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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico wants to declare lithium a “strategic mineral” and reserve any future exploration and mining for the government. The…

By TARIK EL-BARAKAH Associated Presss RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Millions of Moroccan students have returned to school for in-person classes after a…

BERLIN (AP) — A joint European-Japanese spacecraft is set to fly by Mercury for the first time on its path to deliver two probes into the…

HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say a former student of a Houston public charter school shot and wounded the campus principal before quickly…

By STEPHEN GROVES and JILL COLVIN Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is cutting ties with political adviser…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A Texas judge has found Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones liable for damages in three defamation…

LONDON (AP) — Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi have named their newborn daughter Sienna Elizabeth. In a tweet Friday,…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and ADAM BEAM Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California is poised to impose the nation’s first coronavirus vaccine…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charlamagne tha God made a living on radio calling out popular figures like…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A lack of answers from Hungary’s government about alleged spying on journalists,…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief has informed Ethiopia that it has no legal right to expel seven…

By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases feature music from Grammy-winning songwriter Natalie Hemby and two pop star…

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Christian Broadcasting Network says Pat Robertson is stepping down as host of the…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The giant Powerball jackpot has grown even bigger, with officials raising the estimated payout to $635 million ahead of…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Grammy-winning bluegrass musician Billy Strings won entertainer of the year at the genre’s top awards show, a major feat for…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After being vaulted into the New York governor’s office two months ago, Democrat Kathy…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Personal property recovered from the destroyed units of a South Florida condo building that collapsed will be…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press U.S. officials are rolling out a new flood insurance program they say will more accurately…

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The governments of 15 countries in the Northeast Atlantic have created a new protected area of the sea they say is bigger…

By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The prime minister of Georgia says former President Mikheil Saakashvili has been…