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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say suspected militants have targeted security forces and a pro-government elder in northwest…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Mayor-elect Cherelle Parker has selected longtime police official Kevin J. Bethel to become the next police…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A government official says the U.S. has thwarted a plot to kill Sikh separatist leader…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state say 25 people have been killed and…

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Pennsylvania school board that’s banned books, Pride flags and transgender athletes…

NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall, nearly killed by Russian bombs while reporting in Ukraine less than two years ago, returned…

PARIS (AP) — Olympic organizers will release 400,000 extra tickets for next year’s Paris Games and the Paralympics at the end of the month.…

PRAGUE (AP) — The presidents of four Central European countries found some common ground Wednesday on Ukraine despite their governments’…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The historic South Carolina city of Charleston has elected its first Republican mayor since…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The new president and CEO of Philanthropy Roundtable says she plans to fight for the principles…

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — The display of hundreds of Palestinian flags at a Champions League game by fans of Scottish club Celtic cost the team a…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — EU lawmakers have rejected a proposal from the bloc’s executive arm to set legally binding…

BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge has denied a compassionate release request filed by a former Baltimore police officer convicted in 2018 as part of…

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has urged NATO to further boost its…

By EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan authorities have issued a warning about the sale of counterfeit HIV prevention…

By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press ___ EDITOR’S NOTE: The Associated Press is publishing an updated visual analysis of the Oct. 17 explosion at…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Sometimes inspiration can be unexpected. Just ask comedian Heather McMahan. She began posting witty observations…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Impossible is often just a starting point on a Christopher Nolan film and “Oppenheimer,” about the father of the…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — If you didn’t already guess it from a barrage of sales ads in your inbox, the…

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says that Iran’s decision in…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed a cease-fire in Gaza that’s expected to enable…

By The Associated Press Russia’s parliament has approved a federal budget that increases spending by around 25% in 2024-2026 and devotes a…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press President Joe Biden declared an emergency over lead-in-water contamination in the U.S. Virgin Islands earlier…

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III has paid tribute to K-pop band Blackpink. The U.K. monarch has given them honorary gongs for their work fighting…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week, a sign…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Maybe the reason Tiger Woods is returning to competition next week in the Bahamas is to prepare for what really…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s new parliament is debating the reinstatement of government funding for in vitro fertilization as its first…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s law enforcement authorities say a member of a violent gang accused of kidnapping four U.S. citizens has…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press Jehovah’s Witnesses are well-known for proselytizing door-to-door and handing out their literature on city…

By FRANCISCO GUZMAN Associated Press Black Friday is almost upon us, when retailers kick off the holiday season with offers meant to get customers in…

By NICK KURCZEWSKI Edmunds Pricing for the average new car continues to rise, with the latest reports pegging the average new vehicle transaction…

By WHITNEY VANDIVER of NerdWallet identitySummary: A recent uptick in scams targeting older adults has seniors wondering who’s really calling them.…

PRAGUE (AP) — Czech President Petr Pavel has signed into law an economic package of dozens of measures introducing budget cuts and increased taxes…

Associated Press Holiday travelers are starting their final sprint. About 2.7 million people were expected to board flights on Wednesday, and Sunday…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany will extradite an Italian man suspected in the killing of a 22-year-old woman to Italy. According to German news agency dpa,…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Former Saints tight end Boo Williams needs surgery, medicine and doctors to make the pain in his injured neck…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Former Saints tight end Boo Williams needs surgery, medicine and doctors to make the pain in his injured neck…

By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Consumers are expected to use “buy now, pay later” payment plans heavily this holiday season, a…

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has restored electronic visa services for Canadian nationals, an Indian foreign ministry…

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Police in Kosovo say a hand grenade has exploded in an animal market in a southern city and nine people are injured. Three…

VATICAN CITY By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press (AP) — Pope Francis has met separately with relatives of Israeli hostages in Gaza and Palestinian…

SAN JOSE, California (AP) — Computer chip and software maker Broadcom says it has cleared all regulatory hurdles and plans to complete its $69…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel and Hamas have agreed to a deal that is to trigger a four-day halt in their…

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian minister said organizers of a Coldplay concert are able to stop…

By EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An American man convicted of sexual offences in Kenya nine years ago has been denied bail…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares slipped in Asia on Wednesday, tracking a decline on Wall Street a day after stocks…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The ousted leader of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is returning to the company that fired him late last week, the…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN, TIA GOLDENBERG and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement for a four-day halt…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The United States and the Philippines are conducting joint air and maritime patrols in the South…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — No fewer than 26 political parties are seeking a share of the 150 seats in the lower…

By MIKE CORDER and RAF CASERT Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — One thing is certain as Dutch voters cast ballots in a general…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas high school is grappling with how a feud over stolen items escalated into a fatal…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative government will try to win favor with voters by cutting taxes but avoiding…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says it will partially suspend an inter-Korean agreement to restart…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana and other northern states are making preparations to…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say a shooting in Philadelphia has killed two men and wounded five others and police say the violence may have been…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A culinary issue erupted as the European Parliament prepares to vote on Wednesday on a proposal…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — A group of Lahaina wildfire survivors is vowing to camp on a popular resort beach until…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Incumbent Erin Mendenhall was leading Tuesday in her reelection bid to continue as mayor of Utah’s capital in a…

By AARON MORRISON Associated Press STUDIO CITY, California (AP) — Some of the mystery and controversy shrouding a sprawling Los Angeles-area…

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new plan from the Biden administration could significantly increase salaries for hundreds of…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As lawmakers in Washington weigh sending billions more in federal support to…

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Some of the last surviving witnesses to the events surrounding the assassination of President John…

By DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s populist President-elect Javier Milei lacks a group of well-known…

DENVER (AP) — Authorities in Colorado say four men have been found dead at a home just north of Denver. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office says…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong, deep undersea earthquake shook the eastern side of Indonesia on Wednesday. There were no immediate reports of…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two defense officials say U.S. fighter aircraft have struck two Hezbollah operations centers in…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press Voters in Utah are choosing between a Republican former congressional staffer and a Democratic state senator in a…

By JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III has hosted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife at a…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A U.S. appeals court has sided with Cristiano Ronaldo, rejecting an appeal by a woman trying to…

PLANO, Texas (AP) — A small plane has crashed and burned on the doorstep of a strip mall in Texas. The Tuesday crash killed the pilot and caused a…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press An influential Iowa evangelical leader is endorsing Ron DeSantis for president before the leadoff Republican…

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Mike Shildt has been hired as manager of the San Diego Padres, returning to the dugout two years…

By GAURAV SAINI and SIBI ARASU, Press Trust of India NEW DELHI (AP) — Sunil Kumar watched helplessly in July as his home and 14 others were washed…

By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press KAPAA, Hawaii (AP) — It is the only all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple in the West built without power tools…

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The man who fatally shot five coworkers in April at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky,…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who worked as a stand-in at “The Cosby Show” in the 1980s is suing Bill Cosby,…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The start of the South American World Cup qualifying match between Argentina and Brazil on Tuesday night was delayed because…

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press A report by Human Rights Watch says the Chinese government has expanded its campaign of closing mosques to…

By Summer Ballentine Associated Press A moose on the loose in southern Minnesota has gained a herd of thousands of followers hoping to see the…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A state appeals court has ruled that California can share personal information of gun…

Formula One’s return to Las Vegas drew the largest audience for the series since June, despite starting in the middle of the night for viewers…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The governor of Mexico’s border state of Sonora has acknowledged that a secrecy-shrouded train project was an army…