• Global stories of 2025, told in powerful AP photos
• Like many holiday traditions, lighting candles and fireplaces is best done in moderation
• The year's first meteor shower and supermoon clash in January skies
• LeBron James loses on his 41st birthday as Cunningham leads the Pistons past the Lakers, 128-106
• Democrat Renee Hardman wins Iowa state Senate seat, blocking GOP from reclaiming a supermajority
• A rough year for journalists in 2025, with a little hope for things to turn around
• Thailand releases 18 Cambodian prisoners of war as part of ceasefire agreement
• China factory activity picks up in December as orders rebound ahead of holidays
• If someone's always late, is it time blindness, or are they just being rude?
• Zohran Mamdani is set to be sworn in as mayor as NYC rings in the New Year
• China Vanke's near-default exposes fragility of the faltering recovery in the property industry
• California delays revoking 17,000 commercial driver's licenses until March after immigrants sue
• Indonesia raises alert for the Mount Bur Ni Telong volcano following a spike of activity
• Georgia judge tosses landmark racketeering charges against 'Cop City' protesters
• Former US Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, of Colorado, dies at 92