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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings slipped in November but remained at high suggesting businesses are…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in his first major speech of 2023, has pledged to halve inflation,…

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech government has approved a bill aimed at bringing defense spending at the required NATO goal of 2% of gross domestic product…

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A violent prison break in which 30 inmates escaped and 17 people — mostly guards — were…

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Many of the conservative prelates who dominate the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops were…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s defense minister has signed a deal to buy a second batch of U.S Abrams main battle tanks as Warsaw beefs up…

By SAM McNEIL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Residents and activists say the Israeli military has demolished homes, water tanks and olive…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union says natural gas storage levels are high despite Russian attempts to choke off supplies to Europe amid the war…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A little known Biden administration initiative to reduce gun violence that was funded by…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has “strongly encouraged” its member states to impose pre-departure COVID-19…

By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet The Walt Disney Company is whipping up new attractions to mark turning 100 years old. Celebrations at Disney’s…

BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. military says two rockets have struck a base housing American troops in eastern Syria without causing any casualties or…

By The Associated Press Twitter says it will ease up on its 3-year-old ban on political advertising, the latest change by Elon Musk as he tries to…

By MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds The supply chain shortage has crushed automotive production and sales, but that hasn’t stopped automakers from introducing…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press COVINGTON, Kentucky (AP) — President Joe Biden is in Kentucky visiting a dilapidated bridge…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Authorities in Pakistan have ordered shopping malls and markets to close by 8:30 p.m. as part of a…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Police say a man was killed and three people including an 8-year-old child were wounded in a Tuesday night shooting in…

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Police in Somalia say two suicide car bombers killed at least 10 people early Wednesday…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has pledged to deepen his country’s alliance with the…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis praised Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s “acute and gentle thought” during a…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines’ interior secretary has asked all police generals and full colonels to submit their courtesy…

BEIJING (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has cited stable ties with China during a visit to Beijing that has sought to downplay the…

By FELIPE DANA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Unauthorized use of cellphones by Russian soldiers led to a deadly Ukrainian rocket attack on…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a bombing near a checkpoint at the Afghan…

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — UFC President Dana White was seen on video released by TMZ slapping his wife, Anne, while the…

By ADRIANA MORGA, HALELUYA HADERO and CARA RUBINSKY Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tech companies of all sizes are showing off their latest…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s ruling military leader has pardoned over 7,000 prisoners, including some political…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is particularly beloved in the hilltop town of Castel…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese regulators have said e-commerce giant Alibaba’s finance affiliate Ant Group can raise $1.5…

By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans flailed through a long second day of fruitless balloting…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials want to pay reparations for government-forced or coerced…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The mastermind of the nationwide college admissions bribery scheme that ensnared…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly higher following a rally on Wall Street as investors assessed minutes from…

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado funeral home operator accused of illegally selling body parts and giving clients fake ashes has been…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — What was expected to be a day of triumph for House Republicans coming into the majority turned…

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Grappling with the biggest flood of Cuban migrants in decades, the United States reopened their…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Mega Millions jackpot increased to an estimated $940 million after another drawing resulted in plenty of losers but not…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City’s Hard Rock casino on Tuesday hired a new management team as the…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Police say a juvenile male has been killed and a man has been wounded in a shooting outside an Indianapolis shopping mall. The…

By MARK SCOLFORO and BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Democrat who promised to govern as an independent was elected speaker…

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of a former teacher in Vancouver, Washington, concluding that his…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House later this month for economic and security…

MONTARA, Calif. (AP) — The driver of a car that plunged off a cliff in Northern California, seriously wounding two children and a second adult…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland are getting a formal welcome into the U.N. Security Council. Ambassadors…

DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is trying to fix its relationship with travelers who got stuck by canceled flights over the holidays. On Tuesday,…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Democrat Patty Murray has become the first female president pro tempore of the…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A U.S. judge serving as special master in a legal battle over management of one of…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has filed to run for a second four-year…

MIAMI (AP) — Crew members aboard two cruise ships have rescued about two dozen migrants found in small boats off Florida. Officials say the rescues…

By ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s medical licensing board next month will hear a case…

By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon judge is continuing to freeze the part of a new, voter-approved gun safety…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Texas plans to use expired and unsafe drugs to carry out executions early this year in violation…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk is trying to slash expenses at Twitter as close to zero as possible while…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Democrats took full control of state government as the Minnesota…

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s Republican governor is calling for unity while still pushing…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s official portrait has been unveiled as he prepares…

By SETH BORENSTEIN and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press Walter Cunningham, the last surviving astronaut from the first successful crewed space mission…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Snowpack in California’s mountains is off to one of its best starts in 40 years.…

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer A newly released study says toxic PFAS chemicals have been found in Lake Michigan’s Green Bay.…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Newly released documents from the House Jan. 6 committee show that the former Wisconsin…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Frank Galati, an actor, director, teacher and adapter who was a pivotal figure in…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California beachfront property that was taken from a Black couple through eminent domain a century ago and returned to…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kelly Monteith, a U.S.-born comedian whose observational humor and satirical sketches also brought him a wide following in…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — People in a village just north of Mexico City complained of a persistent odor of gasoline for weeks, but even they were…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest after making a tackle during Monday night’s game,…

MOSCOW (AP) — Ruslan Khasbulatov, who led a rebellion against Russia’s first post-Soviet president, has died. He was 80. Khasbulatov’s death…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man who opened fire on a Brooklyn subway train last year, wounding 10 passengers in a…

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — An employee at a Utah ski resort died Monday after being ejected from a chairlift shaken by a tree that fell onto a lift…