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By LAURA MCMULLEN of NerdWallet You’ll probably face heavy pressure from retailers to take advantage of Black Friday deals, but you get to choose…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Police and media reports in Serbia say that a series of explosions have ripped through a munitions factory on the outskirts…

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — An air quality monitoring outfit says Lahore has become the world’s third most polluted city as increasing smog has…

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Matthew Aucoin’s “Eurydice” opens at the Metropolitan Opera on Tuesday night in the first…

ROME (AP) — The only person convicted in the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher has been freed after serving most of his 16-year…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Jurors in the trial of the three men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery must decide whether…

By EUGENE GARCIA and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police say a group of thieves smashed windows at a…

CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s rebels say a Saudi-led coalition airstrike has gutted a plastics factory in the rebel-held capital of Sanaa, the latest…

By SARA BURNETT, KATHLEEN FOODY and TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press Participants like the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies were in the holiday spirit as they…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government is making social distancing mandatory again for all adults after…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s leaders have proposed a national lockdown as hospitals across the European Union country are hitting their…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is sending his condolences to the victims of the Christmas parade crash in Wisconsin that killed five people and injured…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer “Good Morning America” co-host Michael Strahan is going to space next month. Strahan, who turned 50 on…

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When Naturi Naughton read the script for ABC’s new music-inspired drama “Queens,” a…

By WAYNE EMBRY For The Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Wayne Embry, a Hall of Famer and longtime NBA executive, talks about the indignities he…

MADRID (AP) — Metalworkers and police have clashed in southern Spain at the end of a protest march to demand that wages rise in line with the…

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Santa is back this year, but he’s asking people to be cautious as he continues to…

BERLIN (AP) — A man in Germany has discovered the hard way that it’s best to get a driving license before trying to use it. Police in Bergheim,…

NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say Malikah Shabazz, one of six daughters of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X, was found dead in her home in New…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British politicians have come together for a Mass to mourn the death of slain lawmaker David Amess,…