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Petro urges Colombians to celebrate Christmas season despite ELN rebels' forced strike 12/14/2025 05:24pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — President Gustavo Petro on Sunday asked Colombians to celebrate the Christmas season without fear after rebels announced a forced strike in parts of the country in response to his government’s actions against them, and to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to expand Long-abandoned strip mall in Arlington to get a new life 12/14/2025 02:12pm • The Arlington County Board gave final approval at its Saturday meeting to a major redevelopment project at 2601 Columbia Pike in Arlington, Virginia. "The Elliott" will be a 6-story, mixed-use property, with 271 apartments and about 15,000 square feet of retail space. It will replace the Fillmore Expert tips to ease financial pressure and avoid holiday overspending 12/13/2025 07:48am • NEW YORK (AP) — Are you feeling overwhelmed by the pressure to spend money on gifts, parties, and travel this holiday season? The job market is tough, student loan and credit card debt are rising, and prices for many items remain high due to inflation. If you’re feeling financially strained, kn Pro wrestling takes over DC for John Cena’s final WWE match 12/13/2025 06:08am • Orlando and Vanessa Roque filled up a stroller with colorful John Cena merchandise as they shopped at a special popup superstore close to D.C.’s Capital One Arena. The Laurel, Maryland, couple shopped with their children, looking for gear to wear Saturday night as the pro wrestling star plans t Thai villagers stay behind to guard empty homes as border clashes force mass evacuations 12/12/2025 10:30pm • SURIN, Thailand (AP) — Fighting that has flared along the Thai-Cambodian border has sent hundreds of thousands of Thai villagers fleeing from their homes close to the frontier since Monday. Their once-bustling communities have fallen largely silent except for the distant rumble of firing across th Tips for viewing the peak of the Geminids meteor shower 12/12/2025 04:28pm • The year's best meteor shower will send streaks across the Saturday night and early Sunday morning sky. The Geminids meteor shower has proven to reliably produce around 120 meteors per hour in a dark sky, and many of them are bright. Plus the Geminids is the only major meteor shower where you can Data Doctors: Why holiday PC deals look different this year 12/12/2025 03:11pm • Q: Based on the current state of memory chips, should I buy during the holidays or wait? A: If you’ve been shopping for a new computer this year and felt a little sticker shock, you’re not imagining things. Prices on everyday PCs have crept upward during 2025, and it’s largely due to two pa A Chinese official exposed his boss. Now in Texas, he’s hunted by Beijing - with help from US tech 12/12/2025 01:25pm • MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — Retired Chinese official Li Chuanliang was recuperating from cancer on a Korean resort island when he got an urgent call: Don’t return to China, a friend warned. You’re now a fugitive. Days later, a stranger snapped a photo of Li in a cafe. Terrified South Korea would sen This holiday season isn't very merry for consumers, an AP-NORC poll finds 12/12/2025 11:13am • WASHINGTON (AP) — This holiday season isn’t quite so merry for American shoppers as large shares are dipping into savings, scouring for bargains and feeling like the overall economy is stuck in a rut under President Donald Trump, a new AP-NORC poll finds. The vast majority of U.S. adults say the Experts share their top tips to save money this holiday season 12/12/2025 09:16am • NEW YORK (AP) — The holiday season means time with family and new memories, but it can also mean lots of spending — sometimes too much. From gifts to travel plans to grocery shopping, costs can pile up and become overwhelming, especially in a difficult economic environment. Holiday shopping can Afghan polio survivor's sock factory provides hope by employing disabled workers 12/12/2025 12:10am • HERAT, Afghanistan (AP) — In a tiny room in the center of Herat, Afghanistan’s westernmost city, Shahabuddin uses his hands to propel himself along the floor to a freshly-made pile of socks waiting to be sorted and packaged. A double amputee since a roadside bomb took both his legs a decade ago, Spectacular loss by Honduras' governing party spurs reflection and criticism 12/12/2025 12:03am • TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — For over 30 years, Javier Gámez and María Barahona worked, scrimped and studied to push their family ahead. Gámez filled bags with sand from the Choluteca River winding through the Honduran capital and shined shoes in a downtown park; Barahona sold bananas and orang From original carols to Christmas pop, Virginia expert describes the staying power of seasonal music 12/11/2025 11:44pm • Some people are fans of Christmas music, but not when it shows up particularly early in the holiday season. Ariana Wyatt, a professor of voice and associate dean for outreach and engagement for the College for Architecture, Arts and Design at Virginia Tech, loves Christmas music, but she's not a Sao Paulo blackout leaves 1.3M without power, hundreds of flights canceled 12/11/2025 07:28pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — More than 1.3 million Sao Paulo residents remained without electricity late Thursday after strong winds caused trees to fall onto the Brazilian metropolis' grid the day before. Authorities said almost 400 flights were canceled. Utility Enel said in a statement it had returned serv NASCAR settles federal antitrust case, gives all teams the permanent charters they wanted 12/11/2025 07:07pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Jordan and NASCAR chairman Jim France stood side-by-side on the steps of a federal courthouse as if they were old friends following a stunning settlement Thursday of a bruising antitrust case in which the Basketball Hall of Famer was the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit a