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AP photographers capture destruction, heartache and resilience as climate change advanced in 2025 12/12/2025 07:18am • Tropical storms pummeled the land and ravaged ecosystems. Floodwaters engulfed streets and left cars stuck in mud. And fires scorched trees and consumed houses. Climate change, caused mainly by the use of oil, gas and coal as energy sources, hit people hard in 2025, with suffering and heartache capt DC restaurant honors past presidents, East Wing with 2025 Christmas tree 12/12/2025 06:42am • Usually around August or September, Floriana owner James Branda starts receiving text messages about what the theme of the restaurant's annual Christmas tree will be. Branda and Dito Sevilla agonize over it during the summer. Sometimes, there's a theme set for a month or two, and then they have a Fernando Mendoza looking to add a historic Heisman Trophy win for Indiana to his college ride 12/12/2025 06:10am • The first time Fernando Mendoza put his hands on a Heisman Trophy, he did it as a whim on a recruiting trip to Yale. On Saturday, he'll be on stage for the real deal. Mendoza enters this weekend having won the Associated Press Player of the Year Award and as the the favorite to win college football' Ford turns to stepped-up tech and cooperation with police to thwart F-150 pickup thieves 12/12/2025 06:03am • DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. has stepped up technology in its popular F-150 pickup to combat the ever-evolving techniques car thieves have at their disposal. It is the latest cat-and-mouse move that the automaker hopes will help customers avoid the costly and frustrating process that occurs when Claude Lemieux sees Stanley Cup potential in Avalanche, much like his title team in '95-96 12/12/2025 06:00am • DENVER (AP) — The Stanley Cup was in the building Thursday night as part of the pregame celebration to honor the 1995-96 Colorado Avalanche squad. It could be in the building again later this season, too. At least, longtime forward Claude Lemieux believes so. He's been on four Stanley Cup-winning Bulgarian Parliament approves resignation of ruling coalition 12/12/2025 05:39am • SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian Parliament on Friday approved the resignation of the coalition government of Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov amid nationwide anti-corruption protests, and weeks ahead of the country’s scheduled euro zone entry. Protesters, many of them young Bulgarians, have been Today in History: December 12, Supreme Court issues Bush v. Gore decision 12/12/2025 04:10am • Today is Friday, Dec. 12, the 346th day of 2025. There are 19 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 12, 2000, George W. Bush became president-elect as a divided U.S. Supreme Court reversed a state court recount decision in Florida’s tightly contested presidential election. Also on this AP Source: NWSL may adopt policy allowing teams to sign select players above the salary cap 12/12/2025 12:50am • The National Women's Soccer League could soon adopt a roster mechanism that would allow teams to sign certain players over current salary cap rules, a person with knowledge of the proposal told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to publicl A major strike in Portugal severely disrupts travel and public services 12/12/2025 12:17am • LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A strike called by Portugal’s two main trade union confederations severely disrupted travel Thursday and forced the cancellation of many medical appointments and school classes. Government and municipal services, including trash collection, were also badly hit. The two la Immigration crackdown leaves teens to care for siblings after parents get detained 12/12/2025 12:05am • KENNER, La. (AP) — Vilma Cruz, a mother of two, had just arrived at her newly leased Louisiana home this week when federal agents surrounded her vehicle in the driveway. She had just enough time to call her oldest son before they smashed the passenger window and detained her. The 38-year-old Hondu Spectacular loss by Honduras' governing party spurs reflection and criticism 12/12/2025 12:03am • TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — For over 30 years, Javier Gámez and María Barahona worked, scrimped and studied to push their family ahead. Gámez filled bags with sand from the Choluteca River winding through the Honduran capital and shined shoes in a downtown park; Barahona sold bananas and orang Ryan Crosswell quit Trump's DOJ. Now his resignation letter is part of his stump speech for Congress 12/12/2025 12:02am • ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Many political candidates like to talk up their résumé in their stump speech. Ryan Crosswell reads from his resignation letter. A former federal prosecutor now running for Congress, he quit in February when President Donald Trump's administration dropped corruption charges Tens of thousands ordered to flee flooding after torrential rain in Pacific Northwest 12/11/2025 11:30pm • MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Surging floodwaters turned farmland into vast pools, washed out bridges and stranded people Thursday, with evacuation orders issued for tens of thousands of Washington state residents and authorities hoping levees prevent far worse damage. “The flooding levels we’re Federal judge orders FEMA to restore billions in canceled disaster mitigation funding 12/11/2025 09:01pm • A federal judge in Massachusetts on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to restore billions of dollars in canceled FEMA disaster mitigation funding, siding with 22 states and the District of Columbia that sued over the canceled grants this summer. President Donald Trump's administration said i Brent Venables' aggressive defense gives Oklahoma a different look than past Sooners playoff teams 12/11/2025 08:25pm • NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Brent Venables' version of the Oklahoma Sooners is very different than the ones that previously reached the College Football Playoff. Oklahoma reached the playoff four times in the 2010s — once under Bob Stoops and three times under Lincoln Riley. Those squads were known for