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BEIJING (AP) — Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says it will shoot down any suspected Chinese military object coming close to its shores but has yet…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Two ultranationalist Israeli Cabinet ministers have defiantly dismissed a growing chorus of…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The handprints of military children pressed onto paper hearts are decorating a corner…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, announced…

By JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Under the fluorescent lights of a fifth grade classroom in Lexington, Kentucky, Donnie…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has angrily rejected the Moldovan president’s claim about an alleged plot by Moscow to overthrow her government, accusing…

By BARBARA MARQUAND of NerdWallet It’s been a bumpy ride for mortgage companies lately. Some lenders have gone out of business, merged with other…

By MUIR AHMED and RIAZ KHAN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Cash-strapped Pakistan sharply increased taxes on natural gas to comply with a…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Shoichiro Toyoda, who as a son of the company’s founder oversaw Toyota’s expansion into…

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California, a U.S. trendsetter for progressive policies and a state…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says his executive budget will hand the Milwaukee Brewers almost…

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Fenway Park is getting ready for baseball again after perhaps its busiest offseason ever. Even with…

By HALELUYA HADERO and ALI SWENSON The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At a time when consumers are inundated with so-called social media…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The 43-year-old gunman who killed three students and wounded…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukraine is renewing its appeal to Western countries for fighter jets to help frustrate Moscow’s…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates’ pick to lead the upcoming COP28 climate talks in…

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Lawyers say that Tunisian authorities have arrested the leader of the Ennahda opposition Islamist movement in a crackdown on…

BERLIN (AP) — Ford said Tuesday that it will cut 3,800 jobs in Europe over the next three years in an effort to streamline its operations as it…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Hackers say they have taken down the websites of Bahrain’s international airport and state news agency to mark…

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Officials from India’s Income Tax Department searched the BBC’s offices in New Delhi on…

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — She is from Ukraine and he is from Russia. Their love blossomed online, but with their…

By BERNAT ARMANGUÉ Associated Press ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — Six days after the earthquake that flattened parts of Turkey and Syria, two survivors…

By SARAH EL DEEB and FAY ABOUELGASIM Associated Press ATAREB, Syria (AP) — Draped in a heavy wool shawl against the cold, Ayesha dragged her feet,…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Vitalii Khroniuk lay facedown on the ground taking cover from Russian artillery fire,…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets fell Wednesday after U.S. inflation edged down less than expected, fueling…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Actor Idris Elba says he’s going to stick with being the tormented…

By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — With the prospect of a sixth consecutive failed rainy season in the east and Horn of…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Debt-stricken Sri Lanka is fast-tracking efforts to seal a stalled trade pact…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press Hong Kong (AP) — Beijing has dropped a requirement for the United States consul general to secure China’s…

BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) — Customers of wireless provider T-Mobile US Inc. reported widespread service outages in the U.S. late Monday, according to…

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Maybe they came from China. Maybe from somewhere farther away. A lot farther away. The downing…

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Last week Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega packed off 222 political leaders, priests,…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The pace of consumer price increases eased again in January compared with a year…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States renewed a warning that it would defend its treaty ally if Filipino…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government plans to allow people who are “loyal to the nation” to carry…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say the predominant view among member nations is that the leadership of…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and KEN KUSMER Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A gunman opened fire Monday night at Michigan State University,…

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Senate approved a proposed ban on the local disposal of spent nuclear fuel, unless the state provides its…

By EVA VERGARA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Forensic experts have determined that Chilean poet Pablo Neruda died of poisoning nearly 50…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico appears to have backed down on plans to ban imports of U.S. genetically modified corn for animal feed. Mexico’s…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese economy grew at an annual pace of 0.6% in October-December, managing to eke out…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Fox was hoping the matchup of two top teams in the Super Bowl and a close game would lead to a record night. Even…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials and analysts say cash-strapped Pakistan will impose billions in new taxes to help secure…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer QUEBEC CITY (AP) — If Mykyta Staskevich needed another reminder of what his boys hockey team of Ukrainian refugees…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The slap sat front and center at Monday’s Oscar nominees luncheon. So…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Records obtained by The Associated Press show a Memphis police officer who hit Tyre Nichols…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A late-hour attempt to extend the life of California’s last nuclear power plant is facing…

By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Tennessee have pushed a proposed ban on…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The lawyer for and Arizona rancher being held on $1 million bond in the fatal shooting of a Mexican…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A key prosecution witness testified Monday that he delivered millions of dollars in payoffs…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have kicked off an investigation into the origins of…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the first Black officers to lead a Special Forces team in combat will receive the…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Nearly two years after Arkansas became the first state to enact a now-blocked ban on…

By ED WHITE Associated Press Michigan fired football co-offensive coordinator Matt Weiss in January after he failed to attend a meeting to discuss…

By ZEKE MILLER, COLLEEN LONG and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With few confirmed details from President Joe Biden’s White…

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The nephew of imprisoned Utah polygamous leader Warren Jeffs will be returned to Utah to face charges that he kidnapped his…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A federal law that boosted nutrition standards for school meals may have begun to help slow the rise in obesity…

By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer The pandemic took a harsh toll on U.S. teen girls’ mental health, with almost 60% reporting feelings of…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says Syria’s president has agreed to open two new crossing points…

By NARDOS HAILE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Carolina Herrera is a brand synonymous with elegance and class and in this year’s…

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When one becomes a mother, Rihanna mused before her epic Super Bowl halftime show,…

By MARK PRATT Associated Press A new report says two Boston police officers who opened fire on a man who had what appeared to be a real gun near a…

DETROIT (AP) — A former Michigan State University basketball star has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and a firearm charge in the fatal…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — UEFA-appointed investigators have held European soccer’s ruling body mostly responsible for…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans have introduced a bill that would further define illegal strip searches after a school superintendent…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The United States has criticized new Israeli plans to build thousands of new homes for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank.…