistan. Neda Parwan and…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s elite counterterrorism police squad has arrested at least 59 suspected…

LONDON (AP) — A former top aide who has accused ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson of being unfit for office is scheduled to testify Tuesday at…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — World rugby champions South Africa have arrived back in the country to a heroes’ welcome…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The Biden administration and JetBlue Airways are facing off in court over the Biden administration’s effort…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s highest court has overturned a reform to the country’s criminal code that allowed for people who have been acquitted to…

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — The heir to the Spanish throne, Princess Leonor, is to swear allegiance to the Constitution on her…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is poised to leave its key interest rate unchanged at a time when…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Singapore’s defense minister has urged China as a dominant power in Asia to take the lead in…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine navy patrol ship has been shadowed by Chinese forces near a disputed shoal in…

PARIS (AP) — Paris police have opened fire on a woman who allegedly made threatening remarks on a train. The shooting Tuesday is the latest…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police say they have surrounded a post office where a man with a gun is holed up and that…

By MELINA WALLING Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A pair of recent reports from the Environmental Protection Agency put striking numbers on…

By RIAZ KHAN and ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Afghans are piling into trucks and buses and leaving Pakistan to avoid…

By The Associated Press Anheuser-Busch Inbev says that revenue growth in most of its global regions was offset by a drop in North American sales.…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A wildfire in eastern Australia is suspected to have killed a man, destroyed more than…

By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — An official survey of manufacturers shows China’s factory activity contracted in October,…

By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro’s new government has been confirmed, with the prime minister promising…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Football Australia says it won’t bid for the 2034 World Cup, clearing the way for Saudi Arabia to host the marquee…

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli ground forces attacked Hamas militants and infrastructure…

By EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An elite Kenyan police unit has gone on trial on charges of wrongful death in the killing…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed Tuesday as investors looked ahead to a week that could see more…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Chatbots like ChatGPT wowed with their ability to do tasks as good as or better than humans, thanks…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — King Charles III has arrived in Kenya for his first state visit to a Commonwealth country…

AGUANGA, Calif. (AP) — Fire officials are battling a wildfire fueled by gusty Santa Ana winds that’s ripping through rural land southeast of…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Mental health and how athletes deal with it has become top of mind for athletes,…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader has defended the rules for the upcoming local elections as open and fair…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A trial of New Zealand tourism operators accused of safety breaches after 22 people…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press LISBON FALLS, Maine (AP) — Communities that were sheltering in place in the aftermath of Maine’s shootings…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations special envoy for Syria is warning that the Israel-Hamas war is…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — A race that could determine control of Virginia’s state legislature will not be a…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts is working to fully atone for its witch trial legacy nearly 400 years after the first…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A little-known New York City jail believed to be the last operating prison ship in the country…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The videos playing in a Colorado courtroom were both chilling and, by now, familiar — a…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make the case…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed Brett Favre’s defamation lawsuit against fellow…

BEIJING (AP) — State media report the remains of former Chinese premier Li Keqiang are to be cremated on Thursday, with flags around the country to…

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Three astronauts have returned to Earth after six months aboard China’s orbiting…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Corey Seager launched a two-run homer and made a slick defensive play in the eighth to start a…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Maui police held a news conference to show 16 minutes of body camera footage taken the day a…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s Democratic U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer has announced that he won’t be running for reelection next year.…

By MARK SHERMAN and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats say they will subpoena Republican megadonor Harlan Crow…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and LUJAIN JO Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A watchdog group advocating for press freedom has said that the strikes that hit a…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Officials say a man has been arrested after he allegedly knocked out a parishioner inside a San Francisco Catholic church and…

By The Associated Press The United Auto Workers union is providing more details about tentative contract agreements with Detroit automakers that…