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SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) — Ruth Ashton Taylor, a trailblazing journalist who was the first female newscaster to work in television on the West…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Monday marks the official start to the Republican presidential nominating contest with the Iowa caucuses. Iowa…

Pope Francis says if he can, he’ll keep a promise to visit his native Argentina in the second half of this year. The pontiff last year said he…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Nicaraguan government said Sunday it released Bishop Rolando Álvarez and 18 clergy members from jail and handed them over…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Business Insider’s top executive and parent company said Sunday they were satisfied with the…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Sunday defended the qualifications of a special…

BOSTON (AP) — Authorities say a small plane carrying three people has crashed in a remote, wooded area of Massachusetts. Police reported multiple…

INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum endorsed Donald Trump’s comeback bid for the White House ahead of the Iowa caucuses. Burgum…

PHOENIX (AP) — Humorous and quirky messages on electronic signs will soon be disappearing from highways and freeways across the country. The U.S.…

AL-RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — A moment of silence was observed and then shouts of “free Palestine” rang out ahead of the Asian Cup game between Iran…

PARIS (AP) — Authorities are urging residents on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion to shelter indoors as a powerful storm bears down…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa principal who put himself in harm’s way to protect students…

By MUHAMMAD FAROOQ, DANICA KIRKA and MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — From Berlin to London and Limassol to Karachi,…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — A record high tide in Maine washed away three historic fishing shacks that had stood since the…

NEW YORK (AP) — “The Honeymooners” actress Joyce Randolph, who played Ed Norton’s sarcastic wife Trixie, has died. She was 99. Randolph died…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT, HANNAH FINGERHUT and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — All the major candidates for the Republican…

By MOHAMED SHARUHAN Associated Press MALE, Maldives (AP) — Maldives’ President Mohamed Muizzu wants the Indian military personnel stationed in…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — The new Prada menswear collection for next fall and winter unveiled on the third day of Milan…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press URBANDALE, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign is banking on his loyal supporters to turn out for Monday…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Winter storms and cinema closures in North America didn’t dampen the opening weekend for “Mean Girls.” The…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has endorsed Nikki Haley for the GOP nomination. Hogan…

Associated Press Subfreezing temperatures across much of the U.S. left millions of Americans facing potentially dangerous cold Sunday as Arctic…

BERLIN (AP) — Thousands of people have gathered in Germany for demonstrations against the far right, among them Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his…

By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arévalo is scheduled to be sworn into office Sunday…

By MELANIE LIDMAN, SAMY MAGDY and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Two civilians have been killed in northern Israel after an…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian media say two journalists serving long prison sentences over their coverage of the death of Mahsa Amini…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Opponents of diversity programs are increasingly banking on an…

By ALEXANDRA OLSON, HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Conservative advocates have filed a growing…

By ALEXANDRA OLSON, HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Conservative advocates have been feeling…

By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — The U.S. military isn’t immune to the country’s deep political polarization and the…

The Associated Press Russian local media say a disgraced former mayor convicted over bribery has had his prison sentence cut short after signing a…

BEIJING (AP) — The death toll has risen to 13 in a coal mine accident in central China. The official Xinhua News Agency said Sunday that three…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The Indian Ocean island nation of Comoros has voted for president in Africa’s…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban official says a suicide bomber targeted the provincial governor’s office in western Afghanistan and wounded three…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani army says an explosive device has killed five soldiers in the southwest of the country. It’s the fifth deadly…

LONDON (AP) — A volcano has erupted in southwestern Iceland, sending semi-molten rock spewing toward a nearby settlement for the second time in…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Top foreign policy advisers from Western countries, Ukraine and others are meeting to…

PARIS (AP) — French authorities say four people have been found dead in another suspected drowning of migrants trying to cross the dangerous…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of members of India’s main opposition Congress party and its supporters have begun a 2-month cross-country march ahead…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan on Sunday condemned what it said were “fallacious comments” by China following the self-governing island’s…

TOKYO (AP) — An All Nippon Airways domestic flight turned back to Japan’s northern airport of Sapporo after a crack was found on the cockpit…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile off the North’s east coast. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is visiting the country’s north-central region of Noto for…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers are due to convene this week for the first time since the burning of historic…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press Queen Margrethe II will become Denmark’s first monarch to abdicate in nearly 900 years when she hands over the…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and JOHN HANNA Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — More than a dozen states have given themselves the power to override…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Thousands of people will gather in downtown Copenhagen on Sunday to witness a historic…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press Louisiana’s newly inaugurated lawmakers are set to convene for a special session during which they will discuss…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw for 262 yards and a touchdown, had his helmet shattered when he took…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press NAKIVALE, Uganda (AP) — Refugees from Uganda’s neighboring countries have long been welcomed to the Nakivale…

By GIVO ALPUTRA Associated Press AGAM, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Marapi has erupted again, spewing smoke and ash high into the air but…

SYDNEY (AP) — For the first time, Australians find themselves on the brink of witnessing one of their own, Princess Mary of Denmark, rise to the…

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Someday soon, someone will be walking down the street proudly carrying a ludicrously capacious…

By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas congressman says three migrants, including two children, drowned while…

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The Palestinian soccer team will get its first test at the Asian Cup with its preparations…

BY COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Silvia Venturini Fendi plucked heirlooms from an aristocratic family hope chest and embellished…

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders are preparing a stopgap bill to keep the federal…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials say they are investigating the reported disappearance of nine Colombian women in the Gulf coast state of…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, JILL COLVIN, MEG KINNARD and BILL BARROW Associated Press COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley were…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — John Kerry, the U.S. special envoy on climate, is stepping down from the Biden administration…

ROME (AP) — The governor of Italy’s Tuscany region says 30 people were injured when a restaurant ceiling collapsed during a wedding…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press The families of hostages held in the Gaza Strip kicked off a 24-hour rally in Tel Aviv Saturday night, calling on…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government has sent 25,000 troops to Acapulco after the resort was hit by Hurricane Otis on Oct. 25. But apparently…

MALE, Maldives (AP) — The president of the Maldives says that his country’s small size doesn’t give anyone the license to bully it, in a sign…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israel-Hamas war has quickly shattered many records when it comes to the history of…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani political party says its chief met the Taliban supreme leader in Afghanistan. It’s the second publicly known meeting…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. Navy SEALs are missing after doing a nighttime boarding mission off…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa says more than 50 countries support its case at the United Nations’…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The wild-card playoff game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins on Saturday…

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills’ wild-card playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers that was scheduled for Sunday was moved to Monday…

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo says it will complete its withdrawal from the Central African nation by the end of…

By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE Fla. (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate two crashes involving…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden can make an increasingly strong case that he’s helped fix inflation, if only…

By SIMINA MISTREANU and ADAM SCHRECK Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Lai Ching-te is Taiwan’s president-elect who has vowed to safeguard…