MADRID (AP) — With his reputation in tatters, Spain’s former King Juan Carlos I abdicated in favor of his son in 2014 and left Spain years later for self-imposed exile in the United Arab Emirates. Now, he is trying to rehabilitate his image — but struggling to make headway.The disgraced former monarch published a memoir on Wednesda...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has confirmed she will attend the draw for the 2026 World Cup at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.Friday’s event will also include U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney as the three countries are co-hosting next summer’s tournament. On Wednesd...

▶ Follow live updates on President Donald Trump and his administration WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s watchdog found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. personnel and their mission at risk when he used the Signal messaging app to convey sensitive information about a military strike against Yemen’s Houthi militants,...

MOSCOW (AP) — An American imprisoned in Russia after being convicted of beating a police officer had his sentence extended Wednesday when he was found guilty of assaulting prison guards, news reports said.Robert Gilman, who was identified in Russian media as a former U.S. Marine, was initially handed a 3 1/2-year sentence in 2022 w...

TIZI OUZOU, Algeria (AP) — An Algerian appeals court upheld Wednesday a seven-year prison sentence for a French sports writer convicted of “glorifying terrorism,” quashing hopes for an early release.Christophe Gleizes was sentenced six months ago over an interview with a soccer official accused of ties to a banned separatist moveme...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. imposed sanctions Wednesday on alleged affiliates of the Tren de Aragua gang and increased the reward to as much as $5 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of one of the leaders of the criminal group that the Trump administration has designated as a foreign terrorist organization. T...

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Police in Moldova deployed bomb disposal experts Wednesday to a community miles from the Ukrainian border after a resident mistook a grounded drone for “a toy” and took it home.When police arrived in Pepeni in Singerei district, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of the capital, Chisinau, they discovered...

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — A man was killed Wednesday in a targeted shooting at the food court at MGM National Harbor hotel and casino in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, police said. Detectives were working to determine the circumstances, and Prince George’s County Police Chief Chief George Nader said at a news conference that they...

U.S. President Donald Trump has called Somali immigrants living in the United States “garbage” and wants them to leave, claiming without evidence that “they contribute nothing.” The crude language came Tuesday after a person familiar with the planning said federal authorities were preparing an immigration enforc...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The United States will restrict visas for Nigerians and their family members involved in mass killings and violence against Christians in the West African country, the U.S. State Department said Wednesday.The attacks on the community are part of a longstanding and extremely complex security crisis in Nigeria —...

HAVANA (AP) — A blackout hit Havana and the rest of the western half of Cuba on Wednesday, leaving millions of people without power on an island struggling with chronic outages blamed on a crumbling electric grid.Lázaro Guerra, general director of the Ministry of Energy and Mines, said the massive outage was caused by a failure on...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile has passed a bill outlawing the use of mobile phones and other smart devices during classes at elementary and middle schools.The new law will take effect next year, making Chile the latest country to restrict smartphone use among young students to reduce its harmful effects and curb classroom distractio...

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s prime minister said Wednesday that his country was “far from” diplomatic normalization or economic relations with Israel, despite a move toward direct negotiations between the two countries aimed at defusing tensions.Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s comments to a small group of journalists in Beirut came in cont...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday released 11 mariners held since a July attack on the ship Eternity C in the Red Sea, an assault that killed four on board and sank the vessel.The Iranian-backed Houthis, who have been targeting ships during the Israel-Hamas war, said via their al-Masirah satellit...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Exclusive drone footage obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday shows a devastated Ukrainian town nearly encircled by Russian forces near the city that Moscow this week claimed to now control.Barely a street appears to be untouched in Myrnohrad in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, 12 kilometers (7 miles)...

CAIRO (AP) — Israel said Wednesday that it would reopen the Rafah border crossing in the coming days, allowing Palestinians to leave Gaza. That could be a major development for residents of the devastated strip, for whom leaving has been extremely difficult — if not impossible — for most of the war. The announcement has raised hope...

TEGUCIGALPA (AP) — A day after Honduran electoral authorities stopped providing vote count updates in the presidential election due to “technical problems,” candidate Salvador Nasralla of the conservative Liberal Party had a slight lead Tuesday over Nasry Asfura, the National Party candidate backed by U.S. President Donald Trump.Af...

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government has long advised that all babies be immunized against hepatitis B right after birth. But on Friday, a federal vaccine advisory committee voted to do away with that recommendation.The group, whose current members were all appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., recommends a dose at bi...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Billionaire spacewalker Jared Isaacman urged senators on Wednesday to take swift action on his bid to lead NASA, after being yanked and then renominated by President Donald Trump.Isaacman appeared before the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee in Washington eight months after his first nominat...

There is a recall for more than 260,000 cases of shredded cheese sold in 31 states and Puerto Rico because of the potential for metal fragment contamination, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA said that the various shredded cheeses were recalled by Great Lakes Cheese Co. The cheese products are sold under p...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pardoned Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case on Wednesday, citing what he called a “weaponized” justice system.Trump, who has argued that his own legal troubles were a partisan witch hunt, said on social media without presenting evidence...

NEW YORK (AP) — After years of advice books, children’s books and cookbooks inspired by “Gilmore Girls,” an upcoming work promises a more personal take on the beloved series. The co-writers are “Gilmore Girls” creator Amy Sherman-Palladino and star Lauren Graham.Celadon Books, a division of Macmillan Publishers, announced Wednesday...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has said he is weighing an apology to Pyongyang over cross-border provocations allegedly ordered by his predecessor.Lee said on Wednesday that he felt an apology was in order following the indictment of former President Yoon Suk-yeol last month for allegedly ordering drones carrying propaganda l...

