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FAYETTE, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say the mother of a missing Alabama toddler told investigators that the boy is dead. A criminal complaint filed…

Associated Press New York (AP) — A new year is the time to set new goals. Yet studies have shown that most people don’t tend to uphold their New…

Former U.S. Open women’s doubles champion Gabriela Dabrowski revealed on Tuesday she had played through 2024 after undergoing treatment for…

AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Dartmouth men’s basketball team has dropped its attempt to form a union. The team is ending a push to become…

Associated Press DAMASCUS (AP) — In Damascus, the streets were buzzing with excitement Tuesday as Syrians welcomed in a new year that seemed to…

Associated Press Aaron Brown, a veteran television news anchor whose steady hand helped guide CNN viewers through the unfolding tragedy of the Sept.…

AP National Writer SHARPSBURG, Pa. (AP) — When did we know for sure? Was it April, when Nature Made introduced its pickle-flavored gummy vitamins?…

NEW YORK (AP) — The woman who died after being set on fire in a New York subway train this month was a 57-year-old from New Jersey, police…

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock markets will close on Thursday of next week in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, continuing a…

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Author Stephen King’s rock ‘n’ roll radio station is going to continue rocking into the new year. Two businessmen…

Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Poland have expressed concern about “the political crisis” in…

Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of people led by students in Bangladesh have called for the prosecution of ousted Prime…

Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro has extradited a South Korean mogul known as “the cryptocurrency king” to the United…

BERLIN (AP) — Berlin police say they have detained a man who attacked and injured two people in the city’s Charlottenburg neighborhood, further…

AP Business Writer A looming TikTok ban could affect the millions of small businesses that use the short-video social media app to grow their…

AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Quadrantid meteor shower peaks on Friday, it will be the year’s first chance to see fireballs in…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A military appeals court has ruled against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s effort to throw out the plea…

Associated Press GHENT, Belgium (AP) — Belgian ultra runner Hilde Dosogne feels she has done all it takes to become the first woman to run a…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Revelers in the U.K. may have to wring themselves out as they ring in the New Year. A storm system bringing high…

AP Film Writer The cheese-loving English inventor Wallace and his loyal dog Gromit are coming back to the small screen. “Wallace & Gromit:…

Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A blackout hit nearly all of Puerto Rico early on Tuesday as the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate…

Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — As with many voters on Maui, Joshua Kamalo thought the race for president wasn’t the only big contest on the…

Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — It was her last day in session as a Delaware state senator, and Sarah McBride sat in her tiny office at the…

ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) — A flight attendant aboard a Swiss passenger plane that made an emergency landing in Austria due to smoke in the cabin…

If stock options are part of your compensation package, it’s worth your while to get familiar with how they work generally, as well as how your…

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A team of U.S. investigators including representatives from Boeing on Tuesday examined the site of a…

Dozens of patients and the wounded have been evacuated for treatment outside the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where the United Nations says Israel’s…

Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched an aerial attack on Ukraine on Tuesday, striking the capital and other regions with multiple…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — From Sydney to Mumbai to Paris to Rio de Janeiro, communities around the world welcomed 2025 with spectacular…

Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s security forces suffered their highest casualties in nearly a decade while battling…

AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a divorce settlement, ending one of the longest and most…

Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — People in Zimbabwe are shunning traditional grocery stores to do their shopping at informal and illegal…

HONG KONG (AP) — China has reported its factory activity expanded at a slower pace in December, despite recent stimulus measures and in the face of…

AP Business Writer Stock indexes closed mostly lower Tuesday as the market delivered a downbeat finish on the final day of another…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Funeral services honoring former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at age 100, will be held in Georgia and Washington,…

Associated Press Her greatest fear, dormant for decades, came rushing back in an instant: had she adopted and raised a kidnapped child? Peg Reif’s…

NEW YORK (AP) — Police say six people have been shot at a New York City convenience store as attackers followed their targets inside. They ended up…

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors say a man who kidnapped and sexually assaulted a Northern California woman in what became widely known as…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A suburban New York prosecutor says a reinvestigation has identified two suspects in a notorious 1996 double…

Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s Supreme Court has issued a $10 million fine against TikTok for “not implementing…

MARCY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York prison where a man was beaten by correctional officers while handcuffed then died this month will get a new…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Actors Carey Mulligan and Stephen Fry and author Kazuo Ishiguro have been awarded New Year Honors that celebrate…

NEW YORK (AP) — The crystal-covered ball that descends down a pole in Times Square to ring in the new year was taken for a test run Monday, as New…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Indiana National Guard says a 34-year-old soldier serving in Iraq has died in a non-combat incident. Capt.…

The FBI is warning sports leagues about crime organizations targeting professional athletes following a string of burglaries at the homes of…

Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Johnny Jones found out about Jimmy Carter’s death within a matter of minutes. That’s how it works…

NEW YORK (AP) — The final viewership numbers are in for the NBA’s five games on Christmas Day and they were even better than first thought, the…

Associated Press NEW CANEY, Texas (AP) — Cleanup was underway Monday after a strong storm system spawned hail, rain, high winds and tornadoes…

Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Following Florida Democrats’ losses on Election Day, a second state lawmaker has…

Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will start requiring property insurers to increase coverage in wildfire-prone areas after…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Officials in Rhode Island say cybercriminals who hacked the state’s system for health and benefits programs have…

South Korea’s worst aviation disaster in decades also was the year’s deadliest plane crash worldwide, and time is running out on 2024. A Boeing…

Anna Netrebko has withdrawn from her planned role debut in Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos” at the Vienna State Opera and been replaced by Lise…

Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A U.S. official says arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico in December are little changed from a…

PARIS (AP) — French Prime Minister François Bayrou arrived Monday in the Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte to unveil a recovery plan three weeks…

AP Basketball Writer Tennessee remains No. 1 after a quiet holiday week in the AP Top 25. The Volunteers received 41 first-place votes from a…

Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Jimmy Carter already had drawn months of media scrutiny as a devout Southern Baptist running for president.…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine have exchanged prisoners of war in the latest such swap that released hundreds of captives and was brokered…

Associated Press STANTON, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota judge has sentenced the adult son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer to serve 28 years in prison in…