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CHICAGO (AP) — A report from an environmental consultant says high levels of mercury and other contaminants are being removed from a vacant Chicago…

TOKYO (AP) — The search is continuing for seven missing military personnel following the crash of an Osprey off the coast of southern Japan. U.S.…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A third-party candidate has announced he is leaving Mexico’s 2024 presidential race, practically ensuring the the…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is denouncing those advocate what he says is “an…

SEATTLE (AP) — Winter weather brought high winds and snow to parts of the Pacific Northwest, knocking out power in some areas and dumping fresh…

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Muslim community leaders from several swing states are pledging to withdraw…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has engaged in a quick round of diplomacy with…

MILAN (AP) — Italy’s culture minister is reportedly refusing a request by the German State Antiquities Collection in Munich to return an ancient…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s service says former President Petro Poroshenko has been denied permission to leave the country because he was…

By FRANK BAJAK and MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — U.S. and Israeli authorities say a small western Pennsylvania water authority…

By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A 71-year-old Romanian yoga guru and 14 others have been handed preliminary charges by a Paris…

LONDON (AP) — Police in London say they’ve arrested two people during pro-Palestinian events, part of a “day of action” organized by…

RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont jury has found a child care provider accused of sedating an infant guilty of manslaughter. A jury on Friday convicted…

CHELSEA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama authorities say a 3-month-old boy was killed by his family’s pet, a hybrid animal that was part dog, part wolf.…

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek police have arrested a father and son duo for selling adulterated sunflower oil for olive oil. Police seized over…

ILION, N.Y. (AP) — A gun factory in upstate New York with a history stretching back to the 19th century is scheduled to close in March. A letter…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 has struck off the cost of the…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia prison inmate whose infant daughter has been missing for more than two years has been indicted on murder…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — BMW is recalling a small number of SUVs in the U.S. because the driver’s air bag inflators can blow…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Rights groups in Burkina Faso say a prominent human rights defender has been abducted by…

MILAN (AP) — Officials have secured the area around one of two 12th Century towers that have become symbolic of the northern city of Bologna,…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has stated through its website that two of its forces stationed in Syria were killed…

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ REYES Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — When music requires her to cry, Japanese traditional dancer Naoko Kihara…

By DARREN SANDS Associated Press Before his peers would label him a heretic, the late Bishop Carlton D. Pearson was once one of the best known…

By HALELUYA HADERO The Associated Press A mother and her 14-year-old daughter are advocating for better protections for victims after AI-generated…

By JON GAMBRELL, PETER PRENGAMAN and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Fifty oil companies representing nearly…

By TSVANGIRAYI MUKWAZHI Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Police and local authorities say seven suspected illegal miners have been…

By JIM GOMEZ AND JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — France and the Philippines are considering a defense pact that would…

MOSCOW (AP) — Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been handed new charges by Russian prosecutors. The 47-year-old is already serving…

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Jailed former Pakistani premier Imran Khan’s party has elected a new head for the first time since it was established,…

BERLIN (AP) — Munich’s airport has canceled all flights for the day after a winter storm dumped snow across southern Germany and parts of Austria…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States is now committed to the idea of phasing out coal power…

By The Associated Press Russian security forces have raided gay clubs and bars across Moscow less than 48 hours after the country’s top court…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government says China has executed two Filipinos for drug trafficking…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Saturday issued a final rule aimed at reducing methane emissions,…

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has welcomed the U.N. Security Council vote to…

By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and DAVID RISING Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel pounded targets in the southern Gaza Strip on…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The giant waves form in the storm belts of the Southern Ocean, off Antarctica, where whales roam.…

MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) — Torrential rain has triggered flash floods and a landslide on Indonesia’s Sumatra island. Officials say at least 12…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine authorities say troops, backed by airstrikes and artillery fire, have killed 11…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ron DeSantis plans on Saturday to complete his campaign promise…

By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press Writer LONDON (AP) — Henry Kissinger’s legacy in the Mideast is the pursuit of what’s possible, not…

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh has been jolted by an earthquake that residents dozens of miles away in Dhaka say shook buildings. No damage or…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One fall day in 2010, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor slipped into the…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is making history this year in ways that Republicans could hardly have…

By GABRIELA SELSER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaraguan police say they want to arrest the director of the Miss Nicaragua pageant,…

By PAOLA FLORES Associated Press EL ALTO, Bolivia (AP) — Dressed up in colorful, multilayered skirts, a group of 20 Indigenous Bolivian women have…

By SETH BORENSTEIN and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The annual United Nations conference known as COP28 will…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Navy plans to use inflatable cylinders to lift and roll a jet plane off a coral reef in…

By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that Texas must move a floating barrier on the Rio…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Five homeless people were shot in Las Vegas, two of them fatally, and police say they are searching for a lone suspect. Officials…

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A federal judge in Alaska has rejected requests from environmental groups to halt winter…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (AP) — The U.S. is expanding its high-tech military cooperation with Australia and…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution in his election interference…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials proposed a $31 million recovery plan for Canada lynx on Friday in a bid to…

MIAMI (AP) — A former Colombian military officer accused of injuring dozens, including three U.S. soldiers, in a bombing attack at a Colombian…

By JOHN DUERDEN Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo walked off the field with the gleeful chants of “Messi, Messi,…

By ADRIAN SAINZ and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — One of the five former Memphis Police officers charged in the death of…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A federal correctional officer has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for sexually abusing two inmates at a…