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Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka move closer to an Australian Open rematch. Djokovic and Alcaraz win

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Coco Gauff still hasn't lost a match or even at set at the Australian Open - or, actually, this season. She moved into the fourth round at Melbourne Park with a straightfor...

Jan 17, 2025

Presidents of Russia and Iran meet in the Kremlin ahead of signing partnership treaty

MOSCOW (AP) - The presidents of Russia and Iran held talks in the Kremlin on Friday before signing a broad cooperation pact. The Kremlin said that the "comprehensive strategic partnership treaty" to b...

Jan 17, 2025

Biden sets record by commuting sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted on nonviolent drug charges

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden announced Friday that he was commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, using his final days in office on a flurry of c...

Jan 17, 2025

What lies ahead for South Korea's impeached president as investigators seek his arrest?

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Law enforcement authorities on Friday requested a court warrant to formally arrest South Korea's impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, who was in his third day at a detention c...

Jan 17, 2025

3 lawyers for the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are jailed by a Russian court

PETUSHKI, Russia (AP) - Three lawyers who once represented the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were jailed Friday in Russia as part of the Kremlin's crackdown on dissent that has reached...

Jan 17, 2025

Pakistani court sentences ex-PM Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and 7 years in prison in graft case

ISLAMABAD (AP) - A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced the country's already-imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and seven years in jail after finding them guilty of corrupt...

Jan 16, 2025

Truck driver in Texas smuggling attempt that resulted in the deaths of 53 migrants pleads guilty

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A Texas truck driver charged in the deaths of 53 migrants who rode in a sweltering tractor-trailer with no air conditioning pleaded guilty Thursday over the 2022 tragedy that became...

Jan 16, 2025

Truck driver in Texas smuggling attempt that resulted in the deaths of 53 migrants pleads guilty

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A Texas truck driver charged in the deaths of 53 migrants who rode in a sweltering tractor-trailer with no air conditioning pleaded guilty Thursday over the 2022 tragedy that became...

Jan 16, 2025

A man with a stick killed 2 homeless people in Miami in an 'unprovoked' attack, police say

A man wielding a stick killed two people in Miami in an "unprovoked" attack on four homeless people, law enforcement officials said. The suspect was taken into custody following the beatings, which po...

Jan 16, 2025

Threat from toxic fire debris will prevent many LA residents from checking on damaged homes

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Homeowners learned Thursday that it could be a week or more before they will be allowed to check on their fire-damaged properties while officials assess the threat of potentially to...

Jan 16, 2025