AP National News

By CARLEY PETESCH and BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal has recorded its first cases of the coronavirus omicron variant.…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse some rowdy protesters in Brussels after most marched peacefully through…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Officials say the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed rebels in Yemen has accelerated its…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Supreme Court weighs the future of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, a resurgent…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Coal mining authorities say that one miner is missing and one has been rescued with injuries after an earth tremor and a…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The long-delayed resumption of nuclear talks with Iran has gotten off to a rough start. Iran…

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say three skiers have been killed and two injured in an avalanche in central Austria. The victims included a rising young…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Witnesses say an army vehicle plowed into a peaceful march by anti-government protesters in…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s incoming transport minister is advising people against traveling over Christmas as the country tries to stem a wave of…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister has told Sri Lanka’s president that more than 100 people have been detained in the lynching of a Sri…

By NINIEK KARMINI and AGOES BASOEKI Associated Press LUMAJANG, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers are sifting through smoldering debris and thick mud in…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s Justice Ministry says that two police officers have been brought in for…

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — They practiced in secret and struggled to get to an international championship tournament in…

By NICOLE WINFIELD, TRISHA THOMAS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press LESBOS, Greece (AP) — Pope Francis has offered comfort to migrants at a…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country musician Stonewall Jackson, who sang on the Grand Ole Opry for more than 50 years, died Saturday after a long…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Officials say 10 people aboard a Norwegian Cruise Line ship approaching New Orleans have tested positive for COVID-19. The…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the Pentagon intends to work better with private…

By DAVID BAUDER and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — CNN has fired anchor Chris Cuomo after details emerged about how he assisted…

MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say they killed a Florida Institute of Technology student who lunged at a police officer with an “edged…

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A World War II veteran who was the last surviving officer of “Easy Company,” which inspired the HBO miniseries and book…

PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a passenger on an arriving Southwest Airlines flight taxiing at Phoenix’s main airport opened a galley door,…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee appeals court has granted a new trial for a Black man who was convicted of aggravated assault by an all-white…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch royal house says that Princess Beatrix, the 83-year-old former Dutch queen, has tested positive for the…

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — The Seminole Tribe of Florida has shut down its online sports betting app after being dealt its latest legal defeat in a…

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile has reported its first case of the omicron variant of the coronavirus. Authorities said Saturday that a foreign…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government has tightened travel restrictions amid concerns about the spread of the omicron coronavirus variant. It said…

PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — Donald Trump’s new social media company and its special purpose acquisition company partner say the partner has…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press New York has announced three more cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, bringing to eight the number…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s opposition Labour Party has raised complaints to police about Christmas parties held by Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s…

HONOLULU (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning for mountains on Hawaii’s Big Island, saying wind gusts of above 100…

By KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Legendary rocker Lenny Kravitz gave a private performance for a star-studded crowd that…

By ALEKSANDAR FURTULA Associated Press UTRECHT, Netherlands (AP) — Thousands of people have marched peacefully through the Dutch city of Utrecht to…

By DASHA LITVINOVA, AAMER MADHANI and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin plan to speak in a video…

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police killed a Palestinian after he stabbed and wounded an ultra-Orthodox Jew near…

By JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama inmate who survived an execution attempt and died years later of natural causes…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro has canceled its New Year’s Eve party due to renewed COVID-19 fears. Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes announced the…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Winter has started out weird in the United States. It’s been flip flop weather in much of the country with…

By ILIANA MIER Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Pope Francis was heckled by an elderly priest as he arrived for a meeting in Athens with the…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer A rush of vaccine-seeking customers and staff shortages are squeezing drugstores around the country. That has led to…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police say at least 21 people died after a bus carrying choir members to a wedding plunged into a river in Kenya on Saturday.…

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Thousands of protesters have gathered in Belgrade and other Serbian towns and villages…

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say five bodies with gunshot and stabbing wounds have been found Saturday in a house just outside Berlin. The…

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A local official in central Mali says gunmen attacked a truck carrying civilians in central…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Stacey Abrams’ 2022 Democratic campaign for Georgia governor is likely to be different than her…

Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans city council member is pushing to change a street currently named after Confederate Gen. Robert…

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The first week of the sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell saw the first of her four main accusers…