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Online gambling is everywhere. So are the risks 11/12/2025 09:54am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Online betting is more accessible than ever, with 14% of U.S. adults saying they bet on professional or college sports online either frequently or occasionally, according to a February poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. It's also in the news, with The best used hybrid SUVs you can buy for less than $25,000 11/12/2025 06:56am • SUVs deliver many attributes that car shoppers love in a vehicle. Thanks to their elevated height, they provide a commanding view of the road. They also deliver lots of passenger space, roomy cargo holds, and often have strong safety ratings. Less appealing are higher fuel bills and the expense of Taiwan evacuates 8,300 and shuts schools before tropical storm brushes island 11/12/2025 06:00am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ��� Taiwan evacuated more than 8,300 people from coastal and mountainous areas and closed schools before a tropical storm brushes the southern part of the island later Wednesday. Fung-wong had super typhoon strength when it battered the Philippines on Sunday, causing flooding, la Women riding the streets of Tehran on motorbikes is the latest sign of Iran's societal change 11/12/2025 01:08am • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ��� When Merat Behnam first gathered enough courage to ride her yellow scooter through the gridlocked streets of Iran 's capital to the coffee shop she runs, traffic wasn't her main worry. She instead girded herself for disapproving looks, verbal abuse and even being stopped by th Suspect chased by police for 170 miles through 4 California counties before escaping into Mexico 11/11/2025 10:34pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� In Southern California, where police pursuits are common, this was one for the books. A suspect in an allegedly stolen minivan led authorities on a two-hour, 170-mile (274-kilometer) chase through four counties Monday that ended with her escaping into Mexico, officials said. T Full blackout hits the Dominican Republic as crews scramble to restore power 11/11/2025 10:27pm • SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) ��� A rare blackout hit the entire Dominican Republic on Tuesday, snarling traffic and paralyzing businesses in the country of nearly 11 million people. Officials blamed a failure in the grid���s transmission system, although it wasn���t immediately clear what Suicide bomber kills 12 outside Islamabad court as Pakistan violence rises 11/11/2025 07:45pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� A suicide bomber struck outside a court in Pakistan's capital Tuesday, detonating his explosives next to a police car and killing 12 people in the latest of an uptick in violence across the country. Witnesses described mayhem. The blast, which also wounded 27 people, was heard fo AP Interview: Newsom says Trump climate-fighting absence is 'doubling down on stupid' 11/11/2025 07:23pm • BELEM, Brazil (AP) ��� Calling America���s absence from key United Nations climate negotiations ���doubling down on stupid,��� California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday the United States risks being left behind as an economic power. Newsom, a Democrat eyeing a 2028 presidential run, is so far the hi Security becomes top issue for Chileans ahead of presidential elections 11/11/2025 06:56pm • SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) ��� Chileans will go to the polls Sunday to elect their next president in a polarized election where security is front of mind. Communist Jeannette Jara and the far-right Jos�� Antonio Kast have emerged as the front-runners with campaigns focused on security and similar proposal There's no timeline on when flight cuts will ease up after the government shutdown ends 11/11/2025 06:19pm • Airlines have canceled more than 9,000 flights across the U.S. since the Federal Aviation Administration ordered flight cuts last week to ease demand on control towers, which are short-staffed during the federal government shutdown. Although the government appears set to reopen in the coming days 'It's all about safety': Stop sign cameras installed in Prince George's Co. are seeing positive results 11/11/2025 06:13pm • So far this year, 10 different municipalities in Prince George���s County, Maryland, have either adopted or plan to adopt the use of stop sign cameras. But, they aren���t the first. Places such as Berwyn Heights, Colmar Manor and Morningside were among the early adopters of the technology, which Cleto Escobedo III, Jimmy Kimmel's bandleader and childhood friend, dies at 59 11/11/2025 05:27pm • Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel is mourning the death of one of his oldest friends ��� his show's bandleader, Cleto Escobedo III. Kimmel announced Escobedo's death Tuesday on Instagram, saying ���that we are heartbroken is an understatement.��� Escobedo was 59. Escobedo and Kimmel met as ch Prosecutor says it will take days to decide whether to charge homeowner in house cleaner's death 11/11/2025 04:53pm • LEBANON, Ind. (AP) ��� A decision on whether to file charges against an Indiana homeowner suspected of killing of a Guatemalan house cleaner after she mistakenly went to the wrong address may not come for days, prosecutors say. Investigators turned over their findings in Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Strong winds can bring gale warnings to communities near water. Here's what that means 11/11/2025 02:50pm • Winter weather in the U.S. frequently includes storms and steeply declining temperatures. Those drastic weather changes can come with high winds, sometimes strong enough to capsize a boat, or send a rogue tree branch flying. Such conditions can translate into safety risks for people who go outside a A mysterious meow from her car introduces Baylor coach Nicki Collen to a new family member 11/11/2025 02:22pm • Baylor coach Nicki Collen has a new furry family member ��� Sailor the cat. She was driving home from an assistant's birthday Saturday night when she heard meowing coming from her car. The coach at first thought she was hearing things since she didn't have a cat. Yet she kept hearing it, so she look