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By DAVID SHARP and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine judge has paused an election official’s decision on former…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina Supreme Court justice has ended her lawsuit against an ethics…

By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed new rules that would lower overdraft fees,…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has reversed an order requiring Texas to move a floating barrier on the Rio Grande that drew backlash…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The British military says that a ship came has come under attack in the Gulf of Aden, likely from a bomb-carrying drone launched…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man who was freed last year after nearly 25 years in prison for the death of his wife is suing a former medical…

By JAMES POLLARD and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House is set to debate a bill restricting medical…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan was angered and shocked after Iran fired missiles into its territory to attack an outlawed separatist group in a remote…

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Givenchy’s intimate menswear show at their historic atelier paid tribute to the house’s…

By GENE PUSKAR and BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Demolition is underway at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, which was…

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has declined to dismiss the case against a U.S. Marine veteran charged with manslaughter for placing a man in a deadly…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he will not sign a proposed ban on tackle football for…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers have voted to lift the immunity of a far-right colleague who used a fire extinguisher to put out…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky city has come up with an out-of-this-world campaign to promote tourism. The Lexington Convention and Visitors…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Smartphones could get much smarter this year as the next wave of artificial…

By NICK KURCZEWSKI Edmunds CES in Las Vegas gives us a glimpse of where automakers believe vehicles are headed in the future. Here are the most…

ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan says he will not run for an eighth term in his solidly Republican South Carolina district.…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ava DuVernay’s “Origin” takes a heavyweight work of historical and sociological inquiry and…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Gunmen burst into a home in central Mexico and abducted one of the volunteer searchers looking for the country’s 114,000…

By LISA MASCARO and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is convening top congressional leaders at the White House…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 2024 Grammy Awards are fast approaching — and it is never too early to plan your viewing…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The manufacturer of the helmet that Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes shattered during…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A nearly $1 billion upgrade of the airport in Omaha, Nebraska, will include a new glass-domed entrance, larger boarding gates…

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey youth detention center let a “culture of abuse” in which staff sexually…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department will install solar panels on the Pentagon as part of a Biden…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Media reports and rights groups say hundreds of protesters clashed with police in the…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A national Democratic law firm has asked the liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court to…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The U.N. World Food Program says it is working with Zimbabwe’s government and aid…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Stopping or standing is now prohibited on pedestrian bridges on the Las Vegas Strip. Violators of the ordinance that took effect…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Associated Press review has found businessman and Trump-backed Ohio U.S. Senate…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, MATTHEW LEE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has put Yemen’s Houthis rebels back on…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press Ireland’s prime minister has extended a warm welcome to Chinese Premier Li Qiang. Prime Minister Leo Varadkar says…

By NOEL SICHALWE Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Zambia is reeling from a major cholera outbreak that has killed more than 400 people and…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — People close to Gov. Andy Beshear have formed an advocacy group to promote the…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The man accused of using a golf club to fatally impale a Minneapolis grocery store employee has been found mentally incompetent…

LONDON (AP) — The Princess of Wales has been hospitalized for planned abdominal surgery and will remain at The London Clinic for up to two weeks,…

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — State police in Pennsylvania say five people were struck and killed by a tractor trailer on Interstate 81 after they had left…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was an unexpected musical success story last year, one that has only continued to snowball.…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Businss Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European Central Bank head Christine Lagarde says cutting interest rates too soon could…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in Trinidad say that a shooting left at three people dead and five others wounded on the eastern Caribbean…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans stepped up their spending in December more than expected, closing out the…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan Airlines has named Mitsuko Tottori as its first woman president following a collision between…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Steely Dan, R.E.M., Timbaland, Hillary Lindsey and Dean Pitchford will be inducted into the…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Amazon will partner with Diamond Sports as part of a restructuring agreement as the largest owner of regional sports…

LONDON (AP) — Two British brothers who broke into a Geneva museum and stole millions of pounds (dollars) worth of Chinese Ming Dynasty artifacts…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Delicate talks to create a new Dutch government around anti-Islam firebrand Geert…

By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press KOTAGIRI, India (AP) — Sacred forests and groves are primeval woodlands that different faith communities around…

By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press SHILLONG, India (AP) — Tambor Lyngdoh made his way through the fern-covered woodland — naming plants, trees,…

By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A doomsday cult leader and 30 of his followers have been presented in a Kenyan court to face…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British oil giant BP says its interim chief executive, Murray Auchincloss, will be given the job on a…

By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet A growing number of older adults are in debt in retirement, according to the 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances. Among…

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand has acquitted more than two dozen protesters who had occupied…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is making an election year pitch that the current state of the…

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Officials say Russia fired two missiles at Kharkiv city in northeastern Ukraine during the…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities say customs seized 116 tons of cocaine in the port of Antwerp in 2023,…

BANGKOK (AP) — A rescue worker says an explosion at a firework factory in central Thailand has killed at least 15 people. Workers were still trying…

By KEN SWEET and CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The cost to overdraw a bank account could drop to as little as $3 under a proposal…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A top NATO military officer says the war in Ukraine could “determine the fate of the world.”…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces a test of his authority and his nerve. He is trying to subdue…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Two Malaysian filmmakers have been charged with offending the religious feelings of others in a rare criminal…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian authorities say two people have died and 77 others were injured after a massive…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Inflation across the United Kingdom increased unexpectedly last month as a result of sharp hike in…

BERLIN (AP) — Heavy snowfalls and freezing rain across Germany have led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights and trains, crashes on icy…

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The people behind a secretive Silicon Valley-backed ballot initiative to construct a new city on…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and JIWON SONG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In abandoning his country’s decades-old aspirational goal of…

By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A shipment of medicine for dozens of hostages held by Hamas is en route to…

By MUNIR AHMED and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan on Wednesday condemned Iran for launching airstrikes the previous day…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — China’s ambassador sought to reassure Australia that China’s increased involvement in the Pacific, particularly in…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Parts of the Pacific Northwest were under an ice storm warning through Wednesday morning,…

By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — China published youth unemployment data Wednesday for the first time since the jobless rate hit a…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mostly lower on Wednesday after a decline overnight on Wall Street,…

By PAOLO SANTALUCIA Associated Press BARI, Italy (AP) — The year has gotten off to a slow start for a rescue ship that typically plies the…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Preparations are underway in India’s northern Ayodhya city to mark the…

By ANNA FURMAN Associated Press Over the past three months, on banners and T-shirts and balloons and social media posts, one piece of imagery has…

By DAVID McHUGH and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s hard-won economic stability is under threat again as the…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The top diplomats of Iran and the United States sit down for public — and separate —…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up challenges by commercial fishermen to a fee requirement that…