The European Union reached a deal to end all Russian gas imports by November 2027.The “provisional agreement” between the European Council – the grouping of the 27 governments of the bloc’s member states – and the European Parliament was announced on Wednesday.Although the deadline is later than that sought by the parliament and so...

For nearly a month, family members of Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister, Imran Khan, 73, say they were barred from seeing him, prompting protests and causing concerns about his health.After his sister, Uzma Khanum, finally visited him at Adiala jail, the central jail in Pakistan’s Rawalpindi, close to the capital, Islamabad,...

A roadside bomb has killed three Pakistani police officers near the Afghan border, officials say.The blast on Wednesday, in which two other officers were wounded, occurred in the country’s restive northwest region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The continuing cycle of violence in the area has recently sent tension spiralling between Pakist...

India has revoked an order to smartphone manufacturers to install a government-owned cybersecurity application on all new mobile devices following massive backlash amid digital rights concerns.According to an official notification issued by the Department of Telecommunications on November 28, all leading smartphone makers, includin...

Rights group Amnesty International has called for a war crimes investigation into an assault by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a displaced persons camp in Sudan’s North Darfur state earlier this year.A report issued by the NGO on Wednesday documents accounts of atrocities committed by the RSF during a large-scale at...

Israel and Lebanon are set to conduct their first direct diplomatic talks in decades as they dispatched civilian envoys to a body that monitors their rocky 2024 truce.Lebanon, which does not recognise Israel, announced on Wednesday that its delegation for the talks will for the first time be led by a civilian. Israel also said it i...

A progressive group is targeting two Senate Democrats and an independent senator who voted to confirm some of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees, promising to spend more than $1 million in hopes of pushing congressional Democrats to take a stronger stand against the Republican president. In a weeklong advertising campaign t...

▶ Follow live updates on President Donald Trump and his administration WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Hegseth barely squeaked through a grueling Senate confirmation process to become secretary of defense earlier this year, facing lawmakers wary of the Fox News Channel host and skeptical of his capacity, temperament and fitness for th...

Cooking with wine always feels elegant and elevated. This Vegetable Bourguignon, from my cookbook “I Love You: Recipes from the Heart” is hearty and satisfying for family dinners or for curling up by a fire on dark, moody days. And it’s always good for leftovers.Serve it with a mashed vegetable — potatoes, parsnips or celery root (...

A small SUV is a great choice if you want a vehicle that is practical, comfortable and versatile enough to handle anything from daily driving to multi-day road trips. Available all-wheel drive, good mpg and starting prices in the low $30,000s are other big draws. But what to get? Well, two of the most popular picks are the Honda CR...

NEW YORK (AP) — Macy’s posted a surprise third-quarter profit and its strongest comparable sales in more than three years as an extensive overhaul of the 167-year-old New York department store begins to resonate with shoppers. Macy’s raised its financial guidance for the year, but its outlook for the crucial fourth quarter was more...

LONDON (AP) — It’s a life-size World Cup soccer trophy — made of 2,842 Lego bricks.Lego teamed up with FIFA on Wednesday to announce the product that will launch the classic Danish toy brand’s first World Cup range next year.The Lego version of the trophy first presented at the 1974 World Cup will be the exact same height of 36.8 c...

A baby and his family dog sit across from each other in a podcast studio.“Welcome to the talking baby podcast,” says the infant, wearing headphones and sounding like a deep-voiced radio broadcaster. “On today’s episode, we’ll be talking to the weird-looking person who lives at my house.”So begins a series of humorous interactions b...

NEW YORK (AP) — The end of 2025 is almost upon us. And it’s time to unpack Spotify Wrapped.On Wednesday, the music streaming giant delivered its annual recap — giving its hundreds of millions of users worldwide a look at the top songs, artists, podcasts and other audio that filled their ears over the past year (give or take a month...

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand on Wednesday lifted a 53-year-old ban on the afternoon retail sale of alcoholic drinks, a move expected to help boost year-end holiday tourism, as well as business at venues such as bars and convenience stores.The ban from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. will be lifted on a trial basis for 180 days, after which its effects...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s former foreign policy chief faces corruption accusations alongside two other people arrested this week as part of a fraud investigation, prosecutors said Wednesday, in the latest scandal to hit the 27-nation bloc.The arrest of Federica Mogherini, who led the EU foreign service from 2014 to 2019,...

NEW YORK (AP) — The holiday season is here, and with it, a present for fans of end of year data and marketing: Spotify Wrapped is here! And Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny has been named its most-played artist for a fourth time, dethroning Taylor Swift.On Wednesday, the streaming giant unveiled its annual overview of individual li...

The authors of a study that examined climate change’s potential effect on the global economy said Wednesday that data errors led them to slightly overstate an expected drop in income over the next 25 years.The researchers at Germany’s Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, writing in the journal Nature in 2024, had forecast...

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Defying a government warning, farmers in northern Greece blocked traffic at border crossings Wednesday in an escalating protest over delayed European Union -backed subsidy payments. The delays follow revelations of widespread fraudulent claims for EU funds. Convoys of tractors blocked routes to North Mac...

