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By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says that Iran’s decision in…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed a cease-fire in Gaza that’s expected to enable…

By The Associated Press Russia’s parliament has approved a federal budget that increases spending by around 25% in 2024-2026 and devotes a…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press President Joe Biden declared an emergency over lead-in-water contamination in the U.S. Virgin Islands earlier…

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III has paid tribute to K-pop band Blackpink. The U.K. monarch has given them honorary gongs for their work fighting…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week, a sign…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Maybe the reason Tiger Woods is returning to competition next week in the Bahamas is to prepare for what really…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s new parliament is debating the reinstatement of government funding for in vitro fertilization as its first…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s law enforcement authorities say a member of a violent gang accused of kidnapping four U.S. citizens has…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press Jehovah’s Witnesses are well-known for proselytizing door-to-door and handing out their literature on city…

By FRANCISCO GUZMAN Associated Press Black Friday is almost upon us, when retailers kick off the holiday season with offers meant to get customers in…

By NICK KURCZEWSKI Edmunds Pricing for the average new car continues to rise, with the latest reports pegging the average new vehicle transaction…

By WHITNEY VANDIVER of NerdWallet identitySummary: A recent uptick in scams targeting older adults has seniors wondering who’s really calling them.…

PRAGUE (AP) — Czech President Petr Pavel has signed into law an economic package of dozens of measures introducing budget cuts and increased taxes…

Associated Press Holiday travelers are starting their final sprint. About 2.7 million people were expected to board flights on Wednesday, and Sunday…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany will extradite an Italian man suspected in the killing of a 22-year-old woman to Italy. According to German news agency dpa,…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Former Saints tight end Boo Williams needs surgery, medicine and doctors to make the pain in his injured neck…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Former Saints tight end Boo Williams needs surgery, medicine and doctors to make the pain in his injured neck…

By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Consumers are expected to use “buy now, pay later” payment plans heavily this holiday season, a…

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has restored electronic visa services for Canadian nationals, an Indian foreign ministry…

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Police in Kosovo say a hand grenade has exploded in an animal market in a southern city and nine people are injured. Three…

VATICAN CITY By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press (AP) — Pope Francis has met separately with relatives of Israeli hostages in Gaza and Palestinian…

SAN JOSE, California (AP) — Computer chip and software maker Broadcom says it has cleared all regulatory hurdles and plans to complete its $69…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel and Hamas have agreed to a deal that is to trigger a four-day halt in their…

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian minister said organizers of a Coldplay concert are able to stop…

By EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An American man convicted of sexual offences in Kenya nine years ago has been denied bail…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares slipped in Asia on Wednesday, tracking a decline on Wall Street a day after stocks…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The ousted leader of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is returning to the company that fired him late last week, the…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN, TIA GOLDENBERG and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement for a four-day halt…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The United States and the Philippines are conducting joint air and maritime patrols in the South…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — No fewer than 26 political parties are seeking a share of the 150 seats in the lower…

By MIKE CORDER and RAF CASERT Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — One thing is certain as Dutch voters cast ballots in a general…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas high school is grappling with how a feud over stolen items escalated into a fatal…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative government will try to win favor with voters by cutting taxes but avoiding…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says it will partially suspend an inter-Korean agreement to restart…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana and other northern states are making preparations to…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say a shooting in Philadelphia has killed two men and wounded five others and police say the violence may have been…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A culinary issue erupted as the European Parliament prepares to vote on Wednesday on a proposal…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — A group of Lahaina wildfire survivors is vowing to camp on a popular resort beach until…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Incumbent Erin Mendenhall was leading Tuesday in her reelection bid to continue as mayor of Utah’s capital in a…

By AARON MORRISON Associated Press STUDIO CITY, California (AP) — Some of the mystery and controversy shrouding a sprawling Los Angeles-area…

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new plan from the Biden administration could significantly increase salaries for hundreds of…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As lawmakers in Washington weigh sending billions more in federal support to…

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Some of the last surviving witnesses to the events surrounding the assassination of President John…

By DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s populist President-elect Javier Milei lacks a group of well-known…

DENVER (AP) — Authorities in Colorado say four men have been found dead at a home just north of Denver. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office says…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong, deep undersea earthquake shook the eastern side of Indonesia on Wednesday. There were no immediate reports of…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two defense officials say U.S. fighter aircraft have struck two Hezbollah operations centers in…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press Voters in Utah are choosing between a Republican former congressional staffer and a Democratic state senator in a…

By JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III has hosted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife at a…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A U.S. appeals court has sided with Cristiano Ronaldo, rejecting an appeal by a woman trying to…

PLANO, Texas (AP) — A small plane has crashed and burned on the doorstep of a strip mall in Texas. The Tuesday crash killed the pilot and caused a…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press An influential Iowa evangelical leader is endorsing Ron DeSantis for president before the leadoff Republican…

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Mike Shildt has been hired as manager of the San Diego Padres, returning to the dugout two years…

By GAURAV SAINI and SIBI ARASU, Press Trust of India NEW DELHI (AP) — Sunil Kumar watched helplessly in July as his home and 14 others were washed…

By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press KAPAA, Hawaii (AP) — It is the only all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple in the West built without power tools…

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The man who fatally shot five coworkers in April at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky,…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who worked as a stand-in at “The Cosby Show” in the 1980s is suing Bill Cosby,…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The start of the South American World Cup qualifying match between Argentina and Brazil on Tuesday night was delayed because…

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press A report by Human Rights Watch says the Chinese government has expanded its campaign of closing mosques to…

By Summer Ballentine Associated Press A moose on the loose in southern Minnesota has gained a herd of thousands of followers hoping to see the…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A state appeals court has ruled that California can share personal information of gun…

Formula One’s return to Las Vegas drew the largest audience for the series since June, despite starting in the middle of the night for viewers…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The governor of Mexico’s border state of Sonora has acknowledged that a secrecy-shrouded train project was an army…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have issued a subpoena to a senior federal prosecutor involved in the…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A New York massage therapist who joined the mob of Trump supporters attacking the U.S.…

By PETER SMITH and MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press The founder of a far-right, unofficial Catholic media group has resigned for an unspecified…

PINNACLE, N.C. (AP) — Heavy rain and lower temperatures have helped slow down wildfires in North Carolina, including blazes that had prompted…

BY KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Lawyers for the first inmate scheduled to be put to death using nitrogen gas said Monday…