AP National News

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Cabbage Patch Kids touched off the first big holiday toy craze nearly 40 years ago. Now the dolls are among 12 finalists…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Boston voters have for the first time narrowed the field of mayoral candidates to two women of…

BERLIN (AP) — The German government has expressed concern at reports on the possible deployment of Russian mercenaries in Mali. Germany has several…

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press CCARHUACC LICAPA, Peru (AP) — Halting efforts to promote the Quechua language hit the spotlight last month…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish court has sentenced a 47-year-old man to three years in prison for spying for Russia by handing over confidential…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. industrial production slowed to a 0.4% gain in August as shutdowns of petroleum…

EASTON, Md. (AP) — A statue thought to be the last Confederate monument still standing on a courthouse lawn in Maryland will be moved to a…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer DoorDash is suing New York City over a new law that requires delivery companies to share customer data with…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom turned back a recall attempt by…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has invited CEOs and business leaders to the White…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Pope Francis has rejected the resignation of the archbishop of Hamburg, who offered to step down in…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan Cabinet minister in charge of prisons has resigned following a…

By KIM COOK Associated Press The pandemic may have made us restless for the outside world, but it has also helped us appreciate our homes more. Even…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany said China has rejected a planned stopover of a German warship in a Chinese port. The frigate left Germany last month for a…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — The head of Iraq’s electoral commission says attempts to buy votes…

SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Commissioners in Surfside, Florida, have rejected a proposal to trade public land to the eventual buyer of the condominium…

POINT COMFORT, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice says a Texas plastics company has agreed to pay nearly $3 million in civil penalties for…

By JILL LAWLESS and PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has demoted his top diplomat and fired his…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says nearly 3 million consumers took advantage of a special six-month…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — When European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen was at a loss for words to capture the true…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” Jessica Chastain gives perhaps the most ambitious performance of her…

LONDON (AP) — The European Union’s top official outlined on Tuesday ambitious plans to kickstart chipmaking capability so that the bloc can stand…

By CAMERON ROGERS Edmunds Volkswagen’s redesigned 2022 Golf GTI will be arriving at dealerships this fall. It’s the latest generation of the car…

By JAMEY KEATEN and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief is calling for a moratorium on the use of…

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Hours after California Gov. Gavin Newsom beat back a recall election that could have…

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Officials say infections following monsoon rains have led to a fever outbreak in…

By GEORGIA ROSE of NerdWallet A rise in freelancing, coupled with an increasing interest in flexible employment from millennial and Gen Z workers,…

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian authorities arrested a prominent journalist and a Berber linguist this week as part of what appears to be a…