16 Albanians charged with murder over earthquake deaths

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian prosecutors indicted 16 investors, construction experts and local officials Friday on murder and other charges resulting from fatal building collapses after an earthquake a year ago.

Mich. leaders head to DC as Trump bids to subvert election

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Michigan state legislators headed to the White House on Friday as President Donald Trump made an extraordinary and sure-to-be futile attempt to block Joe Biden's victory in the battleground st…

Florida's Sen. Scott has coronavirus, 'very mild symptoms'

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Rick Scott of Florida said Friday he had tested positive for

Biden to meet with Pelosi, Schumer as challenges loom

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is set to hold his first in-person meeting since winning the election with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Friday.

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Bosnia marks 25 years since inking of US-brokered peace deal

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — As their ethnic leaders gathered around a table outside Dayton, Ohio, to initial a U.S.-brokered peace deal a quarter-century ago, Edisa Sehic and Janko Samoukovic still were ene…

Death on eve of Brazil's Black Consciousness Day sparks fury

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Black man died after being beaten by supermarket security guards in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre on the eve of Friday's Black Consciousness Day observations, sparking outrage after vid…

Muslim teen shoots and kills minority Ahmadi man in Pakistan

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A sixteen-year-old Muslim youth opened fire on Friday and killed a member of Pakistan's minority Ahmadi community in eastern Punjab province, police and the community's spokesman said.

American passenger recalls trying to kill train attacker

PARIS (AP) — One of three Americans acclaimed as heroes for tackling an alleged Islamic State gunman aboard a Paris-bound train testified Friday that he tried to kill the man who stormed into their passenger car wi…

Embed-Armenia-Azerbaijan, ADVISORY

ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN — Map. This AP digital embed shows a map of Azerbaijan and Armenia and the three districts to be ceded by Armenia under the ceasefire agreement. This map is current as of Nov. 20, 2020, and will …

Dutch court convicts 58-year-old man of sexually abusing boy

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court convicted a man Friday of sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy and depriving him of his liberty leading to his death more than 20 years ago, but acquitted him of deliberat…

Human remains found in a southern Serbian mine

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The European Union’s mission to ensure the rule of law in Kosovo said Friday that human remains that appear to be a mass grave of ethnic Albanians from Kosovo have been found in a disused co…

Stocks open lower on Wall Street at the end of a choppy week

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening slightly lower at the end of a choppy week on Wall Street. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% in the early going Friday and is headed for a weekly loss. It’s still up more than 9% for the m…

Wisconsin recount: Masks, plexiglass and lots of ballots

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin on Friday will begin recounts of the presidential race in the state's two biggest and most Democratic counties. It's a longshot bid by President Donald Trump — who paid a required $3 …

Owl found in Rockefeller Center tree could take flight soon

SAUGERTIES, N.Y. (AP) — A tiny owl that was found dehydrated and hungry in the branches of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is eating its way back to good health and is set to be released back into the wild Sa…