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Most US adults aren't making year-end charitable contributions, new AP-NORC poll finds 12/22/2025 03:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Most Americans aren't making end-of-year charitable giving plans, according to the results of a new AP-NORC poll, despite the many fundraising appeals made by nonprofits that rely on donation surges in the calendar's final month to reach budget targets. The survey, which was conduc Larry Ellison guarantees $40.4 billion in Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery 12/22/2025 12:09pm • Paramount is sweetening its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery with an “irrevocable personal guarantee” from Larry Ellison, who is putting up billions of dollars to back the deal for his son’s company. On Monday, Skydance-owned Paramount announced that Larry Ellison — the founde Raphinha and Yamal score as Spanish leader Barcelona beats Villarreal 12/21/2025 05:22pm • MADRID (AP) — Raphinha and Lamine Yamal celebrated each other's goals with a raised arm and hands linked as Barcelona won 2-0 at 10-man Villarreal on Sunday to stay four points clear of Real Madrid at the top of La Liga. Raphinha won a penalty after being fouled when cutting inside. He took a slow Trump's return brought stiff headwinds for clean energy. So why are advocates optimistic in 2026? 12/21/2025 09:03am • There were some highs amid a lot of lows in a roller coaster year for clean energy as President Donald Trump worked to boost polluting fuels while blocking wind and solar, according to dozens of energy developers, experts and politicians. Surveyed by The Associated Press, many described 2025 as turb Teen winger Culbreath scores on debut as Leverkusen beats Leipzig in Bundesliga 12/20/2025 03:09pm • German-American winger Montrell Culbreath scored on his senior debut to cap Bayer Leverkusen's 3-1 win over Leipzig on Saturday, putting Leverkusen back among the Bundesliga title contenders. The 18-year-old Culbreath, who has represented Germany and the United States at youth level, came off the be Sri Lanka tea workers struggle in poverty. Flooding cost many their lives 12/19/2025 10:13pm • CRAIGHEAD ESTATE, Sri Lanka (AP) — Arumugam Manikavalli, awakened by ferocious rain and rumbling earth, fled her home for the safety of a nearby temple on the tea estate where she works. That same November evening, tea worker Kumaran Elumugam's small home was crushed by a landslide, killing six fa 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 Key questions about Minnesota's fraud schemes and the billions in losses 12/19/2025 05:37pm • The full scale of the federal fraud schemes targeting Minnesota-run programs remains unknown, but prosecutors now say losses could reach into the billions. Half or more of the roughly $18 billion in federal funds that supported 14 Minnesota-run programs since 2018 may have been stolen, First Assista Ukrainian and Polish presidents show unity against Russia, address historical tensions 12/19/2025 01:15pm • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Ukrainian and Polish presidents met in Warsaw on Friday to underline their countries' unity in the face of Russia. They also signaled progress on historical reconciliation, which had caused tension in bilateral relations in the past. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensk Bolivia's largest cities brought to standstill by transportation strike over fuel price hike 12/19/2025 10:51am • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The streets of Bolivia's largest cities, La Paz and Santa Cruz, were brought to a standstill on Friday as public transportation workers went on strike against a 100% fuel price increase ordered by the new government in the South American country. Food and transportation pric Putin tells his annual news conference that the Kremlin's military goals in Ukraine will be met 12/19/2025 09:30am • MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin emphasized Friday that Moscow’s troops were advancing across the battlefield in Ukraine and voiced confidence the Kremlin would achieve its goals militarily if Kyiv doesn't agree to Russia's conditions in peace talks. Speaking at his tightly orchestrated an What to know about the EU's new $106 billion loan to Ukraine 12/19/2025 08:39am • BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders agreed on Friday to provide a massive interest-free loan to Ukraine to meet its military and economic needs for the next two years. The 27-nation bloc's heads of state had planned to use some of the 210 billion euros ($246 billion) worth of Russian assets tha EU leaders agree on 90 billion-euro loan to Ukraine after a plan to use Russian assets unravels 12/19/2025 07:11am • BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders agreed on Friday to provide a massive interest-free loan to Ukraine to meet its military and economic needs for the next two years, but they failed to bridge differences with Belgium that would have allowed them to use frozen Russian assets to raise the funds What to know about the Bank of Japan's interest rate hike 12/19/2025 03:09am • The Bank of Japan raised its key policy rate to a 30-year high on Friday to help curb inflation, as widely expected, and financial markets took the move in stride. The 0.25 percentage point hike took the BOJ's benchmark short-term rate to 0.75%, its highest level since September 1995. It will raise EU talks stall on massive loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets 12/18/2025 08:58pm • BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders stalled early Friday in talks to provide a massive loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets, officials said, as Belgium sought ironclad guarantees from its partners that they would protect the country from any retaliation by Russia. The leaders want to use