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By BEN FINLEY Associated Press Joel Osteen is one of the most familiar faces in American religion. The pastor who leads the Houston megachurch where…

By ED WHITE Associated Press A Republican lawmaker in Michigan has lost his committee assignment and staff, days after posting an image of a racist…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The annual Academy Award nominees luncheon is a chance for all the Oscar hopefuls to…

By LAURA UNGAR and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, many health care providers say an increasing…

By JUAN LOZANO, ACACIA CORONADO AND JIM VERTUNO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Court documents say the shooter who opened fire at Houston…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has canceled his trip to Brussels to meet with NATO ministers and…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti’s renowned rum has become the newest victim of violent gangs vying to control a growing number of businesses…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Boy George, the singer-songwriter and beating heart of the iconic band Culture Club, is…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A leading Democratic Virginia legislator says proposed legislation to help pave the way for…

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana U.S. Senate candidate John Rust, who has filed to run as Republican in the May…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two former FirstEnergy Corp. executives have been indicted in connection with a $60 million bribery scheme in Ohio.…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — This was supposed to be the year when the Kansas City Chiefs were vulnerable. Their wide…

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The shooting at the Lakewood megachurch in Houston that left the alleged female shooter dead…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Money can buy lots of things, including Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, a pair of Japanese…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The surprise retirement of a GOP congressman in a solidly Republican Wisconsin congressional…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Donald Trump, the front-runner for the Republican Party’s nomination this year, says…

By The Associated Press The Israeli raid in the southern Gaza Strip lasted less than 90 minutes. When it was over, two hostages had been safely…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s long-serving government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán faces a rare…

By LAURA UNGAR and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In Utah, more of Dr. Cara Heuser’s maternal-fetal medicine patients are…

WOODBURY, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut pastor has been arrested on allegations that he sold crystal meth out of his church’s rectory. Police say…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s main Jewish organization has denounced an antisemitic sign put up at a local ski…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister says a large oil spill near the twin-island nation in the eastern Caribbean has…

By BILL BARROW Associated Press Robert Kennedy Jr.’s presidential ambitions resulted in public family drama after a political action committee…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government says it is imposing sanctions on four Israeli settlers accused of committing human rights abuses against…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has arrived at a federal courthouse…

BERLIN (AP) — The leaders of Germany and Denmark have joined in a ground-breaking ceremony for a new ammunition factory, underlining Europe’s…

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Police say explosives experts in northern Greece have safely defused a parcel bomb that had been delivered to a senior…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Plenty of retailers and suppliers are reducing the variety of their offerings to…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ABU MUREIKHA, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The first stone-constructed Hindu temple in the Middle East is preparing…

DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Throngs of revelers have taken to the streets of Germany’s Carnival strongholds along with floats that satirized the…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Five years ago, automakers and tech companies thought they were on the cusp of putting thousands of…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump faces a Monday deadline to ask the Supreme Court to extend the…

MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) — Thousands of minority Serbs in Kosovo have protested a ban of the use of the Serbian currency in areas where they live.…

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s Health Ministry says the brother of a boy who died last week from bird…

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The final results of Pakistan’s parliamentary elections are out. But there’s still no…

By BEN WALKER and RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Jen Pawol is on the verge of becoming Major League Baseball’s first woman…

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Authorities in Moldova say they will destroy explosives discovered in a part of a Shahed drone that crashed on its…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says it’s vital that it receives new European…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Three people were fatally shot in the offices of a shipping company near Athens and the suspected gunman also took his life…

By EDOUARD TAKADJI Associated Press N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — A search is underway for a Polish doctor kidnapped in southern Chad. Polish media…

By SYLVIE CORBET and VANESSA GERA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk was traveling to Paris and Berlin on…

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in overtime in a Super Bowl unlike any…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tiger Woods is starting a new year with a new look. He still figures to be wearing red on…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A fire has broken out at a waterpark under construction at one of the Nordic region’s biggest amusement parks, sending…

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland has a new president after former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb narrowly won a runoff vote…

COVENTRY, England (AP) — United States striker Haji Wright tricked his own teammate before outwitting the goalkeeper in an English league game.…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A group of British lawmakers says a plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is…

ROME (AP) — Despite their rocky start, Argentine President Javier Milei and Pope Francis appear to have hit it off. They met Monday amid…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s first astronaut has returned home to a hero’s welcome as a symbol of the country’s advances in technology and…

By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Judges in the Netherlands have ordered the Dutch government to halt the export of…

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A new United Nations report says nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in…

BERLIN (AP) — A partial rerun of Germany’s 2021 election in Berlin brought a decline in support for the governing parties and cost one of them a…

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico police officer died after he was stabbed by a suspect, who was shot and killed by a witness to the attack. The…

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and members of other parties are…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Jim Nantz and CBS producer Jim Rikhoff immediately felt they could be in store for the second overtime game in Super…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Human Rights Watch says Afghanistan’s public health system has been hit hard following a sharp…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A motive remains unclear after a woman in a trenchcoat opened fire in celebrity pastor Joel…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — It was a warm handshake between the unlikeliest of statesmen, conducted under the beaming gaze…

By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesians on Wednesday will elect the successor to popular President Joko Widodo, who…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Just a quarter of business economists and analysts expect the United States to fall into…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is hosting Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Washington Monday and the two…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans may be critical of diversity and inclusion programs within the federal…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A ship has come under attack by two missiles in the key Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the latest attack believed to have…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — There’s consensus in Virginia that the mental health care system is in need of reform,…

By DIANE JEANTET and FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro’s Salgueiro samba school has paid tribute to…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nikki Haley is challenging Donald Trump to debate. Trump is challenging…

By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include “Young Sheldon” returning for its seventh and final season,…

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) — When former President George H.W. Bush felt the need for speed in the waters off Maine, he just hopped aboard his…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Monday, with most regional markets closed for holidays, while…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs are back-to-back Super Bowl…

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Foreign Ministry says Qatar has freed eight retired Indian navy officers who had been given death sentences for alleged…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign is now on TikTok, even though he has expressed national security concerns over the platform…

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military said it rescued two hostages from captivity in the Gaza Strip early Monday. It identified the men as…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyoncé is…. Back? After a Verizon commercial starring Beyoncé aired during the Super…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Usher emerged at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium for the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show, an…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — An American woman and a man from Belize have been killed in what appears to have been a dispute between drug dealers at a beach…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Iraqi government met again with the U.S. government on how to draw down American troops who…

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has arrested human rights activist Rocio San Miguel. The…

By TOM ODULA, MUTWIRI MUTUOTA and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A fellow athlete says marathon world record-holder Kelvin…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The president’s national security spokesman John Kirby is getting an expanded role at the…