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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s government has ordered nightclubs, bars and restaurants to close at midnight in an attempt to counter an…

By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press MORSHYN, Ukraine (AP) — A small spa town in western Ukraine is standing out in a…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s rugged Lost Coast is about to become less forbidding. A conservation group on…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government believes it has come up with a unique plan to end tobacco…

ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s defense minister says a helicopter that crashed and killed the military chief, Gen. Bipin…

By REBECCA REYNOLDS Associated Press Work has begun on giving some of America’s most spectacular natural settings and historic icons a makeover.…

By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has visited Qatar for the first time since the…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Vaccine makers are racing to update their COVID-19 shots against omicron even before it’s clear a change is…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — A new report group says digital contact tracing apps, artificial intelligence and other tech tools…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — According to a witness and other reports, Myanmar government troops rounded up villagers, some…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A gunman has shot and killed a journalist while he was watching TV at a store in a central…

By AUDREY McAVOY and MARK THIESSEN Associated Press PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — The U.S. Navy has commissioned the USS Daniel Inouye, naming its…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence visited early-voting New Hampshire, where he delivered a…

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer There’s no clear-cut definition for when a pandemic starts and ends, and how much of a threat a global outbreak is…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Food waste is California’s next target as the state seeks to lower greenhouse gas…

By AAMER MADHANI and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has expressed alarm about a “backward slide” of…

By DON BABWIN and SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Jussie Smollett’s conviction for lying to police has come nearly three years after…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma has executed a man for the 1985 shooting death of an Oklahoma City-area…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Once-lionized entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes wrapped up seven days of testimony…

By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The woman who was riding with Daunte Wright when he was pulled over by…