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Treasury Secretary Bessent calls for looser regulations for the U.S. financial system 12/11/2025 01:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is proposing to overhaul a regulatory panel that monitors the nation's financial stability, by advocating for looser regulations. The Financial Stability Oversight Council, a U.S. body created in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, Venezuelan Nobel laureate credits Trump for pressuring Maduro with ‘decisive’ actions 12/11/2025 11:33am • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said Thursday that “decisive” actions by the United States, including the seizure of an oil tanker, have left the repressive government of President Nicolás Maduro at its weakest point, and she vowed to return to the Here are 10 TV shows from 2025 to catch up on before it's 2026 12/11/2025 10:00am • If you'd rather stay in than brave the elements or deal with holiday crowds, it's a great time to catch up on the year's standout television shows. A number of titles got people watching and also talking. In no particular order, here are 10 shows that broke out in 2025. “Dept. Q” When it comes t Climate change is straining Alaska's Arctic. A new mining road may push the region past the brink 12/11/2025 09:02am • AMBLER, Alaska (AP) — Ice blocks drift past Tristen Pattee’s boat as he scans the banks of Northwest Alaska’s Kobuk River for caribou. His great uncle Ernest steadies a rifle on his lap. It’s the last day of September, and by every measure of history and memory, thousands should have crossed Hiker mired in quicksand in Utah's Arches National Park is rescued unharmed 12/11/2025 05:42am • Getting trapped in quicksand is a corny peril of old movies and TV shows, but it really did happen to one unfortunate hiker in Utah's Arches National Park. The park famous for dozens of natural, sandstone arches gets over 1 million visitors a year, and accidents ranging from falls to heat stroke ar Boat carrying migrants capsizes in Croatia, killing at least 1 person 12/11/2025 05:32am • ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A boat carrying migrants overturned early on Thursday on the Sava river in eastern Croatia, killing at least one person and injuring several others, officials said. The accident happened in the eastern town of Slavonski Brod, by the border with Bosnia. Migrants were apparen Library under construction in South Korea collapses, killing 1 and trapping 3 under rubble 12/11/2025 05:26am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A library under construction in South Korea collapsed on Thursday, leaving one worker dead and three others trapped under the rubble, officials said. Four workers were initially buried in the collapse in the southern city of Gwangju. One of them was pulled out but later d Today in History: December 11, King Edward VIII abdicates British throne 12/11/2025 04:10am • Today is Thursday, Dec. 11, the 345th day of 2025. There are 20 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 11, 1936, Britain’s King Edward VIII abdicated the throne so he could marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson; his brother, Prince Albert, became King George VI. Also on this da After months in hiding, Venezuelan opposition leader Machado reappears as a Nobel laureate 12/11/2025 02:21am • OSLO, Norway (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado appeared in public for the first time in 11 months Thursday after a daring escape from her homeland when she emerged from a hotel balcony in Norway’s capital and waved to an emotional crowd of supporters cheering for the new The Philippines tests ‘transition credits’ to cut coal use in novel experiment 12/10/2025 11:17pm • CALACA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines is testing a new type of carbon credit aimed at encouraging companies to cut their climate warming emissions by creating funds that can be used to turn coal-fired power plants into renewable energy facilities. Called transition credits, they are meant to Record flooding threatens Washington as more heavy rain pounds the Northwest 12/10/2025 10:06pm • MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Residents began packing up and fleeing rising rivers in western Washington state Wednesday as a new wave of heavy rain swept into a region still reeling from a storm that triggered rescues and road closures a day earlier. In the Pacific Northwest, an atmospheric river wa The Latest: Trump says US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela 12/10/2025 08:24pm • President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid mounting tensions with the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. It’s the Trump administration’s latest push to increase pressure on Maduro, who has been charged with narcot Judge declines to halt execution of Georgia man seeking protection under pandemic agreement 12/10/2025 07:10pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge declined Wednesday to halt next week's scheduled execution of a Georgia man who argued that he should be shielded by an agreement reached during the COVID-19 pandemic that set conditions for the state to resume putting condemned people to death. Stacey Humphreys, 52, Does Medicare Cover Addiction Treatment and Rehabilitation? 12/10/2025 07:00pm • Here's the good news for anyone wondering if Medicare provides coverage for treatment of substance use disorders: It does. But the bad news is that there's a lot of fine print to be aware of, and there are often limits to what it'll pay for. If you're in a situation where you need addiction treatmen Trump administration adds militarized zone in California along southern US border 12/10/2025 06:57pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Trump administration is adding another militarized zone to the southern U.S. border to support border security operations — this time in California. The Department of Interior on Wednesday said it would transfer jurisdiction along most of California's international bord