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Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The Vienna sausage stand is a place where the street sweeper, the manager, the tourist and the celebrity converge…

Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A Congolese opposition politician has been sentenced to one year in prison for inciting civil disobedience.…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis said on Thursday that he hopes to travel to Turkey next year to commemorate the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of…

Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Russian human rights group says a court in Russia convicted a prominent lawyer and sentenced him to…

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s minority government may be on its last legs as opposition lawmakers move this week toward a no-confidence…

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The bells of Notre Dame are chiming again, but scaffolding still clinging to the cathedral’s exterior is…

Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A top Romanian court has asked the official electoral authority to recount and verify all of the ballots…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vaping is coming before the Supreme Court next week as federal regulators ask the high court to uphold its block…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With artificial intelligence at a pivotal moment of development, the federal government is about to transition…

Politicians, writers and activists have condemned the arrest of French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal. The 75-year-old author has not been heard from…

AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After weeks of plugging increasingly inviting discounts, retailers in the United States and several other…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s biggest police force has launched an investigation into more than five people who may have assisted…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — There’s no easy way to bridge the political divides that have created rifts in communities, families and…

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say a youth suspected of planning to build pipe bombs to carry out an Islamic extremist attack has been arrested in…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A former British soldier who claimed he was trying to work as a double agent has been convicted of spying for Iran.…

BERLIN (AP) — Investigators say a doctor who was arrested in Berlin in August is now suspected of killing eight patients and in some cases trying…

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military says its warplanes have fired on southern Lebanon after detecting activity by the militant…

Black Friday has become something of an anachronism in the e-commerce era. The day after Thanksgiving marks the official start of the holiday…

Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Six Cambodian activists charged with treason for comments criticizing the government on Facebook have…

Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The president of Cyprus says the Mediterranean island nation could apply to become a member of NATO when…

Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek officials say that four migrants, including two children, died when a boat struck rocks near the Greek…

Associated Press SIBOLANGIT, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers have recovered two more bodies from a tourist bus hit by a landslide triggered by torrential…

Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia conducted a “massive” attack against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Thursday, firing nearly…

Associated Press LUCERNE, Switzerland (AP) — Would you trust an “AI Jesus” with your innermost thoughts and troubles? Researchers and religious…

AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Boise State, which twice boycotted regular-season matches with San Jose State, pulled out of the Mountain West…

NEW YORK (AP) — The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade marched, soared and roared into its second century on Thursday despite a drenching rain…

Associated Press Baseball star Shohei Ohtani wants his former interpreter to hand over hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of baseball cards he…

Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The U.S. conservative political commentor Candace Owens was refused a visa to enter New Zealand for…

Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — In the remotest reaches of Alaska, there’s no relying on DoorDash to have Thanksgiving dinner — or…

Associated Press PEACHAM, Vt. (AP) — The last thing John and Jenny Mackenzie saw as they fled their Vermont home with their daughters, dog and two…

Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — When Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaigned in North Carolina, both candidates courted a state-recognized…

AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares opened higher in Europe on Thursday after a mixed session in Asia following a Big Tech-led retreat on Wall…

Associated Press EL ALTO, Bolivia (AP) — Fuel is rapidly becoming one of Bolivia’s scarcest commodities. Long lines of vehicles snake for several…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump dined on Wednesday with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that Border Patrol agents cannot cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border…

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s central bank has lowered its key policy rate and says the country’s economy will grow…

Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump declared a win on stopping illegal immigration through Mexico on…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former TV host Charlie Rose has resolved a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by three women in the wake of his…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama A&M linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. remains hospitalized with a head injury suffered in an October game, the…

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has proclaimed himself in favor of mining gold in the Central America country…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Officials say a police car drove into the rear of a limousine transporting New Zealand’s Prime Minister…

Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s top prosecutor says executions will resume in the state following a two-year pause. Arizona…

AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The American economy expanded at a healthy 2.8% annual pace from July through September on strong consumer…

NEW YORK (AP) — They’re up, up and — almost — away. The massive helium balloons that will float through New York City for the Macy’s…

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — A self-described white supremacist charged with killing a man in a tent in southwestern Montana has pleaded not guilty. Daren…

AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois appellate court has ruled that a former deputy sheriff charged with murder in the shooting…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of the Navy, John Phelan, has not served in the…

Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A judge has upheld a Missouri law requiring voters to show photo identification to cast a regular ballot.…

PIEDMONT, Calif. (AP) — Three people were killed and one seriously injured when a Tesla Cybertruck crashed and caught fire in Northern California.…

Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A government official says Canada is already examining possible retaliatory tariffs on certain items from the…

Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Amid renewed interest in the killing of JonBenet Ramsey triggered in part by a new Netflix documentary, police in…