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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. chief says in a new report that Al-Qaida and Islamic State extremist groups are…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s economic growth fell to its second-lowest level in at least four decades last year…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than 90 countries have expressed “deep concern” at Israel’s punitive measures…

DALLAS (AP) — Dallas police say a 14-year-old girl fatally shot an 11-year-old boy at a Dallas apartment complex parking lot after retrieving a gun…

RIDGELAND, Miss. (AP) — A former University of Mississippi and NFL football player has been arrested on kidnapping charges. Jerrell Powe remained…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press GRAFENWOEHR TRAINING AREA, Germany (AP) — Monday was just Day Two for Ukrainian soldiers at the U.S.…

CYRIL, Oklahoma (AP) — An effort to locate a missing 4-year-old Oklahoma girl who authorities believe was killed by a caretaker has become a search…

NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a man made off with $300,000 cash in a bizarre Brink’s truck robbery outside a Brooklyn bank last week. According to…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Robin Lehner and his wife have filed for bankruptcy in Nevada, citing up to $50 million in debts…

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Alabama men’s basketball coach Nate Oats says the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide is going through “kind of a…

By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — America has honored Martin Luther King Jr. with a federal holiday for nearly four decades yet still…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici of Oregon says she and her husband are recovering at home after being hit by a car. A Portland…

BEECH GROVE, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man faces criminal charges after a young boy was allegedly seen holding a handgun outside their apartment and…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Tributes are pouring in for a former Afghan female lawmaker who was shot and killed by gunmen in…

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — During a visit to the Texas border city of El Paso, New York Mayor Eric Adams criticized the federal government’s response…

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A leading Nigerian presidential candidate is pledging to fight the endemic corruption that has stifled growth for many years.…

By RAQUEL REDONDO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — A Spanish regional chief has contradicted an announcement by a far-right member of his cabinet…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The German and Dutch foreign ministers have condemned the deportation by Russians of…

VISALIA, Calif. (AP) — Six people — including a 17-year-old mother and her 6-month-old baby — were killed in a shooting early Monday at a home…

By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include an album from Lukas Graham, the Showtime series “Your Honor” starring…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Yemen says he is encouraged by intensified regional and…

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press TURIN, Italy (AP) — Making his first speaking appearance since #MeToo-era allegations derailed his career, actor…

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — The remains of a man who has been missing since Hurricane Ian hit Florida’s Gulf Coast last year have been recovered from…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Milan Fashion Week has closed on a note of tranquility after four days of mostly menswear previews…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Authorities in South Africa are searching for a tiger that escaped from its enclosure at a farm near Johannesburg over the…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A police chief in Memphis, Tennessee, says police officers will face disciplinary action after a 29-year-old Black driver…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden’ s advocacy for curing cancer didn’t start with her son’s…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania has handed a verbal note to the British ambassador to Tirana to protest what it…

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus has opened the trial of a journalist and prominent member of the country’s sizable Polish minority. It was the…

LONDON (AP) — British judges have given the go-ahead for the Court of Appeal to consider challenges to the British government’s plan to send some…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The World Economic Forum is back with its first winter meetup since 2020 in the Swiss…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top prosecutor wants to start a conversation with lawmakers and…

BERLIN (AP) — An Austrian theater says it is canceling all shows starring one of its actors after reports surfaced that he was charged with…

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian health officials say that Israeli security forces fatally shot a 14-year-old Palestinian during an early…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — While still grappling with the fallout from a company he did take private, beleaguered…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — For the second time in a month, a Colorado library has closed its…

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Richard Blodgett, a single father, was jailed on a drug charge when a worker from…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Russian man who reportedly is a former high-ranking member of the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group,…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has released a video of an Israeli it said was being held captive in the Gaza Strip, rare…

PARIS (AP) — Up to 12,000 people have marched to the EU Parliament in the eastern French city of Strasbourg in support of Iran’s anti-government…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida, who achieved international stardom during the 1950s…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A 19th-century orphanage in Jerusalem’s Armenian Quarter has reopened its doors as a museum, a…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister says he wants the German government to supply a wide range of weapons to Ukraine. He also voiced…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A London police officer has admitted sexually assaulting a dozen women over a 17-year period.…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia and Belarus have launched joint air force drills in an exercise that underlines close defense ties between the allies amid the…

By SOPHIA TULP Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When some of the world’s wealthiest and most influential figures gathered at the World Economic…

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Debt from holiday spending and other end-of-year costs often comes due in January, and with rising interest rates,…

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Fifteen Ukrainian deminers are being trained by experts in Cambodia who are among…

KASINDI, Congo (AP) — Islamic extremists have claimed responsibility for a weekend bombing of a church in eastern Congo. Authorities say the attack…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say a gunman dressed as a lawyer shot and killed a prominent attorney inside a courtroom in northwestern Pakistan.…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government says it will block a law designed to make it easier for people in Scotland to…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s president has given the Socialist Party a mandate to form a new government in a last attempt to avoid the…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has canceled his trip to the World Economic Forum…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Yeti Airlines flight 691 crashed Sunday just before landing in Nepal’s tourist city of Pokhara,…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Several relatives of the massive 2020 explosion at Beirut’s port have showed up to answer…

By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Authorities in Senegal say a bus swerved to avoid hitting a donkey and collided with a…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Royal Mail has asked customers to refrain from posting items to overseas destinations until further notice as it tries to…

By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The four-day event celebrating African musicians across the continent culminated Sunday…

By ELENA BECATOROS and THEODORA TONGAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — As a crowd of thousands chanted “Long live the king” and…