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Winter storm sweeps across US with snow, ice and severe weather

A powerful winter storm was sweeping east from the Plains on Sunday, driven by what meteorologists describe as an intense cyclone that is taking aim at much of the country with a mixture of ...

DATE: Dec 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Midair helicopter crash in New Jersey leaves 1 dead and another critically injured

HAMMONTON, N.J. (AP) — Two helicopters crashed midair in New Jersey on Sunday, killing one person and critically injuring another, authorities say. Hammonton Police Chief Kevin Friel said re...

DATE: Dec 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Preliminary results show Prime Minister Kurti's party won Kosovo snap vote convincingly

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo 's Prime Minister Albin Kurti appeared set for another term in office after his party on Sunday convincingly won an early parliamentary election in the Balkan ...

DATE: Dec 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Denker scores career-high 33 points to lead Northern Colorado to stunning 86-81 win over Colorado

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Quinn Denker scored a career-high 33 points on 12-for-18 shooting, grabbed eight rebounds and distributed eight assists and Northern Colorado pulled the road upset beat...

DATE: Dec 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Winter rain floods Gaza camps as Netanyahu heads for US meeting

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Winter rain lashed the Gaza Strip over the weekend, flooding camps with ankle-deep puddles as Palestinians displaced by two years of war attempted to stay dry ...

DATE: Dec 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Guineans vote in first election since 2021 coup with junta leader likely to win

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guineans voted on Sunday to choose a new president in the country’s first election since a 2021 coup, as analysts say a weakened opposition will result in a likely win...

DATE: Dec 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Brigitte Bardot, 1960s French sex symbol turned militant animal rights activist, dies at 91

PARIS (AP) — Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s sex symbol who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later a militant animal rights activist and far-right supporter...

DATE: Dec 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

New York subway ends its MetroCard era and switches fully to tap-and-go fares

NEW YORK (AP) — When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world’s oldest and largest transi...

DATE: Dec 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Thai and Cambodian top diplomats meet in China to solidify ceasefire

BEIJING (AP) — Top diplomats from Thailand and Cambodia kicked off two days of talks in China on Sunday as Beijing seeks to strengthen its role in mediating the two countries’ border dispute...

DATE: Dec 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Myanmar holds first election since military seized power but critics say the vote is a sham

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Voters went to the polls Sunday for the initial phase of Myanmar’s first general election in five years, held under the supervision of its military government while a ...

DATE: Dec 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Hounded by photographers for years, Bardot identified with the animals she later set out to save

PARIS (AP) — Brigitte Bardot felt each pop of the flashbulb like the impact of a high-powered rifle bullet. And so it was, she said, that years of implacable hounding by the world’s paparazz...

DATE: Dec 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

A building collapse in South Africa kills three people, including a 1-year-old

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Three people, including a one-year-old child, died when a two-story building collapsed in South Africa's Soweto township, west of Johannesburg, in the early hours of Sund...

DATE: Dec 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press