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PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Parliament’s lower house has approved an amendment to the country’s gun law that tightens requirements for owning a…

By WAFAA SHURAFA and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes on the Nuseirat urban refugee camp in the…

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s junta has terminated a crucial agreement it signed with local rebels which helped…

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s weather agency says recent abnormally high temperatures for this time of year are set…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government has called off post-Brexit trade talks with Canada after discussions broke down…

LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — Bundesliga soccer club Leipzig says it has released two players from its under-19 team after they made racist comments…

PARIS (AP) — Protesting farmers have shut down stretches of major French highways again, using their tractors to block and slow traffic to press…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press (AP) — Authorities in Denmark are working against the clock to stop a slow-moving landslide of…

Tesla is recalling nearly 200,000 vehicles in the U.S. because the backup camera may not function while the car is in reverse. The recall covers…

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is upbeat about Sweden’s chances of being ready to join the military organization by…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The British military says two missiles apparently targeting a ship off Yemen exploded Friday, though they caused no damage or…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and the U.N. Human Rights Office have expressed regret over the first execution of a man with nitrogen gas in…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Russia and Ukraine trade accusations over this week’s crash of a Russian military…

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin has crashed into the safety nets after losing control while…

BEIJING (AP) — Beijing has confirmed that a longtime British businessperson in China was sentenced to five years in prison in 2022 on an espionage…

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — At least 19 people were killed when rebels attacked a town in Congo’s North Kivu…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is delaying consideration of new natural gas export terminals in the…

LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says King Charles III been admitted to a private London hospital to undergo a “corrective procedure” for an…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of people have lined a ceremonial boulevard in the heart of India’s capital to watch…

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Police in Texas say three people were killed in a shooting at an apartment complex. KTVT-TV reports authorities in…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — China’s leaders have launched a barrage of new policies to prop up languishing…

By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Jannik Sinner has upset Novak Djokovic to reach the Australian Open men’s final,…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Police say the assailant who repeatedly struck a South Korean lawmaker with a rock was…

MOSCOW (AP) — Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who was detained on espionage charges, lost an appeal Friday against his arrest,…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower on Friday despite upbeat news on the U.S. economy, with…

BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Bangkok, Thailand, officials from…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — A man who was paid $1,000 to kill an Alabama woman more than 30 years ago was put to death…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The estate of George Carlin has filed a lawsuit over a fake hourlong comedy special…

By JESSE BEDAYN The Associated Press/Report for America FORT LUPTON, Colo. (AP) — Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert has argued her case in the first…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua have been viewed as the two most…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United Nations climate summit in Dubai was wrapping up last month when…

SYDNEY (AP) — Strong winds hit Australia’s northeast coast Friday, leaving thousands without power, but the area was spared heavy damage as…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Simmering tensions in the South China Sea. Coordinated attacks on the military run government that…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — By any standard, the past 18 months have been remarkable for getting wrongfully detained…

By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press They have lined up by the thousands across Russia in recent days, standing in the bitter cold for a chance to sign…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Israel is set to hear Friday whether the United Nations’ top court will order it to…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Closing arguments are to begin Friday in the defamation case against…

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finns will vote Sunday to elect a new president at an unprecedented time: the Nordic nation is now…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press Snowplows are essential to enduring winter in Minnesota, so maybe it’s not surprising that every year…

By JACQUELINE MUNIS and ELLA McCARTHY Schools around the country are installing sensors and cameras to crack down on student vaping and handing out…

SYDNEY (AP) — Thousands of Australians protested the anniversary of British colonization of their country with large crowds urging for Australia…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. trade body sounded an alarm Thursday that global trade is being disrupted by…

NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press has won a prestigious broadcast journalism award for “20 Days in Mariupol,” its documentary on the war in…

SYDNEY (AP) — Voting has started in the tiny Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, in a national election that could reverberate from China to…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Thousands of people have joined growing protests across Slovakia against a plan by populist Prime Minister Robert Fico…

By JIWON SONG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it’s hosting a Chinese government delegation led by Vice Foreign…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The University of California’s governing board has postponed for a year a vote on a…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Orleans District Attorney Harry Connick Sr. has died at age 97.  An obituary distributed by his son and namesake,…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Some conservative Pennsylvania state lawmakers are suing in federal court and challenging…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An effort to modernize state oversight of a thriving petroleum industry in the nation’s No.…

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Little Efruz balances himself on the front of the surfboard as waves foam around him and his companion as they skim over the…

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Court records show that Brazil’s federal police are investigating the country’s former…

MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — A federal jury has convicted a man on two counts for with defacing one of Michigan’s oldest synagogues with a swastika…

NEW YORK (AP) — A Seattle man who police say has been stalking and harassing Taylor Swift was ordered held without bail Thursday after he was…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Congressional investigators say the U.S. agency in charge of maintaining the nation’s…

PINE BLUFF One of two detainees who escaped from a local jail in Arkansas has been captured. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Journalists at The New York Daily News and Forbes are striking amid contentious contract talks…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Authorities say New England Patriots wide receiver Kayshon Boutte has been arrested on charges related to illegal online…

WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana coroner says remains recovered from the central Indiana estate of a presumed serial killer have been identified…

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Family, lawyers and activists for Ricky Cobb II say justice is within reach…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A voting-rights coalition is vowing to fight on after Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — General Motors is facing a U.S. Justice Department investigation into a gruesome…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former elected official accused of killing a Las Vegas investigative reporter has a new attorney…

By MEG KINNARD and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Republican National Committee is expected to consider a resolution…

By PAUL NEWBERRY and ROB MAADDI AP Sports Writers ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons have hired Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Raheem…

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A New Hampshire National Guard officer who led a battalion on the southern U.S. border has pleaded guilty to assault and several…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An unprecedented surge in gang violence is plaguing Haiti, with the number of victims…

Associated Press NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — A historic Connecticut church’s soaring steeple and roof have collapsed, but no injuries have been…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Denim giant Levi Strauss & Co. says that it’s slashing its global corporate…

By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer A former WWE employee filed a federal lawsuit Thursday accusing executive Vince McMahon and another former…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge has ruled that Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers can be asked questions related to his role…

MIAMI (AP) — A former federal agent has been sentenced to over eight years in prison for his role in an illegal operation that trafficked…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA says its little Mars helicopter has flown its last flight. The space agency…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Lamar Jackson, Christian McCaffrey and Dak Prescott are finalists for The Associated Press 2023 NFL Most…

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Walgreens has agreed to pay $275,000 to settle allegations about service in some of the national pharmacy chain’s…

By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A judge has conditionally released U.S. rapper Tekashi…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A judge has granted the state’s motion to dismiss death penalty charges against a man charged with fatally shooting an…

By JOSH BOAK and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Based on the momentum from this month’s presidential contests in Iowa and…

Associated Press Those grounded Boeing jets are coming back starting Friday. Air travelers will want to know if they are safe. The head of the…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Legislature has kicked off debate on whether to join the list of states…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Republican leader of the Missouri Senate says she would like to expel a…