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US announces massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, ...

DATE: Dec 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Israel launches intense airstrikes in Lebanon as deadline looms to disarm Hezbollah

BEIRUT (AP) — Israel carried out a series of airstrikes on southern and northeastern Lebanon on Thursday as a deadline looms to disarm the militant Hezbollah group along the tense frontier. ...

DATE: Dec 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Rain creates a crimson spectacle on Iran's Hormuz Island for the first time this year

TEHARN, Iran (AP) — Rainfall on Iran's Hormuz Island briefly transformed the coastline of its famed Red Beach into a striking natural scene this week, as red soil flowed into the sea and tur...

DATE: Dec 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

World shares are mixed after AI worries drag Wall Street tech stocks lower

BANGKOK (AP) — World shares were mixed on Thursday after declines for AI stocks dragged the U.S. market to its worst day in nearly a month. Traders were waiting for an update later in the d...

DATE: Dec 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Denver hosts Cal Baptist after Monclova's 30-point outing

Cal Baptist Lancers (6-5) at Denver Pioneers (5-7) Denver; Friday, 3 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Denver takes on Cal Baptist after Laia Monclova scored 30 points in Denver's 80-53 win against the ...

DATE: Dec 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Belgium demands ironclad guarantees of protection as EU leaders weigh a massive loan for Ukraine

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium insisted on Thursday that its European Union partners must provide ironclad guarantees that it will be protected from Russian retaliation before it would back a massi...

DATE: Dec 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Avalanche bring 3-game win streak into matchup with the Jets

Winnipeg Jets (15-16-2, in the Central Division) vs. Colorado Avalanche (24-2-7, in the Central Division) Denver; Friday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Avalanche are looking to extend...

DATE: Dec 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Mourners grieve 10-year-old slain in Bondi mass shooting as Australia's leader pledges new hate laws

SYDNEY (AP) — Hundreds of mourners bearing bright bouquets and clutching each other in grief gathered at a funeral in Sydney on Thursday for a 10-year-old girl who was gunned down in an anti...

DATE: Dec 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Davis scores 19 off the bench, San Diego State takes down Air Force 81-58

SAN DIEGO (AP) — BJ Davis' 19 points off of the bench helped lead San Diego State to an 81-58 victory against Air Force on Wednesday night. Davis added six assists for the Aztecs (6-3, 1-0 ...

DATE: Dec 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, has died

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietna...

DATE: Dec 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Key findings of an AP analysis examining federal prosecutions of protesters

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has launched a months-long effort to prosecute people accused of assaulting or hindering federal officers while protesting President Donald Trump’s i...

DATE: Dec 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

DOJ vowed to punish those who disrupt Trump's immigration crackdown. Dozens of cases have crumbled

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal agent described her wounds as “boo-boos.” Nevertheless, the Justice Department aggressively pursued the alleged perpetrator. They jailed Sidney Lori Reid on a c...

DATE: Dec 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press