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By MATTHEW BROWN and JOHN FLESHER Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Since passage of the Endangered Species Act 50 years ago, more than 1,700…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa frenzy is typically in full force by now. With less than three weeks until…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A chaotic year for the House is coming to a close with more Democrats than Republicans deciding…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — More than 700,000 immigrants living illegally in California will gain access to free…

By DAVID A. LIEB and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Fuzzy dice finally will be free to dangle in Illinois. Starting Monday, police there no longer…

RED LAKE, Minnesota (AP) — Authorities say more than 100 people stranded while fishing on an ice chunk that broke free on a Minnesota river have…

By VINEETA DEEPAK Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Bollywood has made a financial comeback this year worthy of one of its traditional…

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has again vetoed legislation that would have…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Local Republican Party leaders of a North Dakota lawmaker’s own district joined calls on…

By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit alleging that it spied on people who used the…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 410-foot cargo vessel in the North Pacific Ocean has reported a fire in its cargo hold. The U.S. Coast Guard says the…

A 14-year-old California boy who told police an intruder attacked his family has been arrested on suspicion of killing his parents and severely…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former Afghan Air Force pilot training for a commercial license in Oregon ignored his flight instructor’s advice to…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors have told a New York judge that they will not proceed with a second trial…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — An Oakland police officer was shot and killed Friday while answering a report of a burglary at a marijuana dispensary,…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Singer Shirley Bassey, director Ridley Scott and Mary Earps, the goalkeeper for England’s…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Prosecutors are telling a Nevada judge that witnesses may be at risk in the case of a former Los…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Iowa law banning some books from school libraries and forbidding teachers from…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon weekly newspaper has had to lay off its entire staff and halt print after 40 years…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Supreme Court of the Canadian province of British Columbia has blocked new provincial laws against public…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio; former Trump White House staffers Alyssa Farah Griffin, Cassidy Hutchinson…

STANFORD, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky found a missing 16-year-old North Carolina girl under a trap door in the bedroom of a 34-year-old man after…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump say he may testify at a mid-January trial set to…

NEW YORK (AP) — Visitors to Times Square got a small preview of New York City’s famed New Year’s Eve party as the event’s organizers heaved…

By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Consumer Product Safety Commission has ordered a recall of toys sold at Walmart.com containing…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia is issuing the first checks from a fund established up by the settlement of…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s governor is standing firm on his plans to reject $18 million in federal funding…

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a U.S. citizen living in Egypt sought to join the al Shabaab terrorist organization and wage violent jihad…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s top election official could face an impeachment attempt in the state Legislature…

DETROIT (AP) — A pair of former Detroit Tigers scouts sued the team, alleging age discrimination over their terminations after the 2020 season.…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The judge handling the fallout over Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Comedian Kathy Griffin has filed for divorce from longtime partner Randy Bick just shy of the couple’s fourth wedding…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Six people are dead after a trio of gunmen pulled up to a party in northern Mexico and opened fire on partygoers. The attack…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For the second time this month, the Biden administration is bypassing Congress to approve an…

By MARCIO SANCHEZ and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — Bulldozers built giant sand berms Friday to protect beachfront homes in…

By ELOGE WILLY KANEZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Burundi’s president has accused Rwanda of funding and training rebels behind an…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities on Friday said a total of five officers from two law enforcement agencies opened fire on…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s onetime personal lawyer and fixer, says he unwittingly passed…

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina has formally announced it won’t join the BRICS bloc of developing economies. Friday’s announcement is…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — What to do about smoking in the casinos, and how to keep gamblers coming to the resort…

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it is “concerned” about a border dispute…

By MARIA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president is trying to end the woes of patients throughout the country, who are…

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The 2024 elections will be dominated by the presidential contest and the…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — South Africa has launched a case at the United Nations’ top court accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has declared a statewide emergency because of an ice storm that felled power poles and lines,…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A spate of false reports of shooters at the homes of public officials in recent days could be setting…

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press A civil rights leader was escorted by police out of a North Carolina movie theater after he insisted on using his own…

BAUDETTE, Minn. (AP) — A passenger died after a commercial transport vehicle crashed through the ice on a Minnesota lake. Meanwhile, state…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer Boeing is asking airlines to inspect its 737 Max jets for a potential loose bolt in the rudder control…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The deadliest mass shooting in Maine history propelled homicides to a new high in the state…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers have asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to stay and reconsider its finding that the state’s…

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a measure Friday that would…

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A group of university students have launched a 24-hour blockade of a key traffic alley in…

KYIV, Ukriane (AP) — Since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian military has repeatedly used missiles to…

JENKINSVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Federal regulators have lessened the severity of their warning about cracks discovered in a backup emergency fuel line at…

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A Texas police chief says investigators hope surveillance video will lead to answers in the killings of an 18-year-old pregnant…

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — At least 20 people have died following landslides caused by torrential rains that hit…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting on the final trading day of a year of surprisingly robust gains for Wall Street. The benchmark…

By ASHOK SHARMA and WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — A rebel group that fought for decades to free India’s northeastern state of…

BERLIN (AP) — Police say one person is dead after a truck struck several people in southern Germany. Police say the 63-year old driver struck a…

PARIS (AP) — French officials say security will be tight across the country on New Year’s Eve, with 90,000 law enforcement officers set to be…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer It’s just about time to celebrate New Year’s Eve and say goodbye to 2023. Preparing for a midnight…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s armed forces say an unknown airborne object entered the country’s airspace from the direction of Ukraine and…

MOSCOW (AP) — An associate of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to nine years in prison, the latest move in a…

BEIJING (AP) — China has appointed a new defense minister after months of uncertainty following the firing of his predecessor for reasons still…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says security forces have detained 32 people suspected of links to the Islamic State…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Defense Minister Shin Wonsik has said that a light-water reactor at…

PARIS (AP) — French authorities say an avalanche on Mont Blanc swept two skiers to their deaths and left another injured. A hiker was killed on…

By ILLIA NOVIKOV and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched about 110 missiles as well as drones against Ukrainian…

By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians have streamed into the…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian media says four people were executed and several others sentenced to prison for having alleged links with Israel’s…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed in muted trading on Friday, the last trading day of the year, with…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Organizers of the Paris Olympics urgently need thousands of security guards to help keep athletes…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — An activist who advocated for Hong Kong independence and was jailed under its sweeping national…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — A Colorado woman is being sought on suspicion of killing her two young children and wounding a third. Authorities…