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Storms bring heavy rain to the Pacific Northwest, snow and freezing rain to the Upper Midwest 12/09/2025 09:00pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The first of a series of powerful storms dumped heavy rain and swelled rivers in the Pacific Northwest on Tuesday, closing roads and prompting high water rescues. Residents in parts of Oregon and Washington grappled with power outages, flooding and school closures, while driv Luigi Mangione’s notes to self: 'Pluck eyebrows,' 'Keep momentum, FBI slower overnight' 12/09/2025 08:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Pluck eyebrows. Buy less conspicuous shoes. Take a bus or a train west toward Cincinnati and St. Louis. Move around late at night. Stay away from surveillance cameras. A to-do list and travel plans found during Luigi Mangione’s arrest and revealed in court this week shed new l Federal agents use pepper spray on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown 12/09/2025 06:56pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal agents used pepper spray to push through an angry crowd that blocked their vehicles as they checked identifications in a heavily Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis on Tuesday, amid the Trump administration's ongoing crackdown targeting the community. City Council Member US military flies 2 fighter jets over the Gulf of Venezuela as scrutiny grows 12/09/2025 06:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military flew a pair of fighter jets over the Gulf of Venezuela on Tuesday in what appears to be the closest American warplanes have come to the South American country's airspace since the start of the Trump administration's pressure campaign. Public flight tracking webs Montgomery County Council approves University Boulevard Corridor Plan in 7-3 vote 12/09/2025 06:14pm • Montgomery County Council voted 7-3 on Tuesday to pass the controversial University Boulevard Corridor Plan – paving the way for planners to begin work on a sectional map amendment they hope will increase the supply of housing and improve roadway safety along a 3.5-mile stretch of state road from Rwandan-backed rebels push toward strategic town in new offensive in eastern Congo 12/09/2025 05:12pm • GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwandan-backed rebels pushed into the outskirts of the strategic city of Uvira in eastern Congo on Tuesday, local authorities said, as part of a new offensive that the U.N. says has displaced more than 200,000 residents in recent days. The latest offensive by the Rwandan-backed Zelenskyy reaffirms his refusal to cede land to Russia as he rallies European support 12/09/2025 05:08pm • ROME (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reaffirmed his strong refusal to cede any territory, resisting U.S. pressure for painful concessions to Russia as he moved ahead Tuesday to rally more European support for his country. “Undoubtedly, Russia insists for us to give up territor Brazil approves law strengthening protective measures for female victims of gender-based violence 12/09/2025 02:31pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed into effect a law that reinforces protective measures for women who are victims of gender-based violence, a move welcomed by feminist activists although they also demand more funds for prevention. The introduction of the l Police raid Argentine soccer clubs and AFA as part of investigation into alleged money laundering 12/09/2025 01:22pm • BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Federal police in Argentina carried out multiple raids Tuesday on the headquarters of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) and at least 17 soccer clubs. The raids were part of a judicial investigation into alleged ties to financial services company Sur Finanzas, which is un AP women's basketball player of the week is No. 4 UCLA's Lauren Betts 12/09/2025 12:57pm • The Associated Press national player of the week in women’s basketball for Week 5 of the season: Lauren Betts, UCLA The senior post opened Big Ten play with a double-double, setting season highs in points (24), rebounds (14) and blocks (5) in a win over previously unbeaten Oregon. She had 13 point South Carolina's abandoned nuclear plants could be revived as company offers $2.7 billion 12/09/2025 12:05pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s stalled nuclear power project could finally finish construction as a private company has offered to pay $2.7 billion to the state-owned utility and a small share of the power if they can reach an agreement to get the two reactors up and running. The half-bu Israeli army takes journalists into a tunnel in a Gaza city it seized and largely flattened 12/09/2025 11:27am • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — One by one, the soldiers squeezed through a narrow entrance to a tunnel in southern Gaza. Inside a dark hallway, some bowed their heads to avoid hitting the low ceiling, while watching their step as they walked over or around jagged concrete, crushed plastic bottles and ta Japan assesses damage from 7.5 magnitude quake that injured 34 12/09/2025 09:42am • TOKYO (AP) — Japan was assessing damage Tuesday and cautioning people of potential aftershocks after a late-night 7.5 magnitude earthquake caused injuries, light damage and a tsunami in Pacific coastal communities. At least 34 people were injured, one seriously, the Fire and Disaster Management Ag Masters field starting to take shape through wins and world ranking 12/09/2025 08:35am • Kristoffer Reitan of Norway and Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen of Denmark will be PGA Tour rookies next year having earned cards by being among the leading 10 players on the European tour not already exempt. They already have one edge over the other rookies. They’re in the Masters. Both earned their sp Australia's social media ban leaves a 15-year-old worried about losing touch with friends 12/09/2025 07:00am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Riley Allen, a 15-year-old schoolboy living on an Outback sheep ranch, doesn’t know how he’ll keep in touch with his circle of far-flung friends once Australia's world-first social media ban takes effect on Wednesday. Riley’s family lives 5 kilometers (3 miles) fr