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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press has learned that the federal Bureau of Prisons is permanently closing its “rape club”…

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When SmileDirectClub shut down a year ago, scores of existing customers of the teeth-straightening company were…

AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — IOC president Thomas Bach says Olympic leaders are “very confident and relaxed” about working with the incoming…

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s parliament speaker has ejected several lawmakers of the ethnic Serb minority from the chamber because of their…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — About half of working women reported feeling stressed “a lot of the day,” compared to about 4 in 10 men,…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia’s top military officer called his U.S. counterpart to give advance warning of Russia’s drills in the…

Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — More than two dozen historic prints that depict Native American life and culture on the Upper Missouri River…

Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, VA. (AP) — The sprawling, windowless warehouses that hold rows of high-speed servers powering almost everything the…

AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ten of the best songs of the year, as determined by Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman, in no particular…

AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman has chosen 10 of the best albums of 2024. They’re not in any…

AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Known across the globe as the stuck astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams hit the six-month…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The police commissioner of the Bahamas has resigned after two officers and a sergeant were recently indicted in a U.S.…

AP Technology Writer Waymo is gearing up to bring its robotaxi service to Miami which will accelerate an expansion that’s been happening while its…

AP Science Writer Efforts to reduce the nation’s persistently high maternal mortality rates involve state panels of experts that investigate…

AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The reliability of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids has dramatically improved, narrowing a wide gap with…

Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say a Pakistani court has indicted imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and dozens of his…

Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone has started a nationwide rollout of the single-dose Ebola vaccine. The campaign, which…

AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week but remains at historically healthy levels. Jobless…

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Judges of a European Union-backed court have ordered the arrest of Kosovo’s three other war veterans on alleged offenses…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia is spreading disinformation to American audiences in an effort to erode U.S. support for Ukraine as…

AP Airlines Writer The Biden administration has only seven weeks left in office, but officials are still trying to enact consumer-protection…

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to stay in office until the end of his term in 2027 and said he will name…

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Three-time Olympic equestrian gold medalist Charlotte Dujardin has been suspended from all competition for one year…

Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Public health officials in Africa urged caution Thursday as Congo’s health minister said the government…

BERLIN (AP) — Officials say an employee at a hospital in central Germany died in an attack by a man wielding a crossbow. Police and prosecutors…

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The S&P 500 is on track to close 2024 with a gain of nearly 27%, after setting 50 record highs this year.…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The acting director of the Secret Service says the agency is “reorganizing and reimagining” its culture and…

Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s state-run airline says it is preparing to resume direct flights to European countries early next…

AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A pair of European satellites rocketed into orbit Thursday on the first mission to create…

Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Chinese online retailer Temu has been told to suspend operations in Vietnam after it failed to meet an…

Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Crime-solving techniques applied to a medieval illuminated manuscript in Paris may have solved a…

Associated Press KOVACICA, Serbia (AP) — UNESCO has inscribed ethnic Slovak naïve paintings from a village in Serbia on its list of intangible…

The World Bank says Afghanistan’s economy is showing modest signs of growth after two years of severe contraction. In its latest development update…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — London’s Royal Albert Hall, the gilded concert venue known for an annual “Rule Britannia” singalong, is…

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president replaced his defense minister Thursday as opposition parties moved to impeach…

Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand authorities have “grave concerns” for three mountain climbers from the U.S.…

AP Sports Writer ESPN is continuing their transition into more direct-to-consumer offerings and being more accessible with Wednesday’s launch of…

Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — One of Colombia’s legendary drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cocaine cartel has been released from a…

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says he is “optimistic” about President-elect Donald Trump’s second term and expressed some…

Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Amnesty International accuses Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip during its war with Hamas, saying it…

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A jury in Texas has sentenced a man for killing and dismembering three people whose bodies were found in a burning…

AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democrats and Republicans agreed on at least one thing before November’s election: California would…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. donors gave $3.6 billion on Tuesday, an increase from the past two years, according to estimates from the…

AP Media Writer A basic tenet of journalism — calling someone for comment on a story — was seen as a threat by defense secretary nominee Pete…

ALPINE, Texas (AP) — A U.S. attorney in Texas says three U.S. Army soldiers have been arrested on human smuggling charges. U.S. Attorney Jaime…