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Moscow warns the US over allowing Ukraine to hit Russian soil with longer-range weapons
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Kremlin warned Monday that President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russia with U.S.-supplied longer-range missiles adds “fuel to the fire” of the war and would escalate international tensions even higher. Biden’s shift in...
As China cracks down on bookstores at home, Chinese-language booksellers are flourishing overseas
WASHINGTON (AP) — Yu Miao smiles as he stands among the 10,000 books crowded on rows of bamboo shelves in his newly reopened bookstore. It’s in Washington’s vibrant Dupont Circle neighborhood, far from its last location in Shanghai, where the Chinese government forced him out of business six...
Here's a look at the number of women in military combat roles
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has been outspoken about his opinion that women should not serve in combat roles. Here's a look at how many women are in such military roles, as of the 2024 budget year: ...
Should women be allowed to fight on the front lines? Trump’s defense pick reignites the debate
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has reignited a debate that many thought had been long settled: Should women be allowed to serve their country by fighting on the front lines? The former Fox News commentator has made it...
Great Osobor scores 23 with career-high 18 rebounds; Washington beats UMass Lowell 74-69
SEATTLE (AP) — Great Osobor scored 15 of his season-high 23 points in the second half and finished with a career-high 18 rebounds Sunday night to help Washington beat UMass Lowell 74-69 in the first meeting between the programs. Tyree Ihenacho, freshman Zoom Diallo and Tyler...
North Korean leader calls for expanding his nuclear forces in the face of alleged US threats
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un renewed his call for a “limitless” expansion of his military nuclear program to counter U.S.-led threats in comments reported Monday that were his first direct criticism toward Washington since Donald Trump’s win in the U.S....
Washington's 27 points, 17 rebounds help Mavericks edge Thunder 121-119 without injured Luka Doncic
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — P.J. Washington had 27 points and a career-high 17 rebounds, and the Dallas Mavericks held off the Oklahoma City Thunder 121-119 on Sunday night without star guard Luka Doncic. Washington averaged just over eight points and seven rebounds per game entering...
Donald Trump Jr. says pushback against Cabinet picks proves they're the disrupters voters wanted
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. said Sunday that any pushback from the Washington establishment around his father's unconventional choices for Cabinet proves they are just the kind of disruptors that voters are demanding. The younger Trump insisted the team now around the...
The Dallas Wings win the WNBA draft lottery, earning the No. 1 pick next year
The future of the Dallas Wings got a lot brighter as the franchise won the WNBA draft lottery on Sunday and with it the chance to draft UConn star Paige Bueckers with the No. 1 pick. “We know what No. 1 draft picks have done to franchises and in recent years how they’ve changed...
US students who box, skydive and help youth and asylum seekers are among 2025's Rhodes scholars
A group of 32 students from the United States have been selected to attend the University of Oxford as part of the prestigious Rhodes scholar program in the coming year among an international class representing more than 70 nations, scholarship officials announced. The program...
