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2:49 AM on Tuesday, December 30

Two French sailors based on the Pacific island of New Caledonia — one of them a former windsurfing Olympian — have overcome tough Sydney to Hobart seas on one of the fleet’s smallest boats to all but clinch handicap honors in the annual race

1:49 AM on Tuesday, December 30

Saudi Arabia directly links UAE to Yemen separatists' advances, warns Abu Dhabi its actions are 'extremely dangerous'

1:25 AM on Tuesday, December 30

China’s top diplomat has slammed a record U.S. military sale to Taiwan

1:07 AM on Tuesday, December 30

Yemen anti-Houthi forces declare a state of emergency and a 72-hour ban on all border crossings into territory they hold

1:02 AM on Tuesday, December 30

A wild winter storm is bringing strong winds, heavy snow and frigid temperatures to the Great Lakes and Northeast

12:48 AM on Tuesday, December 30

China’s People’s Liberation Army is staging a second day of large-scale military drills around Taiwan

12:19 AM on Tuesday, December 30

Shares are mostly lower in Asia and U.S. futures are flat after stocks slipped on Wall Street

12:05 AM on Tuesday, December 30

Scientists from Mexico’s National Autonomous University have created the first three-dimensional image of the Popocatépetl volcano's interior

12:03 AM on Tuesday, December 30

Dozens of places across the U.S. will ring in 2026 by dropping a quirky assortment of fruits, vegetables, sea creatures and balls of all shapes and sizes

11:22 PM on Monday, December 29

Zane Gonzalez kicked a 51-yard field goal with 21 seconds remaining and the Atlanta Falcons recovered after blowing two 21-point leads to upset the Los Angeles Rams 27-24

10:33 PM on Monday, December 29

Police say an investigation that extended to the Philippines of two men accused of killing 15 people at a Sydney Jewish festival has found no evidence they were part of a “broader terrorist cell.”

10:30 PM on Monday, December 29

Bijan Robinson had the longest rushing score in Falcons history Monday night, one of two ways he entered their record book in a win against the Rams

9:15 PM on Monday, December 29

Saudi Arabia says it bombed Yemen’s port city of Mukalla over a shipment of weapons for a separatist force there that arrived from the United Arab Emirates

9:10 PM on Monday, December 29

Saudi Arabia says it bombs Yemen port city of Mukalla over shipment of weapons for separatists that arrived from UAE

9:03 PM on Monday, December 29

Boston College forward James Hagens scored in a 1:03 span late in the second period and early in the third and the United States overcame a two-goal deficit to beat Slovakia 6-5 on Monday night in the world junior hockey championship

8:51 PM on Monday, December 29

Denver star Nikola Jokic limped off the court at halftime during the Nuggets' game in Miami on Monday night

8:51 PM on Monday, December 29

Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has died at 80, her political party has announced Tuesday

8:01 PM on Monday, December 29

Officials say the father of NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin died and his mother was critically injured after a weekend fire heavily damaged the North Carolina home where they lived

12:03 AM on Monday, December 29

The NFC South can only be decided on Saturday if Carolina beats Tampa Bay

11:54 PM on Sunday, December 28

A strengthening bomb cyclone is barreling across the northern United States, unleashing severe winter weather in the Midwest and aiming at the East Coast