Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s embassy in Lebanon suspended consular services Saturday, a day after two relatives of deposed Syrian…
Continue Reading AP Basketball Writer Victor Wembanyama went to a park in New York City and played 1-on-1 with fans on Saturday. He even lost a couple of games. Not…
Continue Reading Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A statement on his website says Belarus’ authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 20 more…
Continue Reading ROSEVILLE, Minn. (AP) — Republicans will start off the year with at least a temporary majority in the Minnesota House. Democrat Curtis Johnson…
Continue Reading NEW HOPE, Pa. (AP) — Dayle Haddon, an actor, activist and trailblazing former “Sports Illustrated” model who pushed back against age…
Continue Reading CNN By Darya Tarasova, Catherine Nicholls and Hassan Tayir, CNN (CNN) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has apologized for the fact that an…
Continue Reading AP Business Writer The discount chain Big Lots has reached a deal that will keep hundreds of its stores open. Big Lots said it will be sold to Gordon…
Continue Reading Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom says it will halt gas supplies to Moldova starting on Jan. 1, citing alleged unpaid debt by the east…
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Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hundreds gathered in Hong Kong on Saturday to watch the city’s first pyrotechnics drone show, as part of a…
Continue Reading Associated Press GOTHENBURG, Sweden (AP) — Burial associations in Sweden are looking to acquire enough land for something they hope they’ll…
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer Most people think of physical therapy as rehabilitation. But many physical therapists want the profession to be seen as preventive…
Continue Reading Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging…
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs and the suspected health care CEO assassin Luigi Mangione have decided on a…
Continue Reading By Marcus Mabry In 2016, CNN produced a book entitled Unprecedented: The Election That Changed Everything. As we look back on the top 100 stories of…
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — Italy’s parliament has approved the government’s 2025 budget, worth a total of 30 billion euros — more than half of that in tax…
Continue Reading By Darya Tarasova, Catherine Nicholls and Hassan Tayir, CNN (CNN) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has apologized for the fact that an…
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident”…
Continue Reading Associated Press Abortion has become slightly more common despite bans or deep restrictions in most Republican-controlled states, and the legal and…
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Travelers flying to or from the U.K. are facing further disruptions as thick fog and low visibility restrict air traffic on one of…
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If you’re planning on ringing in the new year quietly at home, you’re not alone. A majority of U.S…
Continue Reading Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Olivia Hussey, the actor who starred as a teenage Juliet in the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet,” has died, her…
Continue Reading Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry said Saturday that its forces hit several points inside Pakistan in retaliation for deadly airstrikes last week.…
Continue Reading Associated Press DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s army detained the director of one of northern Gaza ‘s last functioning…
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman, Irene Nasser and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN (CNN) — Israel arrested a hospital director in a raid that closed the last major…
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister widely regarded as the architect of the country’s economic…
Continue Reading At least one Mega Millions player has plenty of dough to ring in the New Year after drawing the winning number. After three months without anyone…
Continue Reading By Yong Xiong and CNN staff (CNN) — China has built or expanded more than 200 specialized detention facilities nationwide to interrogate…
Continue Reading Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A boldly patterned BMW stands at the entrance of the Wits Arts Museum in the vibrant Johannesburg neighborhood…
Continue Reading Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Five months after their shock offensive into Russia, Ukrainian troops are bloodied and demoralized by the…
Continue Reading By Chris Lau and Joyce Jiang, CNN (CNN) — A man who killed 35 people by plowing his car into a crowd at a sports center in southern China has…
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer Champagne corks often pop and loud, boisterous cheers are usually heard around Constitution Dock when the Sydney to Hobart line…
Continue Reading FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — California authorities say state Justice Department officials are investigating the death of a man who was shot by his parole…
Continue Reading Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court has overturned the rape conviction of former San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefield.…
Continue Reading PLYMOUTH, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Northern California say a man has been fatally shot during an encounter with a highway patrol officer. The…
Continue Reading Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Court documents show a Colorado man is facing possible bias-motivated charges for allegedly attacking a television…
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — A collision between a bus and a truck on Mexico’s Gulf coast has left eight people dead and 27 others injured. Prosecutors in…
Continue Reading CNN By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Greg Gumbel, a longtime sports broadcaster described as “broadcasting royalty,” has died following a…
Continue Reading Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s main airport as a civilian Airbus 320 with hundreds of passengers on board…
Continue Reading Associated Press CAMACARI, Brazil (AP) — Dozens of Chinese workers have been taken and put up in hotels in Brazil’s tropical northeastern region…
Continue Reading CNN By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Body-worn camera footage released Friday shows correctional officers at the Marcy Correctional Facility in…
Continue Reading Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Two Canadian Cabinet ministers left a meeting at Mar-a-Lago on Friday without assurances President-elect Donald…
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge is signaling that Rudy Giuliani’s contempt hearing next Friday might not end so well for the…
Continue Reading Associated Press Greg Gumbel, a longtime CBS sportscaster who broke barriers during his career calling some of the biggest sporting events, has died…
Continue Reading WALB, LAPORCHE LYONS, KETORIA PETERSON, CNN By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — A fire at a Tyson Foods plant in Camilla, Georgia, killed one person…
Continue Reading By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Greg Gumbel, a longtime sports broadcaster described as “broadcasting royalty,” has died following a…
Continue Reading Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s Republican attorney general is dismissing a felony assault charge against a police officer…
Continue Reading CNN By Darya Tarasova, Catherine Nicholls and Hassan Tayir, CNN (CNN) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has apologized for the fact that an…
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former top New York City police official has admitted through his lawyer that he had a “consensual, adult…
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md.; Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” —…
