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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The Bosnian capital of Sarajevo has been intermittently engulfed in a toxic haze since the start of December,…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Rite Aid has been banned from using facial recognition technology for five years over allegations that a surveillance…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Like Christmas trees, Santa and reindeer, the poinsettia has long been a ubiquitous symbol of…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration has released a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The party of Pakistan’s former premier Imran Khan  says he will run in upcoming parliamentary…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The family of an elder in a Chinese church says he has been detained and accused of fraud. A…

PARIS (AP) — France’s most famous TV presenter has been handed a preliminary charge of rape by a person abusing his authority. French authorities…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu plans to formally apologize on behalf of the city to Alan Swanson and…

By TARA COPP Associated Press ABOARD THE USS GERALD R FORD (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has flown out to the USS Gerald R. Ford…

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Repeatedly in recent years, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has stipulated that “the threat of abortion…

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves’ trial for alleged sexual assault will start Feb. 5. A Barcelona-based court announced…

LONDON (AP) — Newcastle goalkeeper Martin Dubravka was confronted by a fan who ran onto the field during Tuesday’s English League Cup…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Organizers of the Paris Olympics say work will continue on a new tower for judges and…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s new pro-European Union government says it has changed the directors of state television, radio and the…

LONDON (AP) — Three of the world’s biggest porn websites face new requirements in the European Union that include verifying the ages of users.…

By MATT O’BRIEN and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press Hidden inside the foundation of popular artificial intelligence image-generators are…

By JAE BRATTON of NerdWallet Traditional secured credit cards are a credit-building tool for those with bad or limited credit, but some people…

By NICK KURCZEWSKI Edmunds How quickly an EV can charge at a public fast-charging station is nearly as important as how much range it has. After all,…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch bank ING says it is accelerating its phasing out of funding for oil and gas exploration and production…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia television station says a news helicopter has crashed in New Jersey, killing both the pilot and photographer on…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia and Egypt say the latest round of yearslong negotiations to find an agreement over a highly contentious…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has lost in his legal attempt to overturn sanctions…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will use a visit to Milwaukee to highlight a surge in federal support for…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s federal prosecutor has filed a motion for asset forfeiture concerning more than 720 million euros or $789 million of…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Doctors in the early stages of their careers in England have started a 72-hour strike in their…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court has ordered the governor of Okinawa to approve the central government’s modified…

PARIS (AP) — The French parliament has approved a divisive immigration bill intended to strengthen France’s ability to deport foreigners…

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas’ top leader arrived in Cairo on Wednesday for talks…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States has flown a long-range bomber for joint drills with South Korea and…

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A Rwandan doctor has been sentenced by a Paris court to 24 years in prison for his role in the 1994…

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union negotiators have clinched a deal on the main parts of an overhaul of the bloc’s outdated asylum rules.…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. as measured by the consumer prices index has eased back to its lowest level in…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Filmmakers and movie festival organizers from around the world have called on Iranian authorities to drop all…

By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks in the U.S., Japan and Germany have risen 20% or more. The U.S. economy grew…

By PAUL WISEMAN and KEN SWEET AP Business Writers The tide turned against inflation. Artificial intelligence went mainstream — for good or ill.…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer Tesla has found itself locked in an increasingly bitter dispute with union workers in Sweden and neighboring…

By The Associated Press Asian shares mostly advanced on Wednesday after Wall Street ticked higher amid hopes that Japan’s moves to keep interest…

Abortion is going to be a major issue in the U.S. again in 2024, the second full year after the nation’s top court ended a right to abortion…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — More than 300 firefighters are battling a blaze on the slopes of a mountain near Cape Town in South Africa for a…

BY ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian court has ordered Airbnb to pay a 15 million Australian dollar ($10…

By TAIWO ADEBAYO Associated Press OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria (AP) — Men in dusty workwear trudge through a thicket, making their way up a hill…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press It’s clear when states ban abortion. But in the heart-wrenching situations in a…

By TAIWO ADEBAYO Associated Press OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria (AP) — Habitat for a dwindling population of critically endangered African forest…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press One of Pennsylvania’s leading natural gas companies is poised to drill and frack in the rural community where…

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press MENANDS, N.Y. (AP) — Kaine is a big, buoyant dog looking for a home. But lately, he’s spending a lot of time…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Authorities from Minnesota to Maine are adding Native American language translations to…

By JENNIFER PELTZ and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Some states that stockpiled millions of masks and other personal protective equipment during the…

By JENNIFER PELTZ and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Some states that stockpiled millions of masks and other personal protective equipment during the…

By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — How far can a state go to keep migrants out of the U.S.? The answer may soon come out of…

By DÉBORA REY and ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Just days after right-wing populist Javier Milei became…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo is heading to the polls to vote for president as authorities scramble to finalize…

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has reported its exports fell slightly in November from a year earlier while imports declined nearly 12%. Exports to the rest of…

By The Associated Press After blunting Ukraine’s counteroffensive from the summer, Russia is building up its resources for a new stage of the war…

By SHARON JOHNSON Associated Press DAUFUSKIE ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Historic Black communities have dwindled from their once-thriving existence in the…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Security Council’s adoption of a new U.N. resolution to spur desperately…

YANGWA, China (AP) — Surrounded by destruction, the relatives of an earthquake victim are mourning her death in temporary shelters and frigid…

By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — China’s Alibaba Group says its CEO Eddie Wu will head its core e-commerce business, as the…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A 2021 federal raid on Rudy Giuliani’s home and office was spurred by…

Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — An ethnic armed group in northeastern Myanmar has seized a major crossing point for trade along the Chinese border.…

By JERRY HARMER and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Naphat Krutthai and Rasithaya Jindasri have been in a committed…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former New York Giants running back Derrick Ward has been arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of robbery. Police say the…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A body found in an open field in 1979 near what is today a busy intersection of the Las Vegas Strip…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT and ALI SWENSON Associated Press WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is defending his comments about migrants…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s attorney general will not seek criminal charges against a Vallejo police…

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say two Southern California brothers who ran a heroin-delivery operation that took telephone orders…

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the public disclosure of the identities of more than 150 people mentioned in a mountain of court…

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A New York man who served 37 years in prison for the shooting deaths of two people in the 1980s has been released from…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea and Russia have clashed with the United States, South Korea and their allies…

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice says the owner of a Kansas company has pleaded guilty in a…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mother of a 10-year-old child who was sentenced by a Mississippi…

NEW YORK (AP) — Southwest Airlines and its pilots reached a tentative labor agreement after three-and-a-half years of negotiations, the last of the…