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By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has urged Vatican bureaucrats to avoid “rigid ideological positions” that prevent…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s parliament has voted to lift the legal immunity of former Prime Minister Sali…

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenian police say a passenger train has struck a group of maintenance workers on the tracks and killed two of them…

BEIJING (AP) — Hundreds of temporary housing units are being set up in northwest China for survivors of an earthquake that destroyed more than…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. says fighting between Sudan’s military and a notorious paramilitary group forced up to…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo is entering its second day of voting after a chaotic rollout and lengthy delays forced…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top court has ruled in a landmark decision for the future of soccer’s club competitions that UEFA and FIFA…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — You found the perfect holiday gift online. You ordered it. A notification arrived on your…

By The Associated Press Asian shares fell Thursday after Wall Street hit the brakes on its big rally following disappointing corporate profit reports…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Dozens of opposition lawmakers suspended from Parliament by Indian Prime Minister Narendra…

Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi says the country will maintain military pressure on the Philippines amid a…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media are reporting that an accident in a coal mine in northeastern Heilongjiang province has left 12 people dead and…

By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A Texas prosecutor says a criminal investigation into police failures during the Uvalde school…

PERTH, Australia (AP) — A wildfire burning out of control on the outskirts of the Australian west coast city of Perth appears to have destroyed or…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s top court has ordered two Japanese companies to financially compensate…

By PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press TROY, Ohio (AP) — More than five years ago, someone left a kitten with twisted back legs at a Missouri animal…

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — To look is to be charmed. Amused. Saddened. Horrified. Amazed. Inspired. Photographers…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has moved over 21,000 homeless people into temporary…

By BARRY HATTON Associated Press The year started with high hopes for Ukrainian troops planning a counteroffensive against Russia. It ended with a…

By YAYAN ZAMZAMI and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities have detected at least five boats packed…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A romance that united sports and music fans, a celestial wonder that drew…

By JOSH FUNK and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press FORT CALHOUN, Neb. (AP) — Two brutal killings in four months have left 1,100 residents in a tiny…

By DEL QUENTIN WILBER, ED WHITE and MADDY PEAK Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — DeAngelo Martin killed four women and raped two others over a…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States, key allies and Arab nations are engaging in high-level diplomacy in…

By ED WHITE, DEL QUENTIN WILBER and MADDY PEEK Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The serial killer lured women one by one into vacant homes to be…

By CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE and STEPHEN SMITH Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — At 19 months old, Elijah Jack, born with no femur bone in one leg…

By ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press TUNJA, Colombia (AP) — Mikhail Krasnov, a Russian-born professor of economics, this year became the mayor of…

By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Some top Democrats are worried that a dip in Black voter turnout, along with other challenges, could…

By TRISHA THOMAS Associated Press POMPEII, Italy (AP) — A new project inside the Pompeii archaeological site is reviving ancient textile dyeing…

By STEPHEN GROVES, LISA MASCARO and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid grueling negotiations between senators and the White…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Holiday travel is expected to hit its peak right around now. Airlines are confident they can handle the crowds,…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles says his government will send 11 military…

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Three trafficked Sumatran orangutans have been sent back from Thailand to Indonesia as part…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has heard diverging arrguments over a request to block what would be the…

CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of migrants and other people have turned out for a vigil held for a 5-year-old migrant boy who died after becoming ill in a…

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The Algerian Football Federation says a bus crash has killed two members of its Ligue 1 side Mouloudia El Bayadh and that…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a California law that would have banned carrying firearms in most public…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A state appeals court in Oregon has decided that the rules for a program designed to limit and drastically reduce greenhouse…

By RIO YAMAT AND GABE STERN Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Video released Wednesday by Las Vegas police shows officers shouting over blaring…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s prospects for 2024 look uncertain, as a year that opened free of COVID-19 lockdowns…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says it’s seeking to verify reports that Afghanistan’s…

MIAMI (AP) — Electric scooter company Bird Global announced Wednesday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection in an attempt to stabilize its…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The NHL and Diamond Sports Group, the largest owner of regional sports networks, have reached an agreement that will…

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s beginning to look a lot like New Year’s Eve in New York. The numerals “2024” were delivered Wednesday to Times Square…

NEW YORK (AP) — Countertenor David Daniels is no longer a member of the union for singers following his guilty plea to a charge of sexual assault.…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former NBA G League player allegedly admitted to fatally strangling a woman whose remains were found earlier this month near Las…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A jury has dismissed a lawsuit accusing top Louisiana State University officials of retaliating against a former athletics…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America The FBI is investigating a white South Carolina couple for racial discrimination after they set…

By JOSÉ ANTONIO RIVERA Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is ebullient about the recovery of…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean state media is reporting that leader Kim Jong Un says his country has a…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge will consider arguments over racial discrimination,…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A southwestern Wisconsin man has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for causing the creation and distribution of a…

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas City-area man has pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges accusing him of…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer’s 42-year-old son is facing additional charges in connection with…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — After years of research and DNA testing, historians have identified the remains of…

By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The federal government has closed railroad crossings in two Texas border towns, raising…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has begun flying migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border to Chicago. Gov. Greg Abbot’s office says the first flight…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The early signing period in college football opened Wednesday with just a little five-star drama.…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City lawmakers have passed a bill meant to ban solitary confinement in the city’s…

NEW YORK (AP) — The Transportation Security Administration says security officers found 17 bullets concealed inside a disposable baby diaper at New…

By The Associated Press Toyota Motor Co. said Wednesday it is recalling 1 million vehicles over a defect that could cause airbags not to deploy,…

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Legalized sports betting continued its expansion this year. Six states either passed legislation…

By MATTHEW BROWN and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil companies have offered $382 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A leading Mexican business group says the U.S. decision to close two railway border crossings into Texas is costing $100 million…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s bipartisan elections commission, for a second time, has unanimously rejected a…

By JILL COLVIN and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press AMES, Iowa (AP) — With less than a month to go before voting begins, Donald Trump’s…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio prosecutor says it’s not within his power to drop a criminal charge…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer The Federal Trade Commission is proposing sweeping changes to a decades-old law that regulates how companies…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Fentanyl and methamphetamine drove a record number of homeless deaths last year in…

WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — A self-proclaimed white supremacist has been sentenced for making online threats toward the jury and witnesses at the trial…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has filed its first predatory mortgage lending case against a Texas…