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Japan's emperor and his family greet New Year well-wishers 01/01/2026 10:33pm • TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family waved to a crowd of flag-waving New Year’s well-wishers gathered at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Friday. Standing with his wife Masako and the rest of the royal family, he wished a happy new year to people lined up below the palace balcon Nézet-Séguin’s path to the Vienna New Year’s concert began when he replaced banned conductor in 2022 12/30/2025 12:03pm • Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s path to the Vienna Philharmonic's New Year’s Day concert started when he replaced a banned Russian conductor at New York's Carnegie Hall in 2022 with the help of a pianist who traveled trans-Atlantic after practicing all night in a Berlin hotel bar. Just four days before Pinstripe Bowl Winners 12/27/2025 05:21pm • Dec. 27, 2025 — Penn St. 22, Clemson 10 Dec. 28, 2024 — Nebraska 20, Boston College 15 Dec. 28, 2023 — Rutgers 31, Miami 24 Dec. 29, 2022 — Minnesota 28, Syracuse 20 Dec. 29, 2021 — Maryland 54, Virginia Tech 10 Dec. 29, 2020 — Canceled due to coronavirus concerns Dec. 27, 2019 — Michi Today in History: December 21, Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie 12/21/2025 04:10am • Today is Sunday, Dec. 21, the 355th day of 2025. There are 10 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 21, 1988, a terrorist bomb exploded aboard New York-bound Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 259 people aboard the Boeing 747 and 11 on the ground. The blast occu These are Americans' biggest priorities for the government in 2026, according to a new AP-NORC poll 12/19/2025 01:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Julia Dvorak is worried her 83-year-old mother’s emergency room trips for seizures are depleting her retirement savings and will soon force her to go on Medicaid. At the same time, Dvorak, who's 56 and suffers from a chronic knee condition that keeps her on state and federal a Jeffery Carroll named interim DC police chief as federal law enforcement surge continues 12/17/2025 03:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Veteran police officer Jeffery Carroll will take over as interim chief of Washington's police force, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday, after it was announced earlier this month that the department's leader was stepping down. Carroll, who joined the Metropolitan Police Departmen EU leaders prepare to take unprecedented steps to help Ukraine at a high-stakes summit 12/17/2025 06:53am • BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are about to attempt something they’ve never tried before. The chances of failure are significant. Their actions this week could set dangerous precedents and a wrong move could undermine trust among the bloc's 27 member countries for years to come. At a sum Envoys try to narrow gaps on a loan plan for Ukraine ahead of Thursday's crunch EU summit 12/16/2025 06:48am • BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union envoys worked on Tuesday to narrow gaps on a plan to use billions of dollars in frozen Russian assets as collateral for a massive loan to cover Ukraine's economic and military needs over the next two years, ahead of a crunch summit of EU leaders later this week. Almo Portugal to host F1 in 2027 and 2028 replacing Dutch GP 12/16/2025 05:24am • PARIS (AP) — Portugal will return to the Formula 1 calendar in 2027 and 2028, replacing the Dutch Grand Prix. The Algarve International Circuit near Portimão previously hosted F1 in 2020 and 2021 during the coronavirus pandemic. The two-year deal brings the series back to Portugal after a six-yea Egypt reveals restored colossal statues of pharaoh in Luxor 12/14/2025 11:56am • LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — Egypt on Sunday revealed the revamp of two colossal statues of a prominent pharaoh in the southern city of Luxor, the latest in the government’s archaeological events that aim at drawing more tourists to the country. The giant alabaster statues, known as the Colossi of Memnon Putin offers 'solidarity' for Venezuelan people as tensions mount between Maduro and US 12/11/2025 02:45pm • MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed “solidarity with the Venezuelan people" on Thursday amid growing tensions between Venezuela's leader, Nicolás Maduro, and the Trump administration. The Kremlin said in a statement that Putin spoke with Maduro by phone and reaffirmed his s Trump's handling of the economy is at its lowest point in AP-NORC polling 12/11/2025 08:51am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s approval on the economy and immigration have fallen substantially since March, according to a new AP-NORC poll, the latest indication that two signature issues that got him elected barely a year ago could be turning into liabilities as his party begins MLB finalizes 2-game series in Mexico City between Diamondbacks and Padres in April 12/10/2025 04:30pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Major League Baseball finalized plans for a two-game series between the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres at Mexico City's Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú on April 25-26. The series was anticipated when the regular-season schedule was announced in August but was not confirm What are parents to do as doctors clash with Trump administration over vaccines? 12/09/2025 05:29pm • It’s normal for parents, or anyone, to have questions about vaccinations -- but what happens if your pediatrician urges a shot that’s under attack by the Trump administration? That’s getting more likely: The nation’s leading doctors groups are in an unprecedented standoff with federal health European leaders agree to fund Ukraine for 2 years but using Russian assets poses a major test 12/09/2025 12:11pm • BRUSSELS (AP) — Almost four years into Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine, European Union leaders have committed to funding Kyiv’s economic and military needs for the next two years, one way or another. Ukraine is desperate and needs the money by early 2026. At a summit next week, the 27 EU le