Southerners are cleaning up from tornadoes that swept the region
Associated Press NEW CANEY, Texas (AP) — Cleanup was underway Monday after a strong storm system spawned hail, rain, high winds and tornadoes…
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California will soon require insurers to increase home coverage in wildfire-prone areas
Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Insurance companies that stopped providing home coverage to hundreds of thousands of Californians in…
Continue ReadingTreasury says Chinese hackers remotely accessed workstations, documents in ‘major’ cyber incident
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese hackers remotely accessed several U.S. Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents after…
Continue ReadingRhode Islanders’ data was leaked from a cyberattack on state health benefits website
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Officials in Rhode Island say cybercriminals who hacked the state’s system for health and benefits programs have…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea plane crash is the deadliest in a year marked by several fatal aviation accidents
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…
Continue ReadingNetrebko withdraws from Ariadne role debut in Vienna, replaced by Davidsen in star soprano switch
Anna Netrebko has withdrawn from her planned role debut in Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos” at the Vienna State Opera and been replaced by Lise…
Continue ReadingLosing your kids to doom scrolling? Greece is building a government app for that
Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece says it will enhance parental oversight of mobile devices in 2025 by building a government-operated…
Continue ReadingBorder arrests are little changed in December, ending Biden’s term at lowest level
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…
Continue ReadingFrench prime minister unveils recovery plan for devastated Mayotte after Cyclone Chido
PARIS (AP) — French Prime Minister François Bayrou arrived Monday in the Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte to unveil a recovery plan three weeks…
Continue ReadingTrinidad and Tobago enact a state of emergency in the face of gang violence
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (AP) — A spike in deadly gang violence has prompted the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago to implement a…
Continue ReadingTennessee remains No. 1 following quiet week in AP Top 25, No. 15 UCLA climbs 7 spots
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…
Continue ReadingHundreds of soldiers freed in the latest prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine have exchanged prisoners of war in the latest such swap that released hundreds of captives and was brokered…
Continue ReadingSenator’s son sentenced to 28 years for killing a North Dakota deputy during a car chase
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…
Continue ReadingIn Grammy spotlight, Khruangbin wants to ‘let the music speak for itself’
AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — If you think your Spotify playlist is getting a little too long, consider the one shared by the members of…
Continue ReadingJimmy Carter and Playboy: How ‘the weirdo factor’ rocked ’76
Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Jimmy Carter already had drawn months of media scrutiny as a devout Southern Baptist running for president.…
Continue ReadingNorthern lights could be visible in upper fringes of the US this New Year’s Eve
AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There’s a chance solar storms may bring northern lights to several northern U.S states just in time for the…
Continue ReadingJimmy Carter made eradicating Guinea worm disease a top mission
Associated Press JARWENG, South Sudan (AP) — Nobel Prize-winning peacemaker Jimmy Carter spent nearly four decades waging war to eliminate an…
Continue ReadingMexico to investigate a town that thanked a drug lord for holiday season gifts for children
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico says it is investigating officials in a town where a sign was posted thanking a drug lord for holiday season gifts for…
Continue ReadingMaking any New Year’s resolutions? Here are some tips to help make them stick
AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — If you’re making New Year resolutions, experts say keep them small and focused on specific goals.…
Continue ReadingArgentine judge charges 5 people over death of former One Direction star Liam Payne
Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine judge confirmed charges against five people in connection with the death of Liam…
Continue ReadingCatholic priest in Belarus sentenced to 11 years as crackdown on dissent continues
Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Catholic priest in Belarus has been convicted on charges of high treason for criticizing the government…
Continue ReadingTrump endorses Mike Johnson to stay on as House Speaker despite government funding turmoil
Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Monday endorsed House Speaker Mike Johnson, providing crucial backing…
Continue ReadingThe world population will be 8.09 billion on New Year’s Day after a 71 million increase in 2024
Associated Press The world population increased by more than 71 million people in 2024 and will be 8.09 billion people on New Year’s Day,…
Continue ReadingSix former Florida State players sue coach Leonard Hamilton over failed NIL payments
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Six former Florida State basketball players are suing Seminoles coach Leonard Hamilton and alleging he failed to make good…
Continue ReadingBiden announces nearly $2.5 billion more in military aid for Ukraine
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States will send nearly $2.5 billion more in weapons to Ukraine…
Continue ReadingAn appeals court upholds a $5 million award in a sexual abuse verdict against President-elect Trump
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury’s finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused a…
