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FILE - Geert Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom, known as PVV, casts his ballot in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. Voters across the Netherlands have veered far to the right politically. The shift has been triggered by economic and cultural anxieties that have whipped up fears about immigrants. It's an extreme example of a trend being felt across the continent that could tilt the outcome of this year's European Union parliamentary election. (AP Photo/Mike Corder, File)

A quiet Dutch village holds clues as European politics veer to the right

Voters across the Netherlands have veered far to the right politically. The shift has been triggered by economic and cultural anxieties that have whipped up fears about immigrants. It’s an extreme … more

By RAF CASERT | 1/15/24

Anthony Anderson appears onstage during a press preview day for the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, in Los Angeles. The awards show honoring excellence in American television programming will be held on Monday. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Emmys finally arrive for a changed Hollywood, as 'Succession' and 'Last of Us' vie for top awards

They're four months late, but the Emmys have finally arrived. The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on Monday night, hosted by Anthony Anderson and airing on Fox. The top … more

By ANDREW DALTON | 1/15/24

Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff throws during the first half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Los Angeles Rams, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

Jared Goff leads Lions to first playoff win in 32 years, 24-23 over Matthew Stafford and the Rams

Jared Goff threw for a touchdown and completed a game-sealing first down against the team that cast him away, and the Detroit Lions won a playoff game for the first time in 32 years, beating Matthew … more

By LARRY LAGE | 1/14/24

Workers remove snow from Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday Jan. 14, 2024. A potentially dangerous snowstorm that hit the Buffalo region on Saturday led the NFL to push back the Bills wild-card playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers from Sunday to Monday. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the NFL cited public safety concerns for the postponement, with up to 2 feet of snow projected to fall on the region over a 24- plus hour period. (AP Photo/ Jeffrey T. Barnes)

With snow still falling, Bills call on fans to help dig out stadium for playoff game vs. Steelers

With snow falling at a rate of 2 inches per hour, a group of about 85 people tried to dig out the Buffalo Bills' stadium in Orchard Park, New York, on Sunday. The Bills' playoff game against the … more

By JOHN WAWROW | 1/14/24

FILE - E. Jean Carroll leaves Manhattan federal court, Oct. 23, 2023, in New York. A federal judge said Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024, that former President Donald Trump can wait a week to testify at a New York defamation trial where he could face millions of dollars in damages after a jury concluded that he sexually abused columnist Carroll in the 1990s. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Judge says Trump can wait a week to testify at sex abuse victim's defamation trial

A New York federal judge says former President Donald Trump can wait a week to testify at a defamation trial where he could face millions of dollars in damages after a jury concluded that he sexually … more

By LARRY NEUMEISTER | 1/14/24

Pope Francis delivers the Angelus noon prayer from his studio's window overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope says he hopes to keep promise to visit native Argentina for first time since becoming pontiff

Pope Francis says if he can, he'll keep a promise to visit his native Argentina in the second half of this year. The pontiff last year said he hoped to visit the South American country he left when … more

1/14/24

Fulton County District Aattorney Fani Willis reacts as she speaks during a worship service at the Big Bethel AME Church, on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024, in Atlanta. The service celebrated Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at the historic Black church. (Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

District attorney defends the qualifications of a prosecutor hired in Trump's Georgia election case

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is defending the qualifications of a special prosecutor she hired for her case against Donald Trump and others over efforts to overturn the 2020 election … more

By KATE BRUMBACK | 1/14/24

FILE - Actress Joyce Randolph, who played "Trixie" on the TV series "The Honeymooners," on Nov. 24, 1990, in New York. Randolph, who played Ed Norton’s sarcastic wife Trixie, has died at age 99. Randolph died of natural causes Saturday night, Jan. 13, 2024, at her home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, her son Randolph Charles told The Associated Press Sunday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

`Honeymooners' actress Joyce Randolph has died at 99; played Ed Norton's wife, Trixie

“The Honeymooners” actress Joyce Randolph, who played Ed Norton’s sarcastic wife Trixie, has died. She was 99. Randolph died of natural causes Saturday night at her home on the Upper West Side … more

1/14/24

Senate President Cameron Henry, second left, receives applause from Republican senator Kirk Talbot, right, during the swearing in of the Louisiana state legislature in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, Pool)

Louisiana's special session kicks off Monday. Here's a look at what may be discussed

Louisiana’s newly inaugurated lawmakers are set to convene for a special session during which they will discuss items that could impact how the state conducts elections. The focus of the session … more

By SARA CLINE | 1/14/24

Supporters of various presidential hopefuls pushed across freezing Iowa to make a last-minute case for their candidate of choice (Jan. 13) (AP video: Mike Householder)

Trump, Haley, DeSantis campaign in frigid Iowa in the final days before the Republican caucuses

Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley were finding Iowa voters looking for alternatives to former President Donald Trump as they campaigned on the final weekend before 2024 voting begins. But Trump is still … more

By JILL COLVIN, ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, THOMAS BEAUMONT and BILL BARROW | 1/13/24

