South Korea's military says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters (apnews.com)
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff didn’t immediately say what type of missile it was or how far it flew....
The last residents of a coastal Mexican town destroyed by climate change (apnews.com)
Flooding driven by some of the world’s fastest sea-level rise and by increasingly brutal winter storms has all but destroyed El Bosque, leaving piles of concrete and twisted metal rods where houses used to line the sand. Forced to flee the homes they built, locals are waiting for government aid and living in rentals they can...
New Mexico Supreme Court weighs whether to strike down local abortion restrictions (apnews.com)
The New Mexico Supreme Court is weighing whether to strike down local abortion restrictions by conservative cities and counties at the request of the attorney general for the state where abortion laws are among the most liberal in the country....
Son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai lobbies UK foreign secretary for his release (apnews.com)
Battle over creating new court centers on equality in Mississippi's majority-Black capital city (apnews.com)
A federal judge is set to hear arguments Dec. 19 over the Capitol Complex Improvement District Court, which is scheduled to be created Jan. 1....
South Korea defense chief threatens strikes on 'heart and head' of North Korea if provoked (apnews.com)
U.S. sanctions officials from Afghanistan to China on declaration of human rights anniversary (apnews.com)
Free toy store in Nashville gives families the dignity of choice while shopping for holiday gifts (apnews.com)
This year, The Store is offering that same dignity of choice to parents looking for gifts for the holiday season. During a two-day event starting Friday, selected families will shop at a free toy store, stocked with brand new toys, video games, stuffed animals, scooters, clothes, makeup and musical instruments....
Lawsuit accuses NCAA of antitrust violation in college athlete transfer rule (apnews.com)
A federal lawsuit filed by a group of states alleges the NCAA’s transfer rule for college athletes violates antitrust law....
A Chinese military surveillance balloon is spotted in Taiwan Strait, island's Defense Ministry says (apnews.com)
California faculty at largest US university system launch strike for better pay (apnews.com)
Faculty at California State University, the largest public university system in the U.S., will hold a series of four one-day strikes starting Monday across four campuses to demand higher pay and more parental leave for thousands of professors, librarians, coaches and other workers....
Casino workers with MGM Grand Detroit ratify deal, ending 47-day strike (apnews.com)
For a male sexual assault survivor, justice won in court does not equal healing (apnews.com)
As many as 95% of male sexual violations go unreported, according to research cited in a review of scientific literature about male victims of sexual assault, published in April in the journal Behavioral Sciences. Four of five men who reported assaults regretted doing so, saying that police were often unsympathetic and...
Novelist Tim Dorsey, who mixed comedy and murder in his Serge A. Storms stories, dies at 62 (apnews.com)
Myanmar's military is losing ground against coordinated nationwide attacks, buoying opposition hopes (apnews.com)
US life expectancy rose last year, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level (apnews.com)
At least 40 civilians killed by al-Qaida-linked rebels in a Burkina Faso town, UN rights office says (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....
Contract between Puerto Rico's government and coal-fired plant operator leaves residents in the dark (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....
Four local employees of Germany's main aid agency arrested in Afghanistan (apnews.com)
South Africa, Colombia and others are fighting drugmakers over access to TB and HIV drugs (apnews.com)
Chinese refugee challenges Australian law that imposes a curfew and tracking bracelet (apnews.com)
Home sales slumped to slowest pace in more than 13 years in October as prices, borrowing costs, soar (apnews.com)
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slumped in October to their slowest pace in more than 13 years as surging mortgage rates and rising prices kept many prospective homebuyers on the sidelines....
An orphaned teenager who was taken to Russia early in the Ukraine war is back home with relatives (apnews.com)
Andrii Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian president’s office, confirmed that Yermokhin had arrived back in Ukraine and shared a photo of him with a Ukrainian flag. Yermak thanked UNICEF and Qatari negotiators for facilitating Yermokhin’s return....
