AP National News

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has picked a new elections chief who briefly joined former President…

By DÁNICA COTO and ALBERTO ARCE Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs across Haiti’s capital and beyond are wielding power like…

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A neurologist has pleaded not guilty to federal charges alleging he was a serial sexual abuser of…

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — The 2-month-old California wildfire that threatened the Lake Tahoe resort region over the summer has been declared…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In its first significant action under a new director, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is…

PARIS (AP) — The world’s biggest triceratops skeleton, known as “Big John,” has been sold for 6.6 million euros ($7.7 million) to a private…

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian prosecutors have ordered a man to face trial who appeared to steal a journalist’s phone while it was livestreaming outside…

By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s foreign minister says his country will keep its border with Afghanistan…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Katie Couric, in a new memoir called “Going There,” writes of feeling betrayed by Matt Lauer…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Public health departments across California are gearing up to administer coronavirus vaccines…

DETROIT (AP) — Volvo is recalling another 195,000 vehicles in the U.S. because the front driver’s air bags could explode and send shrapnel into…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Canadian winner of what is arguably the piano world’s most important competition…

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Two Iowa State University crew club members were participating in their first practice on the water when they drowned in March…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has ordered a halt to imports of tomatoes from a Mexican farming company and its subsidiaries for what…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s oil regulator wants to ban new oil and gas drilling within 3,200…

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — A man being booked into an Alabama jail wound up at a hospital rather than behind bars after a scan revealed a shotgun shell…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An Ethiopian government spokesman says the military has struck a target near the capital of the country’s Tigray region.…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials say millions more Americans can get a COVID-19…

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Greece has agreed to shelter a group of 35 Afghan human rights workers and their families following a short stay in…

By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor has told jurors at the trial of an associate of Rudy Giuliani that…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes bounced back in September to their strongest pace since January as worries…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he will call state lawmakers back to work early to…

By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO Associated Press BENI, Congo (AP) — At least 16 people were killed and several others kidnapped by rebels in Congo’s…

By DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer Tens of billions of dollars for U.S. environmental justice initiatives originally proposed by Democratic leaders in…

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri-Columbia has suspended all fraternity activities after an alcohol-filled party ended with a…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Southern African nations have sent envoys to the tiny kingdom of Eswatini, formerly known…

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are struggling to enact President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda, and they’re…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A driver was behind the wheel when a Tesla electric car crashed and burned last April in Houston,…