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By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Landlocked Ethiopia has taken the first steps toward gaining access to the sea, signing an…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The family of a mother of eight who was a huge “Star Trek” fan has ensured the final frontier will be her…

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Floral floats, marching bands and equestrian units took to the streets under a sunny California sky as the 135th Rose…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, MISS. (AP) — A federal appeals court has temporarily delayed Mississippi officials…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former NBA developmental league player accused with his ex-girlfriend of killing a woman whose body was found last month in…

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press Jerusalem (AP) — An Israeli man who never served in the military was charged with impersonating a soldier and…

NEW YORK (AP) — Police in New York City say five people died when the car they were in crashed on a parkway in Queens. The New York Police…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan police have recovered the body of a man believed to have been attacked and killed by a lion while riding a motorcycle…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican actor who gave voice to the character of “Mama Coco” in the popular Pixar film “Coco” has died. Ana Ofelia…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Peter Magubane, a fearless photographer who captured the violence and horror of…

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — The 15th version of the NHL’s Winter Classic had decidedly local flare as both the Seattle Kraken…

LONDON (AP) — A 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death on a hill overlooking central London as crowds gathered to watch New Year’s Eve…

By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press OCOSINGO, Mexico (AP) — Members and supporters of the Zapatista indigenous rebel movement are celebrating the…

LONDON (AP) — The British government says the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in 2023 fell by more than a third from the previous…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court has struck down a key component of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul.…

By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police say two men have been arrested in connection with the killing of Ugandan Oympic runner…

By WILL WEISSERT and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In this time of war overseas, more Americans think foreign policy should be…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group is heading home after months of extra duty at…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fans of the hit reboot of “Night Court” got a happy surprise when an old face popped up…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s independent human rights commission says there is little chance of free and fair…

SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey mayor says buses of migrants bound for New York City have been stopping at the town’s train station in an…

NEW YORK (AP) — A driver fleeing police in Manhattan sped onto a sidewalk and injured seven pedestrians, including a woman who was pinned under a…

BABA AHMED Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Chad’s transitional government has appointed a former opposition leader who recently returned…

LONDON (AP) — A Colorado mother suspected of killing two of her young children and injuring a third has made an initial court appearance in London.…

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities have detained another suspect in connection with an alleged threat of an attack on the world-famous Cologne…

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Berlin say that New Year’s Eve celebrations in the German capital were more peaceful compared to last year despite…

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet January often means facing down any overspending from the previous month, which can be a downer. But financial…

BERLIN (AP) — One person has died and 21 people have been severely injured in a fire that broke out at a bar in the southeastern Austrian city of…

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s counterterrorism police said they arrested nearly two dozen members of the outlawed militant group, the…

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A labor court in Bangladesh’s capital sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a record 90 Shahed-type drones over Ukraine during the early hours of the new year, the Ukrainian air force…

By TIA GOLDENBERG, NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Thousands of Israeli soldiers are being shifted out of the…

HAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) — Police in California say a woman was killed and four people were wounded in a Los Angeles County shooting shortly after…

PARIS (AP) — France’s interior minister says the Olympic host country saw fewer of the car burnings that usually blight the arrival of a new…

By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include Dan Levy’s directorial debut, the return of NBC’s…

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has issued tsunami alerts after a series of strong earthquakes shook western areas. The Japan Meteorological Agency reported a…

Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s minimum-wage workers have more than just the new year to celebrate. A pay bump kicked in Monday…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — A survey of factory managers in China shows manufacturing contracted in December in the…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ron DeSantis is underscoring how much Iowa means to him, campaigning there into…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge will allow Mississippi officials to move forward with creating a…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his military to “thoroughly annihilate”…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America A Colorado mother suspected of killing two of her young children and injuring a third is under…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts is turning his focus to the promise and shortcomings of artificial…

DALLAS, Texas (AP) — Trailblazing former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson has died at 88. The nurse from Texas helped bring hundreds of millions of…

ELDORET, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya say they are investigating the slaying of three-time Ugandan Olympian Benjamin Kiplagat. A local police…

Associated Press PAIA, Hawaii (AP) — The Maui Police Department in Hawaii says a surfer died in the hospital after being injured in a shark…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood closed out an up and down 2023 with “Wonka” regaining No. 1 at the box office, strong…

SYDNEY (AP) — Former world champion cyclist Rohan Dennis is reported to have been charged in connection with the death of his wife, Olympic cyclist…

JERUSALEM (AP) — A member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political party has offered one of the party’s first public apologies for the…

BEIRUT (AP) — A U.N. spokesperson says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has closed an international tribunal that was created to investigate the…

Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — After lithium-ion batteries burned in a large cargo ship’s hold for a number of days, the U.S.…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shecky Greene, the gifted comic and master improviser who became the consummate Las…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has announced that she plans to leave the throne to make way for her son, Crown Prince…

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sportsbook director Jay Kornegay is anticipating massive crowds at Westgate’s Las Vegas…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say they have detained three more people in connection with a reported…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California law that bans people from carrying firearms in most public places is taking effect on New Year’s Day, even as a…

LONDON (AP) — John Pilger, an Australia-born journalist and documentary filmmaker known for his coverage of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, has died,…

By SAM MEDNICK and JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi was re-elected for a second five…

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Police in Greensboro, North Carolina, say an off-duty police officer was shot and killed over the weekend after he…

By The Associated Press Two of college football’s most storied programs will meet on New Year’s Day in a playoff semifinal at the Rose…

By The Associated Press Russian state news agencies say President Vladimir Putin has praised Russia’s “united society” in his prerecorded New…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John Fetterman acknowledges having “dark conversations” about harming himself before he hit “the emergency brake”…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has taken a helicopter flight to check the flooded regions in…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Over the past three years, the world’s oldest democracy has been tested in ways not seen in decades. Former…

DETROIT (AP) — Police say four people died and two others have been injured in a Michigan house explosion that could be heard miles away. The…

By LUIGI NAVARRA and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Tributes are being paid on the first anniversary of the death of Pope…

By WAFAA SHURAFA, BASSEM MROUE and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes in central Gaza killed at least…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A senior Taliban official says security forces in Afghanistan killed a number of Tajik and Pakistani nationals and arrested scores…

By BINSAR BAKKARA Associated Press MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) — Some 170 likely Rohingya refugees, mostly hungry and weak women and children, have been…

Istanbul (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blamed opposition parties for “exploiting” a dispute between two Turkish football…

BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. military says it shot down two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired toward a container ship by Yemen’s Houthi rebels in the…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has slammed Taiwan presidential front-runner William Lai as a “destroyer of peace” following a televised debate on…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean capital, Seoul, received the biggest single-day snowfall recorded in December for more than 40 years on…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a fresh drone assault on Ukraine on Saturday night, after promising that strikes on the Russian border city of…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and DANIEL KOZIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s an annual end-of-year exercise in futility for many. But a clean…