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GENEVA (AP) — The lower house of Switzerland’s parliament has given final legislative approval to a ban on face coverings, such as the burqas…

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press Surveillance video of a woman in Connecticut stuffing papers into an absentee ballot drop box has prompted an…

By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Adidas CEO Bjørn Gulden said he doubts that Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West,…

BAGLEY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A woman was rescued Tuesday from an outhouse toilet in northern Michigan after she climbed in to retrieve her Apple…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Seven valuable art pieces plundered by the Nazis more than 80 years ago are being returned…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Redistricting Commission has adopted new Republican-drawn Statehouse maps for…

By MARK VANCLEAVE and SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Bob Ross was known for his unpretentious approach to painting on his…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says in an interview with Fox News airing Wednesday that…

By SUSAN HAIGH and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former top federal prosecutor who helped investigate the origins of the…

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Police say a suspect in the shooting deaths of a suburban Chicago couple and their two children has died of an apparently…

By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer UNITED NATIONS (AP) — South Korea’s president sounded a warning to fellow world leaders about the recent…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is poised to confirm a new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as Democrats…

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle City Council on Tuesday adopted a controlled substance law after rejecting it earlier this summer, making the possession…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania state government will prepare to use artificial intelligence in its operations, as states are increasingly…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge has ruled that Hunter Biden must appear in person for a hearing where he is…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Gambling regulators have fined the online sports betting company PointsBet $25,000,…

By ASHRAF KHALIL and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ray Epps, a onetime Donald Trump supporter who was the target of a…

HENRICO, Va. (AP) — The family of a man who died while handcuffed and pinned to the floor for about 11 minutes as he was being admitted to a…

By CHINEDU ASADU and BABA AHMED Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerien president detained since July by the soldiers who deposed him…

By COLLEEN LONG and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is creating the first-ever federal office of gun violence…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The family of a North Carolina man who died after driving his car off…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A 96-year-old U.S. federal appeals court judge was barred Wednesday from hearing cases for a year after a…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino company MGM Resorts International says it has restored computer systems at properties across the U.S., 10 days after a…

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Kevin Costner and his wife of nearly 19 years, Christine Baumgartner, have reached a settlement in their divorce.…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A day-long communication outage in a flood-stricken city in eastern Libya has further complicated the…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It was a moment the diplomatic world was watching for — but didn’t get. In the end,…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a bill setting the state’s presidential primary…

Associated Press The car maker Stellantis expects to lay off more than 300 workers in Ohio and Indiana, blaming the decision on the United Auto…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Grammy- and Oscar-nominated indie musician Sufjan Stevens is relearning how to walk after the…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Retired U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier is running for a seat on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, which is where she…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Several Catholic priests have held a ceremony blessing same-sex couples outside Cologne…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A man wrongly convicted of two separate violent crimes will be compensated by the state of…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press The influential abortion-rights group NARAL Pro-Choice America has changed its name to Reproductive Freedom for…

By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A venture capital firm that has backed buzzy new companies has become symbolic of the fight…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $200 million to help save the lives of mothers and…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s debate over abortion access is heating up the governor’s race.…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A white 84-year-old homeowner who is accused of shooting a Black teenager after the…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — New court documents show Oscar Pistorius was eligible for parole in March under…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — John Grisham, Jodi Picoult and George R.R. Martin are among 17 authors suing OpenAI for…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s state Senate wants to move up the state’s 2024 primary election by five…

STROUD, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper fatally shot the driver of a semi truck during a traffic stop on Interstate 44. OHP…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County prosecutors expect to file charges against a man who allegedly shot and killed a sheriff’s deputy as he sat…

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press SEBLINE, Lebanon (AP) — Nearly a week after a cease-fire agreement between warring factions in Lebanon’s largest…

By STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he won’t give up in trying to pass a…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer Planet Earth is about to receive a special delivery — the biggest sample yet from an asteroid. A NASA spacecraft…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court says a portion of the description of a ballot question enshrining…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Parliament has taken a major step toward reserving 33% of the seats in its powerful…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Negotiations between striking screenwriters and Hollywood studios resume Wednesday, the…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he’s delaying by five years a ban on new gas and diesel cars that…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is beginning a new effort to contact former service members who may have been forced…

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — UNESCO has added World War I funerary and memorial locations across the Western Front to its…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — A hush fell over the Fendi runway as the front-row filled with supermodels signaling the show was…

By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s attorney general has agreed to a $25.2 million settlement with two…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama high school band director says he was just “doing my job” when police officers arrested him and shocked him…

PERRY, Ga. (AP) — A 91-year-old Georgia sheriff says he will hand in his badge after more than 50 years as the county’s chief lawman. Houston…

The Associated Press Vanna White will remain with “Wheel of Fortune” for two additional seasons. Followig the announcement earlier this…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Feb. 5 retrial date has been set for the man who gunned down former New Orleans Saints defensive star Will Smith in 2016.…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A new exhibition is opening in London to chart for the first time the contributions Black British…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Forecasters in Bermuda are warning of dangerous swells and rip currents as Hurricane Nigel spun through open waters in…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief says Earth is facing a hellish problem in climate change and…

By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have uncovered a simple structure from the Stone Age that may be the oldest…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s parliament has approved a bill to impose heavier penalties on women who refuse to wear the mandatory…

BOSTON (AP) — Authorities in Massachusetts announced that a man who died at a New England Patriots home game last weekend after he was punched…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) — For nearly four decades, “Stop Making Sense,” directed by Jonathan Demme, has exerted an inexorable…

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — An estranged son of Thailand’s king who has spent almost all his adult life away from his…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer The U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve a nasal spray to treat severe allergic reactions, calling…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After being thwarted by Congress, President Joe Biden will use his executive authority to create…

By EDITH M. LEDERER and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — All eyes will be on Ukraine’s president and Russia’s top diplomat…

MAYWOOD, Ill. (AP) — Police in suburban Chicago are checking on the authenticity of Instagram videos that appear to show missing former NFL player…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The trauma Migos rapper Quavo suffered after witnessing his nephew Takeoff being…

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Police in Slovenia say that a U.S. citizen has been killed and two others have been injured in a rafting accident. The…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) — For nearly four decades, the Talking Heads documentary “Stop Making Sense” has exerted an…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Kraft Heinz said Tuesday it’s recalling more than 83,000 cases of individually-wrapped Kraft Singles…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers have approved an ambitious but controversial new internet safety law with…