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Jimmy Cliff, reggae giant and star of landmark film 'The Harder They Come,' dead at 81 11/24/2025 04:37pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached joy, defiance and resilience in such classics as “Many Rivers to Cross,” “You Can Get it If You Really Want” and “Vietnam” and starred in the landmark movie “The Harder They Come,” has died at 81. Hi Officials say progress made on amending US peace plan for Ukraine 11/24/2025 03:48pm • Officials on Monday said progress was made in urgent weekend talks on amending the U.S. peace proposal for Ukraine that many saw as favoring Russia, but the Kremlin said it hadn’t seen the changes. Washington’s 28-point plan presented last week caused alarm by heavily aligning with Moscow’s de Philadelphia transit agency says it's complying with orders to upgrade railcars implicated in fires 11/24/2025 02:02pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and leaders of Philadelphia’s mass transit agency said Monday that the system is fully complying with federal orders to take measures to help prevent fires in an aging electric railcar model that is heavily used in its regional rail fleet. Th Takeaways from the first G20 summit in Africa and a look ahead to the next one at Trump's golf club 11/24/2025 01:30pm • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The first Group of 20 summit in Africa that ended Sunday broke new ground by putting the priorities of poor countries at the top of the bloc's agenda. Host South Africa negotiated a summit declaration signed by some of the world's richest and top emerging economies that agreed MrBeast and the Rockefeller Foundation are teaming up to spark youth philanthropy 11/24/2025 01:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) — One of the most storied American philanthropies is teaming up with the internet's biggest creator to instill young people with a concern for what they call the world's “most vulnerable” populations. Beast Philanthropy, the charitable organization started by MrBeast founder Jimm Things to know about the growing pressures facing Zelenskyy during a crucial week of diplomacy 11/24/2025 11:46am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy faces a crucial week of diplomacy, testing his abilities to stand his ground while demonstrating to the United States that he is willing to compromise. Since a draft of a 28-point U.S.-Russia brokered peace plan was leaked to the press o Death toll climbs in Southeast Asia as heavy rains cause floods and landslides 11/24/2025 08:25am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The death toll in widespread flooding and landslides caused by heavy rains in Southeast Asia mounted on Monday with another person reported killed in Vietnam, and five others in Thailand with tens of thousands of people displaced. The total number of confirmed dead in Vietnam As clouds threaten ceremony, Greece prepares a backup flame for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics 11/24/2025 06:34am • ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — Even the gods need a backup plan. Organizers in Ancient Olympia held an emergency rehearsal Monday to light the flame for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games, seizing on a brief break in Greece’s stormy weather. With heavy cloud cover forecast for Wednesday’s off Takeaways: Springboks torch Irish hoodoo and England wins 11 straight 11/24/2025 06:12am • LONDON (AP) — South Africa left Dublin with a crushing victory over bogey Ireland and England extended its winning streak to 11 tests after surviving Argentina 27-23 in autumn rugby at the weekend. The South Africans reaffirmed their undisputed top dog status with a 24-13 result after a chaotic ma Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a law legalizing sports betting. He now says he's opposed to it 11/24/2025 06:00am • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — If Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine could turn back time, he would not have signed the law that legalized sports betting in his state. With two Cleveland Guardians pitchers and an Ohio-born guard for the Miami Heat snared in separate betting-related criminal probes, the second-term Repu 'It’s important for me to stay alive for other people': Nonprofit helps feed 35,000 Montgomery Co. households this Thanksgiving 11/24/2025 04:56am • Over 35,000 households in Montgomery County, Maryland, will have food on the table this Thursday thanks to the nonprofit organization So What Else and its Thanksgiving give back week campaign. More than 1,400 vehicles drove through its parking lot at Wyaconda Road in North Bethesda on Saturday an Today in History: November 24, Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald 11/24/2025 04:10am • Today is Monday, Nov. 24, the 328th day of 2025. There are 37 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 24, 1963, Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, in a scene captured on live television. Also on this date: In 1859, Br Israel says it killed a senior Hezbollah official in its first strike on Beirut in months 11/23/2025 10:05pm • HARET HREIK, Lebanon (AP) — Israel on Sunday struck Lebanon’s capital for the first time since June, saying it killed Hezbollah’s chief of staff Haytham Tabtabai and warning the Iran-backed militant group not to rearm and rebuild a year after their latest war. The strike in Beirut’s souther U.S., Ukrainian officials discussing bringing Zelenskyy to U.S., sources say 11/23/2025 07:57pm • ▶ Watch Video: Zelenskyy could visit U.S. this week as Trump pushes him to accept peace deal U.S. and Ukrainian officials are discussing the potential of bringing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the U.S. this week as part of President Trump's push to get an agreement on Ukraine by Thanksgi Investing in Crypto: Pros, Cons and Whether It's a Good Bet Right Now 11/23/2025 07:00pm • Bitcoin (BTC) has fallen more than 30% from its October highs, which may have investors wondering whether it's still a good investment opportunity.There's no doubt that investing in leading cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ether (ETH) has paid off in the past. Between January 2020 and January 2025