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South Korea will end breeding of bears and extraction of their bile 12/30/2025 09:06am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� South Korea said it will formally end its dwindling yet much-criticized bear bile farming industry this week, though about 200 bears are still kept in pens and raised for their gallbladders. The Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment announced Tuesday it will ban bre Save money, get organized, live better: Common New Year���s resolutions can also cut climate impact 12/30/2025 09:05am • Here���s some good news as the holidays wrap up: Many New Year���s resolutions people already make ��� eating healthier, saving money, getting organized ��� double as climate-friendly habits. Whether you want to spend less, declutter or eat right, here are a few choices that could make a difference Takeaways from AP report on what sources say was Olympic watchdog's failure to close abuse case 12/30/2025 09:00am • DENVER (AP) ��� There was an eight-year gap between the time young gymnasts and their parents started sounding warnings about a coach in 2017 and when he was arrested earlier this year on federal child pornography charges. It took the U.S. Center for SafeSport ��� the agency formed by Congress to co AP sources: In 'Nassar 2.0,' Olympics watchdog failed to close abuse case against gymnastics coach 12/30/2025 08:15am • DENVER (AP) ��� Young gymnasts and their parents started raising red flags about a coach as far back as 2017 ��� the same year a watchdog agency was created in the wake of the Larry Nassar sexual-abuse scandal that nearly eviscerated USA Gymnastics and damaged the country's entire Olympic movement. In a tumultuous year, US health policy has been dramatically reshaped under RFK Jr. 12/30/2025 08:08am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� In the whirlwind first year of President Donald Trump���s second term, some of the most polarizing changes have taken place within the Department of Health and Human Services, where Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has openly rebuffed the medical establishment as he converts the ideas of hi US faith leaders supporting targeted immigrants brace for a tough year ahead 12/30/2025 07:14am • For faith leaders supporting and ministering to anxious immigrants across the United States, 2025 was fraught with challenges and setbacks. For many in these religious circles, the coming year could be worse. The essence of their fears: President Donald Trump has become harsher with his contemptuous New 2026 laws are among the first of their kind to tackle climate change, drunken driving 12/30/2025 07:09am • Tourists celebrating the new year in Hawaii could become the first to be taxed to address the consequences of climate change. In Utah, people who party too heartily ��� and get caught driving drunk ��� could be among the first to have their driver's licenses striped red with the label: ���No Alcoho US removal of panels honoring Black soldiers at WWII cemetery in the Netherlands draws backlash 12/30/2025 06:38am • MARGRATEN, Netherlands (AP) ��� Ever since a U.S. military cemetery in the southern Netherlands removed two displays recognizing Black troops who helped to liberate Europe from the Nazis, visitors have filled the guestbook with objections. Sometime in the spring, the American Battle Monuments Commis Rested or rusty? Top four playoff seeds eager to show they are ready as CFP quarterfinals arrive 12/30/2025 06:10am • No. 1 Indiana spent several December weeks reveling in the luster of the best season in school history. They sung the school's fight song in the confetti celebration following their first Big Ten championship since 1967 and first outright title since 1945. They were featured on ���60 Minutes.��� The Analysis: 2025 sees drastic changes in global security dynamics. Can democracies keep up? 12/30/2025 06:09am • As 2025 closes, the defining highlight in global security is not a single war but a systemic shift in how power is exercised and conflict is fought. The world moved further away from formally declared wars and deeper into sustained confrontation, with gray-zone pressure, cyber intrusions, economi Women's basketball conference plays begins to heat up with start of new year 12/30/2025 06:00am • As the calendar changes to 2026, conference play gets into full swing this week. A handful of power four schools have had strong nonconference seasons and now will be their opportunity to show that they can play with the top teams in their league. Alabama and Georgia both are undefeated heading into Home for the holidays: Military working dog reunited with handler in Maryland 12/30/2025 04:01am • Army Spc. Michelle Juares has been reunited with her now-retired K-9 partner, Darco. The 9-year-old Belgian Malinois had been paired with Juares for two years starting in 2023, but was recently retired, and while Juares was eager to take him, logistics didn't allow for that ��� until recently BC's James Hagens scores twice, US beats Slovakia 6-5 in world junior hockey 12/30/2025 01:20am • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) ��� Boston College forward James Hagens scored in a 1:03 span late in the second period and early in the third and the United States overcame a two-goal deficit to beat Slovakia 6-5 on Monday night in the world junior hockey championship. Hagens, drafted seventh overall by the B Durkin, Crocker-Johnson combine for 36 points as Minnesota beats Fairleigh Dickinson 60-43 12/29/2025 11:17pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Bobby Durkin and Jaylen Crocker-Johnson combined for 36 points, and Minnesota beat Fairleigh Dickinson 60-43 on Monday. Durkin scored 19 on 7-of-12 shooting for the Golden Gophers (8-5), while Crocker-Johnson was 6 of 14 and 4 of 8 behind the arc for his 17 points to go with se Australian police find no evidence of 'broader terrorist cell' in Bondi Beach antisemitic shooting 12/29/2025 10:33pm • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� An investigation that extended to the Philippines of two men accused of shooting dead 15 people at a Sydney Jewish festival has found no evidence that they were part of a ���broader terrorist cell,��� police said on Tuesday. Sydney residents Sajid Akram, 50, and his 24-