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FILE - Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton pose for photographers upon arrival at the Season 2 UK Premiere of The Night Manager in London, England, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (Photo by Millie Turner/Invision/AP, File)

English actors Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton welcome their second child

12:09 PM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

English actors Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton have welcomed their second child

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, on April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Trump made lots of tariff threats in 2025. Here are some that never materialized

8:48 AM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

President Donald Trump made a lot of tariff threats and trade promises this year

US jobless claim applications fell to 199,000 last week with layoffs still limited

8:35 AM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

US jobless claim applications fell to 199,000 last week with layoffs still limited

Former White House chief usher Gary Walters, author of "White House Memories," is interviewed about his book, in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump isn't the 1st president to want more room to entertain, longtime White House usher says

8:03 AM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

The longest-serving White House chief usher says presidents before Donald Trump were interested in having a larger space for entertaining too

What to know about the mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 as the search resumes

7:50 AM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 remains a mystery more than a decade later

Residents use their smartphones to film a large screen at a shopping mall showing CCTV broadcasting Chinese President Xi Jinping delivering his 2026 New Year message, in Beijing, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China announces it 'successfully completed' Taiwan military maneuvers

7:22 AM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

China’s People’s Liberation Army says it has “successfully completed” two days of military exercises in the waters off Taiwan

Latest deep-sea search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 gets underway

6:57 AM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

A deep-sea search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has begun in the Indian Ocean, reviving efforts to solve one of aviation’s greatest mysteries

New Zealand's Auckland has become the first major city to ring in 2026 with fireworks from Sky Tower

6:00 AM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

New Zealand's Auckland has become the first major city to ring in 2026 with fireworks from Sky Tower

Travellers wait for Eurostar services at St Pancras International station in London, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Channel Tunnel power malfunction fixed, but rail delays linger

4:07 AM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Trains through the Channel Tunnel between Europe and the UK are running again after power malfunctions caused travel chaos

See the world in vertical: Top photos by AP photojournalists

3:11 AM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

FILE - President Donald Trump talks to the media as he walks to Marine One from the White House, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

A rough year for journalists in 2025, with a little hope for things to turn around

1:10 AM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

By most measures, 2025 was a rough year for those who care about freedom of the press

FILE - Judge Kevin Farmer listens during an Atlanta Public Safety Training Center RICO case at Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, July 7, 2025. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Georgia judge tosses landmark racketeering charges against 'Cop City' protesters

11:12 PM on Tuesday, December 30, 2025

A Georgia judge has tossed racketeering charges against dozens of defendants accused of a yearslong conspiracy to halt the construction of a police and firefighter training facility

President Donald Trump listens during a news conference with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

CIA behind strike at Venezuelan dock that Trump claims was used by drug smugglers, AP sources say

10:46 PM on Tuesday, December 30, 2025

The CIA was behind a drone strike last week at a docking area believed to have been used by Venezuelan drug cartels

FILE - Actor Isiah Whitlock Jr. poses at the premiere of "Cedar Rapids" during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, File)

Isiah Whitlock Jr., actor from 'The Wire,' 'Veep' and Spike Lee films, dies at 71

8:53 PM on Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Actor Isiah Whitlock Jr. has died at age 71

FILE - Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo., chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, delivers a parting statement to witness Michael Scanlon, President of Capitol Campaign Strategies, as he takes the fifth at an oversight hearing on the In Re tribal lobbying matters in Washington, Nov. 17, 2004. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Former US Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, of Colorado, dies at 92

8:15 PM on Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Former Colorado congressman and Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell has died

FILE - Big rigs stack up at the Flying J Truck Stop along Interstate 70 near the small Colorado plains community of Limon, May 21, 2009. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

California delays revoking 17,000 commercial driver's licenses until March after immigrants sue

7:04 PM on Tuesday, December 30, 2025

California has announced plans to delay the revocation of 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses until March, but Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the state could lose $160 million if it does that

FILE - State Sen. Michelle Benson reacts at a news conference on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul to a report by the state's legislative auditor on combatting fraud in Minnesota's Child Care Assistance Program. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski,File)

Trump administration says it's freezing child care funds to Minnesota after series of fraud schemes

6:18 PM on Tuesday, December 30, 2025

The Trump administration has announced that it is freezing child care funds to Minnesota after a series of fraud schemes in recent years

FILE - An EBT SNAP sign is shown on a self check out screen at a grocery store in Mount Prospect, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

SNAP bans on soda, candy and other foods take effect in five states Jan. 1

12:09 PM on Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Americans in five states who get government help paying for groceries will see new limits starting Thursday on soda, candy and other foods they can buy with those benefits

This undated photo provided by Hardman for Iowa on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025, shows Democrat Renee Hardman. (Hardman for Iowa via AP)

Democrat Renee Hardman wins Iowa state Senate seat, blocking GOP from reclaiming a supermajority

12:04 AM on Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Democrat Renee Hardman has been elected to the Iowa state Senate in a holiday-week special election, denying Republicans’ bid to reclaim two-thirds control of the chamber

Dianna Tompkins looks at a mirror while she sits on a bed at her home in Demotte, Ind., Dec. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

How a fast-moving $50 cash relief program buoyed needy families when SNAP payments were paused

8:11 AM on Wednesday, December 24, 2025

GiveDirectly got $50 gift cards out to SNAP recipients during last month’s shutdown through a new approach to cash assistance

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