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Rain, gusty winds bring weekend washout to Florida before system heads up East Coast 12/15/2023 04:34pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — It’s beginning to look at lot like ... hurricane season — at least across much of South Florida, where it’s been windy and rainy for two days and the forecast predicts more of the same this busy holiday season weekend. With Saturday expected to be stormy over mo Dozens stranded in stuck elevators as lights flicker in brief NYC power outage 12/15/2023 03:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Lights flickered, subway service was disrupted and firefighters rescued scores of people trapped in elevators after a small explosion at an electrical facility caused a momentary power outage in New York City. The brief outage just before midnight Thursday affected most of the city Boise State faces UCLA in LA Bowl seeking one more Mountain West postseason win over Pac-12 12/15/2023 01:44pm • LA Bowl: UCLA (7-5) vs. Boise State (8-5), Dec. 16, 7:30 p.m. ET (ABC) Line: UCLA by 4 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Series record: UCLA leads 1-0. WHAT’S AT STAKE The Broncos staged a late-season turnaround by winning their final four games to claim the Mountain West for the first time si Prince Harry's phone hacking victory is a landmark in the long saga of British tabloid misconduct 12/15/2023 01:32pm • LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry’s victory against Mirror Group Newspapers on Friday over what a British judge called “habitual” illegal activity is a landmark moment in the long and twisting saga of lawbreaking by Britain’s tabloid press. Judge Timothy Fancourt ruled that Mirror newspapers h Moldova and Georgia celebrate as their aspirations for EU membership take crucial steps forward 12/15/2023 12:49pm • LONDON (AP) — Moldova and Georgia celebrated after European Union leaders buoyed their aspirations to join the 27 member nation bloc by removing key hurdles on their long path toward membership. Lawmakers in both the Moldovan and Georgian parliaments waved EU flags and played the bloc's anthem at 'I didn’t change my number': Macron still open to dialogue with Putin if it helps to bring peace 12/15/2023 11:15am • BRUSSELS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday he would still consider talking with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin if it helps creating a sustainable peace between Ukraine and Russia. Macron and Putin enjoyed a good working relationship before Russia invaded its neighbor in F Moore issues executive order to 'broaden' state efforts to combat drug overdoses 12/15/2023 11:12am • Gov. Wes Moore announced an executive order to "broaden" the state's efforts to combat the the drug overdose crisis through reorganizing and expanding a state entity previously known as the Opioid Operational Command Center. Moore (D) said the order will “help broaden state and government’s a Elon Musk financia una nueva escuela que planea abrir en Austin, Texas 12/15/2023 09:51am • (CNN) -- Asociados de Elon Musk planean abrir una nueva escuela primaria y secundaria y, en última instancia, una universidad, en Austin, Texas, con la ayuda de una donación de casi US$ 100 millones del multimillonario, según muestran documentos fiscales.La medida puede ser una señal de que Musk Md. state's attorneys introduce legislative priorities before upcoming General Assembly session 12/15/2023 08:59am • Aisha Braveboy and Ivan Bates, Democratic prosecutors who represent two of Maryland’s largest jurisdictions, held a joint press conference Thursday in Annapolis to unveil legislative priorities for the upcoming General Assembly session. Braveboy, state’s attorney for Prince George’s County, More than 100 injured in a Beijing rail collision as heavy snow hits the Chinese capital 12/15/2023 07:03am • BEIJING (AP) — Two subway trains collided in heavy snow in Beijing, sending 515 people to the hospital, including 102 with broken bones, authorities said Friday. The accident occurred Thursday evening in Beijing’s mountainous west on an above-ground portion of the sprawling subway system’s Cha A year of war: 2023 sees worst-ever Israel-Hamas combat as Russian attacks on Ukraine grind on 12/15/2023 02:19am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A boy, his face coated in fresh blood, screams as rescuers try to pull him out of the rubble of a destroyed building following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza. A bruised, elderly Israeli hostage is taken away by Hamas in a golf cart as a man clutching a machine gun The Vatican's 'trial of the century,' a Pandora's box of unintended revelations, explained 12/15/2023 12:10am • VATICAN CITY (AP) — Verdicts are expected Saturday for a cardinal and nine other defendants in the most complicated financial trial in the Vatican's modern history: a case featuring a Hollywood-worthy cast of characters, unseemly revelations about the Holy See and questions about Pope Francis ’ Republicanos ya tienen candidata para reemplazar a George Santos en la Cámara Baja 12/14/2023 11:05pm • NUEVA YORK — Los republicanos eligieron a una legisladora del condado poco conocido que alguna vez sirvió en el ejército israelí como su candidata en una elección especial para reemplazar al derrocado congresista de Nueva York George Santos, dijeron funcionarios del partido el jueves. Hong Kong offers awards for arrests of activists abroad for breaching national security law 12/14/2023 09:20pm • HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police accused five overseas-based activists of violating a harsh national security law imposed by Beijing and offered rewards of 1 million Hong Kong dollars ($128,000) on Thursday for information leading to each of their arrests. The bounties further intensify the Hong Youngkin pledges to seek mental health legislation in honor of Irvo Otieno 12/14/2023 08:37pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia families would have the right to be near a relative who is having a medical, mental health or substance-use emergency, and that person could be given previously prescribed medications, under legislation Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin said Thursday he'll pursue in the