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2 New Jersey pilots killed in a helicopter collision frequented a cafe together near the crash site 12/29/2025 03:47pm • Two men who died after their helicopters collided midair in New Jersey over the weekend both earned their private pilot licenses over a decade ago and would often have breakfast together at a cafe near the crash site before taking to the skies from the local airport. Authorities on Monday identified Montgomery Co. man accused of kidnapping Kentucky girl says 'whole thing is a misunderstanding' 12/29/2025 03:00pm • A Montgomery County, Maryland, man facing kidnapping charges for allegedly taking a 13-year-old girl from her home in Kentucky is not fighting extradition. Christian Delgado, 37, spoke during a hearing Monday in Montgomery County District Court, telling the judge, ���The whole thing is a misunder Judge dismisses criminal case against TikTok streamer held in immigration detention 12/29/2025 02:25pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� A federal judge has dismissed a criminal case against a popular Los Angeles TikTok streamer, citing constitutional violations after his lawyers were denied access to him while he was in immigration detention. U.S. District Judge Fernando Olguin issued a ruling Saturday dismissin Protests erupt in Iran over currency's plunge to record low 12/29/2025 01:38pm • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ��� Iran's largest protests in three years erupted Monday after the country���s currency plummeted to a record low against the U.S. dollar, and the head of the Central Bank resigned. State TV reported the resignation of Mohammad Reza Farzin, while traders and shopkeepers rallied in The stories of 2025 that gave us hope and made us feel good 12/29/2025 12:56pm • A lot of us over the last 12 months would hear a story on WTOP or read a headline and then shake our heads in disbelief while thinking, "This can't be real." There were other times when we would hear about someone in the news that would cause us to have a lump in our throats or a tear in our eye Zohran Mamdani has bold promises. Can he make them come true as New York City mayor? 12/29/2025 12:20pm • Zohran Mamdani has promised to transform New York City government when he becomes mayor. Can he do it? Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, already faces intense scrutiny, even before taking office in one of the country's most scrutinized political jobs. Republicans have cast him as a libera Second pilot also died following midair helicopter collision in New Jersey, police say 12/29/2025 11:26am • HAMMONTON, N.J. (AP) ��� Second pilot also died following midair helicopter collision in New Jersey, police say. A power outage can turn dangerous fast. Here���s how to prepare 12/29/2025 11:21am • Power outages can come from winter storms, heat waves, wildfires or a delivery driver backing into the power line by your house. But depending on how long they last or what the temperature is outside, they can be serious or even fatal, no matter the cause. One of the biggest factors in getting throu Pakistan police detain teen girl radicalized online in suspected suicide bombing plot 12/29/2025 08:11am • KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) ��� Police in Pakistan detained a teenage girl who was radicalized and recruited online by an outlawed separatist group to carry out a ���major suicide attack,��� authorities said Monday. No criminal charges will be filed and she will be placed under state protection as ���a v VCU athletics director arrested for drunken driving in Prince William after crashing Escalade into ditch 12/29/2025 08:10am • Prince William County police arrested Virginia Commonwealth University���s athletics director for drunken driving over the summer after he crashed his Cadillac into a ditch near Gainesville. Ed McLaughlin, the athletics director at the Richmond school, was initially charged with DUI June 5, the Ric Indonesian rescuers find a body while searching for Spanish soccer coach and 3 children 12/29/2025 06:45am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ��� Indonesian rescuers recovered the body of a female victim believed to be a member of the family of a Spanish soccer coach and his three children who went missing after a tour boat sank three days ago. The rescue team discovered the body just after dawn Monday, floating ne UK opposition leaders demand human rights activist be stripped of citizenship for past tweets 12/29/2025 06:35am • LONDON (AP) ��� Political opposition leaders in the United Kingdom have called for a human rights activist to be stripped of his citizenship over past social media posts allegedly containing violent and antisemitic language within days of the dual national returning to Britain after years in Egyptia Official says 6 Islamic State militants and 3 police officers killed in clash in northwest Turkey 12/29/2025 06:35am • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) ��� Islamic State militants clashed with police in northwest Turkey on Monday, leaving three police officers and six militants dead, Turkey���s interior minister said. At least eight other police officers and a night guard were wounded. The shooting occurred in Elmali district i Tiger Woods timeline: From the Mike Douglas show at age 2 to turning 50 12/29/2025 06:01am • Oct. 6, 1978 ��� At age 2, makes an appearance on ���The Mike Douglas Show��� on daytime television and hits a driver with Bob Hope watching. July 28, 1991 ��� Wins the first of three straight U.S. Junior Amateur titles by beating Brad Zwetschke in 19 holes at Bay Hill. Aug. 28, 1994 ��� Wins the fi Takeaways from AP's report on banned Uyghur songs 12/29/2025 04:55am • Authorities in China���s Xinjiang region are threatening detention over downloading, sharing or listening to a wide range of Uyghur-language songs, the AP has found. The policy was revealed in a leaked recording of a public meeting last October in the city of Kashgar in Xinjiang, home to 11 million