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NEW YORK (AP) — Bitcoin is once again having a moment. On Monday, the world’s largest cryptocurrency soared past $41,000 for the first time in…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — A judge is dismissing felony charges against a former northern Virginia elections official…

KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (AP) — Officials say a U.S. Navy jet has been moved from a coral reef in an environmentally sensitive Hawaii bay where it got…

By The Associated Press A storm is dropping a mix of rain and snow on parts of New England, with some locations recording more than a half-foot of…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police say a man who had tried to steal merchandise from a department store returned 15 minutes later and stabbed…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Government and military officials in Nigeria say an army attack that used drones to target…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government has announced tough new immigration rules it says will reduce the number of…

By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — International judges have rejected a demand by prosecutors for a…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is demanding that the issue of Ukraine’s membership in the…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s company decided not to move forward with an expedited trial on its…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press The 2024 Republican presidential primary field has narrowed. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum dropped out of the race on…

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have both expressed hope that negotiations about a…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ten of the best songs of the year, as determined by Associated Press Music Writer Maria…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department is announcing a new strike force to help combat illicit fentanyl…

DALLAS (AP) — Dallas police say four people, including a 1-year-old boy, were killed and a 15-year-old girl was injured in a shooting at a home.…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force is expanding its study of whether service members who worked with nuclear missiles…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s defense minister says a Madrid judge has opened an investigation into several agents of Spain’s National Intelligence…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The U.N. World Food Program says it will end in January its main assistance program across…

LIDECKO, Czech Republic (AP) — In an eastern corner of the Czech Republic, St. Nicholas leads a procession of followers dressed in grim reaper and…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s polar research ship has crossed paths with the largest iceberg in the world. The British…

PARIS (AP) — The French parliament is considering a ban on single-use, disposable electronic cigarettes that are popular with teenagers for their…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “The Holdovers” marks the long-in-coming reunion of Paul Giamatti and director Alexander…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has ended his 2024 Republican presidential bid. Burgum blames the…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A journalist or media worker is killed every day on average in the Israel-Hamas war. The head of the…

NEW YORK (AP) — Opening statements began Monday in the criminal trial of actor Jonathan Majors, who was charged last spring for allegedly…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s former top utility regulator has surrendered in connection with a $60 million…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The death toll from a mining tragedy last week in South Africa that involved an elevator at a mine has risen to 13 after a…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The top 10 albums of the year chosen by Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman include…

BERLIN (AP) — Police in Berlin have been alerted to an overnight fire at the office of an Iranian opposition group in the German capital, and are…

NEW YORK (AP) — Officials say one person was killed and six others were injured when a fire blamed on an electric bicycle battery tore through a…

ATHENS Police in Greece have arrested a rap artist accused of using explosives to rob cash machines and finance his music videos. Authorities say the…

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California State University faculty are launching four days of…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke of a “strengthened political mutual trust and international coordination” with Belarus after he…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Former Vice President Al Gore says don’t trust the oil and gas industry…

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — A Spanish association representing more than 80 newspapers has filed a lawsuit against Facebook…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency has sounded the alarm for an estimated 400 Rohingya Muslims believed to be…

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Guinea-Bissau’s president has dissolved the West African nation’s parliament. A presidential decree issued on…

By EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Authorities say at least 47 people are dead and 85 others injured following heavy…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials and media say that heavy snowfall that hit Moscow has disrupted traffic on roads and flights in and out of three…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney has announced he is running for Virginia governor in 2025. In a campaign video released…

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Grandparents often want to help their grandchildren financially, but they aren’t always sure where to start. The…

By TSVANGIRAYI MUKWAZHI and NOEL SICHALWE Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — A member of a rescue team has raised hope that there may be…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Police in southern Denmark say that a toaster placed under an electric vehicle by its owner to warm up its battery…

PARIS (AP) — French investigations into a fatal weekend attack near the Eiffel Tower are looking into the suspect’s mental health. The…

LONDON (AP) — Oxford University Press has named “rizz″ as its word of the year to highlight the popularity of a term used by Generation Z to…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Human rights lawyers have gone to court in the Netherlands to call for a halt to the…

LONDON (AP) — Spotify says it’s axing 17% of its global workforce in the music streaming service’s third round of layoffs this year. It’s…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has accused the U.S. of double standards, slamming it for allowing rival…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say they arrested at least 17 suspects in the weekend bus shooting that left 10 people dead and 25…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Border officials in South Africa say they have intercepted dozens of buses carrying more…

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is sending Congress an urgent warning about the need to…

By SIBI ARASU and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A prominent developing-world leader on the issue of climate…

TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. Air Force says divers have discovered wreckage and remains of crew members from a U.S. Air Force Osprey aircraft that crashed…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says it is a duty of women to halt a…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — While Ukrainian diplomats take part in negotiations at the United Nations COP28…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s disaster management agency says a moderately strong earthquake has struck the country’s northwest,…

ORCHARDS, Wash. (AP) — A news report says five people have been killed in a shooting at a Washington state home where police say the deceased…

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military on Monday renewed its calls for mass…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Heavy rains and strong winds are pelting India’s southern and eastern coastlines and states have been put on high alert after a…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Monday as investors awaited a slew of U.S. economic data set for release…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Fewer planes and helicopters will be flying tourists over Mount Rushmore and other national monuments and…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — One of Hong Kong’s best-known pro-democracy activists, who moved to Canada to pursue further…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Teachers are voicing skepticism about a Maine proposal to update science education…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Hailed as a world first, European Union artificial intelligence rules are facing a make-or-break…

By BERNARD McGHEE Associated Press From a hot dog vendor to head of the formidable mercenary army Wagner Group, his rise through Russian society…

By MICHAEL REZENDES and JASON DEAREN Associated Press HAILEY, Idaho (AP) — Paul Rytting had been director of the Risk Management Division at The…