AP National News

By BERENICE BAUTISTA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Maná will return to its second home with a concert residency at The Forum in Los Angeles next year. The rock band, which that already holds the record for the most concerts in a year at the Forum, says it is not focused on breaking records

By WILSON RING and LISA RATHKE Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont says he will not seek reelection to the seat he has held for eight terms. The 81-year-old Leahy said Monday that he and his wife have determined that “it is time to pass the torch to the

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is urging Russia to be more transparent about its military activities near Ukraine. But he stopped short of suggesting that Moscow might be preparing to invade its former Soviet neighbor. Ukraine claims that Russia kept tens of thousands of troops and equipment near

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government has increased the terror level to severe, meaning an attack is highly likely. The decision follows an taxi explosion in Liverpool on Sunday that killed a man. Home Secretary Priti Patel said the terror threat level had been raised because there had been two

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon has surrendered to federal authorities to face contempt charges after defying a subpoena from a House committee investigating January’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Bannon was taken into custody Monday morning. He’s expected to appear in court later

By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — With nearly 76% of the ballots counted, a new centrist party appears to be the winner of Bulgaria’s parliamentary election. The country’s central electoral commission said Monday that results showed the anti-corruption We Continue the Change party, founded few weeks ago by two Harvard graduates, captured

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Airbus has clinched a major deal valued into the billions of dollars to sell 111 new aircraft to the Air Lease Corporation, its second blockbuster order at the Dubai Air Show. It made the announcement on Monday, saying it has received an order from

The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s opulent hotel near the White House that drew lobbyists and diplomats seeking favor with the ex-president is being sold to a Miami investment group. That’s according to published reports citing anonymous sources. The reports say CGI Merchant Group has agreed to pay the Trump Organization $375 million

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Swedish Academy which choses the Nobel literature prize winners says it is following the case against Turkish Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk, who is under investigation for allegedly insulting modern Turkey’s founder in his latest novel. The academy said Monday it expects Turkey to respect its international commitments after authorities launched

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont is set to make an announcement about his political future. The 81-year-old senator planned a news conference Monday morning at the Vermont State House before returning to Washington. He plans to discuss the $1 trillion infrastructure bill that President Joe Biden is expected to

By RISKA MUNAWARAH Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Authorities say a baby elephant in the island of Sumatra has had half of her trunk almost severed off after being caught in what they say was a trap set by poachers who prey on the endangered species. The one-year-old female elephant is among the

JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian doctor has asked Israel’s Supreme Court to order the military to issue an official apology and compensation for a 2009 Israeli strike on Gaza that killed three of his daughters and a niece. The physician, who now lives in Canada, has for years sought justice for his family for what

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned of a “blizzard” of new coronavirus infections coming into the U.K. from continental Europe this winter. His warning came as the independent body of scientists that makes vaccine recommendations to Johnson’s government said people aged 40 to 49 will also

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has banned travelers from several Middle Eastern countries from boarding flights to Belarus, cutting off one of the last major air routes for would-be migrants to a nation on the European Union’s eastern border. A travel agent in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad

By SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL TARM and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Attorneys are set to make closing arguments at Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial in the shootings of three men during street unrest in Wisconsin. The arguments Monday will be the last word of some two weeks of courtroom drama before a jury begins

By TERRY TANG Associated Press At only 7 years old, Ji-Young is making history as the first Asian American muppet in the “Sesame Street” canon. She is Korean American and has two passions: rocking out on her electric guitar and skateboarding. The children’s TV program gave The Associated Press a first look at its adorable

By GRANT PECK and DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — American journalist Danny Fenster is on his way home from military-ruled Myanmar. Fenster spent nearly six months in jail and was sentenced last week to 11 years of hard labor. On Monday, he was handed over to former U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson, who helped

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is expanding sanctions against Belarus to include airlines, travel agents and individuals accused of helping to lure migrants to Europe as part of a “hybrid attack” against the bloc by President Alexander Lukashenko. The EU has already slapped a series of sanctions on Lukashenko

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is renewing a bid to seek the return of ancient sculptures removed from the Parthenon at the Acropolis in Athens more than 200 years ago from the British Museum. Giannis Oikonomou, a government spokesman, told reporters the issue would be raised at a scheduled meeting in London Tuesday between British