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By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has imposed sanctions on a group of people and firms based in Iran, China, Hong Kong…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities plan to announce more arrests in an airport parking garage shooting that killed a Philadelphia police officer and…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A female Asian elephant at the St. Louis Zoo died shortly after her herd became agitated from a…

MILAN (AP) — Italy says it is suspending an open-border agreement with neighboring Slovenia, citing an increased threat of terrorism in Europe due…

By JACK JEFFERY and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — As desperate Palestinians in sealed-off Gaza try to find refuge under Israel’s…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A veteran North Carolina trial lawyer has entered the Republican primary campaign for…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Dozens of activists who champion LGBTQ, indigenous peoples’ and reproductive rights or campaign…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says the leaders of Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti and Honduras will attend a summit on migration that Mexico…

By JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Connelly has sold more than 85 million books under nearly 40 titles, but there’s another…

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Two men have pleaded guilty to charges related to a drive-by-shooting in central Florida that left 11 people wounded earlier…

PARIS (AP) — Reporters Without Borders says a Taliban court in Afghanistan has released a French-Afghan journalist held for 284 days and cleared…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The net worth of the typical U.S. household grew at the fastest pace in more than…

PARIS (AP) — The Paris political sciences institute Sciences Po says French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah, who was detained for years in Iran,…

By MICHELLE R. SMITH and ALI SWENSON Associated Press Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spent years disseminating false…

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italian lawmakers have voted unanimously to back a long-delayed project to build a Holocaust Museum…

By MICHELLE R. SMITH and ALI SWENSON Associated Press When 12-year-old Braden Fahey collapsed during football practice and died, it was just the…

BALTIMORE (AP) — A former Baltimore police officer involved in the department’s Gun Trace Task Force corruption scandal is asking a federal judge…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two employees at a Kansas prison were fired, and six others were disciplined, after accusations that they mocked and failed to…

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America URBANA, Ohio (AP) — Rep. Jim Jordan, so far, has failed to get enough votes to become…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Federal Aviation Administration has moved a step closer to Senate confirmation.…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Norma could briefly grow into a major hurricane before hitting Mexican resorts at Los Cabos. The U.S. National…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Officials say one person was burned and passengers were evacuated after an explosion was reported aboard a small cruise ship…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A coalition of three opposition parties who won Poland’s general election against the…

MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say four people are dead after a multicar crash on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. The Los Angeles County Fire…

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s prime minister has asked NATO-led peacekeepers to increase their presence on the northern border with Serbia,…

By KATHERINE ROTH Associated Press Botanical gardens and zoos across the country have become go-to destinations for Halloween. The festivities and…

MAINZ, Germany (AP) — Bundesliga soccer club Mainz has suspended Dutch forward Anwar El Ghazi for what it called an “unacceptable” social media…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh has announced plans to expand with a $45 million event venue. The proposed entertainment…

NICE, France (AP) — French soccer club Nice has suspended defender Youcef Atal until further notice after he shared an antisemitic message on…

BERLIN (AP) — The German government has announced a drive to get more Ukrainian and other refugees into jobs now that many have a usable knowledge…

By ABBY SEWELL, TARA COPP and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA BEIRUT (AP) — Two suicide drones launched at a base hosting U.S. troops in Iraq have been…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer United Airlines says that it will start boarding passengers in economy class with window seats first starting…

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Scientists are setting out to collect genetic material from 500,000 people of African ancestry to create the…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The next book by Erik Larson, known for the best-selling “The Devil in the White City,” is…

By TOM MURPHY and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press Amazon will soon make prescription drugs fall from the sky when the e-commerce giant becomes the…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has announced sanctions against a group of 10 Hamas members and the Palestinian…

SAMUEL PETREQUIN BRUSSELS (AP) — The suspected attacker who killed two Swedish soccer fans in Brussels this week before he was shot dead by police…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Now that she’s stepped back from the sport she dominated like few others, Serena Williams is…

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A leading Cambodian opposition politician who was sentenced last month to 18 months…

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Local authorities say a Russian missile attack has killed two civilians in an apartment…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African officials are hoping the gradual recovery of one of the country’s biggest…

LONDON (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been charged with a public order offense after being arrested at a demonstration against an oil…

PARIS (AP) — Police say three French airports in the cities of Lyon, Toulouse and Lille have been evacuated following security alerts. Emailed…

By NICK KURCZEWSKI Edmunds The automotive experts at Edmunds test SUVs of all shapes, sizes and prices. During these tests, certain models rise by…

By The Associated Press Russian state media say Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in North Korea, the latest in a flurry of diplomatic…

By SARAH SCHLICHTER of NerdWallet October is the ASPCA’s Adopt a Shelter Dog Month. If you’re thinking about adding a rescue dog to your family,…

RAHIM FAIEZ ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations’ World Food Program is appealing for $19 million to provide emergency assistance to tens of…

MOSCOW (AP) — The lower house of Russia’s parliament has approved a bill revoking the ratification of a global nuclear test ban treaty, a move…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Former Virginia House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn has decided against a bid for governor in…

LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk’s social media platform X has begun charging a $1 fee to new users in the Philippines and New Zealand. It’s a test…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong man who was shot by police during pro-democracy protests in 2019 has been sentenced to…

By SAMY MAGDY and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Within hours after a blast was said to have killed hundreds at a Gaza hospital,…

By JEFF AMY DALTON, Ga. A South Korean company has begun production at a huge solar panel factory in Georgia. The move by the company Qcells comes…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A tourist from Britain, another from South Africa and their local guide have been killed…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Markets fell in Europe and Asia after China reported Wednesday that its economy grew at a…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The leaders of Russia and China have met in Beijing and called for close foreign policy coordination. It comes as concerns…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s ruling party has named the top security minister as the running mate to…

BEIJING (AP) — Beijing has vigorously protested the U.S. Commerce Department’s latest update of export controls to prevent exports to China…

BERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany say a Berlin synagogue has been attacked with Molotov cocktails. It comes as antisemitic incidents in the German…

By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMYA KULLAB, RAVI NESSMAN and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Doctors in Gaza City faced with…

LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. held steady at 6.7% in September as easing food and drink price rises were offset by higher fuel costs for…

VIENNA (AP) — Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is set to go on trial on a charge of having allegedly made false statements to a…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian journalist Cheng Lei says she spent more than three years in detention in…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Chinese automakers are winning over drivers as they make major inroads into Europe’s electric…

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Economy Minister Sergio Massa and former Security Minister Patricia Bullrich…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has scheduled a vote Wednesday on a resolution that initially…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — When Giorgia Meloni took office a year ago as the first far-right premier in Italy’s…

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom often touts California’s…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is moving quickly to confirm Jacob Lew as ambassador to Israel, holding a…

By LINLEY SANDERS and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — At a time when Americans are deeply divided along party lines, a new poll…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday. He is expected to…

By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Having lost the first vote to become House speaker, Rep. Jim…

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is promising greater access to China’s market for international…

By AAMER MADHANI, COLLEEN LONG and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will touch down in Israel on Wednesday for…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — Three teenagers charged with murder in the death of a 20-year Colorado driver who was…

NEW YORK (AP) — A new report says that crash and fatality rates among drivers under 21 have fallen dramatically in the U.S. during the past 20…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Fiji’s prime minister says his government is “more comfortable dealing with traditional friends” such as…