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By MARTHA MENDOZA, CLAIRE GALOFARO and JULIET LINDERMAN The Afghan woman ran down the street towards her friend’s apartment as soon as she heard…

GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — Since he began volunteering two months ago for weekend shifts at a clinic in one…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A provision in the recently signed defense spending bill mandates that the United States work…

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Howard Fischer, a 63-year old investor living north of New York City, has a…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s New Year’s address to the nation usually is rather anodyne and…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — He was the reluctant pope, a shy bookworm who preferred solitary walks in the Alps and…

By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A simple plan to get more people enjoying the outdoors on New Year’s Day has become a nationwide…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey beamed as an excavator’s heavy claw smashed through the windows of…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO and GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has expressed gratitude to his late predecessor, Pope…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Authorities in military-ruled Myanmar have announced a suspension of the normal four-hour curfew to…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the shy German theologian who tried to reawaken Christianity in…

BEIJING (AP) — China “stands on the right side of history,” the country’s leader Xi Jinping said Saturday in a New Year’s address that…

By RENATA BRITO and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Multiple blasts rocked Kyiv and other areas of Ukraine on Saturday,…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Although Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI had a long and illustrious career as one of the Roman Catholic Church’s pre-eminent…

By The Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Highlights from the life of Pope Emeritus Benedict…

By ELENA BECATOROS and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Even by the standards of Turkey’s and Greece’s frequently strained…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican says Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has died. He was 95. Benedict was the first…

By SAMY MAGDY The Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Coast guard forces in eastern Libya say they have intercepted a vessel carrying at least 700…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New Year’s celebrations swept across the globe, ushering in 2023 with countdowns and…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese manufacturing contracted for a third consecutive month in December, in the biggest drop since early 2020, as the country…

By AYANNA ALEXANDER and GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Black voters have been a steady foundation for Democratic candidates for…

The first Mega Millions drawing of the new year will be a big one after no one won an estimated $685 million jackpot. No ticket purchased for the…

By REBECCA BOONE, MARC LEVY and MIKE BALSAMO Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A suspect arrested in connection with the slayings of four…

By VINEETA DEEPAK Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Hotels and restaurants across South Asia have had to adapt and reimagine dining out since the…

NEW YORK (AP) — Reaction poured in from the worlds of journalism, politics, sports and entertainment following the death of TV news pioneer and…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A woman who alleges Bill Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in 1986 sued the comedian-actor, NBCUniversal and…

By FRAZIER MOORE AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Barbara Walters, the intrepid interviewer, anchor and program host who blazed the way as the…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Landslides of rock and mud closed roadways Friday across California as heavy rains kicked off what will be a series of…

WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. (AP) — Thirteen bison were killed or had to be euthanized after their herd was struck by a semi-truck involved in an…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A landslide has destroyed about a dozen homes in northern Japan, leaving at least two people…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A judge has temporarily blocked the state of California from implementing a landmark new law aimed at raising wages and…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of defendants in Oregon who were convicted of crimes by…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona court has ruled that abortion doctors cannot be prosecuted under a pre-statehood law…

By CAMILLE RODRIGUEZ MONTILLA and MANUEL RUEDA Associarted Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — For three years, Juan Guaidó led the Venezuelan…

LONDON (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo completed a lucrative move to Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on Friday in a deal that is a landmark moment for Middle…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has asked the U.N.’s highest judicial body to give its…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina utility regulators have told Duke Energy Corp. to carry out a series of…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Incoming Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach agreed to help pay a $30,000 penalty to resolve…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters in its…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman who has previously said Steven Tyler had an illicit sexual relationship with her when she was a teenager is now suing…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — MGM Resorts International has sold land on the Las Vegas Strip that was the site of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S.…

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz is celebrating Germany’s progress in freeing itself from reliance on Russian gas, urging people to keep…

BY ASHRAW SWEILAM Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian officials say suspected Islamic militants have attacked a police checkpoint in Egypt’s…

By BABA AHMED Associated Press TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — The prosecutor general for the African nation of Mali says 46 soldiers from Ivory Coast have…

By LIZZIE KNIGHT Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Queen guitarist Brian May is now a “Sir.” May, who also has a doctorate in astrophysics and is…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia Thomas, the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas,…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has filed paperwork with the state Supreme Court to appeal a local judge’s ruling…

HAMILTON, Ontario (AP) — Ontario officials say there was no evidence of working smoke alarms in a Hamilton house that caught fire, claiming the…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press A police chief in Alaska pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he assaulted an intoxicated man while…

SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a Colorado man with a misdemeanor hate crime offense after he allegedly targeted two young adults…

By NATACHA PISARENKO and VÍCTOR R. CAIVANO Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s victory in the soccer World Cup…

By The Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Buccaneers backup quarterback Blaine Gabbert became an unexpected hero when a helicopter…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff to President Donald Trump,…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — In Mississippi’s capital city, where intermittent periods…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press CHRISTIANSTED, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — After two days out of sight while vacationing in the U.S. Virgin…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State Attorney General Todd Rokita announces that Google will pay Indiana $20 million to resolve the state’s lawsuit against…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska company has expanded a recall of alfalfa sprouts after 15 cases of salmonella were linked to the food. SunSprouts…

By CARLA BRIDI and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — The office of Brazil’s vice president says he has become acting president, an…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press The release of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns show he maintained a bank account in China…

Starting New Year’s Day, you can still wear bikinis on the beaches of Miami Beach, but forget about showing any butts — cigarette butts, that…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — In the first three months that Vermont has allowed the retail sale of marijuana for adult…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville election officials made erroneous updates to voter lists for last…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press An arrest has been made in the November fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students, a case that shocked…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Ark.; Rep.-elect Maxwell Frost, D-Fla. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” —…

By The Associated Press Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Three people have been charged in federal court in connection with the fatal shooting of U.S. Postal Service employee Aundre Cross…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama on Jan. 1 will become the latest state to allow people to carry a concealed…

By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has officially been ruled out for Sunday’s game at New England after…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press KINGSHILL, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — President Joe Biden has pardoned six people who have…

The Associated Press Investors found few, if any, places to safely put their money in 2022, as central banks in the U.S. and around the globe raised…

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sonya Yoncheva, a soprano at the top of her profession, worries about classical music. “My son,…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri judge has ruled that a pardon from the governor doesn’t mean the St. Louis lawyer and his wife who gained…

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge has always stood out. With the imposing size and muscular frame of an NFL tight…

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Clive Toye started his pursuit of Pelé with a trip to Jamaica and a cold call in 1971. Pelé…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard suspended their search for four people on board a helicopter that…

The Associated Press Investors found few, if any, places to safely put their money in 2022, as central banks in the U.S. and around the globe raised…

By MARC LEVY, REBECCA BOONE and MIKE BALSAMO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A 28-year-old criminal justice graduate student was arrested…