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By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s largest province is cutting capacity at restaurants, bars and retailers to 50% and…

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York state is reporting its highest single-day total for new COVID-19 cases, with just over 21,000…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A federal judge’s decision to reject a multibillion dollar opioid settlement involving OxyContin maker Purdue…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press They are just three little words, but they have become nearly impossible for many Republicans to say: “Joe…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s death toll from a line of tornadoes that tore through the state has increased to 77. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s unemployment rate has fallen below 7% for the fist time since March of…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leading California cannabis companies are warning Gov. Gavin Newsom that the state’s…

By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French authorities are urging people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus…

By IAN PHILLIPS and SYLVIE CORBET NEW YORK (AP) — French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire says President Emmanuel Macron’s potential reelection…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer The delta and omicron variants of the coronavirus are trying to spoil the holiday spirit, but there still are…

By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After 12 days of testimony over three weeks, jurors heard from the final…

MATT OTT AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Former first lady Melania Trump launched a venture this week selling non-fungible tokens that must be…

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — A Russian warship under construction at a shipyard in St. Petersburg has caught fire, leaving at least three workers…

GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss government will require proof of vaccination or recovery from COVID-19 for access to restaurants, cultural or sports events…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A child abuse charge has been dismissed against the drummer for Grammy Award-winning rock band Alabama Shakes. Court…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Alibaba this week revealed an ambitious vision to quintuple its Southeast Asian e-commerce business to…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone says he has asserted his Fifth Amendment right…

By SAM METZ AP / Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — An attorney running to be governor of Nevada who cites his legal work as a…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An Associated Press photographer has been pushed and beaten by Israeli police in an unprovoked…