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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has ordered a halt to imports of disposable gloves from a Malaysian company and its subsidiaries after…

By ALEX VEIGA and LYNN ELBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Netflix employees walked out Wednesday in protest of Dave Chappelle’s special…

By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A judge who ordered the president of the Chicago police officers’ union to stop encouraging his…

MIAMI (AP) — A former NFL wide receiver and South Florida native has pleaded guilty to stealing identities to fraudulently obtain…

By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The senator leading a probe of Facebook’s Instagram and its impact on young people is asking…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI agent has testified that authorities found a trash bag of shredded documents, thousands of…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A neurologist who already faces rape charges in New York and New Jersey…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials say drug cartels are recruiting youths through contacts made on multiplayer online video games. Mexico’s…

DALLAS (AP) — Authorities in Dallas say a man shot into an apartment and hit a gas line, causing an explosion that injured seven people, including…

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s state media says the United Arab Emirates’ crown prince has received a rare telephone call from Syrian…

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — The owner of a Louisiana livestock business has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $76,000 in federal coronavirus farm aid.…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the third time this year, Senate Democrats tried to pass sweeping elections legislation…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve reports that the economy was facing a number of headwinds at the…

By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia prosecutors who are pursuing the case against a man accused of raping a woman on…

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Amherst College says it will no longer give admissions preference to the children of alumni. The liberal arts college…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer A new Alzheimer’s drug from Biogen brought in only $300,000 in sales during its first full quarter on the market. It…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The FBI and a family attorney say items believed to belong to Brian Laundrie and…

By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D, (AP) — North Dakota will be allowed to continue to pursue reimbursement from the federal…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A fire chief in Florida has been fired for insubordination. Battalion Chief Stephen Davis wouldn’t discipline employees…

BERLIN (AP) — Center-left lawmaker Baerbel Bas is set to become the new speaker of Germany’s parliament. She would replace conservative veteran…

By AMY TAXIN and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Records show the Coast Guard received multiple reports of a possible…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The race for city attorney in heavily liberal Seattle is offering voters a stark choice: A…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s company is under criminal investigation by a district attorney in a New York City suburb into…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Hugo Chávez’s former bodyguard is scheduled to be released from prison in the coming months…

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden is speaking candidly about the challenges of her job as first lady. She was at a…

SANDERSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Defense experts at a Georgia murder trial are denying that three fired deputies used too much force when they repeatedly…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Biden administration has dealt a serious blow to the proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel…

ROME (AP) — The European Union’s equality commissioner has called for a united, swift response to rising extreme-right violence. Helena Dalli…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a roadside bomb has struck a vehicle carrying security forces in the northwest, killing four. The…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The only Michigan official fired in the Flint water disaster likely was a “public scapegoat” who…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The NFL is kicking off a $6.2 million campaign for problem gambling programs across the…

By MATTHEW PERRONE and LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators are extending COVID-19 boosters to Americans who got the…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Maldives’ environment minister says a failure to limit…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — More than half of the European Union member states have formally opposed soccer’s Super League…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bitcoin stormed above $66,000 for the first time on Wednesday, riding a wave of excitement about…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Parliament says it’s preparing legal action against the EU’s executive arm…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia has introduced COVID passes for indoor venues in late evening hours following weeks of surging infections and…

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman after she called 911 to report…

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A state audit has found that Iowa’s privatized Medicaid system has illegally denied…

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has ordered R&B superstar R. Kelly to stand trial in Chicago on child pornography and obstruction of justice…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it will spend $120 million to boost access to generic versions of…

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An associate of Rudy Giuliani has told a federal judge that he will not testify at his own trial.…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Companies are confronting demands by hourly workers on terms that often used to be…

COVINGTON, Ga. (AP) — Officials in Georgia say one worker was killed and two seriously injured when part of a bridge collapsed into a river during…

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court has ordered the extradition of a former Venezuelan spy chief to the United States where he is wanted on charges of…

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco is suspending until further notice all flights to and from the United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands amid…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A military veteran best known as the helicopter pilot who was shot down and held prisoner…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A think tank says Australia is the worst climate performer among comparable developed…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu of Canada has been named as the winner of the 40,000-euro ($45,000)…