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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Democrat Janelle Bynum has flipped Oregon’s 5th Congressional District. The U.S. House race was one of the country’s most…

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Justice Department officials said jail officials in Georgia’s most populous county violate the…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has commuted what have been lengthy sentences served by six criminal offenders in state prisons…

NEW YORK (AP) — About 222,000 adult bed assistance rails are under recall due to entrapment and asphyxia hazards, following one death in a…

Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice says he believes that the explosion outside the court in Brasilia was the…

BERLIN (AP) — German soccer club St. Pauli is leaving X, saying the social media platform has become a “hate machine” that could influence…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — More human remains from a 1985 police bombing on the headquarters of a Black liberation group in Philadelphia have been found…

AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. will pay a penalty of up to $165 million to the U.S. government for moving too slowly on a recall and…

AP Business Writer Americans are fed up with the price of food, and many are looking to President-elect Donald Trump to lower their grocery bills.…

Associated Press ROME (AP) — The ancient Roman Colosseum will be the venue of gladiator fights — albeit staged — for the first time in two…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has seen its share of bears breaking into cars. But bears caught on camera entering luxury cars tipped off insurers…

AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators hit Facebook parent Meta with a fine of nearly 800 million euros on Thursday for what it…

AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale prices in the United States rose last month, remaining low but suggesting that the American economy…

LONDON (AP) — Two environmental activists have been charged over the spraying of orange paint powder at the Stonehenge monuments in southwest…

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Lindsey Vonn is coming out of retirement to rejoin the U.S. Ski Team, she announced Thursday, intending to race again at age…

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese army’s fleet of hybrid-helicopter aircraft have been cleared to resume operations after being…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Deep breathing can be a simple and effective way to reduce stress. But many people don’t think about how…

AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a treat to see a supermoon. But that bright glowing orb will still be almost full when the Leonid…

Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — President Joe Biden arrived Thursday in Peru to start his six-day visit to Latin America for the final major…

AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A Federal Reserve official has given a lengthy defense of the central bank’s political independence. It…

Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A vote in New Zealand’s parliament was suspended and two lawmakers ejected Thursday amid debate…

Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court on Thursday sentenced the mastermind of a failed bomb plot during anti-government protests in…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has had few defenders in Congress as reliable as Matt Gaetz, who has thundered at one prosecutor…

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian man has gone on trial on charges of high treason for a video he had allegedly sent to Ukraine’s security services. The…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court has rejected a plea for acquittal from former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has been held in prison for more…

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency is warning that the “space for negotiation…

Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Amnesty International said Thursday it has identified several UAE-made armoured personnel carriers on the ground in…

Associated Press CHIPINGE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Gertrude Siduna appears to have little appetite for corn farming season. Rather than prepare her land in…

Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s government will not help the illegal miners inside a closed mine as part of an official…

Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Usagi swamped rural villages in floods, knocked down power and displaced thousands more people…

Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia plans to require social media platforms to act to prevent online harms to users such as…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Demand Justice, a progressive organization focused on the judiciary, is set to bombard Capitol Hill with a…

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Supreme Court has handed a suspended prison sentence to a former lawmaker who was found…

Associated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven’t lowered projections for how hot the…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Just hours after Republican Sen. John Thune was elected as the incoming Senate majority leader on Wednesday,…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is famously unconventional, but he made conventional picks for his two top foreign…

AP Music Writer Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 took home the album of the year trophy at the 2024 Latin Grammy Awards for his “Radio Güira,” not long…

Associated Press KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine (AP) — The four drones were designed to carry bombs, but instead the men of Ukraine’s Khartia…

AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — There was a brief altercation between a small number of fans early into Thursday’s Nations League soccer game…

Associated Press CHANCAY, Peru (AP) — A remote fishing town on the edge of Peru’s coastal desert is the site for a $1.3 billion megaport…

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slipped Thursday as the market’s big burst following Donald Trump’s election continued to cool.…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and…