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By DIANE JEANTET and FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Carnival dancers have taken the biggest stage in Rio de Janeiro to…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nikki Haley is challenging Donald Trump to debate. Trump is challenging…

By The Associated Press Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” arriving on Peacock and a documentary and album from Jennifer Lopez are some of…

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) — It seems former President George H.W. Bush felt the need for speed in the waters off Maine, where he kept a nearly…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Tuesday, as investors watched for the latest indicators on U.S.…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Andy Reid have made the Kansas City Chiefs a dynasty.…

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Foreign Ministry says Qatar has freed eight retired Indian navy officers whose death sentences for alleged spying were…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign is now on TikTok, even though he has expressed national security concerns over the…

By NAJIB JOBAIN, JOSEF FEDERMAN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces rescued two hostages early Monday, storming…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyoncé is back with two new country tracks — “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Usher emerged at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium for the Super Bowl halftime show seated on…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — An American woman and a man from Belize have been killed in what appears to have been a dispute between drug dealers at a beach…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Iraq and the U.S.-led military coalition have resumed meetings on how to draw down troops who have…

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has arrested human rights activist Rocio San Miguel. The…

By TOM ODULA, MUTWIRI MUTUOTA and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum, who was set to be…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The president’s national security spokesman John Kirby is getting an expanded role at the…

By ERALDO PERES and ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press MADRE DE DEUS, Brazil (AP) — They couldn’t see it, but they could hear it. Carnival…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs were crowned victorious over the San Francisco 49ers in this…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized again Sunday to address a bladder issue as he…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A plane carrying four Canadian skydivers came down on a beach in southern Mexico, killing one man who was on the beach at the…

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A man whose family’s gender reveal photo shoot in 2020 sparked a Southern California wildfire that killed a…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A woman in a trenchcoat opened fire with a long gun Sunday inside celebrity pastor Joel…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York is expanding a curfew to additional migrant shelters after violent incidents attributed to migrant shelter residents…

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The government of Venezuela accused neighboring Guayana of granting illegal oil exploration concessions in territory the…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The population of Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank grew nearly 3% in 2023, according…

KINGFISHER, Okla. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to killing four workers at an Oklahoma marijuana farm in…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man convicted in the killing of a rookie New York City police officer at the height of the…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As former President Donald Trump and a growing number of Republicans…

By WALTER BERRY Associated Press The remnants of a slow-moving atmospheric river storm that pummeled California last week delivered the first notable…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s personal attorney said Sunday he went to both the special…