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Nigeria condemns executions of captives held by extremists

LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria's government on Friday condemned extremists linked to the Islamic State group after a video circulated of 11 hostages, most o...
20:47 27 December 2022

North Carolina breezes past Temple 55-13 in Military Bowl

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Freshman Sam Howell threw for 294 yards and three touchdowns in addition to catching a TD pass, and North Carolina blew out Temple 55...
20:37 27 December 2022

Greece deal with Lockheed seals major air force upgrade

Greece says it has signed an agreement with U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin that will allow a major upgrade of its F-16 fighter jet fleet over...
20:25 27 December 2022

Refugees, quadruple homicide top North Dakota news in 2019

BISMARCK, N.D. — Debate over whether to ban new refugees in North Dakota’s capital city county and a rare quadruple homicide in Mandan were among the ...
20:21 27 December 2022

Bond set at $5M for suspect in Illinois triple-killing

PONTIAC, Ill. — A judge set a $5 million bond Friday for a state corrections officer who's charged in the Christmas Day shootings of his wife, adult s...
19:24 27 December 2022

Blackhawks moving on without Seabrook, de Haan

CHICAGO — Reality set in for Jonathan Toews when he got to the Chicago Blackhawks' locker room Friday morning.
19:17 27 December 2022

Ibrahimovic rejoining AC Milan with former club struggling

MILAN, Italy — Veteran striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is returning to help his struggling former club AC Milan.
19:01 27 December 2022

Controversy hits Romance Writers of America this holiday

NEW YORK — There's not a lot of love at the Romance Writers of America this holiday season. Lots of passion, but not too much love.
18:45 27 December 2022

Court upholds creation of national monument in Atlantic

PORTLAND, Maine — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld former President Barack Obama's designation of a federally protected conservation area in t...
18:34 27 December 2022

Judge: No slander in Alec Baldwin’s comments on parking spat

NEW YORK — Alec Baldwin didn't slander a man in interviews about a parking dispute that turned physical, a judge has ruled as dueling lawsuits between...
18:30 27 December 2022

State awards license to grow medical marijuana in Missouri

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri officials have granted licenses to 60 of the more than 500 companies that applied to grow marijuana for the state's fle...
18:27 27 December 2022

Iran-backed groups accuse Iraqi president of caving to US

BAGHDAD — Iran-supported groups on Friday blasted Iraq's president for not naming their preferred prime minister candidate, saying his decision was at...
18:11 27 December 2022

The Fun Guy: Kawhi Leonard is the AP’s male athlete of 2019

He was the Fun Guy. The board man who got paid. He overcame injury to reclaim his rightful place as one of the very best basketball players on the pla...
18:05 27 December 2022

Suit on ex-offender voting filed in close-divided N Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina law that prohibits convicted felons from voting until their full sentence is completed — not just their prison time —...
16:23 27 December 2022

‘Tough year’ for measles and other infectious diseases in US

NEW YORK — This year, the germs roared back.
15:46 27 December 2022

Film explores Ronstadt’s life, wide-ranging music career

NEW YORK — Between the Kennedy Center Honors and a CNN documentary about her life debuting on television New Year's Day, Linda Ronstadt is taking a ca...
15:43 27 December 2022

Iowa swung fiercely to Trump. Will it swing back in 2020?

DES MOINES, Iowa — Few states have changed politically with the head-snapping speed of Iowa. Heading into 2020, the question is whether it's going to ...
14:13 27 December 2022

Greece gives actor Tom Hanks honorary Greek citizenship

Tom Hanks may officially consider himself Greek.
14:04 27 December 2022

Volkswagen raises forecast for electric car production

FRANKFURT, Germany — Automaker Volkswagen is raising the bar for its plunge into battery powered cars, saying it will reach its goal of 1 million elec...
13:49 27 December 2022

Global markets mostly higher amid trade optimism

BEIJING — Global stock markets moved mostly higher on Friday amid optimism that U.S.-Chinese trade relations are improving and on early reports that o...
13:01 27 December 2022

India clamps down on marches, internet after deadly protests

NEW DELHI — A group of protesters in New Delhi was beaten and shoved into buses by police on Friday as they attempted to demonstrate against a new cit...
12:54 27 December 2022

Russia commissions intercontinental hypersonic weapon

MOSCOW — Russia's defense minister reported to President Vladimir Putin that a new hypersonic weapon of intercontinental range became operational Frid...
12:12 27 December 2022

Naked fireman, binky-binging bulldog: New England’s odd 2019

BOSTON — New Englanders fired up the weirdness machine again in 2019, and it cranked out oddities pretty much nonstop.
11:11 27 December 2022

Moroccan YouTuber sentenced to prison, journalist detained

RABAT, Morocco — Moroccan authorities have sentenced a Youtuber who criticized the king to prison, and detained a journalist-activist who defended ant...
9:51 27 December 2022

Russia Orthodox Church cuts ties with Alexandria patriarch

MOSCOW — The Russian Orthodox Church has cut ties with the head of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Africa following his decision to recognize Ukraine's...
9:38 27 December 2022

Global stocks mixed, Wall Street rises amid trade optimism

BEIJING — Global stock markets were mixed Friday after Wall Street rose amid optimism that U.S.-Chinese trade relations are improving.
8:42 27 December 2022

Israel’s Netanyahu shores up base but obstacles remain

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shored up his base with a landslide primary victory announced early Friday, but he will need a b...
8:39 27 December 2022

Pitt rallies to beat Eastern Michigan in Quick Lane Bowl

DETROIT — Kenny Pickett threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Taysir Mack with 47 seconds left and Pittsburgh held on to beat Eastern Michigan 34-30 in th...
5:04 27 December 2022

Japan OKs divisive plan to send naval troops to Mideast

TOKYO — Japan on Friday approved a contentious plan to send its naval troops to the Middle East to ensure the safety of Japanese ships transporting oi...
4:55 27 December 2022