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By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia school district has passed a policy mandating annual religious freedom…

By TOM GOULD Associated Press MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — A corruption watchdog group in Mozambique says a police officer and a civilian have been…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney says Walt Disney World’s governing district made up of Florida Gov. Ron…

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two members of the Korn Ferry Tour have been suspended for three-to-six months for placing bets on PGA Tour…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Misinformation targeting a reproductive rights measure on…

COALINGA, Calif. (AP) — California officials say an inmate accused of attacking Paul Flores this summer, shortly after Flores reported to prison to…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York City is intensifying efforts to transport migrants out of the city as its…

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The COVID-19 treatments millions of have taken for free from the federal government will enter…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — There’s Mark Tuan, the K-pop musician. And then there’s “Digital Mark.” The…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration has identified nearly 3,400 voters who were…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A former model for Abercrombie & Fitch has sued the fashion retailer, alleging it…

By MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR (AP) — El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has registered to run for reelection next year.…

NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy is recalling nearly 1 million pressure cookers and separate inner pots due to a defect that can cause hot foods to spew…

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho judge on Thursday declined to dismiss a grand jury indictment against a man accused of fatally stabbing four…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has led a special prayer service in St. Peter’s Basilica for a…

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Three sea turtles are back in their natural habitats after being rehabilitated at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has scheduled a vote on a nonbinding resolution calling for a…

By GISELA SALOMON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge in Miami sentences a retired Colombian army officer to life in prison for his role…

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s first official probe of sex abuse by clergy members or people connected to the Catholic…

NEW YORK (AP) — The number of catalytic converter theft claims dropped in the first half of this year, the first time that’s happened since 2019,…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Police have recaptured a murder suspect who escaped custody in September, forcing an hours-long…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The authoritarian president of Belarus has invited Hungary’s prime minister to visit…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands is warning people on the island of St. Croix that they should not drink…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — An alliance of ethnic rebel groups has launched a coordinated offensive in northeastern Myanmar to…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Six of nine deputies have pleaded not guilty to charges ranging from second-degree murder to…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer JPMorgan Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon and his family are planning to sell 1 million shares of the bank…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has named a replacement for the former head of the country’s Aerospace Forces, who was dismissed in the wake of this…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was a focal point of a deadly white nationalist protest in 2017 has…

BALTIMORE (AP) — Three teenagers were wounded in a shooting outside a west Baltimore high school around the time classes were starting Friday…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union summit showed that Ukraine will be facing tougher times to get all the attention…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press Evangelical Christian conservatives have long had allies in top Republican leadership in Congress. But never before…

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say three teenagers have been arrested as suspects in the killing in Germany of a homeless man, which one of them…

NEW YORK (AP) — General Motors’ Cruise says it’s suspending its driverless operations nationwide as the robotaxi service works to rebuild…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The GOP presidential candidates are expected to woo donors and offer a staunch defense for…

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has ended its search for three fishermen who are missing at sea nearly two weeks after their boat left…

By KEN SWEET and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried began testifying at his fraud trial on Friday,…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One of the many impacts of Hollywood’s lengthy actors strike has been that most performers…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear was struck by tragedy when one of his closest friends died in…

By R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — For more than a decade, work had been nonstop in Atlanta’s booming film industry thanks to…

By ANDREA ROSA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Scores of protesters have gathered in the streets of Ukrainian cities to demand a cap of 18…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — An inflation gauge that’s closely monitored by the Federal Reserve showed price…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is launching a multi-agency effort to encourage states and cities to…

By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The families of children held captive by Hamas say they are adrift in a unique agony among the…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Central Bank has raised its key lending rate for the fourth time in half a year in an effort to bring down surging…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Ahead of this year’s Halloween weekend, Tokyo’s busy shopping, business and entertainment…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Voters in Maine will be deciding a question in November about whether independent automobile repair shops should…

By HOLLY MEYER Associated Press Thanks to a rabble-rousing, socialist priest, it’s a milestone year for direct democracy in the U.S. and not just…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has ordered the Vatican to reopen the case of a famous priest-artist accused of…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s chief epidemiologist who helped drive anti-COVID-19 measures in the country that suspended access to cities and…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders believe it’s time to lay the foundations for a future relationship…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian activists have slammed the government’s plan for a weeklong program in schools to support the Palestinian…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An independent probe has found “serious failings” in how NatWest Group’s private and exclusive…

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s ruling party has selected as its leader the daughter of Thaksin Shinawatra,…

By The Associated Press Russian state news agency Tass says Iran’s deputy foreign minister met Hamas representatives in Moscow. Thursday’s…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The United States on Friday expanded its effort to cut off funding for Hamas, announcing a second…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s royal families have elected the powerful and wealthy ruler of southern Johor state as the country’s…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s state RTS television says that a shooting between migrants near Serbia’s border with Hungary has left…

By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — About 2 in 3 Americans say their household expenses have risen over the last year, but only about 1…

By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies has reported its profit inched higher in the…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Just three weeks into the deadliest war between Israel and Hamas, it already is clear that the…

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares advanced Friday after the latest tumble on Wall Street, where the S&P 500 fell to…

By WAFAA SHURAFA and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces backed by fighter jets and drones carried out a…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Rights groups and lawyers in Nigeria say the West African nation’s law enforcement…

By DAVID SHARP, ROBERT BUMSTED, HOLLY RAMER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Shocked and fearful Maine residents kept to…

By KEVIN McGILL and STEPHEN SMITH Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Drought. Sea level rise. Dredging for cargo ships. Those are just some of the…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Abortion has had a complicated history in the Soviet Union and Russia. It was outlawed…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Despite its last-minute scheduling, the meeting at a bookstore in Russia’s…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean and U.S. troops have been conducting live-fire exercises to hone their ability to respond to potential…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Survivors of the Category 5 storm that killed at least 27 people and devastated…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A Chinese fighter jet came within 10 feet of an American B-52 bomber flying over the South China…

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Rep. George Santos is set to be arraigned on a revised indictment accusing him of several frauds, including making…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The sudden death of China’s former No. 2 leader Li Keqiang has shocked many people in the…

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in Virginia is scheduled to be sentenced…

By DIDI TANG and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — China’s top diplomat is meeting high-level U.S. officials, possibly including…

By WILL WEISSERT and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Minnesota Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips is expected to announce a primary…