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By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press HAWSTON, South Africa (AP) — South African abalone, a curious fist-sized sea snail, is a highly prized morsel in…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is spending part of his 81st birthday observing the White House…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press QUSRA, West Bank (AP) — When Israeli warplanes swooped over the Gaza Strip following Hamas militants’ deadly…

By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include Adam Sandler playing a 74-year-old elementary class lizard in the latest…

By The Associated Press Kyle Vogt has resigned as CEO of Cruise, General Motors’ autonomous vehicle unit. His decision to step down, announced…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military has warned North Korea not to go ahead with its planned spy…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Rights group Afghan Witness says online abuse and hate speech targeting politically active Afghan…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Five workers on a road project in central Mexico are dead and three ware injured after the collapse of a 50-foot (15 meter) tall…

By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The party of jailed Senegalese leader Ousmane Sonko says it’s now backing another…

ATLANTA (AP) — Reactions to the death of Rosalynn Carter, former first lady and global humanitarian: ___ Former President George W. Bush called…

The Associated Press ___ Rosalynn Carter, from her 1984 book, “First Lady from Plains” On the campaign: “Later I was thankful for those early…

The Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — ___ Landmarks and notable events in the life of former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter: — Aug. 18, 1927:…

By BILL BARROW and MICHAEL WARREN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his…

By BILL BARROW Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — The Washington chattering class, often unsure what to make of outsiders, dubbed Rosalynn Carter…

PARIS (AP) — French performers from different religious and ethnic backgrounds have led thousands of people on a silent march through Paris to call…

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Police say two people have been killed and three wounded when shots were fired during an argument at a gathering at an Oklahoma…

By ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press NANTERRE, France (AP) — The mother of a 17-year-old who was killed during a police traffic stop in France has…

LONDON (AP) — Comedian Russell Brand has been interviewed by British police over three alleged sexual offenses. The Sunday Times and BBC say Brand,…

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Investigators in New Hampshire were probing for answers as to why a man shot a security guard to death at a New Hampshire…

PARIS (AP) — A faded, cracked felt hat worn by Napoléon Bonaparte fetched $1.6 million at an auction Sunday of the French emperor’s belongings.…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Ohio State passed Michigan and moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, a…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. State Department is calling Nicaragua’s formal withdrawal from the Organization of American States “another…

By LUCAS DUMPHREYS and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press POCONE, BRAZIL (AP) — In the first two weeks of November, fires fueled by unusually dry and…

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE and JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and a politician hoping to…

DECATUR, Ala. An Alabama police chief says he believes department policies were violated when an officer shot and killed a man in his front yard…

CHICAGO (AP) — Federal safety officials investigating a Chicago commuter train crash that injured nearly 40 people when it slammed into…

By EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Authorities say at least 32 people were killed following heavy fighting in the disputed…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” tops the North American box office in its first weekend…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is refusing to condemn Elon Musk’s post…

LONDON (AP) — An Irish businessman who survived a kidnapping by the IRA and triggered a scandal that shook Ireland’s politics has died.…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to visit naval installations in Virginia for an early kickoff…

By CHETAN NARULA Associated Press AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Australia has won the Cricket World Cup for a record-extending sixth time. Australia…

WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — Police say a mother is facing a child endangerment charge after her toddler found a gun in her purse and accidentally fired it…

KYIV An orphaned Ukrainian teenager who was taken to Russia last year during the war in his country returned home on his 18th birthday. The head of…

By ISABEL DEBRE and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says Yemen’s Houthi rebels have seized an Israeli-linked ship in a…

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Miss Nicaragua, Sheynnis Palacios, has won the Miss Universe competition in El Salvador, the first to wear the…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some K-12 public schools are racing to improve protection against the threat of online…

By MELINA WALLING MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Following historic rainfall and flooding earlier this summer, farmers in Graves County, Kentucky sustained…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Congress are facing some unusually public challenges over…

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s highest court has dismissed an appeal by the country’s largest Islamist…

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Tens of thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s main religious political party have rallied in the eastern city of Lahore…

By JILL COLVIN and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Donald Trump is returning to the U.S.-Mexico border for a visit as he…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The statewide battles over abortion rights since the Supreme…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drones targeted the Ukrainian capital Sunday as the British Defense Ministry said there were “few immediate…

By JOSH BOAK and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ends nearly every speech by saying he’s “never been more…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation has reached its lowest point in 2 1/2 years. The unemployment rate has…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation has reached its lowest point in 2 1/2 years. The unemployment rate has…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Gale-force winds and heavy rain and snow have hit large parts of Bulgaria, claiming the lives of two people and causing…

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a roadside bomb exploded, killing three people in insurgency-hit southwestern Baluchistan province.…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — State investigators repeatedly identified fire and safety hazards at a leased storage space…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military says security forces killed four militants in a shootout during an overnight raid in the country’s…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee have launched a manhunt for a suspect believed to have shot and killed four females and critically…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is visiting Hawaii to meet…

By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — A United Nations team said Sunday that 291 patients were left at…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — State and federal wildlife agencies have developed a new weapon to slow down invasive carp…

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A year-long suspension of the legal time limit to sue over sexual assaults against adults in…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Some Democratic cities are spending taxpayer dollars on bus, plane and train…

By THOMAS PEIPERT and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — After the mass shooting at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Some states are steadily chipping away at longstanding bans on Sunday game hunting, and…

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Officials trying to reach 41 workers who have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press TORVAIANICA, Italy (AP) — Pope Francis’ recent gesture of welcome for transgender Catholics has resonated…

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press Skyrocketing sugar prices left Ishaq Abdulraheem with few choices. Increasing the cost of…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press VOORBURG, Netherlands (AP) — Thousands of families are lining up for free handouts at food banks across the…

By DANIEL POLITI and DAVID BILLER Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Voters in Argentina head to the polls Sunday in a presidential…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s first-in-the-nation law that decriminalized the possession…

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued advisories along the California-Nevada line ahead of an early winter storm that could…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press FELCSUT, Hungary (AP) — Israel has lost 2-1 to Romania in an emotionally charged European Championship qualifying…

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sales on the secondary-ticket market were surging for Saturday night’s Las Vegas Grand Prix.…

SAVANNAH, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities in western New York say a man was shot and killed while on a hunting trip on the first day of the state’s…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden says that achieving a cease-fire amid Israel’s war with Hamas “is…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union says a Kansas grade school forced an 8-year-old…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Investigators have identified a “person of interest” in the Los Angeles freeway arson…

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a large metal gate at an elementary school in Arizona apparently fell onto and killed a 9-year-old child who…

By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — The English hockey team that American Adam Johnson played for has retired his No. 47…

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office says a 5-year-old California boy has fatally stabbed his twin brother. The…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press A California man’s family is pleading for his release after they say he was wrongfully arrested…

STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say the last of four men who escaped from a Georgia jail in October has been caught. Bibb County Sheriff David…

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says his country and Azerbaijan are speaking “different diplomatic languages”…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A library book that is more than a century overdue has been returned to St. Paul Public Library. Titled “Famous…