Tis the season for giving: A guide for how to give, even a little
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Christmas is over, but giving season for nonprofits is just starting to peak. The end of the calendar year is when…
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For a new generation of indie rock acts, country music is king
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Singer-songwriter Mitski’s “My Love Mine All Mine,” plays out like a whispered dirge. The…
Continue Reading A 6-year-old boy traveling alone for Christmas was put on the wrong Spirit flight
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A 6-year-old boy who left on a flight for the Christmas holiday to visit his grandmother in southwest Florida instead was…
Continue Reading Americans ramped up spending during the holidays despite some financial anxiety and higher costs
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Holiday sales rose this year and spending remained resilient during…
Continue Reading Sweden moves a step closer to NATO membership after Turkey’s parliamentary committee gives approval
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee gave its consent to Sweden’s bid to…
Continue Reading Judges temporarily block Tennessee law letting state pick 6 of 13 on local pro sports facility board
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A panel of judges has blocked a new Tennessee law that would reconfigure the group…
Continue Reading Maine storm has delayed a key vote on California-style limits for gas vehicles
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The rollout of potential new electric vehicle goals in Maine has been pushed back by a year. That’s because a recent…
Continue Reading 56 French stars defend actor Gerard Depardieu despite sexual misconduct allegations
PARIS (AP) — More than 50 French performers, writers and producers published an essay Tuesday defending film star and national icon Gerard…
Continue Reading Kuwaiti and Saudi hunters killed by a leftover Islamic State group explosive in Iraq, officials say
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Kuwait’s foreign affairs minister says the bodies of a Kuwaiti citizen and a Saudi with…
Continue Reading Atomic watchdog report says Iran is increasing production of highly enriched uranium
VIENNA (AP) — The International Atomic Energy Agency says in a report to member states that Iran has increased the rate at which it is producing…
Continue Reading Baltimore’s new approach to police training looks at the effects of trauma, importance of empathy
By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A three-minute viral video shows an irate Baltimore police officer berating a teenager because he…
Continue Reading Biden orders strikes on an Iranian-aligned group after 3 US troops wounded in drone attack in Iraq
By AAMER MADHANI, ZEKE MILLER and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden ordered the United States military…
Continue Reading A cyberattack targets Albanian Parliament’s data system, halting its work
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Parliament says hackers tried to get into its data system, resulting in a…
Continue Reading Subscription-based care moves beyond peddling birth control and helping with hair loss
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Online, direct-to-consumer health care has grown well beyond its roots mostly treating hair loss and acne or selling…
Continue Reading Tokyo court only holds utility responsible to compensate Fukushima evacuees and reduces damages
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Tokyo court has ruled that only the operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant…
Continue Reading Towns reinforce dikes as heavy rains send rivers over their banks in Germany and the Netherlands
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Firefighters and volunteers worked overnight to reinforce dikes in northern and eastern Germany against rising…
Continue Reading 4 young children and their mother were killed in their French home. The father is in custody
By NICOLAS GARRIGA and OLEG CETINIC Associated Press MEAUX, France (AP) — Four children between nine months and 10 years old and their mother were…
Continue Reading The imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny resurfaces with darkly humorous comments
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Tuesday released a sardonic statement about his transfer to a Arctic prison colony…
Continue Reading At least 140 villagers killed by suspected herders in weekend attacks in north-central Nigeria
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian officials and survivors say at least 140 people were killed by gunmen in weekend…
Continue Reading Paris City Hall plaza draws holiday visitors and migrant families seeking shelter as Olympics nears
By NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The forecourt of Paris City Hall sparkles with activity this holiday season, including a Christmas…
Continue Reading A guesthouse blaze in Romania leaves 6 people dead and several others missing
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A huge fire at a guesthouse in Romania has left six people dead, including at least one child, and several others…
Continue Reading Restriction on carrying guns in Omaha and Lincoln violate Nebraska law, lawsuits say
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Two lawsuits say Nebraska’s two largest cities are violating a new state gun law by prohibiting them from public places such…
Continue Reading Israeli military says Gaza ground offensive has expanded into urban refugee camps
By NAJIB JOBAIN, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces on Tuesday expanded their ground offensive…
Continue Reading Toyota small car maker Daihatsu shuts down Japan factories during probe of bogus safety tests
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Daihatsu, a unit of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp., has shut down production lines at all…
Continue Reading Sweden’s bid to join NATO is back for debate by a Turkish parliamentary committee
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee has resumed deliberations on Sweden’s bid to join NATO. The committee…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares climb, tracking advance on Wall Street in final week of 2023
By The Associated Press Asian shares advanced on Wednesday, tracking Wall Street gains as markets there reopened for what’s expected to be a quiet,…
Continue Reading Ukraine damages a Russian landing ship in the Black Sea after battlefield disappointments
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian warplanes damaged a Russian ship moored in the Black Sea off Crimea, both…
Continue Reading The death toll rises to 18 in a furnace explosion at a Chinese-owned nickel plant in Indonesia
By MOHAMMAD TAUFAN Associated Press PALU, Indonesia (AP) — The death toll following the explosion of a smelting furnace at a Chinese-owned nickel…
Continue Reading The right to protest is under threat in Britain, undermining a pillar of democracy
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — For holding a sign outside a courthouse reminding jurors of their right to acquit defendants, a…
Continue Reading How Ukrainian special forces secured a critical Dnipro River crossing in southern Ukraine
By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and LORI HINNANT Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Their first battle plan was outdated the moment the dam crumbled. So…
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