JONATHAN LEMIRE and MATTHEW LEE
Associated Press
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — At the midway point of his annual Christmas vacation, President Donald Trump huddled at his Florida club with his top national security advisers. Days earlier, a rocket attack by an Iranian-funded group struck a U.S.-Iraqi base, killing an American contractor and wounding several others.
Trump's advisers presented him...
SARAH BLAKE MORGAN and JONATHAN DREW
Associated Press
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Hundreds of U.S. soldiers deployed Saturday from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Kuwait to serve as reinforcements in the Middle East amid rising tensions following the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general.
Lt. Col. Mike Burns, a spokesman for the 82nd Airborne Division, told The Associated Press...
BASKETBALLDavis scores 46 against former team as Lakers beat Pelicans
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anthony Davis isn't having any sympathy when it comes to facing his former team.
The Lakers forward had 46 points and 13 rebounds as Los Angeles rolled to a 123-113 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans.
It was Davis' fifth 40-point game this season and second straight against...
CAROLYN THOMPSON
Associated Press
Grace Brown's schedule at West Potomac High School in northern Virginia is filled with all the usual academics, and she's packed in Latin, chorus and piano as extras.
What she can't cram into the 8:10 a.m.- 2:55 p.m. school day is gym class.
So she's taking that one minus the gym, and on her own time.
The 14-year-old freshman...
SHONAL GANGULY and STEVE McMORRAN
Associated Press
SYDNEY (AP) — A father and son who were battling flames for two days are the latest victims of the worst wildfire season in Australian history, and the path of destruction widened in at least three states Saturday due to strong winds and high temperatures.
The death toll in the wildfire crisis is now...
JAMES MacPHERSON
Associated Press
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Tommy Fisher peered into a Fox News camera and talked up his North Dakota-based company's ability to build a border wall faster and cheaper than others could, with technology "so revolutionary, it's like comparing the iPhone to a pay phone." Fisher Sand and Gravel, he said, was eager to help President Donald...
SYDNEY (AP) — American pop singer Pink says she is donating $500,000 to help fight the deadly wildfires that have devastated parts of Australia.
"I am totally devastated watching what is happening in Australia right now with the horrific bushfires," Pink tweeted Saturday to her 32.2 million Twitter followers. "I am pledging a donation of $500,000 directly to the local...
NINIEK KARMINI
Associated Press
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Landslides and floods triggered by torrential downpours have left at least 60 people dead in and around Indonesia's capital, as rescuers struggled to search for people apparently buried under tons of mud, officials said Saturday.
Monsoon rains and rising rivers submerged a dozen districts in the greater Jakarta area and caused landslides that...
AGUANGA (CNS) - The coroner's office on Saturday identified a 63-year-old woman who was killed in a collision in Aguanga caused by a hit-and-run driver who slammed into her car after impacting another vehicle and losing control at high speed.
The wreck happened about 6:15 a.m. Friday on state Route 371 north of Wilson Valley Road, the California Highway Patrol...
GARY FIELDS, JULIET LINDERMAN and WONG MAYE-E
Associated Press
The Samples were a black Chicago family, with six children and few resources. The priest helped them with tuition, clothes, bills. He offered the promise of opportunities — a better life.
He also abused all the children.
They told no one. They were afraid of not being believed and of losing what little...