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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 CALEB JONES Associated Press COCONUT ISLAND, Hawaii (AP) — Scientists are trying to speed up coral’s evolutionary clock to build reefs that…

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

By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV Associated Press KAMAR KALAGH, Afghanistan (AP) — The worst drought in Afghanistan in decades is now entering its second year,…

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 JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street lower as a rally cooled and investors waited for…

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 ELLEN KNICKMEYER, MATTHEW LEE and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has reached out to Ukraine’s leader…

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 LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Bob Dole is lying in state at the U.S. Capitol. President Joe Biden and others…

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

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 DEE-ANN DURBIN and CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Starbucks workers at a store in Buffalo, New York, voted to unionize…

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes could be looking for a new home sooner than expected. The City of…