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Iran raises gasoline prices for the first time since deadly 2019 protests 12/13/2025 05:11am • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran introduced a new pricing tier Saturday for its nationally subsidized gasoline, attempting to rein in spiraling costs for the first time since a price hike in 2019 that sparked nationwide protests and a crackdown that reportedly killed over 300 people. Cheap gasoline has be Today in History: December 13, Saddam Hussein captured in Iraq 12/13/2025 04:10am • Today is Saturday, Dec. 13, the 347th day of 2025. There are 18 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 13, 2003, Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. forces while hiding in a hole under a farmhouse in Adwar, Iraq, near his hometown of Tikrit. Also on this date: In 1862, Union fo Historic rains and flooding trigger dramatic rescues in Washington state 12/13/2025 02:37am • BURLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — When Eddie Wicks and his wife went to bed in their house next to the Snoqualmie River on a Washington state farm known for its sunflower mazes and Christmas trees, they weren’t too worried about the flooding heading their way. After 30 years living in the city of Duvall $31.5 million settlement reached in lawsuit over California girl's starvation death 12/12/2025 09:45pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — A lawsuit over the death of an 11-year-old California girl who was allegedly tortured and starved by her adoptive family reached a settlement Friday totaling $31.5 million from the city and county of San Diego as well as other groups. The suit was brought on behalf of the two youn Iran arrests Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say 12/12/2025 09:25pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, her supporters said Friday. A foundation in her name said she was detained in Mashhad, some 680 kilometers (420 miles) northeast of the capital, Tehran, while attending a memorial for a human rights l Utah repeals ban on collective bargaining for teachers, firefighters and police unions 12/12/2025 09:08pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has repealed a collective bargaining ban passed earlier this year that prevented labor unions serving teachers, firefighters, police and other public employees from negotiating on behalf of their workers. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox on Thursday approved the repeal of a p Record floods in Washington state trigger dramatic rescues and evacuations 12/12/2025 08:10pm • BURLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — Record floodwaters began slowly receding in Washington state on Friday after triggering evacuations, inundating communities and prompting dramatic rescues from rooftops and vehicles. But authorities warned that waters would still be high for days, and that danger from pote Ohio man who spent decades on death row for murder has his case dismissed 12/12/2025 05:40pm • CINCINNATI (AP) — A man who spent more than a quarter-century on death row for the robbery and murder of a woman at an Ohio hotel had his case dismissed Friday by prosecutors. Elwood Jones has been free since shortly after a judge granted him a new trial in December 2022, concluding that prosecuto New Orleans jail escapee who evaded capture for months gets life sentence for double murder 12/12/2025 05:22pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The last inmate caught after an audacious New Orleans jailbreak was sentenced Friday to two life sentences over a 2018 double murder, with the Louisiana judge rebuking him for the disruption caused by his five months on the run. Derrick Groves, 28, wore shackles and an orange ju DC teacher accused of climbing through window to sexually abuse student 12/12/2025 05:16pm • A D.C. high school teacher is accused of climbing through a student's window at night to sexually abuse her, sometimes recording the abuse. FBI agents arrested 35-year-old John Aaron Gass at his Maryland home on Thursday. He faces charges related to the production of child pornography and enticem A Georgia woman suffers severe burns in a chemical attack at a Savannah park 12/12/2025 05:03pm • SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia woman has been hospitalized with severe burns after someone poured a corrosive chemical onto her head while she was walking at a public park in Savannah, the victim's son and a close friend said Friday. Savannah police confirmed they are searching for a suspect in th Critically wounded National Guard member being moved to in-patient rehabilitation 12/12/2025 04:49pm • A West Virginia National Guard member who was shot last month in the nation’s capital is being transitioned from hospital acute care to in-patient rehabilitation, a doctor said Friday. Staff. Sgt. Andrew Wolfe was airlifted to MedStar Washington Hospital Center with a critical gunshot wound to the Army sergeant to face court-martial in Georgia base shooting that wounded 5 12/12/2025 04:49pm • SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A U.S. Army soldier accused of shooting five people at a Georgia base in August will stand trial in a military court on charges including attempting murder, Army prosecutors said Friday. Charges against Sgt. Quornelius Radford are being referred to a general court-martial, whi Jurors are deliberating in murder trial of Brian Walshe, whose wife disappeared 2 years ago 12/12/2025 04:41pm • BOSTON (AP) — Jurors began deliberating Friday in the murder trial of Brian Walshe, the Massachusetts man accused of killing and dismembering his wife more than two years ago. Ana Walshe’s body has never been found since she disappeared on New Year’s Day 2023. The same day his wife was last s This Montgomery Co. teen's kidnapping motivated her to start a toy drive 12/12/2025 04:00pm • A cadre of police cars pulled up to Montgomery County Circuit Court in Rockville, Maryland, on Thursday afternoon to collect more than $1,100 worth of toys to be distributed to kids in need this Christmas. Inside those vehicles was a cast of characters, including the Grinch, several elves and