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People waiting in the iluminated bus station with banners of LDK (Democratic League of Kosovo) leader Lumir Abdixhiku in capital Pristina on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Kosovo heads to a snap vote to end political deadlock

12:31 AM on Saturday, December 27, 2025

Voters in Kosovo are headed for a second election this year in a bid to resolve a political deadlock that has threatened to push the small Balkan nation into a prolonged crisis

FILE - Afghan refugee families heading back to their homeland, gather next to trucks loaded with their belongings as they wait for documentation at the UNHCR Voluntary Repatriation Centre in Azakhel, Nowshera a district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad, File)

Millions of Afghans face hunger as aid cuts deepen a humanitarian crisis

12:11 AM on Saturday, December 27, 2025

Millions of Afghans are struggling as international aid cuts sever a lifeline many relied on for food and heating

Anonymous money fuels $5 million in attacks on Georgia's Lt. Gov. Burt Jones

12:03 AM on Saturday, December 27, 2025

A mysterious group called Georgians for Integrity has spent around $5 million on television ads, mailers and texts attacking Lt. Gov. Burt Jones since November

Kilmar Abrego Garcia arrives at the United States District Court District of Maryland, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Greenbelt, Md. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Federal judge to hold hearing on whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia is being vindictively prosecuted

5:07 PM on Friday, December 26, 2025

A federal judge has canceled the trial of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man mistakenly deported, and scheduled a hearing on whether the prosecution is being vindictive in its human smuggling case against him

New signage, The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts, is unveiled on the Kennedy Center, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Kennedy Center criticizes musician who canceled performance after Trump name added to building

5:03 PM on Friday, December 26, 2025

The president of the Kennedy Center is criticizing musician Chuck Redd for canceling a Christmas Eve performance

Arturo Suarez, a Venezuelan migrant sent by the U.S. to El Salvador and later deported to Venezuela, walks with his family after reading a statement at a government building in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Dec. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuelan migrants sent to El Salvador demand justice after US judge ruling

4:27 PM on Friday, December 26, 2025

Venezuelan migrants transferred to a prison in El Salvador by the U.S. government are demanding justice

FILE - The Cedar Viaduct, designed to take high-speed trains over Cedar and North avenues and State Route 99, is shown in an aerial view, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Fresno, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)

California drops lawsuit seeking to reinstate federal funding for the state's bullet train

3:39 PM on Friday, December 26, 2025

California has dropped a lawsuit officials filed against the Trump administration over the federal government's withdrawing of $4 billion for the state's long-delayed high-speed rail project

Pittsburgh professors say research was weaponized in Trump’s higher education fight

1:44 PM on Friday, December 26, 2025

In the fallout of President Donald Trump's executive orders eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion policies in awarding university research funding, Pittsburgh researchers have responded to new federal guidelines by rewriting grant applications

Pennsylvania's Allegheny County implementing involuntary outpatient mental health care services

1:35 PM on Friday, December 26, 2025

Allegheny County in Pennsylvania will begin using a controversial legal tool for involuntary mental health care in the community, beginning Jan. 1

FILE - Philadelphians and visitors gather during the the lighting of the city's first kinara on the first day of Kwanzaa celebrations at the Philadelphia City Hall grounds, Dec. 26, 2023. (Jose F. Moreno/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File)

A beginner's guide to Kwanzaa

12:16 PM on Friday, December 26, 2025

Founded during the Black Freedom Movement of the 1960s, Kwanzaa is a non-religious holiday that is observed by millions of Americans

Pakistan summons UK diplomat over a threat to army chief during a rally

11:41 AM on Friday, December 26, 2025

Pakistan has summoned Britain’s deputy high commissioner after a viral video showed a woman at a rally in the northern English city of Bradford saying the Pakistani army chief would die in a possible attack

Wind turbine bases, generators and blades are positioned along with support ships at The Portsmouth Marine terminal at the staging area for Dominion Energy's wind turbine project Monday Dec. 22, 2025, in Portsmouth, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Virginia offshore wind developer sues over Trump administration order halting projects

11:13 AM on Friday, December 26, 2025

The developers of a Virginia offshore wind project are asking a federal judge to block a Trump administration order that halted construction of their project, along with four others, over national security concerns

This image provided by America250 in December 2025 shows the New Year's Eve ball designed for the U.S.'s 250th year. (Damon Haimoff/America250 via AP)

Times Square to feature patriotic crystal ball for New Year's Eve, kicking off US's 250th birthday

8:30 AM on Friday, December 26, 2025

After the crystal ball drops on New Year’s Eve in New York City, it will rise again, sparkling in red, white and blue

FILE - Robert Friedrichs poses for a photo at the Atomic Museum, on April 16, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

ICYMI: Close out 2025 with these great reads from AP

7:26 AM on Friday, December 26, 2025

As 2025 wraps up, The Associated Press has curated a list of memorable stories and enjoyable reads published this year

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a media conference at the EU Summit in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Trump-Zelenskyy talks will address security guarantees and reconstruction, Ukraine leader says

3:25 AM on Friday, December 26, 2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that he will meet on Sunday with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida

South Korean 1st Vice Minister of Health and Welfare Lee Seuran speaks during a briefing at the government complex building in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 26, 2025. (Choo Sang-chul/Newsis via AP)

South Korea vows to end foreign adoptions as UN presses Seoul to address past abuses

2:25 AM on Friday, December 26, 2025

South Korea’s government says it plans to end the waning foreign adoptions of Korean children

President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago club, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US launches strikes against Islamic State group in Nigeria after attacks target Christians

6:40 PM on Thursday, December 25, 2025

President Donald Trump says the U.S. launched a deadly strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the West African country's government of failing to rein in the persecution of Christians

Today in History: December 26, massive earthquake triggers Asian Tsunami

1:20 PM on Monday, December 8, 2025

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