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By STEPHEN GROVES, MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators are racing to release a highly-anticipated bill…

By PATRICIA LUNA and MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Firefighters wrestled with massive forest fires that broke out in central…

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The European Union and the United States have expressed their deep concern after Kosovo banned the use of the Serbian…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Powerful winds and heavy rain are expected to hammer the Central Coast of California, as a second atmospheric river in days…

By The Associated Press The Russian space agency says one of its cosmonauts has broken the world record for the most time spent in space. Oleg…

By BALINT SZLANKO Associated Press The United States and Britain have struck Iran-backed armed groups in Syria, Iraq and Yemen, while Israel presses…

By MELANIE LIDMAN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Criticism of President Joe Biden by a far-right minister in Israel’s…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer TORONTO (AP) — Justin Bieber not only served as a celebrity captain at NHL All-Star Weekend. He actually got on…

BERLIN (AP) — A college student in Berlin beat a Jewish classmate until he was hospitalized after the two got into an argument about the…

By GABE STERN and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s latest campaign swing is taking him to Nevada,…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — When Donald Trump left the White House three years ago, he was a one-term president whose…

By JON GAMBRELL, LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran issued a warning Sunday to the U.S. over potentially…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — When Donald Trump left the White House three years ago, he was a one-term president whose…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Judges overseeing the cases against U.S. Capitol rioters are…

The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s almost time for the Grammy Awards, the daylong celebration of music that on Sunday also marks the…

LONDON (AP) — A British aircraft carrier that had been set to lead the largest NATO exercises since the Cold War will not set sail because of a…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Social media CEOs got grilled by Senate lawmakers this week in an emotional and often heated hearing about…

By BABACAR DIONE and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — West Africa’s regional bloc has called for dialogue to resolve the…

DENVER (AP) — Police in Colorado say at least six people were injured in an early morning shooting in Denver. The Denver Police Department says in…

PARIS (AP) — Parisians are voting whether to muscle SUVs off the French capital’s streets by making them much more expensive to park. It’s…

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A fire at a guesthouse in central Romania has left one person dead and two hospitalized, authorities said. Emergency…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is the guest of honor at Sri Lanka’s…

By The Associated Press Moscow-installed officials say Ukrainian shelling killed at least 28 people Saturday at a bakery in the Russian-occupied city…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Newspaper heiress Patricia “Patty” Hearst was kidnapped at gunpoint 50 years ago Sunday…

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press Hundreds of communities across the U.S. have for decades tried to reduce crime, fight gangs and tackle noise and other…

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press Hundreds of U.S. communities have enacted “crime-free” laws encouraging and allowing landlords to evict tenants…

CAIRO (AP) — Namibian President Hage Geingob died Sunday while receiving medical treatment, his office announced. In a post on the social media…

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Auburn’s Johni Broome met one of his favorite movie stars and had to apologize to Morgan Freeman for how it happened. Broome…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers are set to convene for the start of a short legislative session expected to be…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and OMAR ALBAM Associated Press JINDERIS, Syria (AP) — A year ago, Sido Naji woke to his house shaking in northwest Syria. He…

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Salvadorans are headed out to vote Sunday in a presidential and legislative…

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s winter months are all about weddings. The cooler temperatures between…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats are inching closer to overturning Republican-drawn legislative maps that…

By GRAHAM LEE BREWER AP National Writer MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma’s oldest Native American school is nearing the brink of closure as…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The double murder trial of a man accused of killing two Alaska Native women is set to…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 66th Grammy Awards will take place Sunday at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. And…

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America The Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota has banned Gov. Kristi Noem from the Pine Ridge…

By ALMA SOLIS and MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) — A former Panamanian president convicted of money laundering is defiantly…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden won the South Carolina primary, the contest that revitalized his 2020…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Another “Pineapple Express” storm is on its way to California, bringing with it the…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans will move forward with a $17.6 billion package to provide military aid to…

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Opera opens its 2024-25 season Sept. 21 with Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly”…

NEW YORK (AP) — A collection of sneakers that basketball superstar Michael Jordan wore as he and the Chicago Bulls won six NBA championships has…

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — The funeral for seven of the eight victims killed in Joliet-area shootings last month has been held. The funeral for Christine…

DETROIT (AP) — The wife of a Detroit man mauled by three dogs says he has died. Shauntaye Phillips says Harold Phillips, a father of six, died…

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — A medical biller has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison after being convicted in a massive insurance fraud…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has reaffirmed Christians’ special relationship with Jews amid rising antisemitism since the outbreak of the…

DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors are appealing the dismissal of a manslaughter charge against a former Detroit police officer accused of causing the…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s role as Europe’s perennial spoiler has…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The latest U.S. military strikes targeted a strategic region in Syria and Iraq that Iran has been…

Federal investigators say a dead goose was found within a medical helicopter that crashed in western Oklahoma, killing three people on board. The…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tourists have barely started trickling back into the Mexican resort of Acapulco, but the gangland killings on the beaches have…

Over two dozen people have been detained at a protest in central Moscow, as relatives of Russian servicemen mobilized to fight in Ukraine called for…

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Supporters of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says he brings a prosecutor’s…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A union representing hospitality workers has reached a tentative agreement with four hotel-casinos in downtown Las Vegas as…

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities have released the names of three people who were killed when a small airplane crashed into a mobile…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Marilyn Manson, who was sentenced to community service for blowing his nose on a…

BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) — Police say an inert Cold War-era rocket of the type used to carry a nuclear warhead has been found in the garage of a home…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Spotify has penned a new multi-year partnership deal with controversial podcast host Joe Rogan, whose enormously…

By PATRICIA LUNA and MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Officials say intense forest fires burning around a densely populated…

NORTH FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a Wisconsin police officer fatally shot an armed motorist who approached officers. The Wisconsin…

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A Tunisian corruption court that has targeted many government critics has tripled the…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys like to call themselves “America’s Team,” but in truth, plenty of…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Debt-stricken Sri Lanka has signed a trade pact with Thailand in a bid to boost…

BY BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese President Macky Sall has postponed Feb. 25 presidential elections in a decree…

By EMILY SCHULTHEIS and PIETRO DE CRISTOFARO Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — At least 150,000 people gathered in front of the German national…

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Supporters of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says he brings a prosecutor’s…