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By KHADIJA KOTHIA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Families of four young gay men slain by a sex predator have demanded that the Metropolitan Police…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amtrak passengers may be facing service cutbacks in January. The rail system’s president is blaming employees who…

By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. issued financial sanctions and visa bans on former and current government officials and…

By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory and ex-Rep. Mark Walker are…

Denver finally got its first snowfall of the season, shattering an 87-year-old record for the latest first snow. It wasn’t much: The official…

CAIRO (AP) — A Sudanese medical group says renewed tribal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan’s Darfur region this week have killed…

DAMARISCOTTA, Maine (AP) — Humans aren’t the only species packing on extra pounds during the pandemic. Some squirrels are letting themselves go,…

By RENÉE RODEN Religion News Service In a Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York Wednesday, Cardinal Timothy Dolan gave a formal sendoff to…

ROME (AP) — A Roman Catholic diocese in Sicily has apologized to outraged parents after its bishop told a group of children that Santa Claus…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys in the upcoming federal hate crimes trial of the white men who chased and killed…

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia’s military says one of its soldiers was killed and eight more were wounded in another clash with Azerbaijani…

By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The leaders of four Bulgarian parties say they’ve agreed to form a centrist-led…

By FRANCIS KOKUTSE Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana has announced that all adult visitors must provide proof of vaccination to enter the…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Chess master Magnus Carlsen of Norway has defended his title and won the FIDE World Championship in Dubai. He…

MOSCOW (AP) — A senior Russian diplomat has warned the United States and its NATO allies that their own security would suffer if they “torpedo”…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese judicial officials say the judge leading the investigation into last year’s massive blast…

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new government report showing inflation rising at the fastest rate in nearly four decades is…

GENEVA (AP) — Facing a new surge in COVID-19 cases, the Swiss government is preparing to step up mask requirements and increase restrictions on…

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A U.S. State Department envoy has conveyed concerns to top Cambodian officials about…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — A Florida aquarium has created a legacy for its famed Winter the Dolphin following her…

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A highway sign that recently went up in Delaware was noticeably missing a letter in the state’s name. The News Journal…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republican David Perdue is furthering his embrace of debunked claims that Georgia’s 2020…

By SYLVIE CORBET and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has met with French President Emmanuel Macron in…

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian authorities say a man was shot and killed by Israeli fire during clashes in the occupied West Bank. They say…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation is starting to look like that unexpected — and unwanted — houseguest who just…

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland has agreed to buy 64 Lockheed Martin fighter jets to replace its aging fleet of combat…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It was just another job for child actor Karolyn Grimes. She was 6 and had already done four…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving in place Texas’ ban on most abortions. And the decision on…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish junior minister and valuable ally of the governing right-wing coalition says he is temporarily stepping aside from…

By VANESSA GERA and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Germany’s new foreign minister has voiced solidarity with Poland while…

BERLIN (AP) — A Swiss museum to which the late collector Cornelius Gurlitt bequeathed an art trove he amassed at his home says it will relinquish…

BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors say the owner of a warehousing company for the shipping industry who paid $75,000 to have someone correct his son’s…

By KAREN MATTHEWS, MARINA VILLENEUVE and MICHAEL HILL Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Facing a cold-weather surge in COVID-19 infections, New York…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge has rejected motions to dismiss eight lawsuits that challenge Georgia’s sweeping…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors at the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell have completed presenting their…

By ARSENE KABORE Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s military says that its joint operation with Niger’s army has…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Britain’s top diplomat is warning that “free democratic nations” must wean…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has told Catholic jurists that they must strongly defend basic human rights in their…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Opponents of military rule in Myanmar have held one of their biggest nationally coordinated protests…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In 2021, few in the publishing industry worried that no one cared about books anymore.…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Prices for U.S. consumers jumped 6.8% in November compared with a year earlier as…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The two journalists who shared this year’s Nobel Peace Prize have received their…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leaders have promised tax cuts and support for entrepreneurs to shore up slumping…

BERLIN (AP) — German security officials said Friday that they have a foiled a planned Islamist attack, after arresting a man in the northern city…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A human rights group is calling on an international court to open an investigation…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Health officials in Japan have confirmed eight more cases of the new omicron variant of the…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish security officials say the diversion to Minsk of a Lithuania-bound flight carrying a self-exiled Belarusian journalist…

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The Bosnian Serb parliament has voted to launch a series of steps that would weaken the war-ravaged Balkan…