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MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday congratulated Donald Trump on his election victory in his first public comment on the…

SEATTLE (AP) — Democratic Rep. Kim Schrier has won a fourth term in Washington. She beat Republican Carmen Goers on Thursday in a district made up…

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Associated Press has declared Democratic Reps. Susie Lee, Dina Titus and Steven Horsford the winners in their…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As it became clear Donald Trump was returning to the White House, the Florida man who posed for photos with…

Associated Press Republican Jeff Hurd has won the U.S. House seat in Colorado that Rep. Lauren Boebert left. Hurd’s victory fulfills the…

Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for state lawmakers to convene a special session in December to…

Associated Press EVESHAM, N.J. (AP) — Firefighters are battling blazes in the parched New Jersey Pinelands, where they say conditions are the…

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Police say they have detained two people after someone repeatedly fired at cars on a busy highway near North…

DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — A former top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried’s fallen FTX cryptocurrency empire has begun her two-year prison sentence. The…

Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A jury has begun deliberating the fate of an Indiana man charged in the 2017 killings of two teenage…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Democrat Val Hoyle has won reelection to the U.S. House in Oregon’s 4th Congressional District. The freshman incumbent…

WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A giant Norway spruce that will serve as this year’s Rockefeller Christmas tree was en route to New York City on…

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech central bank has cut its key interest rate for the eighth time in a row as inflation remains low and the economy is making…

Associated Press BIG PINE KEY, Fla. (AP) — The world’s only Key deer, the smallest subspecies of the white-tailed deer, are found in piney…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump won the presidency after holding tight to his core base of voters and slightly expanding his…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s foreign minister says his country has established a foundation of trust with Turkey ahead of a visit by the…

CHILI, N.Y. (AP) — A bus with more than two dozen passengers aboard rolled over on a highway in upstate New York on Thursday morning, critically…

Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians, like many around the world, are divided on what Donald Trump’s next presidency will bring:…

AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for jobless aid ticked up last week but layoffs remain at historically low levels. The Labor…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s federal prosecutor office said it arrested an American citizen who allegedly spied for China. The office said that the…

Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa has closed its border again with Mozambique, where post-election protests have escalated, leading…

LONDON (AP) — A British Parliament member has been charged with assault after video showed him beating a man in the street. Prosecutors said…

Associated Press SIMON’S TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Prince William rode on a sea rescue boat along part of the South African coast as he…

MILAN (AP) — Italy has opened up an administrative procedure against China’s Sinochem, the largest shareholder in Italian tiremaker Pirelli, over…

Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Dozens of Russian drones targeted Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, in an eight-hour nighttime attack, authorities…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s central bank has cut its key interest rate by half a percentage point to 2.75% in what was described as the largest…

MADRID (AP) — Authorities in Spain seized 13 tonnes, or 13,000 kilograms, of cocaine in a cargo container apparently filled with bananas. They…

Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Around 50 European leaders will be reassessing their trans-Atlantic relations in the hope that Donald…

AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nissan is reporting a loss for the latest fiscal quarter as its vehicle sales sank while costs and inventory…

Associated Press CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California wildfire has destroyed 132 structures, mostly homes, in less than two days, fire…

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president has denied wrongdoing over a burgeoning influence-peddling scandal…

Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — After Germany’s government coalition collapsed in a dramatic fashion when Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired Finance…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has cut its main interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point after inflation across the…

Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand has acquitted a Thai woman who had been charged with involvement in a 2015 bombing at a shrine…

Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s parliament has passed a law that would allow it to deport family members of Palestinian attackers to…

Associated Press THITU ISLAND, South China Sea (AP) — Philippine forces have staged drills that included seizing an island in the South China Sea…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say a roadside bomb has exploded near a vehicle carrying security forces in restive northwestern Pakistan, killing…

Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A strong typhoon has hit the northern Philippines, prompting a new round of evacuations in a region…

Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s fiery, right-wing leader says Donald Trump’s victory will help his own battle against…

Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuba was left reeling Thursday after a fierce Category 3 hurricane ripped across the island, destroying hundreds of…

Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — For the second year in a row, Earth will almost certainly be the hottest it’s ever been. And for the first…

Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Prince William wore white biodegradable sneakers as he walked the “green carpet” at his…

Republican Abraham Hamadeh won election to a U.S. House seat representing Arizona on Wednesday. He defeated Democrat Gregory Whitten. Hamadeh is…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A military judge has ruled that plea agreements struck by alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and…