Continue Reading Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese officials say the wife and daughter of one of deposed Syrian president Bashar Assad’s cousins have been…
Continue Reading Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his…
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The last of the crystal triangles that make up this year’s Times Square New Year’s Eve ball were installed on Friday…
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says her agency will need to start taking “extraordinary measures,” or…
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — A fire at a Tyson Foods plant in Camilla, Georgia, killed one person and severely burned others early Friday.…
Continue Reading Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen will be released from the hospital Friday, two days after getting nine titanium plates…
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana authorities say a 93-year-old former Catholic priest sentenced to life in prison…
Continue Reading MACON, Ga (AP) — Georgia officials say a shooting that killed one man and injured six other people took place at a “shot house” where alcohol…
Continue Reading Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Venezuela’s attorney general said on Friday that an Argentine military officer who was arrested in…
Continue Reading ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state government agencies will have to conduct reviews and publish reports that detail how they’re using artificial…
Continue Reading Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the last remaining…
Continue Reading PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man has admitted to using gasoline to set several fires around the exterior of a predominantly Black church…
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is expected to announce that it will send $1.25 billion in military assistance to Ukraine,…
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Snoop Dogg has nearly as many ties to football as he does to rap music. The entertainer coached youth…
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has imposed sanctions on Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of Georgia’s ruling political party. The State…
Continue Reading WHARTON, N.J. (AP) — Road crews were repairing a short stretch of Interstate 80 in northern New Jersey on Friday where a sinkhole forced the…
Continue Reading Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More than 2 years after Tennessee abruptly halted the execution of inmate Oscar Smith, the state has…
Continue Reading Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — After a nearly weeklong search, Athena found her way home to her Florida family in time for Christmas…
Continue Reading 529 college savings plans are powerful tools to help pay for the mounting costs of an education. You can use 529 funds to cover only qualified…
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Newly released body camera footage shows that a man fatally beaten in a New York prison this month was repeatedly…
Continue Reading Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An online spat between factions of Donald Trump’s supporters over immigration and the tech…
Continue Reading Associated Press WAKEFIELD, N.H. (AP) — A Massachusetts couple and their two daughters were identified by authorities Friday as the victims of…
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A ninth U.S. telecoms firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage…
Continue Reading Associated Press Maryland is suing the company that produces the waterproof material Gore-Tex often used for raincoats and other outdoor gear,…
Continue Reading Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia judges concerned about security lapses at city courthouses have ordered the sheriff to address…
Continue Reading CNN By Brad Lendon and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — China has launched its first next-generation amphibious assault ship, adding a powerful…
Continue Reading SAO PAULO (AP) — One more body has been found after a bridge linking two northern states on Brazil collapsed, lifting the death toll to nine.…
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Body-worn camera footage released Friday shows correctional officers at the Marcy Correctional Facility in upstate…
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says an American schoolteacher arrested in Russia on drug charges more than three years ago has been…
Continue Reading Associated Press Federal officials say the United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable…
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Travelers to and from the U.K. are facing disruption and delays with foggy weather affecting some of the country’s airports. Nats,…
Continue Reading Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A theme park resort and a huge hotel in central Florida either have stopped using drones or canceled their…
Continue Reading Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro has approved the extradition of a South Korean mogul known as “the cryptocurrency…
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As the calendar changes to 2025, you might be thinking about how to approach your relationship with money in the…
Continue Reading Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says the military alliance will step up patrols in the Baltic Sea area as…
Continue Reading HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said it has seized more than 20,000 counterfeit Pennsylvania vehicle…
Continue Reading AP Science Writer A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the nation’s first severe case…
Continue Reading Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s foreign ministry says an Italian journalist who was reporting in Tehran has been detained by the Iranian…
Continue Reading Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has ruled that the Georgia state Senate can subpoena Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as part of…
Continue Reading ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — One of the two owls rescued by a Minnesota woman in a story that went viral this week has died, but the other is still…
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — An outdoor holiday market in New York City’s Bryant Park briefly caught fire, sending flames and plumes of smoke above the…
Continue Reading Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The leading human rights organization in Belarus says a well-known opposition activist has been convicted…
Continue Reading The former Morrison Hotel, made famous by The Doors and their 1970 album of the same name, was significantly damaged by a fire that erupted in…
Continue Reading Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s prime minister has announced the closure of “all foreign military bases” in the country, a…
Continue Reading AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — NASA has confirmed that a spacecraft has made the closest approach to the sun. Earlier this week, the Parker…
Continue Reading Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Netflix is once again releasing a British thriller miniseries on New Year’s Day, based on a Harlan Coben…
Continue Reading Associated Press 2024 was another banner year for a source of electricity that is better for people’s lungs, better for climate change and may be…
Continue Reading Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The impeachment of South Korea’s acting President Han Duck-soo has plunged the country into further…
Continue Reading BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian university students have left piles of old school books outside the education ministry building as part of daily…
Continue Reading AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Avicii, the groundbreaking Swedish DJ-producer, died six years ago. He was 28. It was a tragedy that reverberated…
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — The office of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says his brother has died. Nick Starmer, who was 60, had cancer. The prime…
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