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By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills and a state representative who immigrated from Somalia are…

DENVER (AP) — One of three teens charged with starting a house fire in suburban Denver that killed five people — apparently out of revenge for a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed a short-term spending bill that keeps the federal government operating until early March. Signed…

BERLIN (AP) — Tens of thousands gathered in Hamburg on Friday for a demonstration against the far right, and organizers said the protest was ended…

By TRISHA AHMED and MARK VANCLEAVE Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As a bout of bitter and deadly cold sweeps the U.S.,…

HATBORO, Pa. (AP) — A suburban Philadelphia man is accused of stabbing to death a neighbor with whom he had feuded after an argument about the…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say American fighter jets struck Iranian-backed Houthi rebel sites for the…

By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump used his social media platform Friday to mock Nikki Haley ‘s birth name, the…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is expected to endorse former President Trump ahead of…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California man has been sentenced to two life sentences plus 30 years for blowing…

By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press A judge on Friday dismissed a juror in the trial of a Connecticut woman accused of helping her boyfriend cover up…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Getting through winter healthy means trying to protect yourself from respiratory viruses. January can be the…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama inmate set to be the first person put to death by nitrogen gas will ask a…

By RISDEL KASASIRA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — African leaders have criticized Israel for its military campaign in Gaza and called for…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The leader of the California Senate says she will run for governor in 2026. Democrat Toni…

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for a man convicted of fatally shooting…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s mayor has vetoed legislation aimed at providing more transparency in police…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press The U.S. Department of Defense plans to install more groundwater treatment systems at a former Michigan military…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president is calling on citizens not to support drug cartels or oppose the installation of National Guard…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — On the surface, the platform beneath a new generation of automobiles has little to do with politics…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African government says it will challenge an auction of artifacts belonging to…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has dropped his libel lawsuit against the publisher of a British tabloid following a…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Jack Burke Jr., the oldest living Masters champion who staged the greatest comeback ever at Augusta National for one…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s secretary of state is appealing a judge’s ruling that put on hold her…

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. John Fetterman has endorsed Rep. Andy Kim in the congressman’s bid…

By KATE BRUMBACK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis hired attorney Nathan Wade to lead the Georgia…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The speaker of Slovakia’s Parliament, a close ally of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, says he will run for…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — Jordan Henderson has apologized to the LGBTQ+ community that fiercely criticized his transfer from…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press PETERBOROUGH, N.H. (AP) — President Joe Biden is skipping Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary because the state…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ON BOARD THE USS BATAAN (AP) — The U.S. Navy is reshuffling its warship deployment in the Middle East to…

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A man who fell through the ice on a frozen Michigan lake was rescued after a quick-thinking state police officer used…

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A Moldovan national who was driving a van packed with migrants was arrested in Croatia following a car chase early on Friday…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press In her latest role in Showtime’s “The Woman in the Wall,” Ruth Wilson plays Lorna, a woman prone to…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes sank in 2023 to a nearly 30-year low as mortgage rates…

By SIMON CAMBERS Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A Ukrainian player refusing to shake the hand of a Russian or Belarusian at the net…

By EMMA BURROWS and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press A Russian court in Siberia has sentenced a man to 19 years in prison for shooting a military…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A former Republican legislative candidate in Maine has pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement officers in the U.S.…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — This week began and ended with the long road in front of Berlin’s landmark Brandenburg Gate…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — European Union Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders has praised efforts by Poland’s new pro-EU government to…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Filmmaker Yance Ford was in a “Sundance haze” when he took a meeting with Netflix…

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Eminem stood alongside Pro Football Hall of Famers Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson before the…

By The Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — More than 1,000 people have rallied in the Russian region of Bashkortostan, continuing a series of protests…

SAN JUAN Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in the French Caribbean island of Martinique say two people have been rescued and they are searching for…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Business and political elites descended on the Swiss Alpine snows of Davos to suss out…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in Jamaica say they have detained a former member of Parliament and named him a suspect in his wife’s…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There may be a collective feeling of déjà vu among Democrats in Bridgeport, Connecticut, as…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers have approved legislation easing rules to gain citizenship and ending restrictions…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says debt-stricken Sri Lanka’s economic…

LONDON (AP) — Apple has promised to open up its tap-and-go mobile payment system to rivals as a way to resolve an antitrust case and avoid…

MIAMI (AP) — A cargo plane has made an emergency landing at Miami International Airport after experiencing engine failure shortly after takeoff. A…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Indian firm Tata Steel says it will close both blast furnaces at its plant in Port Talbot, Wales,…

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal agency in charge of emergency management is making changes to its program that…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A lawyer says some 20 activists have been charged after they blocked several entrances to Norwegian government offices…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The race for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations will converge in New…

BY MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — As Japan’s space agency prepares for its first moon landing early Saturday, it’s aiming to hit…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Opponents of abortion rights will rally in the nation’s capital with an eye on presidential…

By JULIA FRANKEL, NAJIB JOBAIN and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Rifts are emerging among top Israeli officials over the handling…

By JAYAMPATHI PALIPANE Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan authorities say they have arrested tens of thousands of people in a…

By The Associated Press A Russian official says a Ukrainian drone has struck an oil storage depot in western Russia, causing a massive blaze. It is…

JERUSALEM (AP) — A member of Israel’s War Cabinet has confirmed reports that early in the war against Hamas in Gaza, an Israeli preemptive strike…

By FOSTER KLUG Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan hopes to make the world’s first “pinpoint landing” on the moon, joining a modern push…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Empress Masako has expressed her yearning for peace as a mother’s love in her poem, read…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press WHEATLAND, Wyo. (AP) — Oliver Baez spent two months rehearsing a scene for a school play in which his character…

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asia markets mostly advanced Friday after Wall Street recouped most of the week’s earlier…

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — Seven Republicans vying for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in Nevada…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Forecasters say a second storm is expected to sock New York with snow after causing chaos…

By ACACIA CORONADO and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Families of the children and teachers killed in the Uvalde, Texas,…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A small airplane that crashed into the ocean off the California coast has been identified…