AP National News

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A judge’s decision to release longtime inmate Kevin Strickland, of Kansas City, was…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister is heading to Morocco for an official visit to cement security ties…

By ED WHITE Associated Press The U.S. is in better shape approaching its second Thanksgiving of the pandemic, thanks to the vaccine. But some cold…

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer Retirees are ruling the roost in this year’s Grammy nominations in the record of the year category.…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A United States envoy says he sees “massive progress” in talks with Ethiopia’s warring…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s defense chief has signed a roadmap for closer military ties with China, pointing…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press A Kansas City man who was jailed for more than 40 years for three murders has been…

By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s interior minister says that every delay in resolving the diplomatic crisis with Gulf…

By ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Daniel Hsu is a U.S. citizen who spent four years trapped in China. Chinese authorities had…

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Medicines Agency says it has received a request from Merck to authorize its coronavirus antiviral, the first pill…

By EVA VERGARA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The lower house of Chile’s Congress has approved a measure to legalize marriage and…

By SCOTT BAUER and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Friends and families of the roughly 60 people hit by an SUV that sped through…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Philippines has asked the International Criminal Court to defer its crimes…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Police and media reports in Serbia say that a series of explosions have ripped through a munitions factory on the outskirts…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press BOHONIKI, Poland (AP) — A Polish imam recited prayers over the tiny white casket of an unborn Iraqi boy. It was…

By ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Daniel Hsu is a U.S. citizen who spent four years trapped in China. Chinese authorities had…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit seeking to block a major U.S. sugar manufacturer…

By LAURA MCMULLEN of NerdWallet You’ll probably face heavy pressure from retailers to take advantage of Black Friday deals, but you get to choose…

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — An air quality monitoring outfit says Lahore has become the world’s third most polluted city as increasing smog has…

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Matthew Aucoin’s “Eurydice” opens at the Metropolitan Opera on Tuesday night in the first…

ROME (AP) — The only person convicted in the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher has been freed after serving most of his 16-year…

By EUGENE GARCIA and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police say a group of thieves smashed windows at a…

CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s rebels say a Saudi-led coalition airstrike has gutted a plastics factory in the rebel-held capital of Sanaa, the latest…

By SARA BURNETT, KATHLEEN FOODY and TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press Participants like the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies were in the holiday spirit as they…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government is making social distancing mandatory again for all adults after…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s leaders have proposed a national lockdown as hospitals across the European Union country are hitting their…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is sending his condolences to the victims of the Christmas parade crash in Wisconsin that killed five people and injured…

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When Naturi Naughton read the script for ABC’s new music-inspired drama “Queens,” a…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer “Good Morning America” co-host Michael Strahan is going to space next month. Strahan, who turned 50 on…

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a 4-year-old girl and a 55-year-old woman were killed in an overnight explosion and fire that destroyed three…

By WAYNE EMBRY For The Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Wayne Embry, a Hall of Famer and longtime NBA executive, talks about the indignities he…

MADRID (AP) — Metalworkers and police have clashed in southern Spain at the end of a protest march to demand that wages rise in line with the…

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Santa is back this year, but he’s asking people to be cautious as he continues to…

BERLIN (AP) — A man in Germany has discovered the hard way that it’s best to get a driving license before trying to use it. Police in Bergheim,…

NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say Malikah Shabazz, one of six daughters of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X, was found dead in her home in New…

By CLAUDIA LAUER and VANESSA A. ALVAREZ The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Immigrant parents from across Philadelphia are telling stories of…

LONDON (AP) — British politicians have gathered for a Mass to mourn the death of slain lawmaker David Amess, with Pope Francis sending a message…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The U.N. children’s agency says Lebanon’s severe economic crisis has left some children…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press A former St. Louis police officer convicted of beating a Black undercover detective during a 2017 racial injustice…

NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Damon has some big-name endorsers for a book he’ll have out March 1 about access to safe water. Former President Bill…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish currency has weakened by nearly 10% against the U.S. dollar, a day after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted…

PARIS (AP) — The prime minister of France, who tested positive for COVID on Monday, is being singled out on social media as the prime example of…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarusian authorities say they have helped more than 100 migrants leave the country and…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert has joined the crowded field of Republicans mounting primary challenges against Texas Attorney General…

By JOSH BOAK and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is ordering a record 50 million barrels of oil released from…

By DAVID B. CARUSO, JIM MUSTIAN and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell doesn’t involve…

GENEVA (AP) — Spanish government researchers have agreed to allow other manufacturers to produce their coronavirus antibody test, a move that could…

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization’s Europe office says projections show its 53-country region could face another 700,000 deaths due to…

By CLAUDIA LAUER and VANESSA A. ALVAREZ Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia parents who don’t speak English say they’ve…

By MUNIR AHMED AND SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is rejecting India’s claim that an Indian pilot shot down the Islamic…