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US citizen raised in San Diego faces new terrorism charges

SAN DIEGO — A U.S. citizen on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List has been charged with additional crimes involving ties to Somalia’s al-Shabaab rebe...
0:58 3 December 2021

Robert Massie, who popularized Russian history, dead at 90

NEW YORK — Robert K. Massie, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of Russian tsars, has died.
0:47 3 December 2021

China’s climate paradox: A leader in coal and clean energy

WASHINGTON — As world leaders gather in Spain to discuss how to slow the warming of the planet, a spotlight falls on China — the top emitter of greenh...
0:22 3 December 2021

Senate approves successor to Rick Perry as energy secretary

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pick to succeed Rick Perry as energy secretary won easy Senate confirmation Monday, despite a Democratic senator...
23:56 2 December 2021

Research team to take fresh look at delicate artifacts

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandals and baskets that have withstood the ravages of time will be among the perishable artifacts analyzed by a team of scientist...
23:10 2 December 2021

Trump campaign to stop giving credentials to Bloomberg News

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s campaign said Monday it will no longer give credentials to Bloomberg News reporters to cover campaign events becau...
22:35 2 December 2021

Big 12 champion could now have more feasible shot at playoff

No. 6 Oklahoma’s biggest comeback ever didn’t have a lingering effect on No. 8 Baylor.
22:30 2 December 2021

Trump administration quietly releases Lebanon military aid

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has quietly released more than $100 million in military assistance to Lebanon after months of unexplained delay ...
22:20 2 December 2021

NBC, union investigate ‘America’s Got Talent’ racism report

LOS ANGELES — NBC and the union that represents television performers are investigating an allegation by an “America’s Got Talent” judge that she was ...
21:45 2 December 2021

Melania Trump’s abroad, but not on promised ‘Be Best’ trip

WASHINGTON — Melania Trump is traveling abroad this week, but it’s not the “Be Best” trip she promised.
21:35 2 December 2021

Schools, offices close as long-lived storm clobbers US East

ALBANY, N.Y. — A seemingly endless winter storm that hindered travel across most of the country over the long holiday weekend is delivering a last wal...
21:26 2 December 2021

Protesters block Malta’s leader from leaving Parliament

VALLETTA, Malta — Some 4,000 angry protesters in Malta who want the prime minister to immediately step down briefly blocked him and his party’s lawmak...
20:38 2 December 2021

The Latest: One-two wintry punch hits eastern US

NEW YORK — The Latest on a wintry storm in the U.S. East (all times local):
19:59 2 December 2021

Amnesty says at least 208 killed in Iran protests, crackdown

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — At least 208 people in Iran have been killed amid protests over sharply rising gasoline prices and a subsequent crackdow...
19:43 2 December 2021

Washington’s Chris Petersen resigns, Jimmy Lake to take over

SEATTLE — Washington coach Chris Petersen has unexpectedly stepped down after six seasons at the school, with defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake promote...
19:23 2 December 2021

Impeachment shadows Trump on trip to NATO leaders meeting

LONDON — Crying foul over timing, President Donald Trump on Monday accused Democrats of scheduling this week’s impeachment hearing to undercut him dur...
19:13 2 December 2021

Case against Netanyahu includes billionaire witnesses

JERUSALEM — Israel’s attorney general on Monday officially submitted his indictment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges, laying...
19:08 2 December 2021

Kemp expected to pick Loeffler to succeed Isakson in Senate

ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has decided to appoint a Republican donor and financial services executive for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by...
19:04 2 December 2021

Tech aims to predict problems on power lines before disaster

LOS ANGELES — B. Don Russell wasn’t thinking about preventing a wildfire when he developed a tool to detect power line problems before they cause equi...
18:47 2 December 2021

21 die in Syria as airstrike targets market, school shelled

BEIRUT — A suspected Syrian government airstrike on a market in a northwestern rebel-held town killed 13 civilians on Monday while Turkish artillery s...
18:18 2 December 2021

California Gov. Newsom to campaign in Iowa for Kamala Harris

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom will travel to Iowa to campaign for Sen. Kamala Harris as she tries to rebound amid a critical stret...
18:14 2 December 2021

Zelenskiy: Allies ‘can’t go blocking’ aid at time of war

WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview Monday that he didn't speak with President Donald Trump "from the position o...
17:58 2 December 2021

Lawsuit: Ex-Cardinal McCarrick abused boy in Newark in 1990s

NEWARK, N.J. — A lawsuit alleges that former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick abused a teenage boy in the 1990s when he was leader of the ar...
17:51 2 December 2021

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 8-14

Dec. 8: Singer Jerry Butler is 80. Drummer Bobby Elliott of The Hollies is 78. Actress Mary Woronov (“Eating Raoul,” “The Munsters” films) is 76. Acto...
17:31 2 December 2021

Facebook tests tool to move photos to Google, other rivals

LONDON — Facebook has started testing a tool that lets users move their images more easily to other online services, as it faces pressure from regulat...
16:53 2 December 2021

NY Philharmonic to cut 500 seats in $550 million renovation

NEW YORK — The capacity of the New York Philharmonic's much-maligned concert hall at Lincoln Center will be reduced by more than 500 seats as part of ...
16:22 2 December 2021

The Latest: UN chief disappointed by climate action so far

MADRID — The Latest on the COP25 climate summit in Madrid (all times local):
14:19 2 December 2021

Defense budgets set to dominate yet another NATO summit

BRUSSELS — Despite pleas to set aside bickering over military spending so the issue doesn’t dominate a third NATO summit in a row, the United States i...
13:14 2 December 2021

NATO under friendly fire as leaders ready for London summit

BRUSSELS — NATO leaders will gather in London on Tuesday as the world’s biggest military alliance, marking its 70th birthday, battles with one of the ...
13:07 2 December 2021

Dictionary.com chooses `existential’ as word of the year

NEW YORK — Climate change, gun violence, the very nature of democracy and an angsty little movie star called Forky helped propel “existential” to Dict...
13:00 2 December 2021