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PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic’s central bank has cut its key interest rate for the second straight time in an effort to help the struggling…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Visitors to Boston this summer will get a treat: A stage show that reunites singer-actor…

BOSTON (AP) — A spokesperson at Boston Logan International Airport in Boston says two JetBlue planes made contact at the airport with one wingtip…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans filing for jobless claims fell last week despite more layoff announcements from high-profile…

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police are investigating several top allies of former President Jair Bolsonaro…

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s government says that it will extend the closure of the country’s border with…

By MATT BROWN and JAMES POLLARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — To hear some conservatives on cable news or on social media tell it, Taylor…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Pressure is mounting on Hungary’s head of state to resign after it was revealed she…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Rescuers have dug out more bodies from a landslide-hit southern Philippine village, bringing the death toll to 11 as the…

By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press On Feb. 10, Asian American communities around the U.S. will ring in the Year of the Dragon with community…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — More than 15,000 protesters have gathered in central Athens to oppose plans by Greece’s conservative government to allow…

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces are claiming they shot down a Russian attack helicopter in eastern Ukraine…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has introduced a free artificial intelligence app that will implant the…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Colombian singer-songwriter Karol G has earned the title of Billboard’s 2024 Woman of the…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley is launching a bus tour before South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India says it will replace its military personnel in Maldives with civilian technical staff who…

BERLIN (AP) — A German Navy frigate has set sail toward the Red Sea, where Berlin plans to have it take part in an EU mission to defend cargo ships…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers are calling for an independent investigation into allegations of…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A panel of U.N.-backed experts that focuses on children’s human rights is calling on Russia to…

PITTSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say 10 cars of a cargo train carrying plastic pellets and cooking oil derailed in upstate New York, with two…

By NAJIB JOBAIN, WAFAA SHURAFA and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes killed over a dozen people…

By ROSALIE MURPHY of NerdWallet People who make money on the side usually declare self-employment income. They’re running businesses, even if…

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Warships from the U.S., Australia and Japan have held joint drills in the South China…

By AYSE WIETING Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s new central bank chief says the work to tame inflation — namely through…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pushed for further U.S. and European aid for Ukraine as he set off…

By SIBI ARASU and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has urged more than a thousand Indian…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There will be no cameras in the courtroom when the Supreme Court hears arguments over whether…

Millions of Americans will find something to be excited about when it comes to Super Bowl Sunday. That’s before even factoring in the influence of…

By AIDA SULTANOVA Associated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — The Ukrainian and Russian presidents have congratulated Azerbaijan’s President…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci has a memoir coming out in June, a look back at his long career as an…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado funeral home owner who authorities say abandoned nearly 200 bodies in a building…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nissan has reported its profit sank in October-December to about half of what it earned in the…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has chosen a longtime aide and close adviser to be a White House…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank Group has returned to profitability after four straight…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares have risen in China after Beijing ousted its top stock market regulator and announced…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a dozen sports leagues and players associations have promised the White House…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior officials for President Joe Biden’s reelection effort will meet with House Democrats…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s main election authority has refused to allow a politician opposing Moscow’s military action in Ukraine on the ballot for…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — When they make history at the Paris Games, Olympic medalists will take a bit of France and its…

BERLIN (AP) — The Berlin Zoo is mourning Ingo the Flamingo, its oldest resident, who died at what is thought to be 75 years of age. He had lived…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken left the Middle East on Thursday with public…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Honda has reported its profit rose 3.5% in the October-December quarter from a year earlier on the…

LONDON (AP) — Iceland’s Meteorological Office says a volcano is erupting in the southwestern part of the country, sending semi-molten rock…

By DÁNICA COTO and PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Prime Minister Ariel Henry urged calm in a public address…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Share were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday after the S&P 500 neared the 5,000 level…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press Highly radioactive water leaked from a treatment machine at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant,…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s newest climate satellite has blasted off to survey the world’s…

SYDNEY (AP) — Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has become the first Pacific leader to address Australia’s parliament. He vowed…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is set to nearly double state legislators’ pay at the start of next year. That will…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer A total solar eclipse is coming to North America. On April 8, the sun will pull another disappearing act across…

By JULIE WATSON and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Here’s what we know about the search for five U.S. Marines who were aboard…

By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — As Indonesia votes this month to replace popular President Joko Widodo, all three…

By ILLIA NOVIKOV and MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s ranks are depleted by two years of war. As it battles Russia,…

By COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — How it began: President Joe Biden was urgently seeking more money…

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE and ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — An Indian state has approved an unprecedented uniform code for…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE, JONATHAN J. COOPER and GABE STERN Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Donald Trump is expected to sweep Nevada’s Republican…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday will hear former President Donald Trump’s appeal to remain…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new book describes a series of conversations between the mother of an American hostage who was…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A special commission organized to investigate the response to the Lewiston, Maine, mass…

By MORIAH BALINGIT AP Education Writer Like a lot of mothers, North Dakota state Rep. Emily O’Brien struggled to find infant care when her…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of progressive lawmakers are fighting back against a multimillion-dollar campaign to…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former youth minister in the Baptist church, Oklahoma Sen. James…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a symbolic snub in Nevada’s primary, Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign…

By CIARÁN GILES and RAF CASERT Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Thousands of farmers in Spain have staged a second day of tractor protests across…

By VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press MUYNAK, Uzbekistan (AP) — The destruction of the Aral Sea in Central Asia has been labeled by the U.N. as the…

By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya say a murder suspect who was awaiting extradition to the United States has…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers involved in Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial told the judge they had no information…

By SETH BORENSTEIN and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The European climate agency says for the eighth straight month in…

DETROIT (AP) — Henry Fambrough of the iconic R&B group The Spinners has died. He was 85. A spokesperson for the group says Fambrough died…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol reiterated that the country would not seek its…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Self-help author and spiritual guru Marianne Williamson is suspending her long-shot Democratic…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to block the University of California from renaming a leading law school whose…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A group of Alabama lawmakers has unveiled a sweeping gambling bill that could authorize a…

BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. says it is paying $1.5 billion for a stake in “Fortnite” maker Epic Games. It said Wednesday it will…

By MUNIR AHMED and RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is electing a new parliament Thursday as surging militant attacks and…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Not only is CPKC lagging the trend of major freight railroads agreeing to provide paid sick time…

By MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR (AP) — As El Salvador’s electoral body begins a vote-by-vote count of the country’s elections…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden has zipped through a trio of tony fundraisers in Manhattan. The president was…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating an outbreak on a luxury cruise ship where more than 150 people…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Over 500 mudslides. Half of downtown Los Angeles’ yearly rainfall in just three days. A wind gust of 102 mph. Those are some…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press Las Vegas (AP) — While police were pursuing and apprehending a man who climbed a Las Vegas Strip landmark, NFL,…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee city must pay $500,000 as part of a settlement with the American Civil…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) — Christian Bale has broken ground on a project he’s been pursuing for 16 years…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale plans to run for U.S. Senate, upending a race…