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By SARAH TETAUD Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascar police have imposed a night-time curfew in the capital after the…

By JULIE WATSON and AMY TAXIN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The state of California operates a little-known program to lease land under…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The leader of the United Arab Emirates toured the Dubai Air Show on Wednesday…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The latest honor for Salman Rushdie was a prize kept secret until minutes before he rose from…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan has reported that its economy contracted at a 2.1% annual pace in July-September as…

MEXICO (AP) — The company run by Mexican TV, retail and banking magnate Ricardo Salinas Pliego says it has failed to reach agreement with…

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Eight high school students in Las Vegas between the ages of 13 and 17 were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of…

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — For two years, Texas has pushed boundaries on the U.S.-Mexico border: Busing migrants across…

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities are sending conflicting messages about the violent death of a leading…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin is making another attempt to overturn his…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Tuesday was summoned to federal court for the second time in two weeks to testify…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it has successfully tested new solid-fuel engines designed for…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers are digging into an outside accounting firm’s role in preparing…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGMERY, Ala. (AP) — The creation of a Democratic-leaning congressional district in Alabama has drawn a…

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman who shared her Thanksgiving table seven years ago with a stranger she accidentally texted will be opening up her…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The State Board of Education is considering a universal definition of…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats have moved to temporarily change Senate rules and confirm hundreds of…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Firefighters have fully contained and extinguished a small wildfire on Maui that broke…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An auction of federal Gulf of Mexico leases for oil and gas drilling must be held in 37 days, a…

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press A Detroit police corporal accused of shooting three photojournalists with rubber pellets while they covered…

MACON, Ga. (AP) — Two women were arrested Tuesday, accused of helping one of four men who escaped from a Georgia jail last month. Jacorshia Smith…

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold their long anticipated…

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Republican Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom plans to run for the state’s only U.S. House seat, which is currently held by…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage scrambled Tuesday to come up with more temporary housing for the homeless…

SHERMAN, Texas (AP) — A Texas school district has apologized and reversed a decision that ousted a transgender student from a part in the musical…