Continue ReadingHotel fire near monastic sanctuary in Greece leaves 1 dead, 11 hospitalized
Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Officials say a hotel fire near a monastic sanctuary in central Greece, has left its owner dead and 11…
Continue Reading23 Congolese soldiers face the death penalty or prison for alleged desertion or other crimes
Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — At least 23 Congolese soldiers are facing the death penalty or 10 to 20 years in prison following their…
Continue ReadingSerbian court convicts the parents of a teenage boy who shot dead 10 people in a school in Belgrade
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A court in Serbia has convicted and sentenced to prison terms the parents of a teenage boy who shot dead nine pupils and a…
Continue ReadingIran confirms arresting Italian journalist Cecilia Sala
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s state media say an Italian journalist has been arrested on charges of violating the Islamic…
Continue ReadingBoozy or not, that leftover eggnog makes a great milkshake
Associated Press By now you may have found uses for many of the holiday leftovers. But what about that bottle of eggnog in the fridge? Milkshakes!…
Continue ReadingPolitician among protesters arrested in Kenya while calling for an end to alleged abductions
Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An opposition politician and several other protesters have been arrested in Kenya during street…
Continue ReadingIn 2024, artificial intelligence was all about putting AI tools to work
AP Technology Writers If 2023 was a year of wonder about artificial intelligence, 2024 was the year to try to get that wonder to do something useful…
Continue ReadingMiddle East latest: Israel intercepts Houthi missile fired from Yemen
Israel’s military said it intercepted a missile fired toward the country by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, setting off sirens late Monday in central…
Continue ReadingGerman government seeks to downplay Musk’s backing of far-right party ahead of general election
BERLIN (AP) — The German government has sought to downplay efforts by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk to get involved in the country’s general…
Continue ReadingAt least 66 people die after a truck plunges into a river in southern Ethiopia
Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A hospital in southern Ethiopia says at least 66 people have died after a truck plunged into a river.…
Continue ReadingA caucus of military veterans seeks to bridge the political divide in a polarized Congress
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The players in this year’s Army-Navy football game kept up a long tradition, with each side honoring the…
Continue ReadingWhat we know about the deadly Jeju Air plane crash in South Korea
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials are looking for the cause of a passenger jet crash that killed 179 people, in one…
Continue ReadingHow American presidents have planned their own funerals
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Carter’s memorial journey will end at his house in the tiny town of Plains, Georgia, where he grew…
Continue ReadingFinnish investigators find an anchor drag mark on the Baltic seabed after suspicious cable damage
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — Finnish investigators probing the damage to a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables said they found an anchor…
Continue ReadingAn Iraqi couple is charged in Germany with keeping and abusing Yazidi girls as slaves
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s federal prosecutor has charged an Iraqi couple with enslavement, torture and war crimes, alleging they kept two young…
Continue ReadingValue-seekers drove 2024’s retail trends and dead ends
AP Business Writers Value was in vogue in 2024. Shoppers and restaurant patrons in the U.S. were choosy about where and how to spend their money as…
Continue Reading18 passengers killed in 2 separate road accidents in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Authorities say 18 passengers have been killed in two separate road accidents in Pakistan. Police say the first accident happened…
Continue ReadingSerbia’s prosecutor charges 13 in a deadly canopy fall that fueled mass protests
Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s public prosecutor has indicted 13 people including a former minister over the collapse of a…
Continue ReadingGisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband won’t appeal his 20-year prison sentence for orchestrating mass rapes
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A lawyer for the ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot says he won’t appeal his 20-year sentence for drugging and raping…
Continue ReadingThe Taliban say they will close all NGOs employing Afghan women
The Taliban say they will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups employing Afghan women, the latest crackdown on women’s rights…
Continue ReadingLinda Lavin, Tony-winning Broadway actor who starred in the landmark sitcom ‘Alice,’ dies at 87
AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage actor who became a working class icon as a paper-hat wearing…
Continue ReadingTugboat sinks in the Mississippi River after collision with tanker ship in Louisiana
LULING, La. (AP) — The crew of a tugboat was quickly rescued when their vessel sank into the Mississippi River following a collision with a tanker…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea to inspect Boeing aircraft as it struggles to find cause of plane crash that killed 179
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials said Monday they will conduct safety inspections of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft…
Continue ReadingNow Syria’s long-ruling Baath party is collapsing, too
Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s long-ruling Baath party has frozen its activities after insurgents overthrew President Bashar…
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