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BERLIN (AP) — Amazon says it plans to cut the use of plastic packaging in Germany following complaints that the online retailer is contributing to…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Traveling this holiday season can be safe if you’re fully vaccinated for COVID-19. For those who…

BOSTON (AP) — American Airlines and JetBlue are asking a federal judge to throw out the government’s effort to block a deal between the two…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has formally cleared four Black men who were falsely accused of raping a…

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Federal agents in South Carolina are looking for someone who used a metal detector and dug 19 holes earlier this month at a…

By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer Hedge fund Alden Global Capital, one of the country’s largest newspaper owners with a reputation for intense…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The candidate endorsed by former President Donald Trump for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania is…

BELTON, Mo. (AP) — Mercer Bailey, whose 47-year career with The Associated Press began with the use of Morse Code and concluded in the early days…

By SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL BALSAMO and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Police say the suspect in a deadly Christmas parade…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press KAYA, Burkina Faso (AP) — The French military has denied injuring civilians in Burkina Faso when firing warning…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Former President Barack Obama’s foundation says it has received a $100 million donation from Amazon founder…

LONDON (AP) — The U.K.’s Brit Awards are scrapping separate male and female artist categories in a shakeup designed to make the music prizes…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Amnesty International is urging Pakistani authorities to stop forcibly disappearing suspected militants for years without trial,…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of residents in the southeast English coastal resort of Southend have paid their respects to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court has rejected a claim that the Memphis, Tennessee, area has been taking water that belongs to…

CHADRON, Neb. (AP) — Three people have died in a plane crash in northwest Nebraska. The Star-Herald reports the pilot and two passengers died…

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has announced that the Biden administration is investing $1.5…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Climate change isn’t what’s driving some U.S. coal-fired power plants to shut down — instead it’s…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes ticked higher in October, marking their strongest pace since January, even…

By LAURA UNGAR AP Medical Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Scientists say vaccinating kids should not only slow the spread of the coronavirus but also…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer First, the good news: There is no shortage of whole turkeys in the U.S. this Thanksgiving. But those turkeys —…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian customs police say they have cracked a Nigerian organized crime syndicate that…

By MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A legislative investigation has found “overwhelming evidence” that former New York…

By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Jurors have finished their second day of deliberations without reaching a…

By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s president on Monday nominated a new prime minister to form an unlikely…

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Medicines Agency says it is evaluating whether to authorize booster doses of Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced he’s nominating Jerome Powell for a second term as…