AP National News

By TOM HAYS and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former housekeeper is testifying that two women who have accused Jeffrey Epstein…

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Scientists are using human stem cells to create a structure that mimics a pre-embryo and can serve as a research…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than 60 organizations are urging the U.N. General Assembly to establish an…

By LORI HINNANT and MARIA CHENG Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The global initiative to share coronavirus vaccines fairly already scaled back its…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it’s halting the use of a controversial phone tracking technology to trace possible cases of the new coronavirus…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The United States, European Union, Britain and Canada are slapping simultaneous sanctions on dozens…

CAMDEN, Ala. (AP) — Residents of a west Alabama county are remembering a retired sheriff’s deputy who was killed in the line of duty. Madison…

By LEE KEATH Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A senior international aid official says Afghanistan is being hit by multiple crises that…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A man accused of putting razor blades and screws in pizza dough at supermarkets in Maine and New Hampshire has been…

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer PARIS (AP) — The sister of a man who was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia is asking seven-time Formula…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military has deployed coastal defense missile systems near the Kuril Islands, a…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Spacewalking astronauts have replaced a broken antenna outside the International…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The Belgian government has vowed to reinforce measures to contain the coronavirus even more with fresh measures to be decided…

CALLAHAN, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a 57-year-old Florida man who served as the music minister at a church is accused of fatally shooting his wife…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British and Irish governments are expressing optimism that a thorny spat between the U.K. and…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alec Baldwin says someone is responsible for the shooting on a New Mexico film set that…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers have rejected a civic legislative proposal that would have outlawed abortion as homicide. The vote…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Migrants seeking to enter the United States will again have to stay in Mexico as they await…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ education minister is pledging to protect the country’s teachers and schools from “bullying” following an…

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press New York (AP) — Country music star Kelsea Ballerini had no intentions of starting a new job as an author…

By WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Five-time NBA All-Star Kevin Love is being honored by a Boston foundation for his work on and off…

HUMBOLDT, Tenn. (AP) — A teenager has been charged in a fatal shooting following a pair of basketball games at a Tennessee high school. Authorities…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The holidays have always been defined by disappointing out-of-stock messages on the…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa has accelerated its vaccination campaign with pop-up sites…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned officials to strictly observe industrial safety…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In a story published December 2, 2021, The Associated Press reported that the family of Casey Goodson Jr. has said that when…

By AARON MORRISON Associated Press A South Florida law school says it is creating a social justice center named after Ben Crump, the Black civil…

BELLEFONTAINE NEIGHBORS, Mo. (AP) — A police detective and a suspect both died in a head-on collision of their vehicles near St. Louis following a…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Authorities in Norway say at least 50 people in Oslo have been infected with the…