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A Chinese official exposed his boss. Now in Texas, he���s hunted by Beijing - with help from US tech 12/12/2025 01:25pm • MIDLAND, Texas (AP) ��� Retired Chinese official Li Chuanliang was recuperating from cancer on a Korean resort island when he got an urgent call: Don���t return to China, a friend warned. You���re now a fugitive. Days later, a stranger snapped a photo of Li in a cafe. Terrified South Korea would sen Trump administration delays decision on federal protections for monarch butterflies 12/12/2025 01:22pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� President Donald Trump's administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies indefinitely despite years of warnings from conservationists that populations are shrinking. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced during the w Woman charged in unprovoked stabbing of tourist changing baby's diaper in Macy���s Herald Square store 12/12/2025 12:52pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A California woman changing her infant daughter's diaper in the bathroom of the Macy���s Herald Square store in New York City was stabbed and injured by another woman in an unprovoked attack, police said. The attack occurred Thursday afternoon at the store in Manhattan. The 38-year Chileans are divided in a presidential runoff tilted toward the far right 12/12/2025 12:39pm • SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) ��� Ask many Chileans how their country fared in the past several years and they'll describe a descent into disaster: Venezuelan gangs surged across porous borders, bringing unprecedented kidnappings and contract killings to one of the region���s safest nations. A social uprisin F1 teams and FIA sign new Concorde Agreement to govern the sport 12/12/2025 11:39am • LONDON (AP) ��� Formula 1, its teams and the FIA governing body have signed a new Concorde Agreement to govern how the sport is run through 2030. The new governance agreement announced Friday was signed by all 11 teams, including Cadillac, which is heading into its first season in 2026. No details Falcons show fight that has been missing in thrilling comeback against the Buccaneers 12/12/2025 11:25am • The Falcons were reduced to playing spoiler after being eliminated from playoff contention following a home blowout loss to Seattle last week. They apparently relish the role. The Falcons put together their most thrilling win of the season Thursday night in Tampa, beating the Buccaneers 29-28 on a 4 This holiday season isn't very merry for consumers, an AP-NORC poll finds 12/12/2025 11:13am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� This holiday season isn���t quite so merry for American shoppers as large shares are dipping into savings, scouring for bargains and feeling like the overall economy is stuck in a rut under President Donald Trump, a new AP-NORC poll finds. The vast majority of U.S. adults say the Thailand's parliament is dissolved for a new election early next year 12/12/2025 11:12am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Thailand���s parliament was dissolved Friday for a new election early next year as the country engaged in deadly fighting with Cambodia. Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul dissolved the House of Representatives after getting approval from King Maha Vajiralongkorn, whose endorsement New permanent exhibition at Auschwitz museum uses personal objects to show daily life of prisoners 12/12/2025 11:09am • OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) ��� Animal-shaped stencils a mother made from a concentration camp shoe and gave to her son for Christmas are among items in a new permanent exhibition at the Auschwitz museum, located on the site of the largest Nazi death camp. Other items on display as officials unveiled the It feels good to be Jelly Roll. And now, he's ready to win a Grammy 12/12/2025 10:35am • New York (AP) ��� Jelly Roll is catching his breath. It's not a metaphor. He's running up a hill in South Texas when he answers The Associated Press' phone call, part of his ongoing health transformation journey. ���Endorphins are flying. I feel great,��� he cheers. ���It���s time to win a (expleti Lawmakers urge Education Department to add nursing to 'professional' programs list amid uproar 12/12/2025 10:31am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A bipartisan group in Congress is urging the Education Department to add nursing to a list of college programs that are considered ���professional,��� adding to public outcry after nurses were omitted from a new agency definition. The Trump administration���s list of professional Sports on TV for Dec. 13 - 14 12/12/2025 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, Dec. 13 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN���S) Noon ACCN ��� UMass vs. Florida St., Sunrise, Fla. BTN ��� Michigan St. at Penn St. ESPN2 ��� Arkansas vs. Texas Tech, Dallas ESPNU ��� DePaul at Wichita St. TNT ��� Iona vs. St. John���s, Sports on TV for Dec. 15 - 21 12/12/2025 10:00am • Adv13-14 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Dec. 15 COLLEGE SOCCER (MEN���S) 7 p.m. ESPNU ��� NCAA College Cup: TBD, Championship, Cary, N.C. NBA BASKETBALL 7 p.m. PEACOCK ��� Detroit at Boston 9:30 p.m. PEACOCK ��� Houston at Denver NFL FOOTBALL 8:15 p.m. ESPN � Italy's national strike called by main union disrupts transport and school services 12/12/2025 08:30am • ROME (AP) ��� A national strike called on Friday by Italy���s largest trade union in protest against the government���s budget plans widely disrupted transportation, health and school services across the country. The protest, which targets the 2026 budget bill proposed by the conservative government 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