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Car bomb kills Russian general in Moscow
December 22, 2025 - 2:08 AM

MOSCOW (AP) — A car bomb killed a Russian general on Monday, the third such killing of a senior military officer in just over a year. Investigators said Ukraine may be behind the attack.
Bondi Beach shooting suspect conducted firearms training with his father, Australian police say
December 22, 2025 - 2:06 AM

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A man accused of killing 15 people at Sydney’s Bondi Beach conducted firearms training in an area of New South Wales state outside of Sydney with his father, according to Australian police documents released on Monday.
Trump's appointment of envoy to Greenland sparks new tension with Denmark
December 22, 2025 - 2:04 AM

The leaders of Denmark and Greenland insisted Monday that the United States won't take over Greenland and demanded respect for their territorial integrity after President Donald Trump ??announced ?the appointment of a ?special envoy to the semi-autonomous territory.
Turkey's top officials visit Syria as deadline for Kurdish integration looms
December 22, 2025 - 1:39 AM

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Turkey’s top diplomat and military and intelligence chiefs visited Syria on Monday as a deadline to implement a deal between authorities in Damascus and Kurdish-led forces in the country’s northeast looms.
Turkish agents capture an IS member on the Afghan-Pakistan border
December 22, 2025 - 1:29 AM

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish intelligence agents have captured a senior member of the Islamic State group in an area along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, allegedly thwarting planned suicide attacks in Turkey and elsewhere, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported Monday.
The killing of a general in Moscow follows a series of assassinations Russia blames on Ukraine
December 22, 2025 - 1:29 AM

Russia has accused Ukraine of carrying out a number of high-profile attacks against prominent Russians since Moscow invaded its neighbor nearly four years ago.
Ukraine strikes oil terminal, planes and ships in an array of strikes inside Russia
December 22, 2025 - 1:12 AM

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces hit an oil terminal, a pipeline, two parked jet fighters and two ships in a series of strikes on Russian soil, officials said Monday.
Pope offers gentle critique of Vatican culture in Christmas greeting reminiscent of past
December 22, 2025 - 12:42 AM

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV urged Vatican cardinals on Monday to put their ambitions of power and personal interests aside, as he followed in Pope Francis’ footsteps and used a Christmas greeting to gently criticize his closest collaborators.
Addiction-stricken community struggles to keep a syringe program going after Trump's order
December 22, 2025 - 12:02 AM

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Inside a storage room at the Clark County Health Department are boxes with taped-on signs reading, “DO NOT USE.” They contain cookers and sterile water that people use to shoot up drugs.
Giant lazy Susans bring people together at Mississippi restaurant
December 21, 2025 - 11:49 PM

MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) — Over the course of a steaming-hot Southern lunch, served family-style on a giant lazy Susan, restaurant owner Andre Davis has watched people go from perfect strangers to lifelong friends.
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The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
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Car bomb kills Russian general in Moscow

Bondi Beach shooting suspect conducted firearms training with his father, Australian police say

Trump's appointment of envoy to Greenland sparks new tension with Denmark

Turkey's top officials visit Syria as deadline for Kurdish integration looms

Turkish agents capture an IS member on the Afghan-Pakistan border

The killing of a general in Moscow follows a series of assassinations Russia blames on Ukraine

Ukraine strikes oil terminal, planes and ships in an array of strikes inside Russia

Pope offers gentle critique of Vatican culture in Christmas greeting reminiscent of past

Addiction-stricken community struggles to keep a syringe program going after Trump's order

Giant lazy Susans bring people together at Mississippi restaurant

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