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Gaza amputees struggle to rebuild lives as the enclave faces shortages of prosthetic limbs 12/13/2025 07:30am • NUSEIRAT, Gaza Strip (AP) — Sitting in her wheelchair, Haneen al-Mabhouh dreams of rebuilding her family, of cradling a new baby. She dreams of walking again. But with her leg gone, her life in Gaza is on hold, she says, as she waits to go abroad for further treatment. An Israeli airstrike in July Bulgaria's president will start talks on new cabinet after government collapse 12/13/2025 05:41am • SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria's president will start consultations with parliamentary groups next week on forming a new cabinet following the collapse of the government in nationwide anti-corruption protests. Rosen Zhelyazkov’s minority government had survived six no-confidence votes since it 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 Curry scores 39 in return but Timberwolves top Warriors 127-120 without Edwards 12/13/2025 01:18am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rudy Gobert had 24 points and 14 rebounds, Donte DiVincenzo made a clutch 3-pointer with 28 seconds remaining and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Golden State Warriors 127-120 on Friday night. Stephen Curry scored 39 for the Warriors after missing the previous five games w Ja Morant has 21 points and 10 assists in return to Grizzlies lineup after 10-game absence 12/12/2025 11:34pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Ja Morant returned to the Memphis Grizzlies' lineup on Friday night after missing 10 games due to a right calf strain and had 21 points and 10 assists in a 130-126 loss to the Utah Jazz. Morant struggled from the field making 7 of 20 shots. He also committed four turnovers in Speaker Johnson unveils health care plan as divided Republicans scramble for alternative 12/12/2025 10:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate failed to get anywhere on the health care issue this week. Now it's the House's turn to show what it can do. Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled a Republican alternative late Friday, a last-minute sprint as his party refuses to extend the enhanced tax subsidies for those wh Iran implements new price tier for its state-subsidized gasoline, first major change since nationwide protests in 2019 12/12/2025 10:18pm • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran implements new price tier for its state-subsidized gasoline, first major change since nationwide protests in 2019. Meet the Indigenous women behind Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum's 'most stylish' looks 12/12/2025 09:51pm • SAN ISIDRO BUEN SUCESO, Mexico (AP) — In the Mexican mountain town of San Isidro Buen Suceso, Virginia Verónica Arce Arce begins her days as she has for decades: seated at her vintage Singer sewing machine, guiding bright threads into intricate patterns passed down through generations. Arce is pa Before megalodon, researchers say a monstrous shark ruled ancient Australian seas 12/12/2025 09:22pm • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — In the age of dinosaurs — before whales, great whites or the bus-sized megalodon — a monstrous shark prowled the waters off what's now northern Australia, among the sea monsters of the Cretaceous period. Researchers studying huge vertebrae discovered on a beach n Concerns raised about House passed bill that would loosen DCA airspace restrictions 12/12/2025 08:18pm • A $900 billion Pentagon spending bill that has passed the U.S. House and now heads to the Senate is raising concerns because of some language the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, Jennifer Homendy, says weakens some of the reforms enacted in the aftermath of the Jan. 29 crash near R 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 Trump was unable to insult his way to victory in Indiana redistricting battle 12/12/2025 08:06pm • If Indiana Republican senators had any doubt about what to do with President Donald Trump's redistricting proposal, he helped them make up their minds the night before this week's vote. In a social media screed, Trump accused the state's top senator of being “a bad guy, or a very stupid one." †Bet365 Bonus Code WTOP365: Claim $150 NBA Bonus for Any NBA Game This Weekend 12/12/2025 08:00pm • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services Use the bet365 bonus code WTOP365 to choose one of two fantastic welcome offers before the NBA Friday slate, and get a head sta For the Thunder, the Cup is the trophy that got away. The Knicks, Spurs and Magic want it as well 12/12/2025 07:01pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — All Shai Gilgeous-Alexander did last season was lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to the NBA title, win a scoring crown, claim the league's MVP award and cap it all off by winning NBA Finals MVP. Only one thing was missing. Silly as it might sound for a team that went 68-14 in the re