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By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MAHBAS REGION, Western Sahara (AP) — For nearly 30 years, the vast territory of Western Sahara in the North African…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military will appeal a landmark court ruling that struck down its…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s new governor-general says she plans to reach out to people…

NEW YORK (AP) — The Premier Hockey Federation has reached an agreement to make ESPN+ the exclusive home for watching games in this U.S. this…

By MARK PRATT Associated Press An extraordinarily rare coin with a face value of just pennies when it was minted in mid-17th century New England…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man who avoided execution in February has been put to death for the 1991 killing of…

By DANICA KIRKA and NICK PERRY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain and New Zealand have agreed to a trade deal that eliminates tariffs on a wide…

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the U.S. has donated its 200 millionth COVID-19 shot to help vaccinate the…

By LISA MASCARO, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and Democrats are hurriedly reworking key…

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The coronavirus that caused the pandemic can keep evolving as long as people are still…

By JILL COLVIN and ALEX VEIGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some investors aren’t waiting to see if former President Donald Trump’s plans…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — A major Chinese real estate developer whose struggle to avoid defaulting on billions of dollars…

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India is celebrating giving its billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose. It’s a hopeful milestone…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Polls have consistently shown Democrat Terry McAuliffe with the overwhelming support of Black…

By AMY TAXIN and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Southern California harbor patrol boats picked up reports of a…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Thursday to hold Steve Bannon, a longtime ally and aide to former…

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Isaiah Obet was behaving erratically and in mental distress in 2017 when Auburn police officer…

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Isaiah Obet was behaving erratically and in mental distress in 2017 when Auburn police officer…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Northern California residents are cleaning up Friday and preparing for a massive storm this weekend that could bring flash…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California sheriff says a family and their dog died of extreme heat exhaustion…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press WATERTOWN, Minn. (AP) — A small-town family doctor angling to become Minnesota’s next governor is tapping…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman after…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s first domestically produced space rocket reached its desired altitude…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is urging leaders in central Africa’s Great Lakes region to…

By ALICE FUNG and MATTHEW CHENG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Travel-starved, sleep-deprived residents might find a new Hong Kong bus tour to…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Aircraft and ships are searching off South Korea’s eastern coast for six crew members still missing a day after their…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bottlenecks at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have spilled over into a…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says he’s launching a new media company with its own social media…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s richest man has reached an agreement with Mexico City authorities to rebuild or reinforce an elevated subway line…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge in Northern California has denied bail for a former Silicon Valley mother accused of hosting alcohol-fueled parties…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and several European countries are condemning North Korea’s recent…

By BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Gwyneth Paltrow, the Oscar-winning actor and entrepreneur behind the goop beauty and wellness…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Maricopa County officials approved a settlement with an Arizona restaurant owner who claimed…

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s congress has voted yet again to uphold the country’s total ban on abortions.…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s popular In-N-Out hamburger chain is in trouble with yet another San Francisco Bay Area county over vaccine…

By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry has pleaded not guilty to charges that he lied to federal…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Teachers, auto mechanics and retirees in Georgia are being questioned one by one to determine…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has hit back at U.S. criticism over its test of a submarine-launched…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s pick for ambassador to Beijing has told lawmakers considering his…

NILES, Ill. (AP) — A man has been arrested and charged with first degree murder in the nearly 30-year-old murder of a woman at a suburban Chicago…

MOOSE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park already has had its busiest year on record. The park joins nearby Yellowstone in setting…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Two new reports show that death, disease and other health problems linked to global warming are rapidly rising.…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army has begun hiring more agents and support staff for its criminal investigations, as…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The parents of a 6-year-old Colorado girl who fell 110 feet to her death on a theme park ride…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Bannon is facing a contempt charge from Congress…

By DANICA KIRKA and NICK PERRY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain has agreed to a trade deal with New Zealand, eliminating tariffs on a wide…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A pair of activist lawyers have pleaded guilty to charges they torched an empty New York City police vehicle last…

GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) — The latest batch of police recruits in an Alabama beach town faced an interview board that included law enforcement…

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The man who died in a gunfight in Tucson this month with law enforcement officers after fatally shooting a federal agent…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) —  A military outpost in southern Syria was hit by a coordinated attack Wednesday, but U.S.…