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Nigerian children reunite with their parents after being released from abduction 12/11/2025 01:04am • PAPIRI, Nigeria (AP) ��� Several parents welcomed the return late Tuesday night of their children, who were abducted last month when gunmen stormed their school. ���It has not been easy for me... But today, in fact, I have a little bit of joy, especially because there is still one abducted. But I am Australia demands social media giants report progress on account bans for children under 16 12/11/2025 12:21am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Australian authorities on Thursday demanded some of the world���s biggest social media platforms report how many accounts they have deactivated since a ban on accounts for children younger than 16 became law. Facebook, Instagram, Kick, Reddit, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, The Latest: Trump says US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela 12/10/2025 08:24pm • President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid mounting tensions with the government of Venezuelan President Nicol��s Maduro. It���s the Trump administration���s latest push to increase pressure on Maduro, who has been charged with narcot NASCAR chairman Jim France stands firm on charter stance, citing parents' advice 12/10/2025 07:36pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� NASCAR Chairman Jim France had a stronger second day of testimony Wednesday as the final witness called by Michael Jordan���s side in the federal antitrust lawsuit against the racing series, explaining that advice from his late parents helped shape his stance against grantin Parent of student charged in shooting that killed teen at Kentucky State University 12/10/2025 07:35pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) ��� A parent of a Kentucky State University student has been charged with murder in an on campus shooting that killed one student and critically injured another. Jacob Lee Bard was at the school's campus in Frankfort on Tuesday and fired shots at the victims at a residence hall, 10 Best Blue-Chip Stocks to Buy for 2026 12/10/2025 07:00pm • Finding the best blue-chip stocks to buy is never a simple task, especially when markets are shifting. Economic uncertainty, changing interest-rate expectations and the rapid evolution of technology make that task particularly difficult for 2026. That's why the best blue-chip stocks are established, Foreigners allowed to travel to the US without a visa could soon face new social media screening 12/10/2025 06:24pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Foreigners who are allowed to come to the United States without a visa could soon be required to submit information about their social media, email accounts and extensive family history to the Department of Homeland Security before being approved for travel. The notice published Catherine Hoggle found competent to stand trial in murders of her children 12/10/2025 05:20pm • Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge James Bonifant ruled Wednesday that Catherine Hoggle, the mother of two young children who went missing in 2014, is competent to stand trial and assist in her own defense. Hoggle faces two first-degree murder charges in the disappearances of 3-year-old Sarah Ohio State's Julian Sayin looking forward to following idols as a Heisman finalist 12/10/2025 04:37pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� Julian Sayin has been to New York City before, but the Ohio State quarterback���s previous experiences were nothing like the one he's gearing up for this weekend. ���My parents are from the East Coast, so they���ve gone a couple times and I went back,��� said the Carlsbad, Ca Trump's crackdown on immigration is taking a toll on child care workers 12/10/2025 04:23pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Not long after President Donald Trump took office in January, staff at CentroN��a bilingual preschool began rehearsing what to do if Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials came to the door. As ICE became a regular presence in their historically Latino neighborhood this sum San Francisco woman gives birth in a Waymo self-driving taxi 12/10/2025 03:16pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Self-driving Waymo taxis have gone viral for negative reasons involving the death of a beloved San Francisco bodega cat and pulling an illegal U-turn in front of police who were unable to issue a ticket to a nonexistent driver. But this week, the self-driving taxis are the be 5 notable books by author Sophie Kinsella, who died at age 55 12/10/2025 11:31am • Sophie Kinsella, who has died at age 55, had a special talent for characters who persevered through the most embarrassing mishaps ��� often of their own making. Here are five novels that helped keep readers laughing, and relating, over the past 30 years. ���The Tennis Party��� (1995) Fellow writers This Wish kid from Fairfax County is officially cancer free 12/10/2025 10:53am • Throughout December, WTOP is bringing you ���Wish Wednesday,��� where we spotlight what Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic does for families in D.C., Virginia and Maryland. If you would like to help make a wish kid���s dream come true, please visit the foundation���s website. This past July, a 14-year-old AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Owen Cooper goes from 'Adolescence' to new 'Heights' 12/10/2025 09:10am • WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) ��� Owen Cooper hasn���t had thoughts of EGOT. He���s hardly had time to develop that kind of ambition in his short time as an actor. But, presented with the idea, he���s intrigued. And amused. ���Is that the Emmy, the Grammy, the Oscar and the Tony?��� he asks, with a la Social media ban for children under 16 starts in Australia 12/10/2025 03:05am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took effect Wednesday as families taking back power from tech giants but warned the implementation would be difficult. Many children posted farewell mess