Two pregnant Black women nearly 1,000 miles apart were ready to do what many do every day: welcome new bundles of joy, and just before the start of the holiday season. Instead, the health of both women and their babies was put at risk after hospital staff did not immediately provide the needed care.One woman was discharged and deli...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s telecoms ministry on Wednesday rolled back its order for smartphone manufacturers to preinstall a government-run cybersecurity app on new devices.The Ministry of Communications on Monday asked smartphone makers to install the government’s “Sanchar Saathi” app within 90 days and to prevent users from disabli...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal agents began hitting the streets of New Orleans on Wednesday in the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown across the U.S., looking to round up immigrants accused of violent crimes, a Homeland Security official said.Masked agents patrolled a heavily Hispanic suburb in marked and unmarked vehi...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Libyan man accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes at a Tripoli prison appeared before judges at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday, sitting impassively as a court official read out charges including murder, rape and torture.Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri, 47, spoke only to confirm...

BANGKOK (AP) — An election candidate in the strife-torn nation of Myanmar has been detained by a resistance group opposed to army rule, state media reported Wednesday, the first known such action before the polls scheduled for later this month.The detention of Wai Lin Htet, 37, a candidate of the Shan and Nationalities Democratic P...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The European Union on Wednesday issued updated guidance for asylum applications by Syrian nationals that reflects new conditions in Syria a year after the fall of the Bashar Assad. The changes may influence the result of asylum requests of some 110,000 Syrians who were still awaiting an asylum decision at th...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s rial currency fell Wednesday to a new low of 1.2 million to the U.S. dollar as nuclear sanctions squeeze Tehran’s ailing economy.Traders offered the new exchange rate as attempts so far to restart negotiations between America and Iran over its nuclear program appear stalled.The new record low is increasin...

HONG KONG (AP) — The death toll of Hong Kong’s high-rise apartment blaze rose to 159 on Wednesday, as authorities arrested six people on suspicion of deactivating some fire alarms during maintenance work at the housing complex.The youngest person who died in the fire was a 1-year-old, police said. The oldest was 97.Police said they...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Matt Van Epps won a nationally watched special election in Tennessee for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, maintaining his party's control in the conservative district with the help of President Donald Trump. But the comparatively narrow margin of victory fueled Democratic ho...

SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — British television presenter Laura Woods collapsed live on air Tuesday during pre-game coverage of the women’s international match between England and Ghana.Footage showed Woods stumble forward at the side of the field at Southampton’s St Mary’s Stadium when she was caught by co-presenters Ian Wright and...

Deir Ammar, occupied West Bank - The Othman family sat looking out from their homes at the valley where they’ve picked olives for generations.Ali Badaha, 60, and his cousins Ismail, 59, and Izzat Othman, 72, recalled chasing each other in those groves decades ago, singing and having picnics while their families harvested the ancest...

Backed by United States President Donald Trump, Republican Matt Van Epps won Tuesday’s special US House election in Tennessee, defeating Democratic state Representative Aftyn Behn.Van Epps will fill the seat vacated by former Representative Mark Green, who resigned in July.Recommended Stories list of 1 itemlist 1 of 1Trump’s pick V...

Efforts to solve one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries will resume later this month when the search continues for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the country’s Ministry of Transport said.The aircraft, a Boeing 777, was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew when it vanished from radars shortly after takeoff on March 8...

Pop singer Sabrina Carpenter and the publisher of the beloved children’s character Franklin the Turtle have disavowed US President Donald Trump’s administration’s use of their music and imagery to support its agenda.Responding on social media to the use of her song Juno, from her 2024 album Short n’ Sweet, in a video montage depict...

Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar has hit a 10-year peak, with the crop area increasing in all growing regions in the war-scarred country, the United Nations says.In its latest Myanmar opium survey, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) found that poppy cultivation increased by 17 percent compared with the previous year, a jump...

One year ago, on December 3, 2024, South Korea was thrust into a political crisis after then-President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law, citing rising unrest and an alleged threat to national security.Troops were deployed, Yoon ordered the detention of opposition lawmakers, and key state institutions, including the National Assem...

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DRESDEN, Germany (AP) — When pastry chef Tino Gierig is asked what the famous Dresden stollen tastes like, his eyes sparkle and his voice rises to an enthusiastic sing-song as as he describes the rich delicacy filled with raisins and other dried fruits.“Stollen tastes like Christmas, like family, like tradition, like hominess, peac...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Police in New Zealand are waiting for nature to take its course after a man allegedly tried to smuggle a 33,000 New Zealand dollar ($19,000) pendant out of a jewelry store by swallowing it.The 32-year-old man, who has not been publicly named, is accused of eating an ornate Fabergé octopus pendant at P...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful roadside bomb targeting a police vehicle killed three officers in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, police said, marking the third such attack in as many days.The blast occurred in Dera Ismail Khan, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near the Afghan border, police official Sajjad Khan s...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — More than a decade ago, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished without a trace, sparking one of aviation’s most baffling mysteries.Despite years of multinational searches, investigators still do not know exactly what happened to the plane or its 239 passengers and crew. On Wednesday, Malaysia’s governme...

PARIS (AP) — Aerospace manufacturer Airbus expects to deliver fewer planes than planned this year following an issue with fuselage panels used on some A320 planes.The European company said Wednesday it is targeting around 790 commercial aircraft deliveries in 2025 “in light of recent supplier quality issue on fuselage panels impact...

RAIPUR, India (AP) — Aiden Markram’s hundred upstaged Virat Kohli’s 53rd ODI century as South Africa beat India by four wickets in the second game to level the three-match series Wednesday.The dewy conditions also favored the Proteas in their strong chase of 362-6 after India lost its 20th consecutive toss in ODIs and made 358-5.Ma...

BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday blasted the U.K. government’s latest delay in deciding whether to approve the construction of a huge Chinese Embassy in London.British authorities said Tuesday that a planned decision by Dec. 10 would be pushed back to Jan. 20, following mounting security concerns.“The U.K.’s repeated delay in gran...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar surged to its highest level in a decade this year as the nation engaged in a civil war remains one of the world’s primary suppliers of illicit drugs, according to a United Nations survey.The growth solidifies Myanmar’s position as the world’s main known source of illi...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said Wednesday he’s weighing a possible apology to North Korea over suspicions that his ousted conservative predecessor intentionally sought to raise military tensions between the war-divided rivals in the buildup to his brief martial law declaration in December 2024.Sp...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Social media platforms must report monthly how many children’s accounts they close once Australia begins enforcing its 16-year age limit next week, a minister said Wednesday.Facebook, Instagram, Kick, Reddit, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, X and YouTube would face fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Wednesday revealed details of its plan to use billions of euros in frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine’s needs over the next two years, but Belgium rejected the scheme and insisted that it poses major financial and legal risks.European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that the E...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose near their record levels on Wednesday as mixed data on the economy kept alive hopes that a cut to interest rates is coming soon. The S&P 500 gained 0.3% and pulled within 0.6% of its all-time high set in late October. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 408 points, or 0.9%, and the Nasdaq comp...

BATANG TORU, Indonesia (AP) — Rescue teams raced Wednesday to reach communities isolated by last week’s catastrophic floods and landslides in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand as over 900 people remained missing and the scope of economic damage became clearer.Over 1,400 were killed: at least 780 in Indonesia, 465 in Sri Lanka and 1...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine and its European allies accused Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday of feigning interest in peace efforts after five hours of talks with U.S. envoys at the Kremlin produced no breakthrough.The Russian leader “should end the bluster and the bloodshed and be ready to come to the table and to sup...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said it launched an airstrike on a Hamas militant in southern Gaza late Wednesday in retaliation for an attack earlier in the day that wounded five Israeli soldiers.The strike was the latest test for a fragile ceasefire that has mostly held up since early October, despite claims of violations by both Israel...

A federal district judge ruled on Tuesday in a case against the Department of Homeland Security over warrantless civil immigration arrests.

Here’s where things stand on Wednesday, December 3:Fighting Russian forces attacked Ukraine’s Kherson region, using “rocket launchers, mortars and drones”, killing a 76-year-old woman and injuring at least two other people, the Kherson Regional Prosecutor’s Office said in a post on Telegram. A Russian drone attack killed one person...

Progressive United States Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has hit back against Donald Trump after the president criticised her and renewed his attacks on the Somali community in Minnesota.During a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Trump embarked on a racist tirade, describing Omar and other Somali immigrants as “garbage” and calling for them to...

The United States Justice Department is seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey to contest her firing.In court papers filed on Monday, the Justice Department argued Comey did not properly follow administrative complaint procedures before suing.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 o...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his United States counterpart Donald Trump have signalled that relations between their two countries are improving, after months of economic and political tensions.On Tuesday, the two leaders held a 40-minute phone call that each side described as “productive”.Recommended Stories li...

United States Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has threatened to revoke federal funds from Democratic states that are currently fighting an order to surrender data about food assistance recipients.On Tuesday, during the last cabinet meeting of the year, Rollins spoke about the ongoing lawsuit, which pits 21 states and the Di...

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has denied seeing any survivors from a military strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean Sea in September, before a deadly second attack that has prompted calls for an investigation into possible war crimes.Speaking at a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday, Hegseth sai...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has invited US President Donald Trump to visit his country and participate in the destruction of cocaine laboratories after Trump said any country trafficking drugs into the United States could be attacked, “not just Venezuela”.Trump issued his warning during a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday at the Whi...

Venezuelan Vice President and Minister of Petroleum Delcy Rodriguez has condemned a US court’s decision to authorise the “fraudulent” and “forced” sale of Venezuelan oil company Citgo in the United States to pay off billions of dollars in debts.“We energetically reject the decision adopted in the judicial process”, Rodriguez said i...

United States President Donald Trump says he has voided all pardons and commutations that were signed by his predecessor, Joe Biden, with an autopen.“Any and all Documents, Proclamations, Executive Orders, Memorandums, or Contracts, signed by Order of the now infamous and unauthorised ‘AUTOPEN,’ within the Administration of Joseph...

Opening a coffee shop is no path to riches, South Koreans are learning, but lured by the hype, they keep trying anyway.

ATLANTA (AP) — Officials are searching Tuesday for a Georgia inmate who escaped from a hospital and is considered armed and dangerous, according to law enforcement.Timothy Shane, 52, had been taken to a hospital in Atlanta on Sunday evening, according to a statement from the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office. He escaped from the hos...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Lisette Monroe was a 23-year-old new mother in 1988 when she lost her beloved little sister in the most horrific way possible.Karen Pulley was raped and murdered. The man who did it was arrested several months later for a string of other rapes and burglaries around Chattanooga, Tennessee. He confessed his cr...

Michelle Pfeiffer plays a mom on the edge at Christmas time in the new movie “Oh. What. Fun.” If the sarcastic punctuation wasn’t enough of a tip off, Pfeiffer’s character Claire is not having the best time. Claire’s grown kids (Felicity Jones, Chloë Grace Moretz, Dominic Sessa ) don’t appreciate her efforts. Her husband (Denis Lea...

