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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — In a story published Dec. 15, 2021, about a lawsuit over a Michigan oil pipeline, The Associated Press erroneously reported that U.S. District Judge Janet Neff last month retained jurisdiction over a separate Line 5 case initiated by Enbridge Energy. Neff’s ruling involved a case initiated by the state of

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s prime minister says theaters, cinemas, concert halls, amusement parks, museums and art galleries across the country must close under new restrictions to contain a faster than expected resurgence of the coronavirus. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says the measures also will require smaller stores and

By FAY ABUELGASIM Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The U.N. children’s agency says the number of cases of child abuse and exploitation it has handled in Lebanon has nearly doubled in the past year amid the Mideast country’s economic meltdown. Lebanon in struggling with the worst economic crisis in its history, with inflation and unemployment

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) — Sears plans to sell the sprawling suburban Chicago corporate headquarters that has been the struggling retailer’s home for three decades. Sears’ parent company, Transformco, confirmed this week that in early 2022 it plans to market the 273-acre corporate headquarters in the northwest suburb of Hoffman Estates. Transformco has been downsizing

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and the departed United Kingdom are showing that their relationship remains on the rocks even if last year’s Brexit trade deal was supposed to have ended the acrimony between them. On Friday, they postponed talks on their continued deep-seated differences into the New Year.

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s main human rights body has voted over Ethiopia’s objections to create an international team of experts to boost scrutiny of rights abuses in the country’s devastating yearlong war. Ethiopia’s government decried a “neocolonialist mentality” after the European Union and other Western countries sought a special

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and LORNE COOK Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has published draft security demands that NATO deny membership to Ukraine and other former Soviet countries and roll back the alliance’s military deployments in Central and Eastern Europe. The bold ultimatums are almost certain to be rejected by the U.S. and its allies.

BY KELVIN CHAN and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Christmas revelers across Europe are lying low and changing plans as new restrictions and fears about the omicron variant of the coronavirus persuade many to stay home. That’s magnifying concerns about a second lost holiday season for airlines, restaurants and shops already battered by

By The Associated Press An 11-day war between Israel and Gaza’s ruling Hamas militant group in May left over 260 Palestinians and 13 Israelis dead. On the sixth day, the Israeli air force bombed a 12-story tower roughly an hour after ordering all occupants to evacuate. No one was injured, but the building was destroyed.

By AMANDA LEE MYERS AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — At 24, Sydney Sweeney has starred in hit shows including “Euphoria,” “Sharp Objects” and “Handmaid’s Tale.” She played a member of the Manson family in Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” and starred in Amazon’s sexy psychological thriller “The Voyeurs.” Now she’s

By SYLEJMAN KLLOKOQI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo is hopeful that a deal with Denmark to rent 300 prison cells to help the Scandinavian country cope with its overpopulated prison system would help upgrade its correctional service and also cope with the energy crisis. The justice ministry has said the

By KIYOKO METZLER Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Talks aimed at salvaging Iran’s tattered 2015 nuclear deal with world powers have been adjourned, following a round marked by tensions over new demands from Tehran. China’s lead negotiator said on Friday that the talks will “resume hopefully before the end of the year” though a date

The Associated Press Technology stocks are leading another decline on Wall Street in early trading Friday, putting the Nasdaq on track for its third weekly drop in the last four. The tech-heavy index was down 1.2% in the early going, bringing its weekly drop to 4%. The benchmark S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial

By MARCELA ISAZA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — He started off wanting to be a star soccer player, but instead Rauw Alejandro has become a breakout Latin music sensation. The Puerto Rican singer has been on the rise for the past few years, but 2021 catapulted him into another level of success internationally. He

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president will have the final decision on a controversial media bill seen as targeting a U.S.-owned TV network that’s often critical of the Polish government, after lawmakers overturned a Senate veto on the proposed legislation. The lower house unexpectedly returned to the law that seemed

By DAVID KLEPPER and LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — New research indicates far-right extremists and white supremacists are gaining followers and influence by co-opting conspiracy theories about COVID-19. Analysts at the London-based Institute for Strategic Dialogue sifted through nearly half a million posts on Telegram, a loosely moderated social media platform popular with

MOSCOW (AP) — The developer of Russia’s Sputnik V says its vaccine provides the best protection against the omicron variant of the coronavirus. The Gamaleya Institute said in a statement on Friday that a preliminary laboratory study showed Sputnik V had “the best virus neutralization results against omicron in comparison with other vaccines.” The claim

By JACK JEFFERY RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian officials say Jewish settlers have attacked several villages in the occupied West Bank, smashing homes and cars and beating up at least two people. This comes a day after Palestinian gunmen killed an Israeli man in a shooting ambush. The gunmen opened fire on a car

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Catholic humanitarian group aiding migrants on Poland’s border with Belarus is protesting a recent police raid on their center as a case of intimidation. On Wednesday night the police questioned four volunteers and confiscated laptops and mobile phones from the aid center run by the Club of Catholic Intelligentsia outside