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Parents of abducted children plead with the Nigerian government for news of rescue 11/28/2025 02:26pm • PAPIRI, Nigeria (AP) ��� Hundreds of parents whose children were abducted last week at a Catholic school in north-central Niger gathered Friday at the school site to plead with the government for their children���s rescue. More than 250 children remain captive after gunmen stormed the school early m College football mascots just as good at keeping their identities secret as firing up a crowd 11/28/2025 11:36am • EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) ��� Ross Ramsey enjoys spending time with fellow alums at Michigan State football tailgates. These aren���t just any old former Spartans, though. They were Sparty himself ��� something few knew when Ramsey and his pals donned the muscular mascot suit two decades ago. ���Once Hundreds of children separated from families while fleeing violence in Sudan's west Darfur 11/28/2025 05:26am • CAIRO (AP) ��� Hundreds of children have arrived in a refugee camp without their families as thousands of people fled violence in the Sudanese city of el-Fasher in the past month, with more children disconnected from their families arriving every day, officials said. The U.N. said more than 100,000 A visit to Somalia's crumbling hospitals shows the toll of aid cuts and war 11/27/2025 10:33pm • MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) ��� To save the life of his badly malnourished 3-year-old son, farmer Yusuf Bulle had to travel from a remote area of southern Somalia to the capital, Mogadishu, where a rare health unit presented the only hope. After 15 days at Banadir Hospital, the child was deemed out of d Trump says one of the two West Virginia National Guard members shot by Afghan national has died 11/27/2025 08:39pm • WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) ��� President Donald Trump said that one of the two West Virginia National Guard members shot by an Afghan national near the White House had died, calling the suspect, who had worked with the CIA in his native country, a ���savage monster.��� As part of a Thanksgiving c Israeli forces kill Palestinian men in West Bank after they appear to surrender 11/27/2025 07:44pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Israeli forces on Thursday killed a pair of Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank after they appeared to surrender to troops, drawing Palestinian accusations that the men were executed ���in cold blood.��� The Israeli military said it was investigating. The killings, captured Nigeria's president declares emergency and beefs up forces following abductions 11/27/2025 11:21am • LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) ��� Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday declared a nationwide emergency following two mass abductions of schoolchildren and a spate of attacks against civilians. Tinubu said the government will recruit 20,000 additional police officers, raising the total to 50,000. He als Travelers give thanks on Thanksgiving 11/27/2025 10:15am • While most of us have arrived at the home of our loved ones to enjoy a day filled with food, family, friends, football and fun, others are hosting the biggest meal of the year. No matter if you are the person traveling or the person cooking and preparing Thanksgiving dinner, this is when we look What to get the stargazer in your life for the holidays in 2025 11/27/2025 06:50am • For my annual WTOP ���Gift Ideas for Stargazers,��� I thought I would get this year���s suggestions out to coincide with Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, to possibly help get the best deals for that special someone on your holiday gift list that loves the stars. Internet shopping and quick s Nigerian parents say they are kept in the dark over abducted schoolchildren 11/27/2025 04:03am • PAPIRI, Nigeria (AP) ��� Several parents of the over 300 schoolchildren seized by armed men in the latest mass abduction in Nigeria tell The Associated Press the government has told them nothing about rescue efforts and the stress has been so high that one parent has died of a heart attack. ���Nobod Sydney taekwondo instructor who murdered family of three consumed by fantasies of Olympic glory 11/27/2025 03:38am • SYDNEY (AP) ��� A Sydney taekwondo instructor who murdered a family of three had been consumed by fantasies of Olympic glory and meetings with billionaires, a court heard Thursday. Prosecutors argued Kwang Kyung Yoo, 51, should never be released from prison after pleading guilty to murdering a 7-yea The best new holiday music releases for 2025 11/27/2025 12:01am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� ���Tis the season to put on some brand-new holiday music. The best way to get festive is to sing along to Christmas classics new and old. But don���t know what to press play on? We've got you covered. In honor of the most wonderful time of the year, here are some of the best new h Bowser makes first remarks after announcing she won't seek reelection 11/26/2025 05:42pm • In her first remarks after announcing she would not be running for a fourth term, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said she would consider serving the District again once statehood is made. "If we become a state, maybe I'll come back and run for governor," she told reporters before underscoring, "Whe Fairfax County's newest high school will be a traditional one 11/26/2025 05:31pm • For the first time in decades, Fairfax County is opening a new high school, one of its steps to alleviate overcrowding on several campuses in the Northern Virginia suburb. The district finalized the sale of the former King Abdullah Academy in Herndon, spending $150 million on the private school c Bills QB Allen upbeat in dismissing questions about soreness, despite padded right throwing elbow 11/26/2025 04:59pm • ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) ��� Josh Allen dismissed any suggestion of being sore, even while explaining the reason for the pad taped to the back of the Bills quarterback���s forearm that extended to above his right throwing elbow. ���A little road rash,��� Allen said after practice on Wednesday. ���It