NEW YORK (AP) — Chanel’s new showman, Matthieu Blazy, took his designs on the road Tuesday — or rather, underground, with a buzzy New York runway show staged on an actual subway platform.The designer, just weeks after his splashy Paris debut for Chanel in October, took over a decommissioned part of Manhattan’s Bowery station for hi...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A doctor who pleaded guilty to selling ketamine to Matthew Perry was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison on Wednesday at an emotional hearing over the “Friends” star’s overdose death.Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down the sentence that included two years of probation and a $5,600 fine to 44-year-old Dr. Salv...

BOSTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Tuesday sued six more states in its ongoing campaign to obtain detailed voter data and other election information. The department announced it was suing Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington over their “failure” to produce statewide voter registration lists. It...

A federal judge late Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from making widespread immigration arrests in the nation’s capital without warrants or probable cause that the person is an imminent flight risk.U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington granted a preliminary injunction sought by civil liberties and immigrants right...

WASHINGTON (AP) — On Friday afternoon, the Kennedy Center, best known for its theater, opera and ballet, will be the unlikely center of the sports world when the matchups for next year’s World Cup are announced there. By Sunday, in a quick pivot, the venue will assume its more traditional role as the host of the annual awards progr...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Board of Education on Tuesday reinstated a school vaccination mandate after the state Supreme Court paused a lower court’s ruling that allowed parents to cite religious beliefs to opt out of shots required for their children to attend classes.The Supreme Court earlier Tuesday issued a stay...

(All times Central)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsThursday, December 4NFL FOOTBALL8:15 p.m.Dallas at Detroit — FOX, Fox Sports App, Fubo Sports, NFL+, Prime VideoNHL HOCKEY7:30 p.m.Detroit at Columbus — Disney+, ESPN app, ESPN Select, Fubo Sports, HuluThe Associated Press created this story using technology provided by...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo signed his sweeping crime package into law over the weekend that will help revive a unique court program that barred offenders of some crimes from the Las Vegas Strip and will stiffen penalties for smash-and-grab robberies, DUIs, and assault and battery against hospitality workers.Known as...

The city of San Francisco filed a lawsuit against some of the nation’s top food manufacturers on Tuesday, arguing that ultraprocessed food from the likes of Coca-Cola and Nestle are responsible for a public health crisis.City Attorney David Chiu named 10 companies in the lawsuit, including the makers of such popular foods as Oreo c...

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Southeast Asia is being pummeled by unusually severe floods this year, as late-arriving storms and relentless rains wreak havoc that has caught many places off guard.Deaths have topped 1,400 across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, with more than 1,000 still missing in floods and landslides. In Indonesia, en...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Nouhoun Sidibè was a herder, like his father and grandfather, and took pride in his identity as a pastoralist. That’s until the day armed men descended on his home in northern Burkina Faso and seized all his livestock.Within minutes on that day in 2020, the father of four lost everything.For the next thr...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Recent statements by President Donald Trump and top administration officials disparaging Minnesota’s large Somali community have focused renewed attention on the immigrants from the war-torn east African country and their descendants.Trump on Tuesday said he did not want Somalis in the U.S. because “they contribu...

CAIRO (AP) — An international rights group on Wednesday accused the paramilitary group fighting against Sudan’s military of committing war crimes during its attack earlier this year on the country’s largest displacement camp in the Darfur region.The Rapid Support Forces, which is at war with the Sudanese military, rampaged through...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will be in India this week for a summit aimed at deepening economic, defense and energy ties, a visit that will also test New Delhi’s efforts to balance relations with Moscow and Washington as the war in Ukraine grinds on.Putin is scheduled to arrive on the state visit Thursday and...

BEIJING (AP) — Emmanuel Macron arrived in China on Wednesday for a three-day state visit focusing on trade and diplomatic talks as the French president seeks to enlist Beijing in pressuring Russia toward a ceasefire with Ukraine.Macron will advocate for an agenda of cooperation in economic and trade matters aimed at achieving a bal...

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s King Charles III and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier put on a show of Anglo-Saxon unity Wednesday as their countries expand cooperation to fend off threats to European security, combat climate change and bolster economic growth.Charles and Steinmeier — the first German head of state to make a formal...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is pausing all immigration applications such as requests for green cards for people from 19 countries banned from travel earlier this year, as part of sweeping immigration changes in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard troops.The changes were outlined in a policy memo posted Tue...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s transport ministry said Wednesday that a private firm will resume a deep-sea hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 later this month, more than a decade after the jet vanished without a trace.The search will be carried out by Texas-based marine robotics firm Ocean Infinity, which signed a new...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Dua Lipa’s three concerts in Mexico are accompanied by an exclusive culinary experience: a pop-up taqueria named La Dua, complete with hot sauce and margaritas.The British pop singer on Monday opened La Dua, a temporary taco shop where registered fans can eat tacos and sip drinks in her honor.La Dua’s menu is hea...

ASHLAND, Va. (AP) — A masked intruder broke into a Virginia liquor store early Saturday while it was still closed and headed to the bottom shelf, where whiskey was stored. The bandit broke bottles, knocked a tile from the ceiling and left alcohol scattered on the floor.The suspect acted like an animal because he is, in fact, a racc...

