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By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s chief prosecutor has launched an investigation into the country’s soccer…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government has opened civil rights investigations into seven schools and…

LIMINGTON, Maine (AP) — Maine State Police say a 62-year-old pilot suffered minor injuries when his plane crashed less than a mile after taking off…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries and lawmakers have reached a breakthrough to stop sending their…

By MOHAMED SHARUHAN Associated Press MALE, Maldives (AP) — Mohamed Muizzu has been sworn as the Maldives’ fifth democratically elected president…

BY MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Elton John’s musical about televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker is coming to Broadway from…

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Emily Tony Korenberg Hand celebrated her eighth birthday last year romping with friends and…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A Chinese court will hold hearings on claims for compensation for the Chinese relatives of people who died on a Malaysia…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s newly appointed Roman Catholic cardinal says he dreams of having bishops and…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese officials say Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A lobsterman in Maine jumped from a boat into the water to help save a driver trapped in a sinking car, police said. The car…

By JOSEPH WILSON and CIARÁN GILES Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez has pulled off his latest feat…

NEW BUFFALO, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say 11 people were injured when an Amtrak train heading to Chicago derailed in southwestern Michigan. The…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Ron DeSantis has picked up 10 endorsements in South Carolina from former backers of Sen. Tim…

By SARAH TETAUD Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascar’s Andry Rajoelina has taken a commanding lead in the island…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Members of the United Auto Workers union moved closer to approving a contract agreement with…

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Justice Ministry says it has filed a lawsuit with the country’s Supreme Court to outlaw the LGBTQ “international…

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s marine corps says it has secured multiple bridgeheads on the eastern bank of the…

By DAVID KEYTON Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Many cities around the world see clean and efficient public transport as a crucial way to lower…

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Police in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir say government forces have killed five suspected militants in a…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s government has released a set of questions for an informal survey it will…

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The first Formula One practice of the Las Vegas Grand Prix was called off less than 21…

By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press The lower house of Russia’s parliament, the State Duma, has passed a record federal budget which aims to increase…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have conducted a search and rescue operation  off the coast of a small islet in the eastern Aegean Sea…

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — An explosion has rocked a university building in Armenia’s capital, killing one person and injuring three others. The…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Lawyers for the first person to be charged under Australia’s foreign interference laws have told a court that a…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful undersea earthquake has shaken the southern Philippines. There are no immediate reports of serious damage or…

By RAHMAT MIRZA Associated Press ACEH UTARA, Indonesia (AP) — Some 240 Rohingya Muslims, including women and children, are afloat off the coast of…

By AARON FAVILA and EILEEN NG Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States and the Philippines have signed a nuclear cooperation…

By NAJIB JOBAIN, BASSEM MROUE and DAVID RISING Associated Press RAFAH, GAza Strip (AP) — Communications systems in the Gaza Strip were down for a…

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks were mostly lower Friday after Wall Street drifted to a mixed finish as momentum…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged leaders of developing nations to unite in the face of…

By CARLOS MUREITHI and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — As countries meet in Nairobi to negotiate a treaty aimed at…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden has ended the immediate threat of a government shutdown, signing a…

By AAMER MADHANI, DIDI TANG and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Sometimes it can be easy to forget that President Joe…

By DANICA KIRKA and SAM McNEIL Associated Press Abbey Onn lost her aunt and a young cousin when Hamas attackers rampaged through Kibbutz Nir Oz on…

SEVILLE, Spain (AP) — Karol G, Bizzarap, Shakira and Natalia Lafourcade, won big at the Latin Grammy Awards held Thursday. Karol G’s “Mañana…

By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The bullets began piercing the windows of the hospital as women…

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press CIUDAD EVITA, Argentina (AP) — As Argentina heads for a presidential runoff election on Sunday, the decades-old…

By COLLEEN LONG and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador are…

BERLIN (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected in Berlin on a short visit to Germany as the two countries’ stances on the war…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Republicans battling to be the alternative to former President Donald Trump are…

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A lawsuit has challenged the constitutionality of Missouri’s new law requiring voters…

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — How science textbooks in Texas address climate change is at the center of a key vote. Some…

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A woman convicted of murder in the shooting death of rising professional cyclist Anna Moriah…

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The wreckage goes on for block after devastated block. The smell…

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Rescuers drilled deeper into the rubble of a collapsed road tunnel in northern India…

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Illinois will funnel an additional $160 million to help…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors are preparing to present evidence to a grand jury against Alec Baldwin in the…

BANGKOK (AP) — A moderate earthquake shook northeast Myanmar on Friday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 5.7 magnitude quake was…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Repairs to an elevated Los Angeles freeway closed because of an arson fire are moving…

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) — Santa Claus’ sleigh took on new responsibilities in rural Alaska this week when delivering gifts…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The families of five Minnesota men who were killed by police officers have announced a…

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Grand Prix is an absolute spectacle of neon extravagance and Max Verstappen has…

By PAOLO SANTALUCIA Associated Press SALERNO, Italy (AP) — More than 236,000 people have entered European Union borders irregularly so far this…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A gag order that barred Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel…

By DIDI TANG Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is expanding his diplomatic efforts to build more partnerships with…

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Legislature has wrapped up its formal session without a deal on a supplemental budget. The $2.8 billion spending…

By FRANCIS KOKUTSE Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Delegates at a reparations summit in Ghana have agreed to establish a Global Reparation…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Eight Las Vegas high school students between the ages of 13 and 17 years old were arrested on murder…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal judge in Nevada has dealt another legal setback to tribes trying to halt construction…

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California state scientists are on day two of a three-day strike…

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press Attorneys for a group of Michigan activists are asking the state Supreme Court to hear an appeal of a lower…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Backpage.com founder Michael Lacey was convicted Thursday on a single count of money laundering…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Advocates are calling out New Mexico’s Democratic governor for disbanding a task…

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press A dog who survived more than 10 weeks by her owner who died of hypothermia while hiking in the Colorado mountains…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As President Joe Biden and other global leaders spent the past…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods ‘ ex-girlfriend has dropped her lawsuits against the golf…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — About 16 million people in California will pay higher electric and gas bills next year. The…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Panda lovers in America have received a much-needed injection of hope as Chinese President Xi…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani, who has captivated baseball with his unprecedented combination of high-level…

By MICHAEL WARREN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The National Park Service has delivered to Congress its long-awaited study on whether the…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The top health official in one of Michigan’s largest counties is asking a judge to…

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — The way coach David Braun supports his players prompted Northwestern to remove the “interim” label from his job title.…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California family is suing a Virginia sheriff’s department for hiring a deputy who…

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer Fifteen years ago, Michael Phelps won a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics wearing a high-tech…

FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) — The U.S. Army says four family members were found dead inside a home at Fort Stewart in southeast Georgia. A statement…

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs, was accused in a lawsuit Thursday of subjecting R&B singer Cassie to a yearslong relationship that…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A book about an inferno that ravaged a Canadian city and has been called a portent of climate chaos…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Serena Williams and Ruby Bridges will be inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame next year. The Hall…

By WILL WEISSERT, CHRIS MEGERIAN and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — National Democrats this year have insisted the party is…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer Major League Baseball has canceled plans to play regular-season games in Paris in 2025 after failing to find a…

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (AP) — Dolly Parton’s Dollywood in Tennessee temporarily suspended entry into the amusement park as wildfire crews on…

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge has declared a mistrial in the trial of a former Louisville police officer…