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In this photo released by the Italian Navy on Monday, June 30, 2014, and taken on Sunday, June 29, 2014, a motorboat of the Italian Navy approaches a boat of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. The bodies of some 30 would-be migrants were found in in the hold of a packed smugglers' boat making its way to Italy, the Italian navy said Monday. The boat was carrying nearly 600 people, and the remaining 566 survivors were rescued by the navy frigate Grecale and were headed to the port at Pozzallo, on the southern tip of Sicily. (AP Photo/Italian Navy, ho)

Aid groups dock two rescue vessels with 500 migrants in Italy

Associated Press · December 11, 2022 9:36 pm

Sunlight shines through a window onto a voting booth at a polling place inside Winfield Elementary School in Windsor Mill, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Election nonprofit that drew GOP ire in 2020 renews grants

Associated Press · December 11, 2022 8:58 pm

Scientists lower alert for Mauna Loa, say eruption could end

Associated Press · December 11, 2022 8:51 pm

Ronaldo says his dream of winning World Cup has ‘ended’

Associated Press · December 11, 2022 6:42 pm

In this image made from video provided by Russian Federal Security Service, WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner sits in the plane as she flies to Abu Dhabi to be exchanged for Russian citizen Viktor Bout, in Russia, Friday, Dec. 9, 2022.

‘I want to talk’: Griner opened up during her long trip home

Associated Press · December 11, 2022 6:30 pm

Facing COVID-19 surge, China expanding hospitals and ICUs

Associated Press · December 11, 2022 5:12 pm

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, R, speaks to supporters, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, at an election night party in Scottsdale, Ariz. Incumbent Ducey defeated democratic challenger David Garcia for his second term.

Arizona Gov. Ducey stacks containers on border at term’s end

Associated Press · December 11, 2022 5:03 pm

Officials: Lockerbie bomb suspect is in US custody

Associated Press · December 11, 2022 3:03 pm

USC’s Williams wins Heisman after leading Trojan turnaround

Associated Press · December 11, 2022 5:54 am

Army tops Navy 20-17 in first OT game in 123 rivalry games

Associated Press · December 11, 2022 5:28 am

This image provided by the Kent County, Mich., Jail. shows Adam Fox.

Whitmer kidnapping plot leader should not get life sentence, attorney argues

Associated Press · December 10, 2022 6:58 pm

Serena, a dugong, swims at the Toba Aquarium in Toba, Japan on Sept. 5, 2012. Populations of the vulnerable species of marine mammal, numerous species of abalone and a type of Caribbean coral are now threatened with extinction.

Dugong in danger: Marine mammal on threatened species Red List

Associated Press · December 10, 2022 1:43 pm