On a recent Thursday afternoon, Miki Safronov-Yamamoto, 18, and several housemates sat in mismatched chairs around the dining table in their two-story stucco home in San Francisco’s Glen Park neighborhood. Between sending emails and checking LinkedIn messages, they discussed how to host a “demo day,” where they and their other hous...

The European Union’s former top diplomat has been detained as part of an anti-fraud probe relating to a diplomatic training programme, according to Belgian media reports.Federica Mogherini, who served as EU foreign policy chief from 2014 to 2019 and now leads the College of Europe graduate school that teaches a training programme f...

A major report has found that there were widespread police failings both before and after the deadly Hillsborough football stadium crush that led to the deaths of 97 Liverpool supporters in northern England in 1989. At the end of an investigation that began in 2012, the UK’s police watchdog concluded on Tuesday that 12 police offic...

Authorities in the United States have released former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was serving a lengthy prison sentence for drug trafficking, after US President Donald Trump pardoned him. Hernandez’s lawyer, Renato Stabile, confirmed that the former Honduran president was freed on Tuesday, a day after being pardo...

The Russian president met with the US special envoy on a proposal to end the war for around five hours in Moscow.

The Russian president met with the US special envoy on a proposal to end the war for around five hours in Moscow.

The Russian president met with the US special envoy on a proposal to end the war for around five hours in Moscow.

The Russian president met with the US special envoy on a proposal to end the war for around five hours in Moscow.

The National Electoral Council (CNE) of Honduras called for “patience” on Tuesday as it launched a manual count of votes in one of the closest presidential elections the country has seen in more than a decade – a contest over which US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut off aid to the country.Vote counting has been held up...

US President Donald Trump’s Republicans have won a closely watched special election in Tennessee, dashing a long-shot bid by Democrats to flip a deep-red district that last went blue in 1980.Trump-backed candidate Matt Van Epps, a former state commissioner, comfortably defeated Democratic state Representative Aftyn Behn on Tuesday,...

“No compromise” was reached on the crucial issue of control of Ukrainian territory to end Moscow’s war, a Russian official has said, after talks between senior US officials and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law Jared Kushner met Putin in the Russian c...

The man accused of shooting two members of the National Guard in an attack in the United States capital of Washington, DC has pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder and assault.Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national, appeared remotely for his first court appearance on Tuesday via video from a hospital bed...

Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan is healthy but struggling with the largely solitary conditions in prison, his sister has said, after becoming the first family member in weeks to be allowed to visit him.Uzma Khanum, who is a doctor, gave the update on Tuesday while speaking to reporters in Rawalpindi, the city whe...

Guinea-Bissau’s electoral commission has said it can no longer complete the November 23 presidential election after armed men seized ballots, tally sheets and computers from its offices, and destroyed the servers storing the results.Army officers seized power on November 26, one day before the commission was due to announce provisi...

These were the updates on Tuesday, December 2, 2025.

These were the updates on Tuesday, December 2, 2025.

Israeli forces have killed two Palestinian teenagers in separate incidents in Hebron and Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.The Israeli army said 17-year-old Muhannad al-Zughair was shot dead in the Abu Daajan area of Hebron after what it claimed was a ramming attack that injured two soldiers.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist...

These were the updates on Tuesday, December 2, 2025.

Police in Tunisia have arrested prominent opposition figure Ayachi Hammami at his home to enforce a five-year prison sentence after an appeals court upheld convictions against dozens of the administration’s political opponents on charges of conspiracy against state security.The court last week confirmed jail terms ranging from four...

▶ Get the AP Top 25 college football poll delivered straight to your inbox every week with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Ole Miss lost a coach and moved up a spot anyway. Notre Dame didn’t lose a thing but the Irish fell. The release Tuesday of the latest College Football Playoff rankings produced its fair share of eye-opene...

NEW YORK (AP) — Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz are facing a May trial on federal charges that they took bribes to help gamblers betting on their pitches. U.S. District Court Judge Kiyo Matsumoto on Tuesday said jury selection would tentatively begin May 4 in Brooklyn federal court, with the trial openin...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to killing a University of Mississippi graduate student was sentenced to a total of 50 years in prison with 10 years suspended on Tuesday. Sheldon “Timothy” Herrington Jr. pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and tampering in the death of Jimmie “Jay” Lee, a gay man who was prominen...

Texas Tech University System Chancellor Brandon Creighton on Monday imposed restrictions on how faculty discuss race, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation in classrooms and introduced a new course content approval process, underlining that instructors could face discipline for not complying.In a memo to university presidents...

Michigan is rapidly expanding doula access after beginning to cover the service through its federally funded Medicaid program, a shift that health officials say will improve birth outcomes and strengthen maternal care.There are over 1,000 registered doulas in Michigan, which surpassed the state’s goal of having 500 registered doula...

As a tiny seedling began sprouting in the forest along Mount Rose Highway west of Reno, the Vietnam War was ending under President Gerald Ford, the price of gas was 53 cents per gallon and the Kool-Aid man made his first television commercial appearance.Today, 50 years later, that seedling has grown into Silver Belle, a 53-foot-tal...

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit that fired former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey brought against it, saying she didn’t properly follow administrative complaint procedures before suing.The argument was in court papers filed Monday prior to a Thursday hearing in Manhattan federal court....

CADILLAC, Mich. (AP) — Authorities charged a woman and her husband with murder Tuesday in the death of her pregnant biological daughter whose body was found in a Michigan forest three weeks after she disappeared.Rebecca Park, 22, was in the final days of her pregnancy when she was last seen Nov. 3. The baby had been cut out of her...

