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3:05 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Hong Kong will ring in 2026 without fireworks over Victoria Harbor after a massive fire in November killed at least 161 people

2:57 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Officials say Pakistan has seen polio cases fall by more than half in 2025

2:46 AM on Wednesday, December 31

The old and nuanced art of Peking opera is working hard to flourish in an era of digital entertainment and incessant screens

2:07 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Carl Grundstrom scored the go-ahead goal early in the second period and the Philadelphia Flyers gave coach Rick Tocchet a victory against his former team, beating the Canucks 6-3 in his return to Vancouver

1:33 AM on Wednesday, December 31

LeBron James scored 17 points on his 41st birthday, but Cade Cunningham had 27 points and 11 assists while leading the Detroit Pistons to a 128-106 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers

1:29 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Ken Seals passed for 258 yards and the game-winning touchdown in overtime as TCU rallied to beat No. 16 Southern California 30-27 in the Alamo Bowl

1:10 AM on Wednesday, December 31

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

12:49 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Surveys show that Chinese factory activity expanded for the first time in eight months in December, as orders picked up ahead of holidays and builders rushed to finish projects

12:10 AM on Wednesday, December 31

By rookie VJ Edgecombe’s calculation, he mistimed his game-winner in overtime

12:03 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Zohran Mamdani will become mayor of New York City as the clock ticks over into 2026 — but the celebrations are set to last through New Year’s Day

11:37 PM on Tuesday, December 30

China Vanke, once the country's largest homebuilder, narrowly avoided defaulting on a $284 million debt last week as the painfully slow recovery in China's property market drags on

11:11 PM on Tuesday, December 30

VJ Edgecombe scored 25 points, including a 3-pointer with 1.7 seconds left in overtime to give the Philadelphia 76ers a 139-136 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies in a tight game

11:01 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Anthony Rendon has agreed to restructure the final year of his $245 million, seven-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press

10:46 PM on Tuesday, December 30

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

9:21 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Major Asian stock markets, including Tokyo and Seoul, are closed for the yearend and New Year’s holidays, while trading was mixed in those bourses that remained open

8:53 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Actor Isiah Whitlock Jr. has died at age 71

6:18 PM on Tuesday, December 30

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

3:43 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Six-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon is now Sir Scott Dixon after receiving a knighthood in New Zealand’s New Year honors list

2:49 AM on Tuesday, December 30

Handicap honors in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race have changed hands after the French-crewed first-place yacht was penalized for breaking rules relating to sail use

12:04 AM on Tuesday, December 30

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