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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel is returning as host of the Academy Awards for the second straight year and fourth time…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — After raiding the Gaza Strip’s largest hospital, Israel appears close to completing its…

By MATT BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission is implementing new rules banning internet providers from…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has approved a resolution calling for “urgent and extended…

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A proposed ban on noncompete agreements has come under a fierce attack by…

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says the substance in a suspicious letter sent to the…

By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A hospital director in Haiti says a heavily armed gang burst into the facility and…

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is at risk of losing key tools for preventing terrorists from using…

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Major League Baseball owners are set to vote on the proposed relocation of the…

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Officials say only a handful of survivors are still hospitalized three weeks following a mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine.…

By TIFFANY STANLEY and PETER SMITH Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Soon after U.S. bishops inside a Baltimore hotel approved materials on how…

By STEVE LeBLANC and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Advocates scrambling to find shelter for homeless migrant families newly arrived…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump have asked for a mistrial in the New York civil fraud case that…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley says anonymity online poses a “national security threat.” The GOP…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A hearing in Colorado on whether a clause of the U.S. Constitution prevents former President…

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say a Las Vegas high school student was killed when 10 students between the ages of 13 and 17 beat…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A high-profile Democratic prosecutor in northern Virginia who drew criticism from…

By DAVID KEYTON Associated Press MOTALA, Sweden (AP) — Sweden has opened a new state-of-the-art plastic sorting facility, the largest of its kind…

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to nearly weapons-grade…

PARIS (AP) — A police officer in France being investigated in the killing last summer of a 17-year-old of North African origin that touched off…

By COLLIN BINKLEY and ANNIE MA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s Black and Latino students are at a disadvantage in nearly every…

By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Moms for Liberty says it’s removed two Kentucky chapter chairs from leadership positions…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire has scheduled its presidential primaries for Jan. 23, 2024, keeping the state…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is heading for a vote on a temporary government funding package as lawmakers sought…

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a lawsuit against PepsiCo…

By ELÉONORE HUGHES and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It’s still spring in Brazil, but a dangerous heat wave is…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A mistrial has been declared for a Texas police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in Austin. The mistrial for…

By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Authorities says a 13-year-old Texas boy convicted of murder in the fatal shooting of a Sonic…

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Terry R. Taylor, who in two trailblazing decades as the first female sports editor of The…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Supreme Court has ruled that the government’s flagship policy to send migrants on…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican has signed an agreement with Volkswagen to gradually replace its auto fleet with…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer who was detained last month for allegedly violating the country’s…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s opposition leader warns that the country is “heading into a dangerous…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Department of Civil Rights filed a charge of discrimination against Studio…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A judge has ordered a pair of white men sentenced to prison for breaking a Black man’s jaw to pay $1.25 million in damages…

NEW YORK (AP) — A cargo plane headed from New York to Belgium had to return after a horse escaped its stall and got loose in the hold. The Air…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Comedian Kevin Hart has been chosen to receive the Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize for…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says it is searching for a crew member that apparently fell from a cruise ship northwest of…

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — The father of a man accused of killing seven people at a 2022 Fourth of July…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — At least four men are dead following the explosion of a fireworks workshop near Mexico’s Gulf coast. Authorities in the…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A petition referendum effort is being launched to establish abortion rights in Nebraska,…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Porter is strutting off in an entirely new sonic direction on his fifth album. The…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Lockdowns at two of Wisconsin’s oldest and most understaffed prisons are being eased. The…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden has asked a judge to approve subpoenas for documents from Donald Trump and…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matthew Perry’s “Friends” co-stars are sharing more remembrances of the star in their first personal social media posts…

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The murder trial of a Texas woman charged in the May 2022 shooting death of rising…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive has proposed to the member states a new package of sanctions targeting Russia. It seeks to tighten…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A video circulating on social media shows a North Carolina police officer striking a woman repeatedly during an arrest while…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB AND ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Security and judicial officials say Lebanon’s military tribunal has released a…

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge rejected Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s request to have an upstate New York man convicted of sending her…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s prosecution authority has appealed a ruling that acquitted a Russian-born Swedish businessman who had been accused of…

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO has opted to buy six new E-7A Wedgetail surveillance planes built by U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing as it looks to update…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The Albanian government has put forth a draft law on a contentious deal with Italy to…

ETNA, Ohio (AP) — A National Transportation Safety Board team was planning to start work at the scene of a deadly highway crash in Ohio involving a…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The tentative contract agreement between General Motors and the United Auto Workers union appears to…

By BERENICE BAUTISTA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Édgar Barrera is one of the most in-demand people in music. He’s worked with everyone…

By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — For years, the Houthi rebels controlling northern Yemen have chanted slogans at their mass rallies…

STANDARD, Ill. (AP) — A magnitude 3.6 earthquake rattled parts of northern Illinois early Wednesday, awakening some residents and spurring reports…

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — A woman went on trial Wednesday in the bombing at a St. Petersburg cafe that killed a prominent Russian military…

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A top Ukraine official says its troops have established a foothold on the eastern bank of…

BERLIN (AP) — A suspected anti-government extremist has been convicted of attempted murder in Germany for firing at police who had come to search…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Last year, Dolly Parton was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She didn’t…

ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press The Department of Energy is making a push to strengthen the U.S. battery supply chain — the minerals and…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union proposes to make labor migration easier for specific jobs where the 27 nations…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials from Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban welcomed the resumption of FlyDubai flights to Kabul…

AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans cut back on retail spending in October, ending six straight months of gains, though the decline was…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale prices fell sharply last month as inflationary pressure continued to ease in…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese actor-director Takeshi Kitano says he wanted his new film “Kubi” to show the world of…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, known for his crackdown on illegal drugs that left thousands of suspects…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Prosecutors say a fatal roller coaster accident in Stockholm where some passengers plunged to the ground in June was caused by a…

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in a Virginia classroom is set to be…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced five nominees to federal judgeships, including the first…

PARIS (AP) — French judicial authorities have issued international arrest warrants for Syrian President Bashar Assad, his brother Maher, and two…

By MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds Used-car shoppers won’t have it easy this year or next. Although used car prices have declined from their record levels…

By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese authorities say that opposition leader and presidential hopeful Ousmane Sonko is…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish road transport authorities are holding talks with their Ukrainian counterparts over competition grievances that have…

BERLIN (AP) — A German publishing house said it would stop selling books about Russian President Vladimir Putin by an award-winning journalist…

By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — More than 200 conservative Muslims marched in Indonesia’s capital, calling for the…

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy has launched a bid for the Democratic nomination for U.S.…

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