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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The lower chamber of Mexico’s congress has once again turned to spectacle, giving hours of its time to a controversial…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press SPATA, Greece (AP) — In the Mediterranean’s olive-growing countries, the extreme weather caused by…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says 40 Filipinos have fled from the war-ravaged…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo is developing a live-action film based on its hit video game “The Legend of Zelda,”…

By MATTHEW LEE and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Fresh from a whirlwind tour of the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of State Antony…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has criticized rival South Korea for removing a law that banned private…

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Kimberly Mata-Rubio, a mother who has pushed for tougher gun laws since her daughter was among 19 children killed in the Robb…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There was plenty in the early results of Tuesday’s off-year election to make…

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press The people of Bridgeport, Connecticut, have cast their ballots for mayor knowing there’s a chance the results…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A judge’s order to deny bail is being challenged by a New Mexico man charged with attempted…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press Democrat Gabe Amo has defeated Republican Gerry Leonard to win Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District seat.…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Unification Church’s Japanese branch plans to set aside up to $67 million to cover possible…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A clerical error in an eastern Pennsylvania county caused votes to appear to be flipped on a ballot question…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press The Biden administration is urging an appeals court to allow sweeping new restrictions on…

By YOLANDA MAGAÑA Associated Press SAN SALVADOR (AP) — As El Salvador President Nayib Bukele seeks re-election, a growing number of voices have…

By AAMER MADHANI and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping remain on track to meet during next…

Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Thieves entered the home of Brazilian soccer star Neymar’s partner’s home and took her parents…

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers and tribes have unveiled a monument outside of…

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Authorities in Panama say two people have died while participating in a third week of protests against a government mining…

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer A new study finds that endangered cheetahs are more likely to hunt at dawn and dusk on hot days, which…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration has asked a federal appeals court to uphold health care guidance…

By KEN KUSMER Associated Press A law firm says the Peace Corps has agreed to pay $750,000 to the family of a 24-year-old volunteer from Illinois who…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota district judge said Tuesday he will rule soon on whether to issue a temporary…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Republican state senators in Oregon who walked out of the Legislature earlier this year have filed a federal lawsuit as part of…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Some polls in Kentucky have closed as voters there decide whether to give Democratic…

MAXTON, N.C. (AP) — The sheriff in a North Carolina county says that two deputies and a suspect have been seriously wounded during an exchange of…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump went off. Again and again. Making the witness stand at his New…

By FU TING, JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former CIA officer accused of drugging and sexually assaulting at…

By LISA MASCARO and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There are just 10 days before another potential government shutdown. Congress…

GENEVA (AP) — Christie’s says the largest fancy vivid blue diamond to ever come to auction has sold for more than $44 million, far outstripping…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nine-inning World Series games averaged 3 hours, 1 minute, the fastest since 1996, according to…

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Diana Taurasi is settling into a new role with USA Basketball. She is trying to earn a…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will meet in Belvidere, Illinois, with the head of the United Auto Workers…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police officers shot and killed a man who pointed a gun at them following a foot pursuit…

By ADAM BEAM and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Paradise is still recovering five years after a wildfire destroyed most…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Tiger Woods couldn’t be more involved with prime-time TGL unless he had built the arena. He helped develop the…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican Supreme Court justice who rose to fame after openly declaring himself a fan of pop star Taylor Swift has resigned.…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police say they are on a manhunt for suspects who robbed a government…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The future of recreational marijuana legalization in Ohio is in the balance. Issue 2 on…

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Russian troops stationed in Georgia’s breakaway province of South Ossetia have shot and killed a Georgian civilian near…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators are holding a meeting to confront Alabama Sen.…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A deep affection for cinema tends to run alongside the moviemaking for Alexander Payne. “The…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host Joko Widodo, the president of Indonesia, for a meeting at the White House on Nov. 13. The White…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is headed for a showdown vote Wednesday on whether to punish Democratic Rep. Rashida…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly leader is downplaying pressure he’s receiving from former…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Eight former residents of a youth treatment center that was run by an Arkansas man who…

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey voters are wrapping up casting ballots for a new Legislature, with all 120 seats…

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada judge threw out a proposed ballot referendum backed by a statewide teachers union that would give voters the…

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press The mother of a Cornell University student accused of making online threats against Jewish people on campus said he…

By DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press Chile’s National Forestry Corporation has permanently closed a popular glacier, sparking outrage from…

PARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor says two couples who allegedly stenciled dozens of blue Stars of David on buildings in Paris and two of its…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ energy minister says the political and economic ramifications from the…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans in the Wisconsin state Senate are proposing tweaks to their plan to help fund…

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency Tuesday as firefighters responded to two wildfires that amid dry conditions and high…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s government has laid out hurricane reconstruction plans for the resort of Acapulco that seem to give as much…

By EVA VERGARA and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean President Gabriel Boric has formally received the draft of a new…

MADRID (AP) — Spanish author Luis Mateo Díez has been awarded the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world’s highest literary honor.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Police say man with a gun was arrested near the U.S. Capitol Tuesday afternoon. U.S. Capitol Police say they searched the area…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The candidates in the hard-fought Mississippi governor’s race have voted.…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is warning U.S. schools and colleges that they must take immediate…

By MIKE STOBBE and KENYA HUNTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Alarmed by yet another jump in syphilis cases in newborns, U.S. health officials…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The clerk of court accused of tampering with the South Carolina jury that found Alex…

By The Associated Press Though its an off-year general election, races across the country will have far-reaching implications for 2024 and beyond.…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Boston University said Tuesday that its initial inquiry into the antiracist research center run by best-selling…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An exiled Belarus activist has presented a second dossier of evidence to the…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Director Nia DaCosta is the first Black woman to helm a Marvel movie. She’s also, at age 33, the…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian federal police have conducted searches at five locations, including the Portuguese Consulate in Rio de Janeiro, as…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The wife of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and activist Ales Bialiatski says he has been…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on 13 members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Twenty-five years ago, an R.E.M. album arrived that didn’t sound like a typical R.E.M.…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer More than 40% of American adults are considered obese, yet the medications many take are rarely tested in bigger…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A minibus exploded in a mostly Shiite Muslim neighborhood in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, killing at least seven civilians and…

By COLLEEN BARRY and TRISHA THOMAS Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Migration experts and activists are planning an agreement between Italy and…

By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America Voters on both ends of Pennsylvania are heading to the polls to decide who will lead the most…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Shootings in which 18 people were killed are on the minds of voters heading to the polls in…

TUSTIN, Calif. (AP) — Fire is raging in a historic World War II-era wooden hangar that was built to house military blimps based in Southern…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — State media in Myanmar says the military-run Southeast Asian nation is holding its first joint naval…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press Exonerated “Central Park Five” member Yusef Salaam is poised to win a seat Tuesday on the New York City…

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa says he is resigning after being involved in a widespread corruption probe. Costa…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer On the same day whistleblower Frances Haugen was testifying before Congress about the harms of Facebook and…

By EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged Rwanda and Congo to de-escalate tensions…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Police say dense smoke reminiscent of last month’s so-called “super fog” that rolled into Louisiana has led to a deadly…

By ILLIA NOVIKOV and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian official says a top aide to the commander of the…