Trump hints at expanded role for the military within the US. A legacy law gives him few guardrails (apnews.com)
Cities crack down on homeless encampments. Advocates say that’s not the answer (apnews.com)
Alex Murdaugh, already convicted of murder, will be sentenced for stealing from 18 clients (apnews.com)
For years, South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh looked his anguished clients in the eyes and promised to help them with their medical bills, their suffering or simply to survive. Then he stole some, if not all, of what he won for many of them....
Russian court extends detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Gershkovich until end of January (apnews.com)
A court in Moscow on Tuesday extended the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, until Jan. 30, Russian news agencies reported....
Intercepted calls from the front lines in Ukraine show a growing number of Russian soldiers want out (apnews.com)
In audio intercepts from the front lines in Ukraine, Russian soldiers speak in shorthand of 200s to mean dead, 300s to mean wounded. The urge to flee has become common enough that they also talk of 500s — people who refuse to fight....
Ex-officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd’s killing, stabbed in prison (apnews.com)
Contract between Puerto Rico's government and coal-fired plant operator leaves residents in the dark (apnews.com)
Kenya raises alarm as flooding death toll rises to 76, with thousands marooned by worsening rains (apnews.com)
Intercepted calls from the front lines in Ukraine show a growing number of Russian soldiers want out (apnews.com)
New incentives could boost satisfaction with in-person work, but few employers are making changes (apnews.com)
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DeSantis won't condemn Musk for endorsing an antisemitic post. 'I did not see the comment,' he says (apnews.com)
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is refusing to condemn Elon Musk ‘s post endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory, maintaining Sunday that he wasn’t familiar with the post despite it prompting major companies to pull advertising from the billionaire’s X social media platform....
Court document claims Meta knowingly designed its platforms to hook kids, reports say (apnews.com)
An alliance of Myanmar ethnic groups claim capture of another big trade crossing at Chinese border (apnews.com)
Biden says 4-year-old Abigail Edan was released by Hamas. He hopes more U.S. hostages will be freed (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden confirmed Sunday that Abigail Edan, a 4-year-old American girl held hostage by Hamas after her parents were killed, was released as part of the cease-fire deal in the Israel-Hamas war....
Thailand's Cabinet approves a marriage equality bill to grant same-sex couples equal rights (apnews.com)
Thailand’s Cabinet has approved an amendment to its civil code to allow same-sex marriage, with an expectation for the draft to be proposed to Parliament next month.
An alliance of Myanmar ethnic groups claim capture of another big trade crossing at Chinese border (apnews.com)
North Korea restores border guard posts amid rising tensions over its satellite launch, Seoul says (apnews.com)
North Korea is restoring front-line guard posts that it had dismantled during a previous period of inter-Korean rapprochement, South Korea’s military said Monday, after animosities spiked between the rivals over the North’s recent spy satellite launch....
US Navy seizes attackers who held Israel-linked [oil] tanker. Missiles from rebel-controlled Yemen follow (apnews.com)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Armed assailants seized and later let go of a tanker linked to Israel off the coast of Yemen on Sunday before being apprehended by the United States Navy, officials said. Two ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled Yemen then landed near a U.S. warship aiding the tanker in the Gulf of...
More Americans are expected to 'buy now, pay later' for the holidays. Analysts see a growing risk (apnews.com)
Schools in Portland, Oregon, reach tentative deal with teachers union after nearly month-long strike (apnews.com)
Oregon’s largest school district said late Sunday it had reached a tentative agreement with its teachers union and roughly 45,000 students would be back in school Monday after more than three weeks without classes....
Russia puts the spokesman for Facebook owner Meta on a wanted list (apnews.com)
Russia has added the spokesman of U.S. technology company Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, to a wanted list, according to an online database maintained by the country’s interior ministry....
Four local employees of Germany's main aid agency arrested in Afghanistan (apnews.com)
Republicans want to pair border security with aid for Ukraine. Here's why that makes a deal so tough (apnews.com)
Many Americans say their household expenses are outpacing earnings this year, AP-NORC poll shows (apnews.com)
Israeli-linked oil tanker seized off the coast of Aden, Yemen, private intelligence firm says (apnews.com)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An unknown force has seized an oil tanker linked to Israel off the coast of Aden, Yemen, a private security firm said Sunday.
