10 holiday gifts to hit the right note for music lovers
AP Music Writer Music fans should be easy to shop for this holiday season, right? Wrong! What do you pick up for the friend who knew about that…
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The US is sending antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine. Here’s what it means
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. decision to provide Ukraine with antipersonnel land mines expands the use of a weapon that the…
Continue Reading Ohio Democrat Marcy Kaptur extends tenure as longest-serving woman in US House with election win
Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Democrat Marcy Kaptur has won another term in the U.S. House after defeating a Republican state…
Continue Reading Congo opposition leaders call for protests against president’s plan to change constitution
Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Leaders of the main opposition parties in Congo have called for nationwide protests against President Felix…
Continue Reading Archbishop of Canterbury will end official duties in early January amid sex abuse scandal
LONDON (AP) — The office of the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, says he will wrap up his…
Continue Reading Georgia election workers seek more penalties against Giuliani, saying he continues to defame them
Associated Press Two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against Rudy Giuliani have asked a judge to penalize…
Continue Reading NYPD gets a new top cop after months of turmoil. Jessica Tisch is the 2nd woman to lead the force
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has appointed sanitation chief Jessica Tisch as police commissioner. A city…
Continue Reading A Georgia city will blow up an old hotel to greet 2025
MACON, Ga. (AP) — One Georgia city will welcome 2025 with a larger-than-average bang. The Macon-Bibb County Commission on Tuesday approved a plan…
Continue Reading Freddie Freeman’s historic walk-off grand slam ball from the World Series to hit the auction block
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (AP) — Freddie Freeman’s historic walk-off grand slam ball from Game 1 of the World Series is hitting the auction block.…
Continue Reading Family of teen killed in shooting sue Tuskegee University for wrongful death
TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) — The parents of an 18-year-old who was killed in a hail of gunfire at Tuskegee University are suing the school in a wrongful…
Continue Reading Duct-taped banana sells for $6.2 million at art auction
NEW YORK (AP) — A piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, sold for $6.2 million at an auction in New York on…
Continue Reading Finnish authorities open probe into ruptured undersea cable between Finland and Germany
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — Finnish authorities say they have opened an investigation into the rupture of a data cable under the Baltic Sea, adding to…
Continue Reading Republicans on House Ethics reject for now releasing report on Matt Gaetz
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Ethics Committee Republicans voted Wednesday against releasing the panel’s long-running investigation…
Continue Reading Donald Trump’s lawyers urge judge to ignore prosecutors and dismiss hush money conviction
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As prosecutors push to preserve President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction, his lawyers are urging a…
Continue Reading FTX co-founder gets no prison time after cooperating in case against Sam Bankman-Fried
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An apologetic FTX co-founder has been sentenced to no time in prison after a prosecutor and a judge praised his…
Continue Reading Greek police say they have seized explosives and weapons in an Athens apartment building
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police say they have seized explosives and weapons in a search of a storage area in an apartment building in Athens.…
Continue Reading Trump chooses former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker as NATO ambassador
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump says he’s chosen former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to serve as…
Continue Reading Man convicted of killing Laken Riley sentenced to life in prison without parole
Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — The Venezuelan man convicted in the killing of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley has been sentenced to life…
Continue Reading Shootouts in northern Mexico kill 3 police officers and 4 drug cartel suspects
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three state police officers and four drug cartel suspects are dead following a running series of shootouts in the northern…
Continue Reading What to know about a standoff between police and illegal miners at a South Africa mine
Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African authorities are embroiled in a standoff with an unconfirmed number of illegal miners who remain…
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