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National Guard to patrol New Orleans for New Year's a year after deadly attack 12/29/2025 07:47pm • NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) ��� A National Guard deployment in New Orleans authorized by President Donald Trump will begin Tuesday as part of a heavy security presence for New Year���s celebrations a year after an attack on revelers on Bourbon Street killed 14 people, officials said Monday. The deployment 16 First-Year Tips for International Students at U.S. Colleges 12/29/2025 07:00pm • Starting as a freshman international student at a U.S. college can feel overwhelming, but preparation helps. Misha Bilokur from Ukraine says mistakes he made as a first-year physics major at Princeton University in New Jersey pushed him to become more independent. One early oversight was not arrangi Artificial Intelligence Stocks: The 10 Best AI Companies 12/29/2025 07:00pm • Artificial intelligence, automation and robotics are disrupting virtually every industry. In recent years, the world has gotten a firsthand look at remarkable advances in AI technology, including OpenAI's ChatGPT AI chatbot, Google's Gemini AI model and DeepSeek's AI assistant. Whether it be machine Officials suspect bird flu after 12 swans die at Orlando's Lake Eola 12/29/2025 02:31pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� A dozen of the iconic swans that live in the heart of downtown Orlando, Florida, have died in recent days of an unknown cause, leading officials to suspect that bird flu is to blame. The deaths of the swans at Lake Eola don't appear to be suspicious, Orlando City Commissioner 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 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 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 UK leader criticized for applauding return of man freed from Egyptian prison as old tweets resurface 12/28/2025 10:26am • LONDON (AP) ��� The U.K. prime minister is facing criticism after he celebrated the return to Britain of a human rights activist who was recently released from an Egyptian prison but whose past social media posts apparently contained violent and antisemitic language. Successive British governments h Russia strikes Ukraine's capital and kills at least 1 person a day before Zelenskyy-Trump meeting 12/27/2025 06:26pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Russia attacked Ukraine's capital with ballistic missiles and drones on Saturday, killing at least one person and wounding 27, a day before talks between the leaders of Ukraine and the United States, authorities said. Explosions boomed across Kyiv as the attack began in ear California drops lawsuit seeking to reinstate federal funding for the state's bullet train 12/26/2025 09:32pm • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) ��� California this week dropped a lawsuit officials filed against the Trump administration over the federal government's withdrawing of $4 billion for the state's long-delayed high-speed rail project. The U.S. Transportation Department slashed funds for the bullet train aimed a A Palestinian man kills 2 in car-ramming and stabbing attack in northern Israel and injures 2 others 12/26/2025 04:20pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� A Palestinian attacker rammed his car into a man and then stabbed a young woman in northern Israel on Friday afternoon, killing both, police said. The Israeli military swiftly launched an operation in the assailant's hometown in the occupied West Bank. The attack started in the no What to know about the militants targeted by US airstrikes in northwest Nigeria 12/26/2025 04:00pm • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ��� The United States airstrikes that targeted Islamic State group militants in northwestern Nigeria on Thursday marked a major escalation in an offensive that the West African's overstretched military has struggled with for years. U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media US launches strikes against Islamic State group in Nigeria after attacks target Christians 12/26/2025 03:16pm • WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) ��� President Donald Trump said the United States launched a ���powerful and deadly" strike against forces of the Islamic State group in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the West African country's government of failing to rein in the targeting of Christians. In a Ch In year-end interview, Virginia Sen. Mark Warner says DC region hit hardest by Trump policies in 2025 12/25/2025 04:17pm • Reflecting on 2025, Virginia Sen. Mark Warner said he and his office helped tens of thousands of people across the state with individual requests, while criticizing cuts at federal agencies and the law enforcement surge in D.C. In a wide-ranging, year-end interview with WTOP, he said his office a Dabble Promo Code WTOP: Claim $25 Sign-Up Bonus for Xmas NFL, NBA Picks 12/25/2025 12:13pm • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services Grab a bonus for NBA and NFL picks on Christmas with the Dabble promo code WTOP. Register here to secure this bonus. New cus