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Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor for a large surface warship, in the clearest sign yet Beijing is advancing toward producing its first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery and Chinese government documents provided to The Associated Press. China’s navy is already the

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Four-year-old Hussein Mikdad survived an Israeli airstrike on his home in a Beirut suburb last month. His mother, three siblings and six relatives were killed. The boy is one of hundreds of Lebanese children wounded in the war that has intensified since September and has killed at least 100 children.

AP Science Writer BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — A complex international two-week-long game of climate change poker is convening. The stakes? Just the fate of an ever-warming world. Curbing and coping with climate change’s worsening heat, floods, droughts and storms will cost trillions of dollars and poor nations just don’t have it, numerous reports and experts

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Before he comes back for good on Inauguration Day, Donald Trump will return to the White House briefly at the invitation of President Joe Biden. That may make for an awkward encounter, especially given that, after Biden defeated Trump in 2020, the then-president offered no such White House invitation. He

AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There are few images more indelible in the history of American dance: Judith Jamison, regal and passionate in white leotard and long ruffled skirt, punching the air in “Cry” — Alvin Ailey’s piercing solo about Black womanhood. That searing 1971 piece made her an international star. But it

Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — After working at a crowded and dangerous internment camp in Iraq, Air Force Staff Sgt. Heather O’Brien brought home with her anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. A bouncy labradoodle and a Kansas City-area program helped her get back on her feet. Dogs 4 Valor, operated through the Olathe,

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An attorney representing a conservate prosecutor is struggling to convince Wisconsin’s liberal-leaning Supreme Court to reactivate the state’s 175-year-old abortion ban. Republicans have argued that the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe vs. Wade in 2022 reactivated the ban. But Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul won a ruling from

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump says Tom Homan, his former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, will serve as “border czar” in his incoming administration. Trump made the announcement late Sunday on his Truth Social site. Homan is a tough-talking former Border Patrol agent who worked his way up to head Immigration

AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — The Singles’ Day shopping festival looks less attractive this year amid a sluggish economy, forcing e-commerce firms to look abroad for growth. Online service provider and e-commerce platform Alibaba started the now-famous event on Nov. 11, 2009, offering attractive discounts to entice shoppers to spend more. The extravaganza,

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose Monday, led by those seen as benefiting the most from Donald Trump’s reelection as president, but drops for some high-profile Big Tech stocks kept indexes in check. The S&P 500 edged up by 0.1%, coming off its best week of the year following Trump’s victory

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has pledged to take tougher measures against misuse of political funds after he was reelected by parliament following a major loss in the polls last month by his governing coalition. Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party and its junior partner Komeito together lost a majority in the

Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Republican David Schweikert has won an eighth term in an affluent congressional district in the Phoenix area by fending off a challenge from a Democratic former state lawmaker. Schweikert defeated Amish Shah, an emergency room doctor, Sunday in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District that includes north Phoenix, Scottsdale, Fountain Hills and

MEXICO CITY (AP) — More than 1,000 mariachis gathered in Mexico City’s main plaza Sunday, strumming guitars and singing classics like “Cielito Lindo” to end a mariachi congress celebrating the musical form. The number of musicians apparently topped the previous record of 700 mariachis at an earlier gathering in the Mexican city of Guadalajara. The

Republican Rep. David Schweikert won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Arizona on Sunday. The Maricopa County district was a top target for Democrats, who narrowly missed flipping it in the 2022 midterms, falling less than 1 percentage point short. Schweikert is one of 16 Republicans who represent a congressional district that President Joe

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court declined Sunday to extend the deadline for voters to fix problems with mail-in ballots, a day after voter rights groups cited reports of delays in vote counting and in notification of voters with problem signatures. The court said Sunday that election officials in eight of the state’s 15

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters have rejected a measure amending the state Constitution to ban forced labor in any form. The constitution currently bans it except as punishment for crime. That exemption became a target of criminal justice advocates who are concerned about prison labor conditions. People who are incarcerated are often paid less

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Music giant Quincy Jones was laid to rest in a private ceremony in Los Angeles, a week after his death at age 91. A larger, more public memorial is also being planned. The family of the 28-time Grammy winning producer, arranger and composer said in a statement to The Associated Press

Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A new typhoon has made landfall in the northeastern Philippines, which has been battered by earlier storms. Typhoon Toraji entered the mountainous Luzon region Monday with sustained winds of 81 mph and is expected to weaken before blowing out to sea. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had been in the

MIAMI (AP) — Rafael has weakened into a remnant low pressure system in the Gulf of Mexico after barreling across Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane last week. Rafael had dissipated into a tropical storm Saturday. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Sunday that the post-tropical cyclone was located about 345 miles north-northwest of

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — More than half of the monkeys bred for medical research that escaped from a compound in South Carolina last week have now been recovered unharmed, officials said Sunday. Twenty-four monkeys were captured on Sunday, a day after another of the 43 escaped monkeys was recovered. A “sizeable group” remains active along