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By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan is writing a letter to the International Monetary Fund urging it to link any talks with Islamabad to an audit of the country’s recent election. Khan’s party alleges the vote was rigged. Senator Ali Zafar is a a top leader from

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses and now a U.S. company is the first private outfit to achieve a touchdown. Only five countries have done it. Intuitive Machines says its spacecraft landed on the moon

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Time flies when you’re hosting a late-night show four times a week. “Late Night with Seth Meyers” turns 10 on Saturday. Meyers will mark the occasion on Monday’s episode with fellow “Saturday Night Live” alum Amy Poehler. In a conversation with The Associated Press, Meyers admitted it took some time

STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) — A 26-year-old Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to charges related to a shooting at a 2021 graduation party that killed a 14-year-old boy. Enrique Lucio Davila, of St. Paul, pleaded guilty Friday to aiding and abetting second-degree unintentional murder without intent and second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon. The St. Paul

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer The Professional Fighters League is set to become the first major MMA promotion to hold a card in Saudi Arabia. Mike Tyson will be on hand to present the winner of three title fights in the inaugural PFL vs. Bellator: Champs card with a custom championship belt. Francis Ngannou

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private U.S. lunar lander tipped over at touchdown and ended up on its side near the moon’s south pole, hampering communications, company officials said Friday. Intuitive Machines initially believed its six-footed lander, Odysseus, was upright after Thursday’s touchdown. But CEO Steve Altemus said

WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden is lamenting the partisanship that permeates Capitol Hill and politics writ large, telling governors at the White House that she wishes more lawmakers would follow their lead. Speaking on Friday in the White House’s East Room to state chief executives in Washington for the winter gathering of the

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (AP) — A professional bowler who was arrested by U.S. Marshals while he was competing in an Indiana tournament has been extradited back to Ohio to face  charges related to child sexual abuse material. Brandon Novak was moved Thursday from the Marion County jail in Indianapolis to the Ross County jail, where he’s

By KEVIN SCHEMBRI ORLAND Associated Press VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Five people have died during rescue operations of a migrant boat off Malta. The Armed Forces of Malta say eight people were injured, and 21 other survivors were taken to a migrant detention center on the Mediterranean island nation. The dead included four men and one

NEW YORK (AP) — A 45-year-old man has been killed in a New York City subway car. The New York Police Department said the man was killed around 5 a.m. Friday as he was riding a southbound D Train that was pulling into the 182-183 Streets station in the Bronx. Michael Kemper, the police department’s

By JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sir Rod Stewart will not be slowed. At 79, he continues full-throttle. Some highlights in 2024 include his 200th show at his Las Vegas residency and a new swing album. “Swing Fever,” is a collaboration with Jools Holland’s Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, and tackles some of

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Investigators have revealed that the man who killed two Minnesota police officers and a firefighter-paramedic opened fire on officers without warning while they were inside his house. And they were shot after he claimed he was unarmed, and after they had been negotiating with him

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Three members of the University of Wyoming swimming and diving team were killed and two others injured when their sport utility vehicle veered and rolled over alongside a rural highway, bringing to at least 15 the school’s students killed in recent years on the perilous road.

MADRID (AP) — The Spanish league has postponed games involving Valencia and Levante after both clubs requested not to play in the immediate aftermath of a deadly fire in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia. Valencia was scheduled to visit Granada in the Spanish league on Saturday, the same day Levante was set to host

By ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister has announced the reopening of the Beiji refinery, the country’s largest, which had been shut down for a decade after being damaged in the battle against the Islamic State extremist group. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said in a statement that the refinery’s return to operation

By ANDI JATMIKO AND NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia and Australia have held high-level talks in Jakarta as the neighboring countries seek to strengthen security ties by signing a defense cooperation agreement in the coming months. Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto who is set to become Indonesia’s next leader said Friday that

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A senior Cabinet minister says Israel plans to build more than 3,300 new homes in settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in response to a fatal Palestinian shooting attack. The move, announced late Thursday, drew an angry reaction from the U.S. as relations between the allies are

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish broadcaster TV4 says a suspected gas leak at the headquarters of Sweden’s security agency has forced the authorities to evacuate some 500 people from the facility. Police spokesman Anders Bryngelsson told the TT news agency that emergency services decided to evacuate the entire building because of a “suspected gas leak” on

By JEFF AMY, SHARON JOHNSON and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Police say they have arrested a man in connection with the killing of a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia campus in Athens. The 22-year-old was found dead on the campus on Thursday after a friend

By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” storming Apple TV+, East meets West in feudal Japan with the kick-off of the series “Shogun,” and Disney+’s animated series “Iwájú” offers a coming-of-age story set in the future in Lagos, Nigeria. Celebrate the sound of Manchester by checking out the