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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer When it was introduced 75 years ago, the purpose of the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll was to…

GIBBSTOWN, N.J. (AP) — Two neighboring New Jersey towns may feel even closer next year when they’re governed by two brothers. Sixty-one-year-old…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith is asking a judge to bar Donald Trump’s lawyers from injecting…

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The Golden Globe Awards are back on the first Sunday in January with plenty of behind-the-scenes changes aimed at…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is facing criticism for repeatedly harnessing rhetoric once used by Adolf Hitler to…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in more than two decades, the top three movies at the box office this year…

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times filed a federal lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft seeking to end the practice of using its stories to train…

By ISABELLA O’MALLEY, JENNIFER McDERMOTT and ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press Led by new solar power, the world added renewable energy at…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s Supreme Court is keeping former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary election ballot. The court said…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Heat exhaustion is the cause of death of a Brazilian fan who attended a concert of…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says the former president of a top division soccer team who was jailed for punching a…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel has praised Japan’s contribution to their military…

By LOUISE DIXON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — It’s a festive old English drink that you can have fun experimenting with. Sloe gin can be used in…

PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) — Police say a man who had been trapped for days in his crashed pickup truck has been rescued in northwest Indiana. State Police…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A main opposition candidate in Congo accused police of using live bullets to break up a…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s political battle over state media continues as the president has filed a revised spending bill in defiance of the…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Health authorities say a Greek riot police officer who was shot with a flare during fan violence in Athens three weeks ago…

By CHRISTIAN WARDLAW Edmunds Ready to go the distance, or at least as far as a plug-in hybrid can take you on electricity before using a drop of gas?…

By ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The Eiffel Tower was shut down to visitors Wednesday because of a strike over contract…

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ja Morant is quickly re-establishing himself as one of the NBA’s best players upon his…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s defense minister says the military has hit more than 70 sites linked to Kurdish groups in Syria and northern…

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian politician calling for peace in Ukraine has lost her appeal against election officials’ refusal to accept her nomination…

LONDON (AP) — Bill Granger, the Australian chef, food writer and restaurant owner who brought Aussie-style food to international capitals from…

By NAJIB JOBAIN, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel launched heavy strikes across central and southern…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek air force training jet has crashed in the countryside outside an airbase near the southern town of Kalamata, leaving…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Najiah Knight is a 17-year-old bull rider with a big dream. She wants to be the first woman…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Najiah Knight is a 17-year-old bull rider with a big dream. She wants to be the first woman…

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The death toll from a massive fire at a guesthouse in Romania has risen to seven people, including at least two children.…

By YAYAN ZAMZAMI Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Students in Indonesia’s Aceh province have rallied demanding the government drive…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has fired almost 50 Shahed drones at targets in Ukraine and shelled a train station…

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say they have detained a man in connection with a reported threat to Cologne Cathedral over the holiday weekend.…

SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. ecommerce company Zulily says it is closing down, surprising customers, after efforts to salvage the business failed. The…

By The Associated Press World shares advanced on Wednesday, tracking Wall Street gains as markets there reopened for what’s expected to be a quiet,…

BEIJING (AP) — China says it is banning a United States research company and two analysts who have reported extensively on claims of human rights…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Wolfgang Schaeuble, who helped negotiate German reunification in 1990 and as finance minister was a…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese nuclear safety regulators are lifting an operational ban imposed on Tokyo Electric Power…

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will seek a fourth term in office, his party says, noting he will be its…

By GENE JOHNSON, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, MARK THIESSEN and LINDSEY WASSON Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — A wildfire that tore through the…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — At his suburban St. Louis home, Brett Koenig can pull out his smartphone and open a…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN AND ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The Venezuelan diaspora is one of the most vexing migration challenges facing the…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The blank canvass of desert wilderness in northern Nevada seemed the perfect place in 1992 for…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Much of how South Carolina has seen its civil rights history has been through the lens…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press GILBERT, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley is betting her 2024 candidacy on winning South Carolina. But the politics of…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With the GOP primary process just about to start, many Republicans…

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — On Dec. 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act. The powerful…

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — On Dec. 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act.…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A top U.S. delegation is to meet with Mexico’s president Wednesday in what many see as a bid to get him to do more to stem…

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — At least nine people have died in wild weather in the Australian eastern states of Queensland and Victoria, officials…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Actor Lee Sun-kyun of the Oscar-winning movie “Parasite” has been found unconscious, South Korean police said…

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a missing pregnant Texas teenager and her boyfriend have been found dead in a car in San Antonio and…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has praised what he called achievements and victories…

HONOLULU (AP) — A high surf warning is in effect for some of Hawaii’s shores. The National Weather Service says some north shores could see…

BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Remains found by hikers in a shallow grave 47 years ago near a lake on the border of Arizona and Nevada have been…

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — From an ice storm in North Dakota that sealed windows shut to blizzard…

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said Tuesday that it has completed an investigation into a fatal police shooting. The state…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a judge should reject U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s request to delay…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that New Year’s Eve could take the cake for the busiest wedding day in Las Vegas thanks to…

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Pistons won’t deny it. They are fully aware of the unwanted history they’ve been tumbling toward for two…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer Mariah Carey and Bryan Tanaka have split after 7 years together, the dancer confirmed Tuesday. In a statement shared…

By ALI SWENSON and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Experts are warning that the spread of misinformation could get worse in the…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Authorities say one of Brazil’s top criminal leaders has been locked up in a…

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A local official says that at least 17 people, 10 of them from the same family, were…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney has filed a lawsuit claiming that the oversight government for Walt Disney World,…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Netherlands’ former deputy prime minister and Mideast expert has been appointed…

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The head of Colombia’s largest remaining rebel group says it will only abide by a recent…

GARDEN CITY, Mich. (AP) — A man who reportedly fired a gun at people and vehicles following a traffic crash has been fatally shot by a police…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Republican leaders have called on a state lawmaker to resign after he railed…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — An appellate court has reversed a 2022 federal conviction against former Rep. Jeff…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has a long history of making antisemitic comments and just apologized to the…

By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press HUIXTLA, Mexico (AP) — A caravan of thousands of migrants continues to trudge through southern Mexico, with…

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s congressional delegation wants the public to have more time to comment on a proposed transmission line…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Police said Tuesday they are investigating incidents directed at Colorado Supreme Court justices…