WASHINGTON (AP) — TikTok said it will have to “go dark” this weekend unless the outgoing Biden administration assures the company it won’t enforce a shutdown of the popular app after the Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning the app unless it’s sold by its...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested early on Sunday, days after being apprehended at his presidential compound in Seoul . He faces possible imprisonment over his ill-fated declaration of martial law last month. Protesters against...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump arrived in Washington Saturday evening to celebrate with family, supporters and political allies ahead of his second inauguration, a triumphant return for the Republican four years after he departed the city under the shadow of an attack by his supporters on the...
WASHINGTON (AP) – President-elect Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping discussed trade, fentanyl, and TikTok in a phone call Friday, just days before Trump heads back to the White House with vows to impose tariffs and other measures on America's biggest rival. Despite that, Xi...
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden announced Friday that he was commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses, using his final days in office on a flurry of clemency actions meant to nullify prison terms he deemed too harsh. BIDEN (AP) The recent...
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel's Cabinet approved a deal early Saturday for a ceasefire in Gaza that would release dozens of hostages held there and pause the 15-month war with Hamas, bringing the sides a step closer to ending their deadliest and most destructive fighting ever. CEASEFIRE VOTE...
Destroyed homes from the Palisades Fire are visible on Jan. 15, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s, an Associated Press analysis shows. The Eaton...
Workers build a stage in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, for the 60th Presidential Inauguration which was moved indoors because of cold temperatures expected on Jan 20. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office...
Callie Goodwin, of Columbia, S.C., holds a sign in support of TikTok outside the Supreme Court, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Washington. Goodwin, a small business owner who sells personalized greeting cards, says 80% of her sales come from people who found her on TikTok. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)...
The TikTok app logo is shown on an iPhone on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) With President-elect Donald Trump adding uncertainty around whether a TikTok ban will go into effect, the focus is now turning to companies like Google and Apple that are expected to take the...
It started as a respiratory illness – or so everyone thought. But it quickly became apparent that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was so much more. "Since the beginning, the virus showed a very dramatic ability to affect different organs and systems beyond the respiratory...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced the country’s already-imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and seven years in jail after finding them guilty of corruption, officials and his lawyer said. FILE - Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, right,...
