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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The gas-rich nation of Qatar has become a key intermediary over the fate of some 200 hostages…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and VANESSA GERA Associated Press ROME (AP) — The pope has accepted the resignation of a Polish bishop whose diocese has been…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Crews worked through the night clearing the wreckage of more than 150 vehicles involved in a series of crashes on Interstate 55…

NEW YORK (AP) — A new digital audio edition of Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are” will have a very well known narrator: former…

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE, JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities in Congo say extremists with ties to the Islamic State…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s new book club pick highlights an author she has long admired, Jesmyn Ward. On…

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Cruel joke for trick-or-treaters or coveted seasonal delight? The great Halloween debate…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claims that recent Ukrainian attacks have denied the…

By AMY TEIBEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Eighty-five year-old Yocheved Lifschitz spoke of a “hell that we never knew before and never…

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers are raising new challenges to the federal…

By GERALD IMRAY and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The head of a gold mine in South Africa says a group of miners from an…

LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — The U.S. government is suspending most financial assistance to Gabon after a military coup earlier this year. State…

TAIPEI. Taiwan (AP) — China has replaced Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu, who has been out of public view for almost two months with little…

By CHANELLE BESSETTE of NerdWallet Systemic hurdles, lessons and messages from family, and the lived experience of your upbringing can shape your…

By CLAIRE BRYAN of The Seattle Times math class chatgpt computer science For as long as Jake Price has been a teacher, Wolfram Alpha — a website…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A strike by autoworkers against General Motors is expected to cut the automaker’s pretax…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Palestinian artist Nida Sinnokrot, one of 18 artists receiving the 2023 Soros Arts Fellowships…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The leaders of three opposition groups that collectively won the most votes in Poland’s recent elections say they have…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan court has extended orders blocking the deployment of Kenyan police to Haiti to lead a U.N. Security Council-approved…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court has upheld a ruling that favored the granting of equal inheritance rights to…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government says it will allow Lynas Rare Earths to continue to import and process rare earths until…

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Iceland’s prime minister and women across the island nation are on strike to push for an end to unequal pay and…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — An inquiry into New Zealand’s worst mass shooting will examine — among other…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Police in Cyprus say they have arrested 10 Syrian men in an operation that has dismantled the third people smuggling ring…

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say two cargo ships have collided in the North Sea off the German coast and several people are missing.…

By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and RAVI NESSMAN Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel escalated its bombardment of targets in the Gaza…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Washington state senator Jeff Wilson has been arrested in Hong Kong for carrying a gun that was…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Shares mostly rose Tuesday in Asia after Wall Street wobbled to a mixed close as yields on U.S.…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal prosecutors are seeking justice for 34 people killed in a fire aboard a scuba dive…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — It’s long after midnight when the bustling operating room suddenly falls quiet –-…

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Officials say the bodies of at least 17 people were recovered from a train crash outside the Bangladesh capital that may…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen is poised to testify against his old boss…

By ERIC TUCKER and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Plea deals with Georgia prosecutors in the election subversion case against former…

By LISA MASCARO, STEPHEN GROVES, FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVING FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Three weeks now since the ouster of Kevin…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republican leaders are escalating their calls to reject millions of federal…

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Adolis García homered twice and drove in five runs as the Texas Rangers reached their first…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Oil prices are up and markets are tense after the outbreak of war in Gaza. That could…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system enjoys a near-mythical status among Israelis.…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Maui County’s mayor says all of West Maui except for burned-out sections of historic…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials say suspected North Korean defectors were found in a small…

PANAMA (AP) — Protesters marched across Panama against a contract extension for copper mining in a biodiverse region. Teachers, construction…

By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has defended his sweeping COVID-19 pandemic restrictions…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott’s presidential campaign says the Republican is shifting…

By The Associated Press American gymnastics icon Mary Lou Retton has returned home following a lengthy hospital stay because of pneumonia. The oldest…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Haiti says growing gang violence is devastating the lives of…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tommy Pham and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit back-to-back homers and Merrill Kelly struck out eight…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The eighth installment of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise has been postponed a year, signaling…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — An intense shootout in Mexico’s western state of Michoacan has left five people dead, including a police officer. Two…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince William will travel to Singapore next month to name the winners of his Earthshot Prize, a…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A police spokesperson says an off-duty St. Louis County officer accused of shooting a gun at a school trick-or-treating event no…

LONDON (AP) — Photos of iconic celebrities and historic moments from the collection of Elton John and David Furnish are set to go on display in…

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Officials say eight Ohio police officers who fired scores of shots that killed Jayland Walker after a car and foot chase last…

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE and JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Local officials say at least 16 people were killed Monday when a…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals panel wants to know why lawyers for former President Donald Trump…

THOMASTON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man is charged with murder after police said he killed his girlfriend, stuffed her body in a suitcase and stashed…

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who resigned after multiple women accused him of sexual…

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer has been sentenced to 15 days in the…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal authorities have announced the arrest of the fifth and final suspect wanted in an ambush shooting that killed a…

By DIDI TANG Associated Press Washington (AP) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will come to Washington for a three-day visit starting Thursday.…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Autopsies have confirmed that five people who died when a chemical tanker overturned in central Illinois last month died…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Federal prosecutors have expanded investigations into Tesla beyond the electric vehicle maker’s…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two commercial turkey farms in Iowa have been hit by the reemerging highly pathogenic…

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer Reigning AP national player of the year Zach Edey is a unanimous selection on The Associated Press preseason…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A California business owner will spend a year in federal prison for sending more…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Investigators say they have identified several people of interest in the fatal stabbing of a Detroit…

LAUGHLIN, Nev. (AP) — Donald “Don” J. Laughlin, a resort owner and the namesake of a southern Nevada town that he turned into a tourist…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A search warrant released Monday says investigators found methamphetamine while searching…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A mother is suing a shuttered Christian boarding school in Missouri, blaming her…

By ARON HELLER Associated Press KFAR SABA, Israel (AP) — Ohad Munder-Zichri turned 9 on Monday. But instead of celebrating at home with his family…

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for making repeated racist phone calls to a Billings church.…

By TARA COPP and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has sent military advisers, including a Marine Corps general versed…