LODI, Calif. (AP) — A former California sheriff’s deputy suspected of fatally stabbing his 11-year-old son was shot and killed by law enforcement officers on Tuesday after he led them on a car chase along Interstate 5, authorities said.Police in Elk Grove, near Sacramento, responded around 8 a.m. to a call from a mother who said sh...

Prosecutors in western New York on Tuesday dropped their efforts to retry a man whose murder conviction was overturned in the 1993 killing of a woman near Buffalo — right as the new trial was set to begin.James Pugh, now 63, served 26 years in prison in the death of Deborah Meindl, a 33-year-old nursing student and mother of two wh...

The owners of an all-girls summer camp in the Texas Hill Country, where 25 campers and two teenage counselors died in catastrophic July 4 flooding, announced plans on Tuesday for new safety upgrades that will be in place when a portion of the camp opens next summer.Camp Mystic owners said in a letter to parents that they plan to ex...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A rare albino alligator named Claude who was beloved by fans around the world died Tuesday, according to the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. He was 30. The science museum in Golden Gate Park is popular with Bay Area school children and international tourists, and many kids over the years have e...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Eugene Hasenfus, who played a key role in unraveling the Iran-Contra affair after his CIA-backed supply plane was shot down over Nicaragua in 1986, has died.Hasenfus died on Nov. 26 in Menominee, Michigan, after a nine-year battle with cancer, according to his obituary from the Hansen-Onion-Martell Funeral Home...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Warner announced his bid for reelection on Tuesday, launching what will be a key campaign in a narrowly divided Senate. In a campaign announcement, the Virginia senator said he was running for reelection to rein in America’s economic crisis, particularly regarding the impact of artific...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 54-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of throwing Molotov cocktails at the Los Angeles Federal Building, authorities said Tuesday. Nobody was hurt. Security guards heard a man yelling derogatory comments about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside the downtown building on Monday, according t...

The board of the South Florida college that’s giving away a valuable piece of property for Donald Trump’s future presidential library revoted to transfer the land on Tuesday.The board of Miami Dade College faces a lawsuit filed by a local activist and a trial set for August over allegations it violated the state’s open government l...

A Superior Court judge ruled over the weekend that he would not grant an injunction of Vermont’s return-to-office policy, paving the way for the state to enforce its Dec. 1 deadline for employees to begin in-person work. The Vermont State Employees’ Association had filed the lawsuit last month to challenge Gov. Phil Scott’s decisio...

The office of Attorney General William Tong is asking a Connecticut court to rule for the first time in the 50-year history of the state Freedom of Information Act that all records relating to the “legitimate legislative activities” of the General Assembly are exempt from public disclosure.The request was made in an administrative...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that National Guard troops will soon head to New Orleans and bring another federal surge to the city that is already awaiting a separate immigration crackdown dubbed “Swamp Sweep” that is expected to begin this week.Trump did not say how many troops would be sent to New Orleans...

NEW YORK (AP) — Mariah Carey, Post Malone, Chappell Roan, Demi Lovato and Maren Morris will help ring in the new year on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” with additional performances by 50 Cent, Charlie Puth, OneRepublic and Pitbull.The show on Dec. 31 will be live on ABC beginning at 8 p.m. EST, and repeat the next day on Hu...

BOSTON (AP) — Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers was banned for life Tuesday from an academic society in the latest fallout over recently released emails showing he maintained a friendly relationship with Jeffrey Epstein after the disgraced financier pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor.The American Econ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A coalition of protesters, journalists and faith leaders moved Tuesday to dismiss their lawsuit challenging the aggressive tactics of federal immigration officers in the Chicago area, arguing that the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” has largely ended.While plaintiffs characterized their move as a win,...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pop singer Sabrina Carpenter and the publisher of the beloved children’s character Franklin the Turtle are disavowing the Trump administration’s use of their music and imagery to support its agenda.Responding to the use of her song “Juno” in a video montage depicting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids,...

WASHINGTON (AP) — With Tuesday’s White House Cabinet meeting chugging past the two-hour mark, President Donald Trump ‘s eyes fluttered and closed. His budget director busied himself doodling a fluffy cloud. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was lucky enough to speak early, but the title on his nameplate was misspelled. The sleepy, and...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hopes for an extension of health care subsidies were diminishing in Congress this week as Republicans and Democrats largely abandoned the idea of bipartisan talks on the issue, increasing the odds that millions of Americans could see sharp premium spikes starting Jan. 1. Democrats who agreed earlier this month to...

(All times Central)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsWednesday, December 3COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)7 p.m.Drexel at American — ESPN app, ESPN Select, Fubo Sports9:15 p.m.Virginia at Texas — ESPNUCOLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)11:30 a.m.William & Mary at Wake Forest — ACCNX5 p.m.Virginia at Vanderbilt — SECN6 p.m.American at D...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration will embark on a reconstruction of Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia.“We’re also going to rebuild Dulles airport because it’s not a good airport,” Trump said during a meeting of his Cabinet members at the White House. “It should be a great...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Joe Schoen defended his roster construction and pointed to talent already in place, from quarterback Jaxson Dart to receiver Malik Nabers, as a reason why he deserves to keep his job as New York Giants general manager and oversee the search for the team’s next head coach.Schoen on Tuesday at his annual...

