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Mexican officials clear border camp as US pressure mounts to limit migrant crossings 12/28/2023 01:15pm • MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — A ragged migrant tent camp next to the Rio Grande is a long way from Mexico's National Palace, where a U.S. delegation met this week with Mexico's president seeking more action to curb a surge of migrants reaching the U.S. border. But as Mexican officials in the city of Ma 3 years after White’s Ferry closed, Md. group feels ‘betrayed’ 12/28/2023 10:06am • On the third anniversary of the shutdown of historic White’s Ferry, which runs between Montgomery County, Maryland, and Loudoun County, Virginia, people on the Maryland side of the Potomac River say they feel "beyond frustrated" and "betrayed," that the ferry remains closed with "no end to the sta The number of wounded Israeli soldiers is mounting, representing a hidden cost of war 12/28/2023 08:15am • RAMAT GAN, Israel (AP) — Igor Tudoran spent just 12 hours inside the Gaza Strip before a missile slammed into his tank, leaving him with a life-altering injury. “Already within the tank, I understood from the condition of my leg that I would lose it. But the question was how much of it will I lo Texas Bowl Winners 12/28/2023 12:23am • Dec. 27, 2023 — Oklahoma St. 31, Texas A&M 23 Dec. 28, 2022 — Texas Tech 42, Mississippi 25 Jan, 4, 2022 — Kansas State 42, LSU 20 Dec. 31, 2020 — Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic Dec. 27, 2019 — Texas A&M 24, Oklahoma State 21 Dec. 27, 2018 — Baylor 45, Vanderbilt 38 Dec. US delegation meets with Mexico's government on migrant influx, as officials clear border tent camp 12/27/2023 08:02pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials moved to clear a migrant encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande river Wednesday as U.S. officials met with Mexico's president to press for measures to limit a surge of migrants reaching the U.S. southwestern border. Mexico began clearing tents, both occup Pro-Palestinian protesters block airport access roads in New York, Los Angeles 12/27/2023 07:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Pro-Palestinian protesters briefly blocked entrance roads to airports in New York and Los Angeles on Wednesday, snarling traffic as U.S. airlines contended with a rush of holiday travel. The demonstrations stopped cars on the outskirts of New York’s John F. Kennedy International Bodies suspected to be pregnant woman and boyfriend were shot, police in Texas say 12/27/2023 03:36pm • SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The dead bodies that Texas investigators believe to have been a pregnant woman and her boyfriend were found with gunshot wounds days after they were reported missing, police said Wednesday. A medical examiner has yet to confirm that it was the bodies of Savanah Nicole Soto, 18, Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 17 12/27/2023 03:33pm • It’s championship week. If you’re still playing, congrats, but this is no time to take your foot off the gas. Nailing your start/sit calls this week can be the difference between owning your group text for the next eight months or taking home a second-place finish. Every week I’ll be listing 3 hospitalized after crash on Maryland Route 200 in Montgomery Co. 12/27/2023 01:10pm • Three people were hospitalized Wednesday morning after a single-car crash in Montgomery County, Maryland. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue) Three people were hospitalized on Wednesday morning after a single-vehicle crash in Montgomery County, Maryland. The crash happened in the wes Young Russian mezzo bids for breakout stardom in Met's new 'Carmen' 12/27/2023 11:12am • NEW YORK (AP) — Aigul Akhmetshina likes to describe herself as “just an ordinary girl from a small village in the middle of nowhere in Russia.” Not quite. Akhmetshina started performing folk songs of her native Bashkortostan while still a toddler. Her family couldn’t afford a piano, so her f The year in clean energy: Wind, solar and batteries grow despite economic challenges 12/27/2023 09:50am • Led by new solar power, the world added renewable energy at breakneck speed in 2023, a trend that if amplified will help Earth turn away from fossil fuels and prevent severe warming and its effects. Clean energy is often now the least expensive, explaining some of the growth. Nations also adopted po Edmunds: The best plug-in hybrids for driving without filling up on gas 12/27/2023 07:31am • Buying a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle is a great way to try living with an electric vehicle without giving up the convenience of using gasoline for longer trips. They’re perfect for driving shorter commutes, shuttling kids to school, and running local errands on electricity. But when your plans South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun of Oscar-winning film 'Parasite' is found dead 12/27/2023 05:33am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lee Sun-kyun, a popular South Korean actor best known for his role in the Oscar-winning movie “Parasite,” was found dead in a car in Seoul on Wednesday, authorities said, after weeks of an intense police investigation into his alleged drug use. Police and emergency of She died weeks after fleeing the Maui wildfire. Her family fought to have her listed as a victim. 12/27/2023 01:05am • LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Sharlene Rabang and her calico cat fled the wildfire that destroyed her town on Maui and arrived at a family home on another Hawaii island after a 24-hour odyssey that included sleeping in a car. Dazed, coughing and weak, the frail but feisty 78-year-old headed straight for Missing pregnant Texas teen and her boyfriend found dead in a car in San Antonio 12/26/2023 10:14pm • SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) — A missing pregnant Texas teenager and her boyfriend were found dead in a parked car Tuesday in San Antonio and police said they may have been there for days. Savanah Nicole Soto, 18, and Matthew Guerra, 22, were reported missing by police in Leon Valley, a few miles north