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Myanmar's military government charge hundreds with breaking election law as voting date nears 12/17/2025 12:37pm • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Myanmar's military government has charged more than 200 people with violating the Southeast Asian country���s voting law ahead of a general election at the end of the month, keeping up pressure on opponents of the polls. Critics of the election ��� which starts on Dec. 28 ��� claim Phil and Penny Knight's donation tops the Chronicle of Philanthropy's list of 2025's biggest gifts 12/16/2025 09:01am • The Chronicle of Philanthropy���s annual list of the biggest charitable donations from individuals or their foundations totaled $5 billion in 2025. Topping the list was $2 billion from Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, followed by a $746.7 million donation from Warren Buffett and a $5 Australia's leaders promise to tighten gun laws after Bondi Beach massacre on Hanukkah 12/15/2025 09:49pm • SYDNEY (AP) ��� Australian leaders promised on Monday to immediately overhaul already-tough gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi Beach. At least 15 people died in the attack, which has fueled criticism that authorities are not doing enough to comba South Sudanese community fights to save land from relentless flooding worsened by climate change 12/13/2025 09:10pm • AKUAK, South Sudan (AP) ��� Standing in waist-deep water, Ayen Deng Duot uses a machete to break up the thick roots of a papyrus plant and throws the pieces onto a spongy mix of plants and clay soil. This human-made shore, once compacted and sun-dried, will expand the island where the South Sudanese US removes Brazilian Supreme Court justice and his wife from sanctions list 12/12/2025 08:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The U.S. removed Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes from its sanctions list on Friday after initially adding him over his role in leading the trial against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. De Moraes��� wife and the Lex Institute, which she leads, were a The Latest: Thai and Cambodian leaders agree to renew ceasefire after deadly clashes, Trump says 12/12/2025 07:49pm • President Donald Trump said Friday that Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew a truce after days of deadly clashes threatened to undo a ceasefire that the U.S. administration helped broker this year. Trump announced the agreement via social media following calls with Thai Prime Minister An Sherrone Moore charged with stalking, home invasion after being fired as Michigan football coach 12/12/2025 04:19pm • ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) ��� Fired University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore ���barged his way��� into the apartment of a woman with whom he had been having an affair and threatened to kill himself after she reported the relationship to the school and he lost his job, prosecutors said Friday This holiday season isn't very merry for consumers, an AP-NORC poll finds 12/12/2025 11:13am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� This holiday season isn���t quite so merry for American shoppers as large shares are dipping into savings, scouring for bargains and feeling like the overall economy is stuck in a rut under President Donald Trump, a new AP-NORC poll finds. The vast majority of U.S. adults say the Trump led Republicans to power in 2024. But 2026 could be a different story 12/12/2025 10:27am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump successfully harnessed voter anxiety over the economy, immigration and crime last year to retake the White House ��� and lift plenty of other Republicans into office with him. But as the party tries to keep its grip on complete control in Washington, that s Afghan polio survivor's sock factory provides hope by employing disabled workers 12/12/2025 12:10am • HERAT, Afghanistan (AP) ��� In a tiny room in the center of Herat, Afghanistan���s westernmost city, Shahabuddin uses his hands to propel himself along the floor to a freshly-made pile of socks waiting to be sorted and packaged. A double amputee since a roadside bomb took both his legs a decade ago, Moving Your Senior Parents Into Your Home: What to Consider 12/11/2025 07:00pm • Multigenerational households are not as common here in the U.S. as they are in some other parts of the world, but the idea is gaining steam, according to Pew Research Center analysis of Census data. According to their analysis, in 2021, about 18% of the U.S. population lived in a multigenerational h Does Medicare Pay for Nursing Homes? 12/11/2025 07:00pm • When the time comes to transition to nursing home care, figuring out how to pay for it is often a primary concern for families. Many people mistakenly believe Medicare will cover the entire cost of nursing home care but are unpleasantly surprised to discover Medicare's coverage restrictions. Does Me Trump's handling of the economy is at its lowest point in AP-NORC polling 12/11/2025 08:51am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump���s approval on the economy and immigration have fallen substantially since March, according to a new AP-NORC poll, the latest indication that two signature issues that got him elected barely a year ago could be turning into liabilities as his party begins US suicide rate fell in 2024 after hovering at high level 12/10/2025 05:12pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The U.S. suicide rate dropped slightly last year from some of the highest levels ever reported, preliminary data suggests. Experts say it's hard to know exactly why, or whether the decline will continue. A little over 48,800 suicide deaths were reported in 2024, according to provis Lumbee Tribe poised to gain federal recognition through Defense bill 12/09/2025 11:03pm • After decades of political maneuvering through Congress and government agencies, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina may finally achieve federal recognition through the National Defense Authorization Act the House plans to vote on this week. If the legislation passes, the Senate could vote on final p