Associated Press HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. (AP) — An armed man who faced off with officers at a California home for several hours on Christmas Eve was later found dead in the home’s garage, authorities told local media. The Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to a 911 call on 11th Street in Hermosa Beach around
Continue ReadingBy ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD and HOGIR ABDO Associated Press QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — Turkey has intensified its airstrikes against Kurdish groups in Syria and northern Iraq in retaliation for the deaths of 12 Turkish soldiers in Iraq over the weekend. The Turkish defense ministry said in a statement Monday that it had killed at least 26
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer South Carolina remained the No. 1 team in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll on Monday. The Gamecocks received all 36 votes from a national media panel, marking the seventh consecutive week that they’ve been No. 1. South Carolina had a run of 38 straight weeks as the top
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike Monday in a Damascus neighborhood killed a high-ranking Iranian general, Iranian state media said. Iranian officials and allied militant groups in the region vowed revenge for the killing but did not immediately launch any retaliatory strike. The killing of Seyed Razi Mousavi, a longtime
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Associates of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday that he has been located at a prison colony above the Arctic Circle nearly three weeks after contact with him was lost. Navalny, the most prominent foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is serving a 19-year sentence on charges of extremism. He
Continue ReadingLIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool soccer star Mohamed Salah says he “shares the pain” of grieving families at Christmas amid the Israel-Hamas war. The Egypt international posted a message on X, formerly known as Twitter, saying “Christmas is a time when families get together and celebrate.” He added that “this year we get to Christmas
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHE ENA and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press VATRY, France (AP) — A charter plane grounded in France for a human trafficking investigation has departed for India carrying 276 Indians blocked inside a rural French airport for days. Associated Press reporters outside the Vatry Airport in Champagne country saw the unmarked Legend Airlines A340 take
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — King Charles III reflected his coronation theme of public service Monday in a Christmas message that he connected to the health of the planet and wars that are raging. In a prerecorded video shot with him standing beside a Christmas tree in Buckingham Palace, the king spoke of the message of Jesus’
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s King Charles III has used his second Christmas broadcast as monarch to call for compassion in the face of world conflict, as the war between Israel and Hamas rages in Gaza and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues. The Christmas message – a royal tradition
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY, NAJIB JOBAIN and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt has put forward an ambitious, initial proposal to end the Israel-Hamas war with a cease-fire, a phased hostage release and the creation of a Palestinian government of experts who would administer the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank, a senior Egyptian
Continue ReadingCNN By Katharina Krebs and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny has been located at a penal colony in Siberia, his team said Monday, two weeks after they lost contact with him. “We have found Alexey,” his spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter. She said Navalny’s lawyer
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHE ENA and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press VATRY, France (AP) — A charter plane grounded in France for a human trafficking investigation departed on Monday for India, after an exceptional holiday ordeal that left about 300 Indians en route to Central America blocked inside a rural French airport for four days. Associated Press reporters
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Associates of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny say he has been located at a prison colony above the Arctic Circle nearly three weeks after contact with him was lost. Navalny, the most prominent foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is serving a 19-year sentence on charges of extremism. He had been
Continue ReadingCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say a man has been fatally shot and three people were hurt at a shopping center in Colorado. The Colorado Springs Police Department says a fight broke out on Christmas Eve between two groups of people in the afternoon at The Citadel Mall. Officers received a report of gunshots
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards, Josh Pennington and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Thousands gathered in Belgrade on Sunday in an anti-government protest to demand the annulment of Serbia’s general election last week that was deemed “unjust” by international observers. Protesters attempted to gain access to the City Assembly in Belgrade, using flagpoles and rocks to break
Continue ReadingCNN By Christian Edwards, Josh Pennington and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Thousands gathered in Belgrade on Sunday in an anti-government protest to demand the annulment of Serbia’s general election last week that was deemed “unjust” by international observers. Protesters attempted to gain access to the City Assembly in Belgrade, using flagpoles and rocks to
Continue ReadingBy Katharina Krebs and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny has been located at a penal colony in Siberia, his team said Monday, two weeks after they lost contact with him. “We have found Alexey,” his spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter. She said Navalny’s lawyer had
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY, NAJIB JOBAIN and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt has put forward an ambitious, initial proposal to end the Israel-Hamas war with a cease-fire, a phased hostage release and the creation of a Palestinian government of experts who would administer the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank, a senior Egyptian
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY, NAJIB JOBAIN and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Palestinian medical officials say the death toll from an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza has risen to 106. The announcement makes the Sunday night airstrike in the Maghazi refugee camp among the deadliest in Israel’s air campaign in Gaza, launched on Oct.
Continue ReadingBy Kelly McCleary, CNN (CNN) — Just two weeks ago, the Adams County, Pennsylvania, SPCA was near capacity as its kennels were filled with dogs needing homes. Now, for the first time in nearly 50 years, there are no dogs at the facility and the recent residents are spending the holidays with their new families.
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