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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A gold mining company says three workers have been killed after a blast in western Kenya and blamed illegal mining…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s top court has ruled that a decision five years ago to raise the upper limit for state financing of political parties by…

By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Several senior Ukrainian officials, including front-line governors, lost their jobs Tuesday…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister has apologized to the nation for a major, daylong power outage that…

By JOHN LEICESTER and HOGIR AL ABDO Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France has repatriated another group of women and children from former Islamic…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A shootout at an Oakland gas station killed one person and wounded seven others in the second shooting involving several…

By URI BLAU of Shomrim and TIA GOLDENBERG of The Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli group raising funds for Jewish extremists convicted…

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer When Rylae-Ann Poulin was a year old, she didn’t crawl or babble like other kids her age. A rare genetic disorder…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — Jury selection is continuing in the murder trial of South Carolina attorney Alex…

By BERNARD CONDON, JIM MUSTIAN and JULIE WATSON Associated Press Lost in the aftermath of the Monterey Park, California, ballroom dance hall shooting…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge said Tuesday that a final report produced by a special grand jury that investigated…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The debate around raising the debt ceiling sounds eerily similar: Newly elected…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A judge on Tuesday ordered a man released from prison immediately after his attorneys…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Over the past few years, a number of companies have attempted to act as the cryptocurrency…

By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Former Guatemala President Álvaro Colom, who governed from 2008 to 2012 and supported a…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. officials say they are still far from agreement with Mexico over that country’s plans to ban imports of genetically…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A human rights group and 16 individuals have filed a criminal complaint in Germany seeking punishment…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Jacinda Ardern made her final public appearance as New Zealand’s prime minister…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer TIANJIN, China (AP) — As technicians in a distant control room watch on display screens, an automated crane at…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A bill that would ban the sale of kangaroo parts has been introduced in the Oregon Legislature, taking aim at sports apparel…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities in Nevada aired the results of the investigation of the November 2020 police killing of…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A farmworker killed seven people in back-to-back shootings in a…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A petition outlining new evidence in one of Hawaii’s biggest criminal cases asks a…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and MORGAN LEE Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s attorney general is asking the state Supreme…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian chief and leaders of two major international aid organizations are…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green says he wants to invest $1 billion in affordable housing and give tax…

NEW YORK (AP) — Some audience members leaving a concert by Drake at a Manhattan theater came outside to see a New York Police Department officer…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Shotgun Wedding,” directed by Jason Moore, starts out like a regular romantic comedy. Jennifer Lopez’s Darcy…

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A Missouri man has been sentenced to life plus 13 years in prison after being convicted of first-degree murder in the…

By ZEKE MILLER, ERIC TUCKER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s decision allowing the FBI to search his…

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has asked a state appellate court to…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor has urged a New York jury to convict a doctor of federal sex trafficking charges,…

CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say two  people have died and three others have been critically injured in a home invasion shooting  in a Chicago…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys hired by Jay-Z and other entertainers have ended two lawsuits they filed…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hall of Fame football player Shannon Sharpe apologized Monday after getting into a heated courtside conversation with Memphis…

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian police plan to indict a Colombian fish trader as mastermind behind the killings…

DETROIT (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks are expecting to have two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and three-time All-Star Khris Middleton back in their…

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will study whether to toughen…

CHICAGO (AP) — A man was sentenced to four years in prison Monday for obstructing justice in the April 2019 killing of a pregnant Chicago teenager…

By ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press/Report for America Jurors for the trial of an Indiana man accused of killing two teenage girls will be brought…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon is launching a new abortion hotline offering free legal advice to…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts was sworn into the U.S. Senate on Monday, replacing…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A woman who fatally shot her terminally ill husband inside a Florida hospital was taken into custody over the weekend…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Parts of the New England states are getting hit with a winter storm that is snarling roads, knocking down electric wires and…

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s president says that his country would face a halt in European Union…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Victims of sexual assault in West Virginia may soon have an easier time finding health…

WILBRAHAM, Mass. (AP) — Officials are hoping a Massachusetts high school will be able to turn the lights off by the end of next month, about a…

By JAMEY KEATEN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Following intense pressure from its allies, Germany appears to be inching toward…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Four members of the Oath Keepers were convicted Monday of…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE and JOSH FUNK Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two teenage students were killed Monday and a man was seriously injured…

By TERRY SPENCER and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reiterated Monday the state’s…

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The Moroccan Parliament has decided to reconsider its ties with the European Parliament and subject them to a comprehensive…

By TERRY TANG and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) — The 11 people killed in Saturday’s shooting at a dance studio…

BERLIN (AP) — Sean Penn’s film about the war in Ukraine, “Superpower,” will have its world premiere at this year’s Berlin film festival.…

CAIRO (AP) — Armed men opened fire on a bus station in southern Sudan, killing at least four people and prompting provincial authorities to declare…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.S. government study aimed at helping Puerto Rico shift to clean energy has found…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — This year’s PEN America Literary Gala will be notable for the presence of “Saturday…

DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a wanted man was killed and three deputies were wounded Monday morning in an exchange of gunfire in western…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Associated Press video journalist Mstyslav Chernov had just broken out of Mariupol after…

ROME (AP) — A fresco from Herculaneum, a city which was destroyed along with Pompeii by the 79 A.D. eruption of Mount Vesuvius is now back in…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials want to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like the annual flu shot. The…