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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans showed their steadfast resilience and kept spending in September even as they…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — They are playfully called the “forgotten five”: A handful of toys — the pogo…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Commerce Department has updated and broadened its export controls to stop China from acquiring…

Associated Press Choice Hotels International is asking shareholders of rival chain Wyndham Hotels & Resorts to sign off on a buyout worth nearly…

PARIS (AP) — France’s anti-terror prosecutor says a suspected Islamic extremist declared allegiance to the Islamic State group before fatally…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Fiji’s prime minister says he hopes Australia’s acquisition of a fleet of submarines…

By AMI BENTOV and AMY TEIBEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The mother of a young Israeli woman held by Hamas has appealed for her release,…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The upcoming season of “Sesame Street” features an octopus as a chef, an exploration of…

HELSINKI (AP) — The Swedish security police has arrested two people suspected of gross unauthorized possession of secret information following an…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The battle for the throne of South Africa’s ethnic Zulu nation has reached the courts as…

PARIS (AP) — The Palace of Versailles, one of France’s most visited tourist attractions, is being evacuated for a security scare. It’s the…

Jet engine maker Rolls-Royce says it’s cutting up to 2,500 jobs globally as part of a corporate overhaul that its new CEO is carrying out. The…

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees has urged the international community not to forget…

By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Open enrollment is no one’s idea of a good time, but health coverage is a crucial part of your financial health.…

MOSCOW (AP) — The lower house of the Russian parliament has given preliminary approval to a bill revoking the ratification of a global nuclear test…

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech coalition government is facing a parliamentary no-confidence vote over opposition claims that it is incompetent in handling…

By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the most used platforms for travel and online shopping said Tuesday they’re going to…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — WNBA players have one less option to play overseas with the conflict in Israel, adding to…

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Western analysts say Russia is throwing more units into its effort to take a key eastern…

BEIRUT (AP) — Clashes erupted again Tuesday on the border between Lebanon and Israel, where Israeli forces and armed groups in Lebanon have engaged…

By ISABEL DEBRE and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s health ministry says that an estimated 1,200 people…

MUMBAI, India (AP) — Oscar-winning actor Michelle Yeoh has been elected an International Olympic Committee member. The academy of Olympic voters…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A complete ballot count confirms that three coalition parties that vowed to restore democratic standards in Poland together…

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Sweden players are returning to their clubs after taking an overnight flight home from Brussels following the…

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court has refused to legalize same-sex marriages, with the chief justice of the country saying that it was up to…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — World shares advanced Tuesday after U.S. stocks rallied as investors unwound some of last…

By SYLVAIN PLAZY, RAF CASERT and LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Police in Belgium searched Tuesday for a suspected Tunisian extremist…

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China is hosting its third international forum centered around President Xi Jinping’s…

By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — The Chinese search engine and artificial intelligence firm Baidu has launched the latest version…

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a visit that…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Stalled spending on electrical grids worldwide is slowing the rollout of renewable…

By NAJIB JOBAIN, RAVI NESSMAN Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The U.S. hoped to break a deadlock over delivering aid to increasingly…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans will try to elect a firebrand Rep. Jim Jordan as the new House…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric wants to bury many of its power lines in areas threatened by…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is scheduled to be questioned under oath as part of lawsuits from two former FBI…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is returning to the Manhattan civil fraud trial that threatens…

By RICHARD LARDNER, TRENTON DANIEL and AARON KESSLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s political fundraising machine is raking in…

By RICHARD LARDNER, TRENTON DANIEL and AARON KESSLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s political fundraising machine is raking in…

By JACKIE MADER of The Hechinger Report Laura Jackson became seriously concerned about her daughter and math when the girl was in third grade. While…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — From its first months in office, the Biden administration made a distinctive decision on its…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s military brought together a group of foreign correspondents to screen a…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Defeated New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says he will continue to lead his…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Opening statements are set to start in the trial of a third police officer…

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — An expert in forensic pathology testified Monday in the ongoing trail of three Tacoma, Washington, police officers charged…

By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — One person is dead and two more have been injured by gunshots near a pro-democracy…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s Belt and Road Initiative looks to become smaller and greener after a decade of big…

By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron have accused each…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett says it would be a good idea for the nation’s…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Three members of a California family have pleaded guilty to conspiracy for their role in a ring that shipped $600 million…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina on Monday praised Israeli Prime Minister…

By ALFREDO PEÑA CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico A Mexican official has confirmed a shocking video that emerged over the weekend of cartel gunmen forcing the…

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s dueling presidential nominating contests have split the Republican presidential field, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis…

By MATTHEW LEE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden consulted with a trio of world leaders and his own national…

By The Associated Press They range from babies to the elderly. Most are civilians. Israel says at least 199 people taken during the Hamas attack are…

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The Negro River, the Amazon’s second largest tributary, has reached its lowest…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is meeting to debate rival Russian and Brazilian resolutions…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s highest court has upheld the search of Google users’ keyword history to identify…

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge says former U.S. Rep. Steve Buyer cannot defer his surrender next month to serve a nearly two-year prison sentence…

By MANUEL RUEDA BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government and the rebel group know as FARC-EMC have signed a three-month cease-fire and…

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Court of Appeals is deciding whether the parents of school shooting victims…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer Bill Self likes to remind his team that the faces may change at Kansas but the expectations within his program…

MACON, Ga. (AP) — A central Georgia sheriff said four men detained in the county jail escaped through a damaged window and a cut fence. Bibb County…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced he is limiting shelter stays for migrant…

KINGSLAND, Ga. (AP) — Georgia authorities are investigating a deputy’s fatal shooting of a 53-year-old motorist during a traffic stop. The…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and KEN SWEET Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former FTX executive and onetime billionaire has testified against the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ordered two internet sellers of gun parts to comply with a Biden administration regulation aimed at ghost…

NEW YORK (AP) — Zipcar has been slapped with a $300,000 fine after U.S. regulators found that the car-sharing company allowed customers to rent…

By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature have admitted that a…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and RAF CASERT BRUSSELS (AP) — A soccer match between host Belgium and Sweden has been abandoned at halftime after two Swedes…

NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) — Northwestern State’s home game against Southeastern has been moved to this Thursday night so that the contest won’t…

By MANUEL RUEDA BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Israel has suspended security exports to Colombia in an escalating diplomatic spat over online messages by…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Coast Guard has launched a formal investigation into the collapse of a mast aboard a…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare has been awarded the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor…

DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — A former Connecticut postmaster has admitted to defrauding the U.S. Postal Service of nearly $875,000. The scheme involved…

ALEX TURNBULL PARIS (AP) — France’s main Jewish students union has plastered walls around Paris with posters bearing the faces of French citizens…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign has launched an account on Donald Trump’s Truth Social, attempting to poke online fun at…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J, (AP) — Sports betting and internet gambling were at near-record levels in New Jersey in…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Proud Boys member who joined others from the far-right group in attacking the U.S.…