Texas Department of Public Safety officers work inside a fenced off Shelby Park, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas. The Justice Department on Friday, Jan. 12, asked the Supreme Court to order Texas to stop blocking Border Patrol agents from a portion of the U.S.-Mexico border where large numbers of migrants have crossed in recent months, setting up another showdown between Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the Biden administration over immigration enforcement. (Sam Owens /The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

Texas congressman says migrants drowned near area where US Border Patrol had access restricted

A Texas congressman says three migrants, including two children, drowned while trying to reach the U.S. near the border city of Eagle Pass. U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Texas Democrat, accused the … more

By VALERIE GONZALEZ | 1/13/24

A man holds a sign calling for the release of the hostages taken by Hamas militants into the Gaza Strip during a demonstration at the Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday Jan. 13, 2024. Sunday marks 100 days that Israel and Hamas have been at war after Hamas' cross-border attack on Oct. 7 in which the group killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took 250 others hostage. In the Gaza Strip, health authorities say the death toll already has eclipsed 23,000 people.(AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Families of hostages held in Gaza for 100 days hold 24-hour rally, beg government to bring them home

Thousands of protesters have poured into a square in downtown Tel Aviv, beginning a 24-hour rally to draw attention to 132 hostages still held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The crowd heard speeches … more

By JULIA FRANKEL | 1/13/24

Palestinians mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

More than 30 Palestinians were reported killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip

Health and rescue officials say more than 30 Palestinians were killed by Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip as concerns grow over a lack of fuel and supplies for overburdened hospitals. Rescue … more

By NAJIB JOBAIN, DAVID RISING and SAMY MAGDY | 1/13/24

FILE - In this image taken from video, former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court at the Hennepin County Courthouse, June 25, 2021, in Minneapolis. Federal prosecutors urged a judge Friday, Jan. 12, 2024 to reject former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin's attempt to overturn his civil rights conviction in the 2020 murder of George Floyd..(Court TV via AP, Pool, File)

Prosecutors urge rejection of ex-cop's bid to dismiss civil rights conviction in George Floyd murder

Federal prosecutors have urged a judge to reject former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin’s attempt to overturn his civil rights conviction in the murder of George Floyd. Chauvin filed his … more

By STEVE KARNOWSKI | 1/12/24

A Vermont State trooper plunged into a frigid pond and pulled out an 8-year-old girl who had fallen through the ice while playing with siblings. The child survived and fully recovered after a brief hospital stay. (Jan 12) (AP video produced by Javier Arciga)

State trooper plunges into icy Vermont pond to save 8-year-old girl

A Vermont state trooper is being praised for plunging into a frigid pond and saving the life of an 8-year-old girl who had fallen through the ice while playing with siblings. Police say the girl and … more

1/12/24

Poland's Iga Swiatek reacts during a press conference ahead of the Australian Open tennis championships at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

The Australian Open and what to know: Earlier start. Netflix curse? Osaka's back. Nadal's not

Iga Swiatek and other tennis players are shrugging off the Australian Open's decision to begin on a Sunday instead of a Monday, creating a 15-day event. The top-seeded Swiatek said it doesn't really … more

By HOWARD FENDRICH | 1/12/24

President Joe Biden walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn in Washington, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, for a short trip to Joint Base Andrews, Md., and then on to Allentown, Pa. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Biden says Austin still has his confidence, but not revealing hospitalization was lapse in judgment

President Joe Biden says it was a lapse in judgment for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin not to tell him about his hospitalization last week, but he still has confidence in the Pentagon chief. Austin, … more

By SEUNG MIN KIM | 1/12/24

Honor guards take part in a flag lowering ceremony at Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024 ahead of the presidential election on Saturday. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

What's at stake in Taiwan's elections? China says it could be a choice between peace and war

Taiwan is holding a weekend presidential election that neighboring China has warned could mean the difference between peace and war. China claims Taiwan as its territory even though the island off … more

By DIDI TANG and IAN MADER | 1/12/24

FILE - Ted Henifin, interim third-party manager for JXN Water, the water system for the city of Jackson, Miss., explains his proposal for a slight rate increase Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, during a news conference in Jackson. The day after Mississippi health officials told residents in the state’s capital that dangerous bacteria could be in their tap water, a new round of test results did not find E. coli in the city's supply, Henifin, the city's water manager said Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

New test of water in Mississippi capital negative for E. coli bacteria, city water manager says

Jackson’s water manager says a new round of test results did not find E. coli in the city's supply. The announcement comes one day after Mississippi health officials told residents in the state’s … more

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG | 1/12/24

Kentucky state Sen. Cassie Chambers Armstrong works at her desk in the Senate chamber on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, in Frankfort, Ky. She is the lead sponsor of a bipartisan bill that would exempt diapers from the state sales tax. (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner)

Parents facing diaper duty could see relief from bipartisan tax legislation introduced in Kentucky

For weary parents rolling up their sleeves for diaper duty, a bill in Kentucky would deliver tax relief when purchasing a necessity that adds up to a big expense. The measure would exempt diapers … more

By BRUCE SCHREINER | 1/12/24