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NEW DELHI (AP) — Officials in India say rescuers are 5 meters (about 16.4 feet) away from the 41 construction workers who have been trapped in a…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A mine operator says an elevator suddenly dropped while carrying workers to the surface in a platinum mine in South Africa,…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian media say a court in Moscow has extended the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, arrested on…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Tuesday after Wall Street benchmarks edged lower as investors…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — SenseTime, a major Chinese artificial intelligence company known for its facial recognition…

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — In a high-profile showdown, Rome, Busan, and Riyadh are the top contenders to host the next World…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli hostage freed by Hamas has said in an interview that she was initially fed…

By CLAIRE RUSH, JANIE HAR and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Tossing tent poles, blankets and a duffel bag into a shopping…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to sign a clean energy package soon that will…

By CLAIRE RUSH, JANIE HAR and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — More cities across the U.S. are cracking down on homeless tent…

By ANITA SNOW and THOMAS MACHOWICZ Associated Press WENDEN, Ariz. (AP) — A blanket of bright green alfalfa spreads across western Arizona’s…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — With its economy struggling, Germany now is wrestling to find a way out of a budget…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Already serving time for murder, disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh will now be sentenced for stealing…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Celine Song’s wistful romance “Past Lives” has earned top honors at the Gotham Awards at an…

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Cairo Santos made a 30-yard field goal for Chicago with 10 seconds left for his fourth…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Candidates have opened their campaigns for Indonesia’s presidential election, which…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Relatives and a friend of Israelis kidnapped and killed by Hamas are visiting Australia…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and ROBERT JABLON Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Oakland has become the latest American city to dive into the…

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO and MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s attorney general is blaming President Dina Boluarte for the…

By HUIZHONG WU and DAKE KANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A year ago, Li Houchen was on the streets of Shanghai, hollering “Freedom!” to…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Families of children and educators killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have made an offer to…

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Frank Reich era in Carolina is over after only 11 games. The Carolina Panthers fired…

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — An Oshkosh-based company and a Dutch firm have been awarded a $342 million contract to produce equipment trailers for the U.S.…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Jean Knight, the New Orleans born soul singer known for her 1971 hit “Mr. Big Stuff,”…

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man intends to plead guilty to threatening to kill U.S. Sen. Jon Tester under a deal with federal prosecutors. The…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild have fired coach Dean Evason and assistant Bob Woods. General manager Bill Guerin announced the moves.…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Niger’s junta says it has signed a decree revoking a 2015 law that was enacted to curb…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A woman who was shocked in the back with a Taser while lying on the ground in Pueblo, Colorado,…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York cannabis regulators have approved a deal to settle lawsuits that have blocked recreational marijuana shops from opening.…

PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. authorities say they are closing a Texas border crossing to vehicles and limiting traffic at an Arizona crossing to shift more…

SALEM, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say an 83-year-old woman has died after she fell through rotting floorboards in a century-old South Carolina house…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press BLUFFTON, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley drew a record crowd on Monday as she campaigned in her home state of South…

NEW YORK (AP) — For a year, New York’s Adult Survivors Act gave adults claiming they had been sexually assaulted a chance to file civil lawsuits,…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. Navy officials say they will discuss how they plan to remove a large aircraft from an…

PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. (AP) — A local Wisconsin official who posted a selfie with his marked ballot on Facebook during the April 2022 election has…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says he wants to reopen the contentious fight over the Affordable…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two men who served decades in prison for separate murders in New York City have been exonerated…

By AAMER MADHANI and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Argentine President-elect Javier Milei is getting a meeting with a top Biden…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Officials say a stabbing at a North Carolina high school has left one student dead and another hospitalized. News outlets…

By JILL LAWLESS and NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A diplomatic spat has erupted between Greece and Britain after the U.K.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Miliary officials say a U.S. Army Air Force gunner’s remains have been accounted for nearly eight decades after the heavy…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Supreme Court has upheld a Democratic-drawn congressional map that divvied up a…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A federal lawsuit accuses police officers of illegally entering a Maryland apartment without a warrant,…

By DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is celebrating national conservation day. Meanwhile, conservationists say the…

By The Associated Press First this fall, another round with COVID-19 shuttered Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show.” Now the show is again…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A proposed amended contract between Puerto Rico’s government and the operator of a…

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Court records say a Maine man charged with using social media to threaten to commit a shooting at a New Hampshire high…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has picked Justice Minister Flávio Dino to…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A midwestern woman who filled her front yard with stones, statues and art is facing the possibility of being forced to…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The University of North Carolina graduate student charged with…

FENTRESS, Texas (AP) — Add this to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s high ambitions: Parachuting from a plane. The three-term Republican governor skydived…

By SAM METZ Associated Press MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — A documentary about Palestinian actress Hiam Abbass that depicts how four generations of…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Have a Google account you haven’t used in a while? If you want to keep it from…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a national budget for the next three years that increases spending by around 25% and…

By EMMANUEL IGUNZA and BRIAN INGANGA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s government is urging people living in flood-prone areas…

LIVINGSTON, Ky. (AP) — CSX says a failed wheel bearing on a train car caused a derailment that sparked a chemical fire in a small Kentucky town.…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says a group of five militants who seized another commercial ship near Yemen were…

By SHARON LURYE Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, La. (AP) — Nearly 9,000 private schools in Louisiana don’t need state approval to grant degrees.…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An executive of Donald Trump’s company says it no longer prepares the sweeping financial…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers used an alternative state email account using the name of Hall of…

By SARAH TETAUD Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — The main opposition candidate in Madagascar says he has filed lawsuits with the…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An Amsterdam museum says historical treasures that were stored there for years during an ownership dispute sparked by…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says he plans to travel to NATO member North Macedonia later this week to attend a…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press SZEGED, Hungary (AP) — Interior ministers from six European Union countries say their nations have agreed to step…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to skip the upcoming climate talks in Dubai (which he has attended…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan and Vietnam have agreed to boost their security and economic ties in the face of China’s…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court prosecutor’s office is halting its long-running investigation into deadly violence…