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By ALFREDO PEÑA, FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — A road trip to Mexico for cosmetic surgery…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host the second state visit of his…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are getting the vegan treatment. The Hershey Co. said Tuesday that Reese’s Plant…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift will receive the 2023 iHeartRadio Innovator Award at the iHeartRadio Music…

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — An explosion in a seven-story commercial building in Bangladesh’s capital on Tuesday killed at least 14 people and…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has renewed his cabinet of cardinal advisers from around the world. He named a handful of new members Tuesday and…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chávez told Venezuelans to choose Nicolás Maduro as his successor…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press The European Commission says it’s tightening rules that allow foreign governments or organizations to pay travel…

LONDON (AP) — Archaeologists have uncovered what they believe to be a Roman shrine beneath a former graveyard in the grounds of a cathedral in…

ROME (AP) — Two Italian air force planes collided in mid-air and crashed to the ground, killing both pilots. Italy’s air foce said in a…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The new U.N. human rights chief says his office has opened “channels of communication” to help…

By JAVIER CÓRDOBA and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica went from having one of the world’s highest…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Moscow sentenced a student activist to 8 1/2 years in prison for social…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian teachers have held protests in several cities over suspected poisonings…

By MELISSA LAMBARENA of NerdWallet As the Federal Reserve continues to increase interest rates, borrowers may find that they’re paying more for…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday proposed new taxes on the rich to help fund…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A television news report claims that St. John Paul II knew about sexual abuse of…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A parliamentary delegation from Hungary says it supports Sweden’s NATO membership bid…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican and Greece finalized a deal Tuesday for the return of three…

By MAJDI MOHAMMED and ISABEL DeBRE Associated Press JENIN, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian health officials say at least six Palestinians were killed…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A new United Nations report says acute malnutrition among pregnant and breastfeeding…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police say a woman accused of assisting a suspect in the gruesome killing and…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government says it’s ready for human-rights legal challenges to a tough new law…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar’s top diplomat has been sworn in as prime minister, replacing another member of the ruling family who…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — South Korean technology firm Kakao has launched a tender offer to buy up to 35% of K-pop agency SM…

By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Still recovering from the effects of the first battering, the southeastern African…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has made an unannounced visit to Baghdad…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has failed to appear before a court in…

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Derek Carr has proved repeatedly that he can produce as a passer. What the former Raiders…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president says China has given crucial debt restructuring assurances…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday as investors fretted that the Federal Reserve might raise…

By SYLVIE CORBET, NICOLAS GARRIGA and JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Demonstrators were marching across France on Tuesday in a new…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Shraga Tichover is hanging up his fatigues. After more than three decades as a reservist…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister has warned that Beijing and Washington are headed for “conflict and confrontation” if the U.S.…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis positioned himself as the architect…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A sharp drop in illegal border crossings since December could blunt a Republican point of attack…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — China has long been seen by the U.S. as a prolific source of anti-American…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A helicopter pilot who was coming into land at an Australian theme park has told…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma voters on Tuesday rejected the legalization of recreational marijuana, following a…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve could increase the size of its interest rate hikes and raise…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian police have found the body of a young woman trapped in a car that was swept away by rushing waters, the…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s central bank has increased its benchmark interest rate by another quarter-point to 3.6% as it continues…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency intentionally destroyed a new H3 rocket minutes after its launch Tuesday…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is defending his government’s contentious plan…

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Earthy scents pricked guests’ noses as they entered the venue for Stella McCartney: A manege.…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers in remote Indonesian islands are searching for 47 people who are believed to be buried in their houses by…

NEW YORK (AP) — Two men have been convicted of helping Somali pirates who kidnapped a U.S. journalist for ransom and held him for 2 1/2 years,…

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii officials on Monday cited a Maui man seen on video snorkeling for allegedly harassing a humpback whale and pod of dolphins.…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Police detained a man on suspicion of killing an 11-year-old boy and neighbors wrecked his home Monday amid anger…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A district attorney in Santa Fe fought back Monday against efforts to disqualify the special…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tribal leaders, scientists and conservation advocates buried Southern California’s most…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A nuclear power plant in Georgia has begun splitting atoms in one of its two new reactors, Georgia…

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Military officials in Peru say six soldiers drowned while trying to swim across a river in the Andes to reach a town where…

By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state media say an Israeli airstrike has hit the airport in the city of Aleppo and put…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A private bank is trying to force the Biden administration to end its pause on federal…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The influential sister of North Korea’s leader warned Tuesday that her country is…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Thirty-four Tyson Foods employees, former employees and family members have filed a lawsuit against the company.…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s former spokesperson Hope Hicks met Monday with Manhattan prosecutors who are…

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Election officials in Florida, Missouri and West Virginia say they are…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans issued another series of subpoenas Monday as part of an ongoing…

PEKIN, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man has received an 18-month prison sentence after being convicted of illegally giving his son an assault-style…

By JOSH BOAK and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With an eye on 2024, President Joe Biden will showcase his election-year budget…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona judge has sanctioned former Republican secretary of state candidate Mark Finchem…

By DAVE COLLINS and DAVID SHARP Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Officials say a corporate jet may have experienced stability problems…

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press An employee of Catholic Charities in Omaha, Nebraska, alleges in a lawsuit that she suffered emotional distress…

By RON TODT Associated Press Norfolk Southern announced plans on Monday to improve the use of detectors placed along railroad tracks to spot…

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man tried to open an airliner’s emergency door on a cross-country flight from Los Angeles to Boston and then…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Residents of Southern California mountain towns have continued to struggle to dig out and get necessities in the aftermath of a…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government has escalated the dispute over proposed Mexican limits on genetically modified corn. The U.S. Trade…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. chief says that women’s rights are being “abused, threatened and…

NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona rancher accused of killing a Mexican man on his land near the U.S.-Mexico border has pleaded not guilty to murder…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press The FBI is searching for a Florida woman who was supposed to stand trial Monday on charges stemming from the…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Work to clear tons of ash, silt and other debris from a traditional irrigation…

BY DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer Greenhouse gas emissions from the way humans produce and consume food could add nearly 1 degree of warming to the…

By ELAINE GANLEY and JEAN-FRANCOIS BADIAS Associated Press STRASBOURG, France (AP) — If your secret wish is to get a reward, not just family…

GENEVA (AP) — The makers of Toblerone are stripping images of Switzerland’s famed Matterhorn and the Swiss flag from the packaging of the…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Residents of Vermont’s largest city will vote Tuesday on whether to create a community police oversight board that…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Norfolk Southern has pledged several million dollars to cover the cost of the response and…

By GREGORY GONDWE Associated Press LILONGWE, Malawi (AP) — The Russian government has donated 20,000 tons of fertilizer to Malawi as part of its…