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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Leave it to Mel Brooks to blurb his own memoir. There, along with laudatory quotes from Billy Crystal,…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon best known as the host of TV’s “Dr. Oz Show,”…

By FARES AKRAM Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Hamas official says Gaza’s rulers have reached an agreement by which Qatar…

BAGHDAD (AP) — The final results announced by Iraq’s electoral commission have confirmed Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as the biggest winner in…

By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has officially joined the centrist Liberal…

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press A suburban Detroit office of U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell has been broken into and ransacked, with memorabilia…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press ROSEMOUNT, Minn. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday went to Minnesota to  pitch his completed infrastructure deal…

German investigators have searched offices of accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers and the homes of current and former employees in a probe of…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 14-year-old Philadelphia boy waiting for a bus to take him home from school was shot 18 times and killed Monday afternoon,…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City says the first officially authorized safe havens for people to use heroin and…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — He’s a legendary musician and two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, but the…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union will unveil a multibillion-euro plan aimed at bolstering the 27-nation…

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says it was unable to pay its 28,000 employees on time this month. He…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow has convicted a monk who denied the coronavirus’ existence and…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has formally revoked the terrorist designation of Colombia’s…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence fell to a nine-month low in November, held back by rising…

CAIRO (AP) — Security forces have fired tear gas at anti-coup protesters in the Sudanese capital in the latest demonstrations against a military…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A woman has testified she had repeated sexual contact with disgraced financier…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The eastern Caribbean island of Barbados has honored Rihanna as a national hero at a…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer As supply chain bottlenecks create shortages on many items, some charities are struggling to secure holiday…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A Kurdish official says a tanker truck distributing water at a sprawling camp housing families of…

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston man has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison after he was accused of using federal COVID-19 relief funding on…

BERLIN (AP) — Automakers Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis have announced agreements with U.S. company Factorial Energy to help develop solid state…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health advisers have endorsed an antiviral drug from Merck to treat COVID-19. It sets…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer The U.S. has improved its surveillance system for tracking new coronavirus variants such as omicron, boosting…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has sternly warned NATO against deploying its troops and…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There’s a famous saying in the world of showbiz: “Never work with children or…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is asking China to release “verifiable proof” that tennis player Peng Shuai is safe. The EU also urged…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Seinfeld became a vegan almost by stealth. The cookbook author and philanthropist…