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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police say that a suspect has been arrested in the brutal killing of an American art dealer who was the co-owner of…

BRUSSELS (AP) — European lawmakers have adopted a resolution calling for a permanent cease-fire in Israel’s war against Hamas, on the condition…

NEW DELHI (AP) — A fire official in western India says a boat has capsized in a lake and drowned 15 students and one teacher. Jitu Parmar, a fire…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Thousands of cinema lovers, Hollywood celebrities, industry executives and filmmakers from…

By COLLEEN LONG, GISELA SALOMON AND STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A major sticking point in congressional negotiations over…

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested U.S. rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine on charges of domestic…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week fell to its lowest level in more than a year,…

By The Associated Press A Russian city near the Ukrainian border canceled its traditional Orthodox Epiphany festivities on Friday due to the threat…

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — This week’s airstrikes between Iran and Pakistan that killed at least 11 people marks a…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Parliament has voted to amend the country’s constitution for the third time, removing the term “handicapped” and…

HYDERABAD, India (AP) — India’s newest airline says it will buy 150 Boeing 737 Max aircraft, in the first major announced sale for the…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Six people are wounded after gunfire broke out inside a popular shopping mall in Kansas City, Missouri. The shooting…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Taylor Swift leads the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards nominations with nine, followed closely by…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Country music star Reba McEntire will grace next month’s Super Bowl stage to…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s government says Iran arrested a Swedish citizen in his 60s in late November. The authorities did not…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has laid out a challenge to members of Parliament’s unelected…

LONDON (AP) — Prince William visited his wife Kate Thursday in a London hospital, where she is recovering after abdominal surgery. British media…

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer A year ago, anti-abortion activists from across the U.S. gathered for their annual March for Life with reason to…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A new edition of “The Hunger Games,” the first novel in Suzanne Collins’ dystopian series…

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri activists are throwing support behind a constitutional amendment to…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — “Oppenheimer” leads the race for the British Academy Film Awards, with nominations in 13…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Sheryl Sandberg, who helped to transform Facebook from a tech startup into a digital advertising empire, will…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers have approved the key 2024 state budget but it still needs approval from President Andrzej Duda, who…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in Haiti say they’re investigating allegations of sexual abuse and abuse of authority and public…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has signed a deal with the United States to purchase up to 400 Tomahawk cruise missiles as…

WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — A Wolverhampton fan was unable to celebrate his team’s late winner in an FA Cup replay because he’d been plucked…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition activists say an airstrike that was likely carried out by Jordan’s air force on…

PARIS (AP) — French soccer club Bastia has been handed a one-point deduction after its second-tier game was disrupted when a fan racially abused an…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat has dismissed a proposal by the United States to resume a dialogue on…

By KELVIN CHAN and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Artificial intelligence is easily the biggest buzzword for world leaders…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — China and the Philippines said they have agreed to work on lowering tensions after a year of tense…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s government will not change policies the European Union believes infringe on…

PARIS (AP) — France’s defense minister says French manufacturers have reduced manufacturing times for some of the weapons systems they supply…

By NAJIB JOBAIN and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike on a home killed 16 people, half of them children,…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is going to North Carolina to highlight $82 million in new investments that…

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — In recent weeks, lawmakers in the United States and the United Kingdom have sent letters to the…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Top Republican legislators in Kansas have renewed a fight with the Democratic governor over…

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singaporean Transport Minister S. Iswaran was charged Thursday in the first ministerial…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares traded mixed Thursday as pessimism spread among investors about any imminent interest…

by JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press MUEANG SUPHAN BURI, Thailand (AP) — Rescue workers are carrying out the grim task of recovering the…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — As artificial intelligence’s impact on society receives more scrutiny, a Franciscan…

By MUNIR AHMED and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s air force has launched retaliatory airstrikes on Iran allegedly…

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Funeral services for former first lady Melania Trump’s mother are scheduled for a Florida church not far from the…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — States are seeing increased demand for their cash amid high interest rates. State…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Israel’s president and the head of ChatGPT company OpenAI will take part at the World…

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Five Republican candidates in Indiana are trying to stand out before an unusually crowded…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been nearly two years since the United States and its allies froze hundreds of…

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A second transgender candidate running for the majority…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Inflammatory comments about fighting human animals, making Gaza a slaughterhouse, and…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Illinois is adding tens of thousands of people to its population total, and California is getting misplaced…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The author of “Little Women” may have been even more productive than previously…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Palestinians are dying every day in Gaza’s overwhelmed remaining hospitals which…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Dan Steele knows what a long day in court is like. So he was extra appreciative on…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers are opening a new session of the state Legislature vowing to address glaring…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Uniqlo Co. has sued rival retailer Shein over a small shoulder bag the Japanese retailer said was…

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer Mike McCarthy will get another chance to end a nearly three-decade stretch without a deep playoff run for…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The spiritual adviser for an Alabama prisoner set to be the first person executed with nitrogen gas has asked the state…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer A federal official says the part that blew off an Alaska Airlines jetliner over Oregon this month was manufactured…

Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — A severe drought that began last year has forced authorities to slash ship crossings by 36% in the Panama…

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Two Republican legislators have filed a resolution aimed at initiating impeachment proceedings against Democratic Gov.…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — With no date in sight of when it will be safe to drink tap water again on the island…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The owner that operates a diving experience in the Bahamas where a 10-year-old boy from Maryland was attacked by a…

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military fired another wave of ship- and submarine-launch missile…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s something different this year about this year’s first-in-the-nation New Hampshire…

By VALERIE GONZALEZ and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ refusal to allow Border Patrol agents into a park along the…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. construction company that built solar farms across the country will pay $2.3 million in penalties to…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Newly unredacted documents from New Mexico’s lawsuit against Meta underscore the…

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The U.S. State Department has barred Guatemala former President Alejandro Giammattei from entry into the United States…

By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Despite having the support of millions of Guatemalans, newly installed President Bernardo…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer A federal appeals court has decided to revive a U.S. sales ban on Apple’s premium watches while it…

By ACACIA CORONADO and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — A federal report into the halting and haphazard law enforcement response…

COLLEEN SLEVIN DENVER (AP) — A judge says two Colorado funeral home owners apparently sought to cover up their financial difficulties by abandoning…

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota House has passed a bill that would make xylazine a controlled substance. Xylazine is a large-animal sedative…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The arctic blast of winter weather that is gripping much of the U.S. this week is also bringing…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a suspicious envelope that was sent to the elections…

A Massachusetts man convicted of murder in the 2021 death of a Black man after a racist road rage encounter has been sentenced to life in prison with…

RICHMOND, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a man fatally shot his estranged wife and three other relatives, including his 8-year-old niece, at a home…

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A prosecutor in Ecuador who was investigating an attack on the set of a public television channel by a group of armed men…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa has become the latest state to sue TikTok over claims that the social media…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A public school district in Michigan is considering a resolution Wednesday calling for a…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Nella Domenici, a daughter of longtime U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, says she will compete for the…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Republicans advanced a bill Wednesday that would ban teachers from wearing…