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China formally establishes diplomatic ties with Nauru after Pacific island nation cut Taiwan ties

BEIJING (AP) - China's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that Beijing has formally restored diplomatic ties with Nauru after the tiny Pacific island nation cut its ties with Taiwan earlier this month. N...

Jan 23, 2024

South Korea says North Korea has fired several cruise missiles into the sea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's military says North Korea fired several cruise missiles into waters off its western coast, adding to a provocative run of weapons demonstrations in the face of ...

Jan 23, 2024

Why AP called New Hampshire for Trump: Race call explained

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Donald Trump is the winner of the New Hampshire Republican primary. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner based on an analysis of initial vote returns as we...

Jan 23, 2024

Biden wins New Hampshire primary through a write-in effort after declining to campaign there

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden won New Hampshire's largely symbolic Democratic primary on Tuesday, prevailing in an unusual write-in effort after he refused to campaign or appear on the state b...

Jan 23, 2024

Trump wins New Hampshire primary as rematch with Biden appears increasingly likely

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, tightening his grip on the Republican presidential nomination and bolstering the likelihood of a rematch later this year ...

Jan 23, 2024

Adrian Beltré, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer have been elected to baseball's Hall of Fame

NEW YORK (AP) - Adrin Beltr, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer were elected to baseball's Hall of Fame on Tuesday while Billy Wagner and Gary Sheffield fell short. Beltr was picked on 366 of 385 ballots in hi...

Jan 23, 2024

New Hampshire Republicans want big changes, but some have concerns about Trump, AP VoteCast shows

WASHINGTON (AP) - New Hampshire Republicans are voting Tuesday night with a desire to curb immigration and overhaul the federal government, yet they have some misgivings about former President Donald ...

Jan 23, 2024

New York man convicted of murdering woman who wound up in his backcountry driveway after wrong turn

FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) - A man was convicted of second-degree murder Tuesday for fatally shooting a young woman when the SUV she was riding in mistakenly drove up his rural driveway in upstate New Yor...

Jan 23, 2024

Man suspected of killing 8 people outside Chicago was related to most of the victims, police say

CHICAGO (AP) - A man suspected of shooting and killing eight people in suburban Chicago this weekend was related to most of the victims, authorities said Tuesday, a day after the 23-year-old fatally s...

Jan 23, 2024

Man arrested after saying he started South African building fire that killed 76 to hide a killing

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A man was arrested Tuesday hours after he claimed responsibility for starting a building fire in South Africa last year that killed 76 people while trying to get rid of the body of...

Jan 23, 2024