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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors sidestepped some Justice Department rules when they seized the phone records of reporters as part of media leak investigations during the Trump administration, according to a new watchdog report being released as the aggressive practice of hunting for journalists’ sources could again be resurrected. The report Tuesday from

AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Even through a year of nonstop news about elections, climate change, protests and the price of eggs, Americans still found time to read. Sales held steady according to Circana, which tracks around 85% of the print market. Many chose the release of romance, fantasy and romantasy. Some picked

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the witness stand for the first time in his long-running trial on corruption charges. Long before these charges emerged, Netanyahu has been vexed by a flurry of embarrassing scandals and allegations. Netanyahu vehemently denies wrongdoing. He has denied wrongdoing, and assailed investigations into his

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say at least eight people have been killed when an apartment building collapsed Cairo. They say the collapse of the six-story building on Tuesday also injured three others. Authorities ordered the evacuation of neighboring houses as a precautionary measure. Building collapses are common in Egypt. Shoddy construction and a lack

PARIS (AP) — The French military says it has flown out the two Mirage fighter jets it had stationed in Chad, signaling the beginning of its withdrawal of military forces from the central African country. A French military spokesman said negotiations with Chadian authorities continue on how and when France might withdraw other members of

AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Brenda Lee’s memories of recording “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” are a little hazy now. But that’s to be expected, since she was 13-years-old when it was made in 1958 and this month is celebrating her 80th birthday. The song has lived a remarkable life, and even unseated

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese official broadcaster CCTV says a former chairman of the state-owned bank China Everbright Group has been jailed 12 years for embezzlement and bribery. Tang Shuangning, who had also held senior posts at the People’s Bank of China and the China Banking Regulatory Commission, was arrested in January, part of a wider

Associated Press MONROE, Mich. (AP) — In a packed union hall outside Detroit, a worker shifts the conversation from policy to the personal, quizzing Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on his knowledge of Michigan, the state he only recently started calling home. “Mayor Pete — Secretary Pete, I apologize,” one auto worker yelled from the crowd.

Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya’s capital have hurled tear gas canisters at hundreds of protesters angry about gender-based violence and femicide or the killing of women. Police arrested an unknown number of people on Tuesday. Protesters who were chanting “Stop Femicide” were dispersed by police at a public park in Nairobi

BERLIN (AP) — Two young men who sympathized with the Islamic State group and a suspected accomplice have been arrested in Germany for allegedly making preparations for an attack. Prosecutors and police say they were arrested on Sunday. They said Tuesday that two of them are accused of preparing for an attack motivated by their

Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Chinese electric battery company CATL and automaker Stellantis say they will build a major battery factory in northern Spain. The partners said Tuesday that the plant to make lithium iron phosphate batteries will be located in Zaragoza and start production by the end of 2026. CATL is already producing

ROME (AP) — Italian media reported that rescuers have found the body of the last missing person at the site of the explosion that hit a fuel depot a day earlier in the central Tuscany region. It brought the death toll to five on Tuesday. The blast on Monday caused the collapse of an office

LONDON (AP) — British police have charged six people with belonging to a banned Kurdish militant group, the PKK. London’s Metropolitan Police force said the suspects were due in court for an initial hearing later Tuesday. They are charged with “membership of a terrorist organization.” The six, aged between 23 and 62, were all arrested

NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of protesters have rallied near the Bangladesh diplomatic mission in the Indian capital, pressing for an end to reported attacks on Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh after former premier Sheikh Hasina fled into exile in India in August. The protesters on Tuesday demanded an intervention by the United Nations, carrying

Associated Press MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Evacuation orders and warnings have gone out to 20,000 Southern California residents Tuesday as firefighters battled a wind-driven wildfire in Malibu that burned near celebrities’ seaside mansions, horse farms and Pepperdine University, the sheriff’s department said. The “stubborn fire” is 0% contained and has drawn some 1,500 firefighters, Los

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top domestic security agency says it has arrested a dual Russian German citizen accused of planning to blow up railway tracks on orders from Ukrainian intelligence. The Federal Security Service said Tuesday that the man was arrested in Nizhny Novgorod and an improvised explosive device was seized from him. It didn’t

SAO PAULO (AP) — Doctors say Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is recovering in an intensive care unit after undergoing surgery due to an intracranial hemorrhage. The unplanned procedure was performed after the 79-year-old leftist leader felt headaches that doctors believed resulted from a fall at home in October. The hospital on Tuesday