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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Iowa law banning some books from school libraries and forbidding teachers from…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon weekly newspaper has had to lay off its entire staff and halt print after 40 years…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Supreme Court of the Canadian province of British Columbia has blocked new provincial laws against public…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio; former Trump White House staffers Alyssa Farah Griffin, Cassidy Hutchinson…

STANFORD, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky found a missing 16-year-old North Carolina girl under a trap door in the bedroom of a 34-year-old man after…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump say he may testify at a mid-January trial set to…

NEW YORK (AP) — Visitors to Times Square got a small preview of New York City’s famed New Year’s Eve party as the event’s organizers heaved…

By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Consumer Product Safety Commission has ordered a recall of toys sold at Walmart.com containing…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia is issuing the first checks from a fund established up by the settlement of…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s governor is standing firm on his plans to reject $18 million in federal funding…

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a U.S. citizen living in Egypt sought to join the al Shabaab terrorist organization and wage violent jihad…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s top election official could face an impeachment attempt in the state Legislature…

DETROIT (AP) — A pair of former Detroit Tigers scouts sued the team, alleging age discrimination over their terminations after the 2020 season.…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The judge handling the fallout over Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Comedian Kathy Griffin has filed for divorce from longtime partner Randy Bick just shy of the couple’s fourth wedding…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Six people are dead after a trio of gunmen pulled up to a party in northern Mexico and opened fire on partygoers. The attack…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For the second time this month, the Biden administration is bypassing Congress to approve an…

By MARCIO SANCHEZ and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — Bulldozers built giant sand berms Friday to protect beachfront homes in…

By ELOGE WILLY KANEZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Burundi’s president has accused Rwanda of funding and training rebels behind an…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities on Friday said a total of five officers from two law enforcement agencies opened fire on…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s onetime personal lawyer and fixer, says he unwittingly passed…

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina has formally announced it won’t join the BRICS bloc of developing economies. Friday’s announcement is…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — What to do about smoking in the casinos, and how to keep gamblers coming to the resort…

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it is “concerned” about a border dispute…

By MARIA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president is trying to end the woes of patients throughout the country, who are…

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The 2024 elections will be dominated by the presidential contest and the…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — South Africa has launched a case at the United Nations’ top court accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has declared a statewide emergency because of an ice storm that felled power poles and lines,…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A spate of false reports of shooters at the homes of public officials in recent days could be setting…

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press A civil rights leader was escorted by police out of a North Carolina movie theater after he insisted on using his own…

BAUDETTE, Minn. (AP) — A passenger died after a commercial transport vehicle crashed through the ice on a Minnesota lake. Meanwhile, state…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer Boeing is asking airlines to inspect its 737 Max jets for a potential loose bolt in the rudder control…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The deadliest mass shooting in Maine history propelled homicides to a new high in the state…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers have asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to stay and reconsider its finding that the state’s…

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a measure Friday that would…

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A group of university students have launched a 24-hour blockade of a key traffic alley in…

KYIV, Ukriane (AP) — Since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian military has repeatedly used missiles to…

JENKINSVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Federal regulators have lessened the severity of their warning about cracks discovered in a backup emergency fuel line at…

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A Texas police chief says investigators hope surveillance video will lead to answers in the killings of an 18-year-old pregnant…

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — At least 20 people have died following landslides caused by torrential rains that hit…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting on the final trading day of a year of surprisingly robust gains for Wall Street. The benchmark…

By ASHOK SHARMA and WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — A rebel group that fought for decades to free India’s northeastern state of…

BERLIN (AP) — Police say one person is dead after a truck struck several people in southern Germany. Police say the 63-year old driver struck a…

PARIS (AP) — French officials say security will be tight across the country on New Year’s Eve, with 90,000 law enforcement officers set to be…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer It’s just about time to celebrate New Year’s Eve and say goodbye to 2023. Preparing for a midnight…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s armed forces say an unknown airborne object entered the country’s airspace from the direction of Ukraine and…

MOSCOW (AP) — An associate of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to nine years in prison, the latest move in a…

BEIJING (AP) — China has appointed a new defense minister after months of uncertainty following the firing of his predecessor for reasons still…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says security forces have detained 32 people suspected of links to the Islamic State…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Defense Minister Shin Wonsik has said that a light-water reactor at…

PARIS (AP) — French authorities say an avalanche on Mont Blanc swept two skiers to their deaths and left another injured. A hiker was killed on…

By ILLIA NOVIKOV and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched about 110 missiles as well as drones against Ukrainian…

By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians have streamed into the…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian media says four people were executed and several others sentenced to prison for having alleged links with Israel’s…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed in muted trading on Friday, the last trading day of the year, with…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Organizers of the Paris Olympics urgently need thousands of security guards to help keep athletes…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — An activist who advocated for Hong Kong independence and was jailed under its sweeping national…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — A Colorado woman is being sought on suspicion of killing her two young children and wounding a third. Authorities…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A large pool of dark liquid festering on the floor. No fresh air. Computer displays that would…

DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — A former college student accused of stabbing two people to death in Northern California has been found competent to stand…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — The restaurant where Katie Austin was a server burned in the wildfire that devastated…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina hospital network is referring transgender psychiatric patients to…

By GARY FIELDS Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana (AP) — Alfred King was lying in the parking lot of a small apartment building, mortally…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina hospital network is referring transgender psychiatric patients to…

By SOPHIE AUSTIN, TRÂN NGUYỄN and ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new year brings new laws in California. Most of the new…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alabama is covering every angle when it comes to preparing for Monday’s College Football Playoff…