After fighting virus, storms and Republicans, departing North Carolina Gov. Cooper focuses on wins

Baby mammoth preserved for 50,000 years unveiled in Russia’s Siberia

Hong Kong police issue arrest warrants and bounties for six activists

Sudan’s war is ‘deepening and widening’ a famine crisis, hunger monitoring report says

A blast at a Turkish armaments factory kills at least 12 people

Middle East latest: Israel intercepts projectile from Yemen. Former Israeli hostage dies

American imprisoned in Russia sentenced to new 15-year jail term for espionage

How one village became the Christmas capital of Washington state

Legendary drug lord Fabio Ochoa is deported to Colombia and walks free after 20 years in US prisons

No. 23 Michigan heads out west for matchup with No. 4 USC to tipoff Big Ten play

WNBA coaching offseason hires complete with Washington and Dallas both finding new head coaches

US and UK criticize Pakistani military court convictions of civilian supporters of Imran Khan

Balkans snowstorm leaves tens of thousands of homes without power, causes traffic chaos

Bethlehem is set to mark a second subdued Christmas during the war in Gaza

Stock market today: World stocks mostly advance in quiet Christmas Eve trading