Category Archives: World/National
Stocks close slightly lower in quiet post-Christmas trading
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks closed slightly lower on Friday in a quiet day of trading as investors returned from the Christmas holiday. The S&P 500 index fell 2.11 points, less than 0.1%, to close at 6...
Dec 26, 2025
Pope Leo XIV urges the faithful on Christmas to shed indifference in the face of suffering
By SILVIA STELLACCI and COLLEEN BARRY The Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Leo XIV during his first Christmas Day message on Thursday urged the faithful to shed indifference in the face of th...
Dec 25, 2025
Trump says US struck Islamic State targets in Nigeria after group targeted Christians
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday that the U.S. launched a "powerful and deadly" strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after...
Dec 25, 2025
A Powerball player in Arkansas has won a $1.817 billion lottery jackpot
By OLIVIA DIAZ Associated Press/Report for America A Powerball player in Arkansas won a $1.817 billion jackpot in Wednesday's Christmas Eve drawing, ending the lottery game's three-month stretch witho...
Dec 25, 2025
After missing deadline, DOJ says it may need a 'few more weeks' to finish releasing Epstein files
By SEUNG MIN KIM, ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department said Wednesday that it may need a "few more weeks" to release all of its records on the lat...
Dec 24, 2025
Faithful return to Bethlehem and Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter's
By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) - Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the Holy Land heral...
Dec 24, 2025
US stocks drift to more records on a holiday-shortened day of trading
NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street closed higher and reached more records Wednesday on a holiday-shortened trading day. The S&P 500 index rose 22.26 points, or 0.3%, to 6,932.05. The Dow Jones Industrial...
Dec 24, 2025
Voluminous new Epstein document release includes multiple Trump mentions, but little revelatory news
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department has released tens of thousands more documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, a tranche that included...
Dec 24, 2025
Consumer confidence slumps to lowest level since the US rolled out tariffs in April
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Consumers' confidence in the economy was shaken in December as Americans grew anxious about high prices and the impact of President Donald Trump's swee...
Dec 23, 2025
Israeli Cabinet approves 19 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank
By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel's Cabinet has approved a proposal for 19 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, the far-right finance minister said Sunday,...
Dec 21, 2025