US ambassador thanks Japan for defense upgrade and allowing a Patriot missile sale to US
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel has praised Japan’s contribution to their military…
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Add an old English twist to your holiday cocktails with sloe gin. Here are 4 recipes
By LOUISE DIXON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — It’s a festive old English drink that you can have fun experimenting with. Sloe gin can be used in…
Continue Reading Man trapped for 6 days in wrecked truck in Indiana rescued after being spotted by passersby
PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) — Police say a man who had been trapped for days in his crashed pickup truck has been rescued in northwest Indiana. State Police…
Continue Reading Opposition candidate in Congo alleges police fired bullets as protesters seek re-do of election
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A main opposition candidate in Congo accused police of using live bullets to break up a…
Continue Reading Polish president tangles with new government in battle over control of state media
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s political battle over state media continues. The new pro-European Union…
Continue Reading A Greek police officer shot with a flare during an attack by sports fans has died in a hospital
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Health authorities say a Greek riot police officer who was shot with a flare during fan violence in Athens three weeks ago…
Continue Reading Edmunds: The best plug-in hybrids for driving without filling up on gas
By CHRISTIAN WARDLAW Edmunds Ready to go the distance, or at least as far as a plug-in hybrid can take you on electricity before using a drop of gas?…
Continue Reading The Eiffel Tower is closed while workers strike on the 100th anniversary of its founder’s death
By NICOLAS GARRIGA and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The Eiffel Tower was closed to visitors Wednesday because of a strike over…
Continue Reading Morant has quickly gotten the Memphis Grizzlies rolling, and oozing optimism
By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ja Morant is quickly re-establishing himself as one of the NBA’s best players upon his…
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ABC-7 StormTrack Weather: Another cool and quiet day in the Borderland
Happy Wednesday! The Borderland will see another cool, calm, and breezy day with temperatures topping out in the 50s and lows in the lower 30s. As we…
Continue Reading Turkey hits 70 sites linked to Kurdish groups in Syria and Iraq in retaliation for soldiers’ deaths
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s defense minister says the military has hit more than 70 sites linked to Kurdish groups in Syria and northern…
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5 things to know for Dec. 27: Gaza, Immigration, China, Hospital care, Apple Watch
CNN By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Blizzard and ice storm warnings across the Central and Northern Plains are due to expire today, but parts of the…
Continue Reading Russian presidential hopeful loses appeal against authorities’ refusal to register her for the race
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian politician calling for peace in Ukraine has lost her appeal against election officials’ refusal to accept her nomination…
Continue Reading Inside the underground world of dog fighting: How the brutal blood sport thrives in the shadows
CNN By Isabelle Chapman, CNN. Photographs by Austin Steele, CNN Columbia, South Carolina (CNN) — On a dark, drizzly morning this fall in rural…
Continue Reading Bill Granger, chef who brought Aussie-style breakfast to world capitals, dies at 54
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Bill Granger, the Australian chef, food writer and restaurant owner who brought Aussie-style food to…
Continue Reading On foot and by donkey cart, thousands flee widening Israeli assault in central Gaza
By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and LEE KEATH Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Thousands of Palestinian families fled Wednesday from…
Continue Reading A Greek air force training jet crashes outside a southern base and its pilot is reported killed
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s state-run ERT television says an air force pilot has been killed when his training jet crashed in the…
Continue Reading Blinken and Mayorkas to press Mexican counterparts to drive down border crossings as Biden faces increasing pressure
CNN, POOL, KABB, WOAI, CEPROPIE By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Senior US officials arrived in Mexico Wednesday to seek more help from their…
Continue Reading Teenager Najiah Knight wants to be the first woman at bull riding’s top level. It’s an uphill dream
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Najiah Knight drops her 100-pound frame onto a snorting 1,300-pound bull and adjusts her…
Continue Reading Teenager Najiah Knight wants to be the first woman at bull riding’s top level. It’s an uphill dream
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Najiah Knight drops her 100-pound frame onto a snorting 1,300-pound bull and adjusts her…
Continue Reading The death toll in a Romania guesthouse blaze rises to 7. The search for missing persons is ongoing
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The death toll from a massive fire at a guesthouse in Romania has risen to seven people, including at least two children.…
Continue Reading Students in Indonesia protest the growing numbers of Rohingya refugees in Aceh province
By YAYAN ZAMZAMI Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Students in Indonesia’s Aceh province have rallied, demanding the government drive…
Continue Reading A Russian drone and artillery attack kills 6 in Ukraine and knocks out power in a major city
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has fired almost 50 Shahed drones at targets in Ukraine and shelled a train station…
Continue Reading German police say they are holding a man in connection with a threat to Cologne Cathedral
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say they have detained a man in connection with a reported threat to Cologne Cathedral over the holiday weekend.…
Continue Reading US online retailer Zulily says it will go into liquidation, surprising customers
SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. online retailer Zulily is closing down, surprising customers and laying off hundreds of workers after efforts to salvage…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares power higher following slight gains on Wall Street
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares powered higher on Thursday, with Chinese benchmarks up more than 1%, after Wall…
Continue Reading China sanctions a US research firm and 2 individuals over reports on human rights abuses in Xinjiang
BEIJING (AP) — China says it is banning a United States research company and two analysts who have reported extensively on claims of human rights…
Continue Reading Wolfgang Schaeuble, German elder statesman and finance minister during euro debt crisis, dies at 81
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Wolfgang Schaeuble, who helped negotiate German reunification in 1990 and as finance minister was a…
Continue Reading TEPCO’s operational ban is lifted, putting it one step closer to restarting reactors in Niigata
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese nuclear safety regulators lifted an operational ban Wednesday imposed on a nuclear plant…
Continue Reading Former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif will seek a fourth term in office, his party says
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will seek a fourth term in office, his party says, noting he will be its…
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