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Sweden promises action against illegal sex doll sales 11/29/2025 02:58am • BERLIN (AP) — The Swedish government promised on Friday to fight the sale of childlike sex dolls online after instances of such commerce had been reported earlier in the country. “I think I react on behalf of all parents when I say that, as a mother, your heart really breaks watching these imag Mavs' Anthony Davis gets cheers and another loss in his return to LA after a 14-game injury absence 11/29/2025 02:25am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anthony Davis returned to Los Angeles on the same night he came back from a 14-game injury absence, and he received loud pregame cheers from Lakers fans who were thrilled to see a longtime favorite healthy and hooping. “The fans, obviously they’re great,” Davis said. “Th Trump officials and judge face off over flights to El Salvador in rare, high-stakes contempt probe 11/29/2025 12:01am • Two planes carrying Venezuelan migrants out of the U.S. were midair on March 15 when a federal judge in Washington ordered the Trump administration to turn them around. Instead, the planes landed in El Salvador hours later, touching off an extraordinary power struggle between the judicial and execu This African nation built its development on diamonds. Now it's crashing down 11/28/2025 11:05pm • GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — In a village outside Botswana ’s capital, Keorapetse Koko sat on an aging couch in her sparsely furnished home, stunned that a career — and an entire nation’s economy — built on diamonds had fallen so far, so fast. For 17 years, she had earned a living cutting and Shoppers hit Black Friday sales with celebratory mood despite economic strain 11/28/2025 09:56pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The economic picture hasn't looked very rosy: Hiring has been sluggish. Consumers have been dealing with soaring meat prices. Layoffs are rippling through companies. But despite those concerns, shoppers hit the stores in full strength on Black Friday, with some even sipping champag Iran boycotting World Cup draw citing visa restrictions for soccer officials 11/28/2025 07:47pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has decided to boycott the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington next week because the U.S. denied visas to members of its delegation, the state-run IRNA news agency reported on Friday. The agency quoted Iranian soccer federation spokesman Amir-Mahdi Alavi as sa Hungary's Orbán seeks more Russian oil and gas at Kremlin talks with Putin 11/28/2025 07:19pm • Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Friday, once again shunning efforts by his European Union partners to isolate Moscow over its invasion of neighboring Ukraine nearly four years ago. The trip to Moscow is the second since last y Hondurans to elect new president and Congress even as candidates fan electoral doubt 11/28/2025 06:02pm • TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Amanda Durón García supports herself and her 74-year-old mother with the roughly $7 she earns daily selling soft drinks, chips and gum on the campus of Honduras’ national university. Her four adult children are married and out of the house, but every day is a strug Death toll rises to 128 in Hong Kong residential fire as 8 more arrested over towers' renovation 11/28/2025 05:19pm • HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong firefighters found dozens more bodies Friday in an intensive apartment-by-apartment search of a high-rise complex where a massive fire engulfed seven buildings, and authorities arrested another 8 people involved in the towers' renovation. The death toll in one of the cit In brief glimpses of Tehran, an AP journalist sees a changing and challenged Iran 11/28/2025 04:46pm • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — As you enter Iran’s capital, it starts with only occasional glimpses — a passenger in a car speeding by or a pedestrian trying to leapfrog through Tehran’s notorious traffic. But as you reach the cooler heights of Tehran’s northern neighborhoods along the city’s sycam Editorial Roundup: United States 11/28/2025 04:42pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Nov. 19 The New York Times says the U.S. shouldn't provide cover for the misdeeds of our allies The realities of geopolitics have long required the United States to ally itself with foreign leaders who commit terrible deeds. Defeat With extra cash, Fairfax Co. contemplates ways to bring in more tourists 11/28/2025 04:22pm • With millions of new dollars to help attract tourists to Fairfax County, leaders in the Northern Virginia suburb are recommending a grant program for local businesses and the possibility of upgrading sports fields to make it a more attractive place to host events. During a Board of Supervisors E Brian Schottenheimer's stewardship helps Cowboys shine through pain of Kneeland's death 11/28/2025 04:22pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Brian Schottenheimer has three consecutive victories over Super Bowl-winning coaches in his first year in charge of the Dallas Cowboys after 25 years as an NFL assistant. The first winning streak of the season for Dallas has coincided with the club's return following the de Two tankers catch fire in the Black Sea after being struck, Turkish authorities report 11/28/2025 03:56pm • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Two tankers were struck and caught fire in the Black Sea, prompting rescue operations, Turkish authorities reported Friday. Crew members on board both vessels were reported to be safe. The OpenSanctions database, which tracks people or organizations involved in sanctions evas Broncos try to extend their winning streak to 9 games when they face the reeling Commanders 11/28/2025 03:50pm • Coach Sean Payton reminded the Denver Broncos this week that only one team in the AFC receives a bye in the playoffs. “That’s significant,” he said. The Broncos (9-2), who have won eight games in a row, are a half-game back of the top spot entering Sunday night’s road game against the