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By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A leading Catholic charity is making a last-minute appeal to the U.S. state of Alabama to halt a…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Airbnb has donated a total of $10 million to more than 120 nonprofits in 44 countries on six…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s highest court has ruled that a small far-right party will not get any state…

By DALIA RAMIREZ of NerdWallet If you have unpaid or unfiled taxes, the start of a new tax season and the looming reminders of debt might fill you…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan lawmakers have begun debating a controversial internet safety bill…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer It is a name that has become almost synonymous with professional wrestling but its bearer, Dwayne Johnson, has…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino fishing boat captain has protested the Chinese coast guard’s aggression in…

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwandan authorities accused Burundi’s leader of making “incendiary allegations aimed…

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Thousands of artworks have been destroyed in a fire that swept through the main art gallery in Abkhazia in a severe blow to…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has sent a letter to his Swedish counterpart, Ulf…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — A long-delayed trial has started in Amsterdam for nine suspects accused of involvement in the…

PARIS (AP) — Spreading demonstrations by French farmers against low wages and other grievances were hit by tragedy when a woman was killed and her…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A study issued Tuesday by researchers collecting evidence of war crimes in Myanmar supported reports…

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO has signed a $1.2-billion contract to make tens of thousands of artillery rounds to replenish the dwindling stocks of its…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has hanged another prisoner over crimes committed during nationwide protests that erupted in 2022 following…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The upper house of Britain’s Parliament has urged the Conservative government not to ratify a…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The women work hard, sleeping only a few hours a night, as they juggle the demands of caring for…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say 20 people are confirmed dead and 24 remain missing after a landslide in a remote, mountainous part of the…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Tuesday, led by sharp gains in Hong Kong and Shanghai…

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say a complex Russian missile attack has targeted the cities of Kyiv and…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan has resumed after they reopened a key northwestern border crossing…

BANGKOK (AP) — Riot Games, the developer of the popular “League of Legends” multiplayer battle game is joining other tech companies that have…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s Oscar nominations morning, which means it’s time for the year’s best movies and performers…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and NAJIB JOBAIN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s army says a total of 21 soldiers were killed in an attack in…

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For almost 20 months the Pentagon has spearheaded a monthly gathering of about…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama, unless stopped by the courts, intends to strap inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith to a…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More than a dozen federal appellate judges are scheduled to hear arguments on whether…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Almost 80 years after the Holocaust, about 245,000 Jewish survivors are still living across…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Immediately after Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, the owners of the bowling alley and the…

By JEFF AMY and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Accusations that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had an affair with a…

By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The mother of a Michigan school shooter is headed to trial on involuntary manslaughter charges.…

By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was threatened with expulsion from a…

By COLLEEN LONG and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will share the stage on…

By HOLLY RAMER and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Donald Trump is aiming for a commanding victory in New Hampshire,…

GENEVA (AP) — China will face international scrutiny Tuesday over domestic polices in places like Hong Kong, Tibet and the western Xinjiang region…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. (AP) — In tiny Dixville Notch, the six registered voters who were preparing to cast their…

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — A tropical low strengthening over the Coral Sea is forecast to be the second cyclone is as many months to bring…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The three Republicans vying to take on Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown this fall in…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked for now a new law approved by North Carolina legislators…

SYDNEY (AP) — A Russian national has been sanctioned by the Australian government for his role in a cyber attack which compromised the personal…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman charged with killing a high-profile entertainment marketing consultant in his Los Angeles home has pleaded not guilty.…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green used his annual State of the State address to lead lawmakers and guests in…

Astrid Suarez and Manuel Rueda Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A spokesman for Colombia’s navy said the South American country has…

SEATTLE (AP) — The last known set of remains linked to the Green River serial killer in Washington state belonged to a teenage girl who had…

BY JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A trial underway in U.S. court is providing a possible glimpse into Hawaii’s…

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A proposal by New Mexico’s governor to underwrite the treatment and recycling of oil-industry wastewater is being denounced…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A bill to define antisemitism in Georgia law stalled in 2023 over how the measure should be worded. But…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Republican Party is endorsing York County’s district attorney for state…

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A fifth suspect has been ordered to stand trial in an ambush shooting that killed a 14-year-old and wounded several other…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has seen two versions of Gov. Ron DeSantis. One earned praise from…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and KEN RITTER Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge is being asked to issue a stop-work order on a $10…

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky gun shop that sold the assault weapon used to kill five people at a Louisville…

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois authorities are warning people to be aware of a man they called “armed and dangerous” after multiple shootings in the…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The speaker of the Nebraska Legislature has vowed to use his discretion to avoid a repeat…

Criminal gangs are trying to extort ‘protection’ payments from taxi drivers in Mexico’s Caribbean coast resort of Cancun. It is a problem…

PORT CLINTON, Ohio (AP) — Coast Guard officials say 20 people have been rescued from an ice floe in Lake Erie. The Coast Guard’s Ninth District…

By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ordered the appointment of an independent examiner in the…

By SUDHIN THANAWALA and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans in the Georgia House of Representatives have advanced a bill that…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Legislators in Jackson County, Missouri, voted Monday to override the veto of Jackson…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A deal in the Senate on border policies is being finalized as senators return to Washington…

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Serie A club Udinese has identified a fan who racially abused AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan and…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Los Angeles-area gang leader jailed in the 1996 killing of hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s is demanding an investigation into how U.S. military-grade weapons are increasingly being found in the hands of…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade ruling on Jan. 22, 1973, the time around the anniversary has…

BEIJING (AP) — State media in China say a magnitude 7.1 earthquake has struck a remote part of China’s western Xinjiang region.  The state-run…

PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The family of a man who died after being held in a California jail alleges in a lawsuit that he contracted a preventable…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and British militaries bombed multiple sites used by the…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister has clashed with the United States and Ukraine’s…

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Police say a man who fled the country after he was charged with the slaying of his wife more than 30 years ago in northern…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Police in Cyprus are making a renewed bid to clamp down on violence at soccer games. It says fan security screening will be…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Filmmaker Norman Jewison has died at 97. The Canadian-born director’s work ranged from Doris…

CAGLIARI, Sardinia (AP) — Luigi Riva, the all-time leading goalscorer for Italy men’s national team who was known as the “Rombo di Tuono”…

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A county elections board in Ohio has refused to reconsider the…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A former U.S. Army soldier who was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting a handcuffed cow herder in…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — June Squibb is perhaps the busiest 94-year-old in Hollywood. This year alone she’ll voice a…

The Associated Press Heavy rainfall around the U.S. prompted first responders in Texas to conduct water rescues and investigate whether people were…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy released the names of the two SEALs who were lost at sea during a raid on a…