The new journalism guard is officially in at the Pentagon. And the questions being asked of those running the world’s most powerful military range from softballs to pointed queries to performances. On Tuesday, Defense Department press secretary Kingsley Wilson — focused on her talking points and jabbing at old-guard reporters along...

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday shared for the first time what he was thinking when the votes started going his way during the conclave that elected him, saying he resigned himself to the inevitable and put the rest in God’s hands.“I took a deep breath. I said ‘Here we go Lord. You’re in charge and you lead th...

LONDON (AP) — A long-delayed decision on controversial plans for a super-sized Chinese embassy in central London has been pushed back again, authorities said Monday, following mounting security concerns.The plans for the “mega embassy” on a huge site close to London’s financial district and sensitive data cables have been stalled f...

LONDON (AP) — A rare crystal and diamond Fabergé egg crafted for Russia’s ruling family before it was toppled by revolution shattered records Tuesday as it sold at auction for 22.9 million pounds ($30.2 million).The Winter Egg, which was compared to the iconic Mona Lisa, was just one of seven of the opulent ovoids remaining in priv...

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — A gunman hijacked a small turboprop plane belonging to an evangelical Christian aid group in South Sudan on Tuesday, demanding the pilot fly the aircraft to Chad, police said. The suspect was arrested hours later after the plane landed in a northern town.No one was injured and an investigation into the inci...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico is holding key hearings on fee increase requests from private power companies that, if approved, could see the U.S. territory’s average residential bill rise by at least 40% on an island with a high poverty rate and soaring cost of living.Residents are balking as private power company offici...

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced Tuesday that Arizona is the latest state to sue Temu and its parent company PDD Holdings Inc. over allegations that the Chinese online retailer is stealing customers’ data. Mayes said the app deceives customers about the quality of its low-cost products and collects what she described a...

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian police on Tuesday arrested prominent opposition lawyer and longtime human rights defender Ayachi Hammami at his home outside the capital, acting on a five-year prison sentence issued against him last week in a prominent “conspiracy against state security” case, his family said.Hammami is among at leas...

NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s shoppers may feel gloomy about the economy, but they certainly were in the mood to shop over the five-day Thanksgiving weekend that wrapped up on Cyber Monday.As Wall Street analysts and retailers sift through the data from the weekend — the unofficial start to the season and a good barometer of shopper...

The Trump administration’s latest move to enforce standards for commercial truck drivers, by flagging nearly half of the driving schools as noncompliant, doesn’t figure to disrupt the industry, experts say. But the heavy scrutiny on immigrant drivers might.The bigger, more reputable schools were not included in the list and many of...

WASHINGTON (AP) — When the children of wealthy households leave the nest, they often benefit from their parents’ largesse in the form of a trust fund. Less affluent peers may receive nothing at all — or even be expected to support their families when they become adults.But what if all children, regardless of their family’s circumst...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man accused of shooting two National Guard troops near the White House pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder and assault charges during his first hearing before a judge, appearing remotely by video from a hospital bed. Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national who was also shot during last Wednesday’s c...

▶ Follow live updates on President Donald Trump and his administration MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal authorities are preparing a targeted immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota that would primarily focus on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S., according to a person familiar with the planning.The move comes as...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he did not want Somali immigrants in the U.S., saying residents of the war-ravaged eastern African country are too reliant on U.S. social safety net and add little to the United States.Trump’s contemptuous description of the entire immigrant community is the latest example of...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas man has been charged with making threats online after authorities said a video showing him threatening to build a bomb, conduct a suicide attack and kill Americans was posted to TikTok and other social media sites. The charge against Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, an Afghan national, was filed Saturday i...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s Atacama Desert is one of the darkest spots on Earth, a crown jewel for astronomers who flock to study the origins of the universe in this inhospitable desert along the Pacific coast.A rare confluence of factors makes the Atacama an ideal home for some of the world’s biggest ground-based astronomical p...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Dua Lipa’s three concerts in Mexico are accompanied by an exclusive culinary experience: a pop-up taqueria named La Dua, complete with hot sauce and margaritas.The British pop singer on Monday opened La Dua, a temporary taco shop where registered fans can eat tacos and sip drinks in her honor.La Dua’s menu is hea...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A day after Honduran electoral authorities stopped reporting updates to the presidential vote count because of “technical problems,” candidate Salvador Nasralla of the conservative Liberal party had a slight edge Tuesday over Nasry Asfura, the National Party candidate endorsed by U.S. President Donald T...

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte brushed off fresh concern Tuesday about the United States’ commitment to the military organization on the eve of a meeting of allied foreign ministers focused on Russia’s war against Ukraine.U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was expected to miss Wednesday’s meeting, which will unf...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s push for a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine is intensifying. Officials from the U.S., Ukraine and Russia have crisscrossed the globe in recent weeks in a flurry of meetings aimed at negotiating a deal. Here’s a look at the key negotiators in those talks. Steve WitkoffWitkoff is a real estate magnat...

(RNS) — Years before she became a homeschool influencer in western Arkansas, Taylor Moran was a liberal Dallas mom who voted for Bernie Sanders.But when the pandemic hit, Moran, now 34, was struck by the government’s inability to provide for her family.“It was a lot of rules, a lot of hysteria, a lot of things that didn’t make sens...

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Eman Hassan Lawwa was dressed in traditional Palestinian prints and Hikmat Lawwa wore a suit as they walked hand-in-hand past the crumbled buildings of southern Gaza in a line of other couples dressed in exactly the same way.The 27-year-old Palestinians were among 54 couples to get married Tuesday in...