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BANGKOK (AP) — Fifteen suspected drug smugglers have been killed and about 2 million methamphetamine tablets seized in northern Thailand near the…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Congo’s president says he has confidence an upcoming vote will be rolled out credibly, as…

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. (AP) — The man who will oversee elections in one rural county in Nevada next…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court will lie in repose at the Supreme…

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey has vowed he’s not going anywhere amid a federal…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For the last few years of its life, HBO’s “Real Sports” taped its episodes on the same…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Biden administration officials have ramped up their involvement in the recent border talks…

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A gloomy mood hangs over Ukraine’s soldiers nearly two years after Russia invaded their…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israelis were left stunned and speechless when three hostages held by Hamas were killed…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A new study adds to evidence that severe obesity is becoming more common in young U.S. children.…

By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include Bradley Cooper’s loving look at the life of Leonard Bernstein in…

By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Lamar Jackson threw a touchdown pass and made the play of night when he avoided a…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower on Monday as the Bank of Japan began a 2-day meeting that is…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press ALTOONA, Iowa (AP) — Nikki Haley denounced Republican presidential rival Ron DeSantis in Iowa Sunday for…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A landmark national security trial has opened in Hong Kong for prominent activist publisher Jimmy…

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Officials say more than 300 people have been rescued from floodwaters in northeast Australia, with dozens of residents…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and GABE STERN Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Donald Trump called out three of Nevada’s fake electors during a rally in…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A car plowed into a parked SUV that was guarding President Joe Biden ‘s motorcade…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — James Cook had a career-best 179 yards rushing and scored twice as Buffalo dominated on…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has fired another ballistic missile off its east coast. South Korea’s military says in a…

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP) — Biotech giant Illumina says it will undo its $7.1 billion purchase of the cancer-screening company Grail. The company lost…

By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Greek parliament has approved the government’s 2024 budget, the first in 14 years…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Twelve people are dead following an attack by gunmen on a Christmas season party in the town of Salvatierra in Mexico’s…

BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say five people including three young children have died in a house fire in northwestern Arizona near the…

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Rebels from Colombia’s leftist National Liberation Army have agreed to stop using kidnapping as a fund-raising tactic, if…

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Aden Holloway scored 15 points with six assists and Jaylin Williams had 14 points to help Auburn…

GREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has overturned the death penalty conviction of a Mississippi man stemming from a fatal store robbery in…

By LISA MASCARO and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Negotiators are rushing to reach a U.S. border security deal that would…

BERLIN (AP) — A candidate for the far-right Alternative for Germany has been elected as the mayor of the eastern town of Pirna. The victory marks…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A show produced by Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has won a Daytime Emmy. “Recipe for Change: Standing Up to…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Republican Party of Florida suspended Chairman Christian Ziegler and demanded…

By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A longtime Associated Press writer, whose deep knowledge of the presidency, Congress and…

POMOMA, Calif. (AP) — A Los Angeles-area church was destroyed in a massive fire just hours before a Christmas play and a toy giveaway. The Los…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Wonka” debuted with $39 million in box office sales in the U.S. and Canada over the weekend.…

ATLANTA (AP) — Federal drug officials are warning Georgia to shelve its plans to be the first state to allow pharmacies to dispense medical…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police in Texas are trying to determine who injured three bystanders as officers shot and killed a man who pointed a firearm…

HELSINKI (AP) — Finnish police are seeking a court order to imprison a Russian man who had been living under an alias in the Nordic country and is…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A prolific Chicago artist who was the first Black sculptor to receive a solo retrospective at New…

LUTON, England (AP) — Luton says its captain Tom Lockyer is undergoing tests and scans at hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest during a…

By ARIEL SCHALIT and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military says it has excavated a large tunnel shaft…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A storm is moving up the East Coast with strong winds and precipitation after dumping up to five inches (12.7 centimeters)…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s highest court just gave Democrats a chance to redraw the state’s…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian state new agencies have reported that delegates from Russia’s ruling party have unanimously backed President Vladimir…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Priests in the Church of England have blessed same-sex partnerships for the first time. However,…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says it has detected that North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile toward its…

By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO and MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — It’s the fortnight before Christmas and all through the…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A member of Britain’s House of Lords has acknowledged that she repeatedly lied about her links to…

ROME (AP) — The Vatican has decided to shut down a Slovenian-based religious community founded by a controversial ex-Jesuit artist. The…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is marking a birthday. He turned 87 on Sunday, closing out a year that saw big…

Jerusalem (AP) — Some of Israel’s closest European allies pressed for a cease-fire in the war with Hamas on Sunday, underscoring growing…

By KARL RITTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine have launched over a dozen drones at each other’s territory for a…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tantrums, tears, temperature, toilet accidents. These travails of childhood are familiar…

By EVGENIY MALOLETKA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Russian forces press forward with an attempt to capture the town of Avdiivka in…

INDEPENDENCE, Ore. (AP) — Police in Oregon say a small plane has crashed into power lines and killed all three people on board. The Independence…

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vucic is looking to further tighten his grip…

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel pressed ahead with its Gaza offensive on Sunday after a…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A boat carrying dozens of Europe-bound migrants capsized off the coast of Libya, leaving more than 60…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The top strategist for the embattled super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ‘ campaign…

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Once nearly impenetrable for migrants heading north from Latin America, the jungle…

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Starting with the new year, Indiana will implement a universal reimbursement rate for a…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota would become the first state to require hand-counting of all election ballots if…

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The scene: A crowded shopping center in the weeks before Christmas. Or a warehouse store. Or…

By MARÍA VERZA and PATRICIA LUNA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chileans are voting on whether to approve a new constitution that will…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A human rights activist imprisoned for three years in Belarus accused authorities of…

By NOREEN NASIR and AARON MORRISON Associated Press A growing number of Black Americans see the struggle of Palestinians reflected in their own…

By NOREEN NASIR and AARON MORRISON Associated Press Cydney Wallace, a Black Jewish community activist, never felt compelled to travel to Israel,…

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Jared Goff matched a career high with five touchdown passes, three to rookie tight end Sam LaPorta,…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Maury Povich has received the Daytime Emmys Lifetime Achievement Honor from his wife, journalist Connie Chung. The 84-year-old…

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gardner Minshew threw three touchdown passes and the Indianapolis Colts rushed for 170 yards,…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Leaders from Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, marking their 50th anniversary…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A Canadian youth has been arrested and charged with terrorism-related offenses that allegedly targeted Jewish people. The…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The trial of Hong Kong’s most famous activist publisher who was arrested under China’s…

DENVER (AP) — Firefighters in the Denver metro area responded to the second large fire at an Aurora construction site in three days on Saturday.…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Israeli airstrike has killed a U.S. Agency for International Development contractor in…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Maya Train rail project has opened partially to the general public with hours-long delays and huge cost overruns.…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British teenager Alex Batty has come back to the U.K, six years after he left home on what was meant…

SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state man in jail awaiting trial in one murder case has been charged with three more killings, and prosecutors say he…

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A Confederate memorial’s days at Arlington National Cemetery are numbered. A cemetery official says the memorial is to…

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Tee Higgins made a savvy goal-line move to score a touchdown and force overtime and Evan…