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Rome opens long-awaited Colosseum subway station, with displays of unearthed artifacts 12/16/2025 11:00am • ROME (AP) — Rome opened two subway stations on Tuesday — one deep beneath the Colosseum — that mix the modernity of high-tech transport with artifacts from an ancient era. Commuters and tourists entering the station beside the iconic amphitheater can view displays of ceramic vases and plates, Retail sales unchanged in October hurt in part by a decline in auto sales 12/16/2025 10:41am • NEW YORK (AP) — Sales at U.S. retailers and restaurants were unchanged in October from September as consumers moderated their spending amid worries about higher prices and other economic uncertainties after splurging over the summer. But a big factor dragging down the figure was a 1.6% drop in sal Jordans, iMac and a trip to Germany: DC holiday market visitors recount priciest gifts 12/16/2025 05:41am • There’s going to be a lot of budget-busting presents found under the Christmas tree, if the National Retail Federation’s prediction comes true. The group said that for the first time, $1 trillion will be spent this holiday season. While tariffs, federal government cuts and the government s Sydney taekwondo instructor gets life sentence for murdering student and parents 12/16/2025 03:55am • SYDNEY (AP) — A judge sentenced a Sydney taekwondo instructor on Tuesday to life in prison without possibility of release for murdering a 7-year-old student and the boy’s parents. Kwang Kyung Yoo, 51, sat with his head bowed as Justice Ian Harrison said he would never be eligible for parole. Har 15 injured after a San Francisco cable car stops suddenly 12/15/2025 10:26pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — More than a dozen people were hurt when a San Francisco cable car abruptly stopped Monday afternoon. Fifteen people had injuries ranging from minor to moderate, the San Francisco Fire Department posted on social media. Two of them were immediately taken to hospitals and 11 oth Australia's leaders promise to tighten gun laws after Bondi Beach massacre on Hanukkah 12/15/2025 09:49pm • SYDNEY (AP) — Australian leaders promised on Monday to immediately overhaul already-tough gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi Beach. At least 15 people died in the attack, which has fueled criticism that authorities are not doing enough to comba Toxic smog blankets New Delhi, disrupting travel and plunging air quality to hazardous levels 12/15/2025 06:21pm • NEW DELHI (AP) — Dense toxic smog blanketed India’s capital on Monday, pushing air pollution levels to their worst levels in weeks, disrupting travel and causing authorities to impose the strictest containment measures. More than 40 flights were cancelled and several dozens delayed. Over 50 trai Here are 10 famous stars who were killed 12/15/2025 05:07pm • Many celebrities have met violent ends over the years, the latest being director-actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele. Here's an overview of some of the highest-profile cases. Rob Reiner, Michele Reiner Rob Reiner gained fame on the 1970s sitcom “All in the Family” before directing hit films i What to know about the attack on the Hanukkah festival in Australia that killed 15 people 12/15/2025 01:09pm • SYDNEY (AP) — A father and son are suspected by officials to have killed 15 people on a popular Australian beach, shocking a country where gun violence is rare. The government on Monday, a day after the shootings, proposed tougher new gun laws amid criticism that officials didn't take seriously en Louvre workers vote to strike in another blow to the Paris museum 12/15/2025 01:05pm • PARIS (AP) — Workers at the Louvre Museum voted Monday to strike over working conditions and other complaints, dealing another blow to the Paris landmark and home of the “Mona Lisa” after an embarrassing jewelry heist in October. The CFDT union said the vote was taken at a meeting of 400 worke ‘This is Spinal Tap,’ ‘The Princess Bride’ and more: Rob Reiner’s best films and where to watch them 12/15/2025 12:20pm • Rob Reiner made the kind of movies that we all rewatch already. They’re the films that we quote without having to think about it, the ones we hold up as gold standards of comedy, romance, drama and suspense, the ones we wish they made today. Before his death Sunday, it was not uncommon, or unwarra Frigid weather stretches on with relief in sight for DC area 12/15/2025 10:45am • It won't warm up much Monday as a stretch of frigid days lingers in the D.C. area, keeping temperatures below-average for weeks. Highs are only expected to reach the low 30s Monday afternoon after the day started out with bone-chilling temperatures in the teens. "Plenty of sunshine to start th Ruben Gallego emerges as key Democratic figure in Latino voter outreach 12/15/2025 08:40am • MIAMI (AP) — On a warm Sunday morning in Miami, Sen. Ruben Gallego stepped out of a car and approached parishioners exiting a church beneath palm trees, handing out flyers in this Dominican neighborhood. Gallego left some of his staff members behind as he drummed up support for a fellow Democrat r The Bondi Beach shooting as seen from the beach, the boardwalk and a hotel 12/15/2025 08:37am • SYDNEY (AP) — As the sounds of bullets rang out and the bodies fell, the young mother threw herself on top of her 5-year-old son and prayed. “Please don’t let us die,” 33-year-old Rebecca begged God from her hiding place under a table in a park overlooking Bondi, Australia’s most iconic be How an AM radio station in California weathered the Trump administration's assault on media 12/15/2025 08:29am • Before Jimmy Kimmel, there was KCBS. Just six days into President Donald Trump's new administration, the San Francisco Bay-area radio station KCBS-AM reported that immigration agents were in the area — driving “unmarked vehicles including a black Dodge Durango, a gray Nissan Maxima and white Nis