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By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — An Italian prosecutor has acknowledged that a stalking threat to a 26-year-old pregnant woman found…

By DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer When Idaho had a rare measles outbreak a few months ago, health officials scrambled to keep it from spreading. In…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer American consumers are feeling more confident than they have since summer, good news for businesses with the…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Ireland’s government says it is taking legal action against British authorities over a controversial…

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has formally kicked off her ruling Awami League…

By VOLODYMR YURCHUK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s armed forces are taking up a more defensive posture, a military analysis said…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in November, ending a five-month skid, as easing…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards will finally be held Monday after a four-month delay.…

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The Bosnian capital of Sarajevo has been intermittently engulfed in a toxic haze since the start of December,…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Parents of children who posted sky-high blood lead levels after eating potentially tainted apple cinnamon fruit…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Rite Aid has been banned from using facial recognition technology for five years over allegations that its…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Five Greek and international environmental campaign agencies have…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — Israel’s foreign minister says Israel wants to fast-track the delivery of…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN, ERIC TUCKER and REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The United States freed a close ally of Venezuelan President…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The party of Pakistan’s former premier Imran Khan  says he will run in upcoming parliamentary…

PARIS (AP) — France’s most famous TV presenter has been handed a preliminary charge of rape by a person abusing his authority. French authorities…

By TARA COPP Associated Press ABOARD THE USS GERALD R. FORD (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has flown out to the USS Gerald R. Ford…

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Repeatedly in recent years, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has stipulated that “the threat of abortion…

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves’ trial for alleged sexual assault will start Feb. 5. A Barcelona-based court announced…

LONDON (AP) — Newcastle goalkeeper Martin Dubravka was confronted by a fan who ran onto the field during Tuesday’s English League Cup…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s new pro-European Union government has begun wrestling control of the…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Three of the world’s biggest porn websites face new requirements in the European Union that…

By JAE BRATTON of NerdWallet Traditional secured credit cards are a credit-building tool for those with bad or limited credit, but some people…