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Wind turbine bases, generators and blades are positioned along with support ships at The Portsmouth Marine terminal at the staging area for Dominion Energy's wind turbine project Monday Dec. 22, 2025, in Portsmouth, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Virginia offshore wind developer sues over Trump administration order halting projects

8:13 AM on Friday, December 26

The developers of a Virginia offshore wind project are asking a federal judge to block a Trump administration order that halted construction of their project, along with four others, over national security concerns

This image provided by America250 in December 2025 shows the New Year's Eve ball designed for the U.S.'s 250th year. (Damon Haimoff/America250 via AP)

Times Square to feature patriotic crystal ball for New Year's Eve, kicking off US's 250th birthday

5:30 AM on Friday, December 26

After the crystal ball drops on New Year’s Eve in New York City, it will rise again, sparkling in red, white and blue

FILE - Robert Friedrichs poses for a photo at the Atomic Museum, on April 16, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

ICYMI: Close out 2025 with these great reads from AP

4:26 AM on Friday, December 26

As 2025 wraps up, The Associated Press has curated a list of memorable stories and enjoyable reads published this year

South Korean 1st Vice Minister of Health and Welfare Lee Seuran speaks during a briefing at the government complex building in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 26, 2025. (Choo Sang-chul/Newsis via AP)

South Korea vows to end foreign adoptions as UN presses Seoul to address past abuses

11:25 PM on Thursday, December 25

South Korea’s government says it plans to end the waning foreign adoptions of Korean children

FILE - Rahmatullah Ezati plays back a film reel in the projection room of the historic Ariana Cinema in Kabul, Afghanistan, Nov. 8, 2021, before it was demolished in December 2025 by Taliban authorities to make way for a new shopping center. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen, File)

Afghanistan's historic Ariana Cinema torn down to make way for shopping center

9:21 PM on Thursday, December 25

Through the decades, downtown Kabul’s Ariana Cinema had weathered revolution and war, emerging battered and bruised but still standing to entertain Afghans with Bollywood movies and American action flicks

FILE - Supporters of Myanmar's military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), dance on the first day of campaign for the upcoming general election, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Oct. 28, 2025.(AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)

Myanmar will hold its first general election in 5 years as criticism of the military rule mounts

7:49 PM on Thursday, December 25

Myanmar will hold the first phase of a general election on Sunday, its first vote in five years and an election framed by the ruling military as a return to multi-party democracy

Trump says US struck Islamic State targets in Nigeria after group targeted Christians

3:35 PM on Thursday, December 25

Trump says US struck Islamic State targets in Nigeria after group targeted Christians

FILE - People walk by the Jimmy Kimmel Live studio on Hollywood Blvd., on Sept. 17, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Jimmy Kimmel jokes about fascism in an 'alternative Christmas message' for Britain

11:06 AM on Thursday, December 25

Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel takes aim at U.S. President Donald Trump in a message to U.K. viewers

Mariela Gómez, right, and her partner Abraham Castro, a Venezuelan migrant couple, sit for Christmas dinner at Castro's parents' home in Maracay, Venezuela, early Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025. The couple abandoned their journey to the United States and returned home from Mexico by land and sea following President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A Venezuelan family's Christmas: From the American dream to poverty

9:13 AM on Thursday, December 25

Mariela Gómez and thousands of Venezuelan immigrants have faced a challenging Christmas after Donald Trump returned to the White House in January

FILE - French citizen Laurent Vinatier sits in a cage prior to a court session at the Zamoskvoretsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov, File)

The Kremlin says Moscow made an offer to France regarding a French citizen imprisoned in Russia

6:51 AM on Thursday, December 25

The Kremlin is in talks with French authorities about French scholar Laurent Vinatier, who is serving a three-year sentence in Russia and reportedly faces new espionage charges

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro points to his electronic ankle monitor that the Supreme Court ordered him to wear, at Congress in Brasilia, Brazil, July 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Minervino Junior, CB/D.A Press, File)

Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro undergoes double hernia surgery

5:51 AM on Thursday, December 25

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's family says he's underwent double hernia surgery at a hospital in the country's capital

Parliament members vote on a bill seeking to criminalize France's colonisation, considering it a "state crime," and demanding that France issue an official apology and take legal responsibility for its colonial past in addition to compensations, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025 at her National Assembly in Algiers. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum)

Algeria votes to declare French colonization a crime and demands restitution

2:10 AM on Thursday, December 25

Algerian legislators have declared France's colonization a crime, demanding restitution for property taken during its 130-year rule

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman, Tarique Rahman, waves to supporters at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka after returning from London, ending more than 17 years of self-imposed exile, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Son of former Bangladesh prime minister returns after 17 years in exile with a chance to lead

11:13 PM on Wednesday, December 24

The son of a former Bangladesh prime minister has returned to the country after more than 17 years in exile

A woman casts her vote during the local election in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Somalis vote in the first one-person, one-vote local election in decades

10:42 PM on Wednesday, December 24

Residents of Somalia’s capital are set to vote in a controversial local election that marks the country’s first-ever one-person, one-vote poll since 1969

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive to attend the Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk, England, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025.(AP Photo/Jon Super)

King Charles III calls for kindness and unity in Christmas message amid global conflicts

9:00 PM on Wednesday, December 24

King Charles III has urged people to focus on kindness instead of conflict in his annual Christmas address

Today in History: December 26, massive earthquake triggers Asian Tsunami

10:20 AM on Monday, December 8

Today in History: December 25, George Washington crosses the Delaware

10:19 AM on Monday, December 8

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