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SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Thousands of young men are plunging into rivers and lakes across Bulgaria to retrieve crucifixes, in an old ritual marking…

BAGHDAD (AP) — Police say a building under construction has collapsed in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul, killing three people and injuring nine…

By TAIJING WU Associated Press CHIAYI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen visited a military base to observe drills while rival China…

By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An uneasy quiet settled over Kyiv on Friday despite air-raid sirens that blared there and…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya are investigating the death of a local LGBTQ activist whose body was…

By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks rallied after a shaky start and closed with broad gains Friday as some mixed readings on the…

SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian woman charged with willingly entering part of Syria that was under control of the Islamic State group has been freed on…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan and the United States will hold security talks between their foreign and defense ministers in…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE AND SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has kicked off his second term by…

By HUIZHONG WU and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — As COVID-19 rips through China, other countries and the World Health…

By GENE JOHNSON and MANUEL VALDES Associated Press MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — The white sedan cruised past the gray, three-story rental home on a…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It was a tragically high price to pay for catching a suspected car thief: two innocent…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is trying to keep his bid for speaker…

By FARES AKRAM and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Khaled Shurrab had been waiting more than half his life to get out of Gaza. The…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rest easy, America … we got this. What others see as dysfunction and chaos, many of Rep.…

By ADRIANA MORGA, JAMES BROOKS and CARA RUBINSKY Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tech companies are showing off their latest products this week…

By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker on a historic…

By TERRY SPENCER and BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Multiple people were wounded in a shooting after an altercation…

BEIJING (AP) — China is seeking to minimize the possibility of a major new COVID-19 outbreak during this month’s Lunar New Year travel rush…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added a solid 223,000 jobs in December, evidence that the…

By MARK STEVENSON and MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The operation to detain Ovidio Guzman, the son of imprisoned drug lord…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s Kilauea began erupting inside its summit crater Thursday, the U.S. Geological…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Russell Pearce, a Republican lawmaker who was the driving force behind Arizona’s landmark 2010…

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Acclaimed choreographer Alexei Ratmansky won’t be going far when he leaves American Ballet…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares says his company has to work to cut costs globally in order to keep…

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Federal authorities say a Border Patrol agent in body armor was struck by gunfire but not seriously hurt while confronting…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — For the first time ever, Oregon had the highest voter turnout rate in the nation for last November’s elections. Former Oregon…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — More than a thousand startups are showcasing their products at the annual CES tech show in…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press Idaho’s Constitution does not implicitly enshrine abortion as a fundamental right, the state Supreme Court…

By MARK PRATT Associated Press Nate Thayer, a fearless reporter who survived several brushes with death while covering conflict in Southeast Asia and…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Universal Orlando Resort has filed paperwork and pledged 13 acres for a commuter rail station that could link the seventh…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge in West Virginia has ruled that the state’s ban on transgender…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A bill to strengthen abortion rights in Minnesota by codifying protections into state…

By CODY JACKSON, TERRY SPENCER and GISELA SALOMON Associated Press KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Cuban migrants are still arriving by boat in the Florida…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — When a futuristic-looking electric Ram pickup truck goes on sale next year, it will hardly be the…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan State football player has pleaded guilty to misdemeanors for a skirmish inside the Michigan Stadium tunnel after…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Former United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft is shying away from talking about her…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A preliminary report on a Hawaii medical transport plane that went missing says a…

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press Court documents unsealed Thursday after the suspect in the November fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho…

By GRACE EKPU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The European Commission on Thursday banned imports of seafood caught in Cameroon’s…

By ALEXANDRA OLSON and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers The Federal Trade Commission is proposing a rule that would prevent employers from…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill aimed at easing the cost for prisoners to call…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in the Turks & Caicos Islands say they have arrested a police officer and charged him with harboring…

CAIRO (AP) — Interpol says that an Eritrean national described as one of ’’the world’s most wanted″ human traffickers has been arrested in…

By CAMILLE RODRIGUEZ MONTILLA and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s opposition has selected an all-female…

NEW YORK (AP) — A health care executive who was convicted of manslaughter for fatally drugging her 8-year-old developmentally disabled son has died…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press More than 1.3% of the adult population in the U.S. was displaced by natural disasters in the past year, with…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Republican Gov. Chris Sununu has been sworn in for a fourth term. Two years ago, he was sworn…

By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has fired basketball coach Chris Beard, who faces a felony domestic family violence…

By RIO YAMAT and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Delta Air Lines says it will start providing free Wi-Fi for all passengers on most…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is challenging a Maine law that eliminated the statue…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing the former CEO of the failed cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network,…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Maura Healey was sworn in as the first woman and first open member of the LGBTQ community to be…

By LAURA UNGAR and SHELBY LUM Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Shubham Chandra knows how dangerous the coronavirus can be: He lost his dad…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The world’s glaciers are shrinking and disappearing faster than scientists thought, with two-thirds of them…

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The harrowing on-field collapse of Buffalo Bills defensive back Damar Hamlin has forced some…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.S. officials say federal agents have arrested a Puerto Rican woman accused of assaulting two Spirit Airlines…

NEW YORK (AP) — A white New York City police officer has been suspended after a video posted on social media showed him hitting a Black 14-year-old…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — An environmental group has given the Chesapeake Bay watershed a D-plus grade in its “State…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will send Ukraine nearly $3 billion in military aid, in a massive…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mercedes-Benz will build its own worldwide electric vehicle charging network starting in North America in a bid to compete with EV…

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is pushing ahead with plans to log or conduct controlled burns in parts of the Hoosier National…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman accused of repeatedly poisoning her veterinarian husband with animal euthanasia drugs has been charged with…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Turkey worked in coordination to impose sanctions on four people and two firms in…

LAKE CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman who was believed to be the oldest living person in the U.S. has died at the age of 115. Bessie Laurena…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has struck down a ban on abortion once…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has adopted Turkey’s preferred spelling for the name of the…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose for the second straight week following six weeks of…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — With its flights running on a roughly normal schedule, Southwest Airlines is now turning its…