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Bystander shown in videos disarming gunman during Australian beach shooting commended for bravery 12/14/2025 05:53pm • SYDNEY (AP) — A bystander seen in a widely circulated video disarming a gunman during a deadly shooting rampage at a popular Australian beach is being heralded as a hero who saved lives. Video footage posted to social media shows a passerby dressed in a white T-shirt and dark pants crouching behi Father and son gunmen kill at least 15 people in attack on Hanukkah event at Sydney's Bondi Beach 12/14/2025 05:30pm • SYDNEY (AP) — Two gunmen opened fire during a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi beach, killing 15 people, including a child, officials said Monday, in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an act of antisemitic terrorism that struck at the heart of the nation. The shooters were father a For players like Knicks guard Tyler Kolek, the NBA Cup may be quite the payday 12/14/2025 02:21pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — The New York Knicks might get a trophy. Tyler Kolek's dad might get a car. The NBA Cup final will have San Antonio against the Knicks on Tuesday night in Las Vegas. The game won't count in the standings, and the stats won't be added to any official totals. But there is a trophy, b Mass shooting at Jewish event on Bondi Beach follows rising antisemitism in Australia 12/14/2025 01:29pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — At least 11 people were killed Sunday in an attack on a Hannukah celebration at a popular Sydney beach and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was quick to call it an act of antisemitic terrorism. Antisemitism has been on the rise in Australia, fueled in part by Isra Haruki Murakami honored with awards and a jazzy tribute in New York 12/14/2025 08:23am • NEW YORK (AP) — Haruki Murakami was in town last week to hear his words set to music and his praises literally sung. The 76-year-old Tokyo resident and perennial Nobel Prize candidate received a pair of honors in Manhattan for his long career as a storyteller, translator, critic and essayist. On T High-end car sales sink in China as its economy slows, taking a toll on European automakers 12/13/2025 09:05pm • HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese demand for foreign luxury cars is waning as customers opt for more affordable Chinese brand models, often sold at big discounts, catering to their taste for fancy electronics and comfort. That is bad news for European carmakers like Porsche, Aston Martin, Mercedes-Benz and Iran raises gasoline prices for the first time since deadly 2019 protests 12/13/2025 05:11am • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran introduced a new pricing tier Saturday for its nationally subsidized gasoline, attempting to rein in spiraling costs for the first time since a price hike in 2019 that sparked nationwide protests and a crackdown that reportedly killed over 300 people. Cheap gasoline has be Historic rains and flooding trigger dramatic rescues in Washington state 12/13/2025 02:37am • BURLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — When Eddie Wicks and his wife went to bed in their house next to the Snoqualmie River on a Washington state farm known for its sunflower mazes and Christmas trees, they weren’t too worried about the flooding heading their way. After 30 years living in the city of Duvall What to know about Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release from immigration custody 12/13/2025 12:02am • BALTIMORE (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation helped galvanize opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, was released from immigration detention on Thursday, and a judge has temporarily blocked any further efforts to detain him. Abrego Garcia currently can Thai villagers stay behind to guard empty homes as border clashes force mass evacuations 12/12/2025 10:30pm • SURIN, Thailand (AP) — Fighting that has flared along the Thai-Cambodian border has sent hundreds of thousands of Thai villagers fleeing from their homes close to the frontier since Monday. Their once-bustling communities have fallen largely silent except for the distant rumble of firing across th Record floods in Washington state trigger dramatic rescues and evacuations 12/12/2025 08:10pm • BURLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — Record floodwaters began slowly receding in Washington state on Friday after triggering evacuations, inundating communities and prompting dramatic rescues from rooftops and vehicles. But authorities warned that waters would still be high for days, and that danger from pote New Orleans jail escapee who evaded capture for months gets life sentence for double murder 12/12/2025 05:22pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The last inmate caught after an audacious New Orleans jailbreak was sentenced Friday to two life sentences over a 2018 double murder, with the Louisiana judge rebuking him for the disruption caused by his five months on the run. Derrick Groves, 28, wore shackles and an orange ju A Georgia woman suffers severe burns in a chemical attack at a Savannah park 12/12/2025 05:03pm • SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia woman has been hospitalized with severe burns after someone poured a corrosive chemical onto her head while she was walking at a public park in Savannah, the victim's son and a close friend said Friday. Savannah police confirmed they are searching for a suspect in th This Montgomery Co. teen's kidnapping motivated her to start a toy drive 12/12/2025 04:00pm • A cadre of police cars pulled up to Montgomery County Circuit Court in Rockville, Maryland, on Thursday afternoon to collect more than $1,100 worth of toys to be distributed to kids in need this Christmas. Inside those vehicles was a cast of characters, including the Grinch, several elves and Russian cargo jet grounded 16 years in Michigan's Upper Peninsula may soon fly again 12/12/2025 03:36pm • One of Michigan's most enduring sagas in the Upper Peninsula — the grounding of a Russian cargo jet marooned near Marquette for 16 years — may soon come to an end after years of lawsuits, police investigations and feuding over ownership. The tale that touches Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Pakistan and Te