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Combat training is a rite of passage for police recruits. It's left a trail of deaths and injuries 12/20/2025 10:06am • Heather Sterling stepped into the ring at the Texas Game Warden Training Center, ready to face an ambush by instructors acting as violent assailants. The four-on-one drill is a rite of passage for those training to be game wardens, sworn officers who enforce state conservation laws. Nationwide, thou How surveillance technology and the 'Reddit Detective Agency' helped search for a killer 12/20/2025 08:48am • PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — More than a decade ago, a frenzied 5-day search for the Boston Marathon bombers left some lessons in its aftermath. One was that increasingly pervasive surveillance technology could help catch the culprits. Another was that amateur online sleuths on Reddit could not. But th You finally got a doctor's appointment. Here's how to get the most out of it 12/20/2025 08:05am • WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not unusual for a 20-something to text Mom in a panic from the doctor’s office, seeking help answering a question. And patients of any age can struggle to recall all their medicines — or forget to mention a concern. Getting the most out of a doctor’s visit requires s Walmart and other US companies want to build a pipeline of skilled tradespeople 12/20/2025 05:10am • BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — As the number of skilled tradespeople dwindles in the United States, Walmart is trying to build up its own workforce to keep conveyor belts moving, refrigerated grocery cases cold, and drains and parking lots flowing. The nation’s largest retailer and private employer Los Angles Kings trade center Phillip Danault to Montreal Canadiens for a 2nd round draft pick 12/20/2025 02:17am • Phil Danault’s decreasing role with the Los Angeles Kings led to the veteran two-way center getting an opportunity for a fresh start in a familiar setting after being traded to the Montreal Canadiens on Friday. The Kings acquired a second-round draft pick while also freeing up salary cap space and Luigi Mangione‘s lawyers say Bondi’s death penalty decision was tainted by conflict of interest 12/20/2025 01:46am • NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione’s lawyers contend that Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to seek the death penalty against him in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was tainted by her prior work as a lobbyist at a firm that represented the insurer’s parent company. Bondi w Taiwan attacker planned assault that killed 3 and injured 11, authorities say 12/20/2025 01:44am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese authorities said Saturday the suspect who killed three people and injured 11 others in knife and smoke-grenade attacks in the island's capital had planned the assaults and set fires at other locations earlier in the day. The suspect, identified as a 27-year-old man NORAD continues decades-long tradition of tracking Santa's trip around the world 12/20/2025 01:31am • PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — Sometimes kids drop the phone after hearing Santa won't show up if they're not asleep. Others who call the NORAD Tracks Santa hotline wonder if St. Nick will be able to find them. Adults who also remain devoted to the jolly figure said to deliver presents a Blue Jackets add veteran toughness in acquiring forward Mason Marchment in trade with Kraken 12/20/2025 01:14am • The Columbus Blue Jackets added veteran size and toughness to their roster by acquiring forward Mason Marchment from the Seattle Kraken in a move completed on Friday night just before the NHL’s holiday roster freeze. The Kraken received a 2027 second-round draft pick and a fourth-round pick in nex Prisoners freed by Belarus say their passports are taken away in a final 'dirty trick' by officials 12/20/2025 12:15am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The only official document human rights advocate Uladzimir Labkovich had with him when he was suddenly released from a Belarus prison, blindfolded and driven to neighboring Ukraine was a piece of paper with his name and mugshot on it. “After four and half years of abuse Suspect in Brown University shooting and MIT professor’s killing was once a physics student 12/20/2025 12:12am • PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Thirty years ago, Claudio Neves Valente and Nuno F.G. Loureiro were classmates with bright futures. Both excelled in physics and made their way from their home country of Portugal to the U.S., settling on the campuses of prestigious East Coast universities. But Neves Valent Takeaways from the US Justice Department's initial release of Epstein files, mandated by Congress 12/19/2025 10:48pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday published thousands of files related to Jeffrey Epstein, a release long anticipated for its potential to reveal new details about the late sex offender and his connections to powerful people. But it was clear soon after the release that it w Photos of Bill Clinton feature prominently in first batch of newly released Epstein files 12/19/2025 10:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton featured prominently in the first batch of files released Friday by the Justice Department stemming from its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as the White House seized the chance to shift the focus of the highly anticipated The US Treasury wants more states to embrace Trump's tax cuts. So far, only a few have done so 12/19/2025 10:08pm • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — To tax tips or not? That is a question that will confront lawmakers in states across the U.S. as they convene for work next year. President Donald Trump’s administration is urging states to follow its lead by enacting a slew of new tax breaks for individuals and busine Justice Department releases limited set of files tied to Epstein sex trafficking investigation 12/19/2025 10:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department released thousands of files Friday about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but the incomplete document dump did not break significant ground about the long-running criminal investigations of the financier or his ties to wealthy and powerful individual