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Pope Leo XIV arrives to preside over the first Vespers and the 'Te Deum' in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope asks that Rome welcome foreigners as he closes out 2025

11:19 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Pope Leo XIV has closed out 2025 with a prayer that the city of Rome might be a welcoming place for foreigners and fragile people young and old

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

These bipartisan bills were noncontroversial -- until Trump vetoed them

11:16 AM on Wednesday, December 31

President Donald Trump has issued the first vetoes of his second term, rejecting two bipartisan natural resources bills

FILE - Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks to reporters before presiding over the annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb., May 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Some Warren Buffett wisdom on his last day leading Berkshire Hathaway

11:14 AM on Wednesday, December 31

The advice that legendary investor Warren Buffett offered on investing and life over the years helped earn him legions of followers who eagerly read his annual letters and filled an arena in Omaha every year to listen to him at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meetings

This photo provided by Capital Entertainment, Grammy Award Nominated Gospel Singer Richard Smallwood is handed a portrait of himself during his 75th Birthday Celebration. (Capital Entertainment via AP)

Gospel singer Richard Smallwood dies at 77, leaving a legacy that inspired many in music

11:09 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Eight-time Grammy-nominated gospel singer Richard Smallwood has died at 77

FILE - Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton pose for photographers upon arrival at the Season 2 UK Premiere of The Night Manager in London, England, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (Photo by Millie Turner/Invision/AP, File)

English actors Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton welcome their second child

11:09 AM on Wednesday, December 31

English actors Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton have welcomed their second child

Photos of New Year's celebrations across the globe

9:13 AM on Wednesday, December 31

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, on April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Trump made lots of tariff threats in 2025. Here are some that never materialized

7:48 AM on Wednesday, December 31

President Donald Trump made a lot of tariff threats and trade promises this year

US jobless claim applications fell to 199,000 last week with layoffs still limited

7:35 AM on Wednesday, December 31

US jobless claim applications fell to 199,000 last week with layoffs still limited

Former White House chief usher Gary Walters, author of "White House Memories," is interviewed about his book, in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump isn't the 1st president to want more room to entertain, longtime White House usher says

7:03 AM on Wednesday, December 31

The longest-serving White House chief usher says presidents before Donald Trump were interested in having a larger space for entertaining too

FILE -The shadow of a Royal New Zealand Air Force P3 Orion is seen on low level cloud while the aircraft searches for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean, near the coast of Western Australia, March 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)

What to know about the mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 as the search resumes

6:50 AM on Wednesday, December 31

The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 remains a mystery more than a decade later

Residents use their smartphones to film a large screen at a shopping mall showing CCTV broadcasting Chinese President Xi Jinping delivering his 2026 New Year message, in Beijing, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China announces it 'successfully completed' Taiwan military maneuvers

6:22 AM on Wednesday, December 31

China’s People’s Liberation Army says it has “successfully completed” two days of military exercises in the waters off Taiwan

People pose for photographs at Lan Kwai Fong to celebrate the start of 2026 in the Central district of Hong Kong, on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Asia's drummers pound in the new year as others mark 2026 with defiance or hope

5:02 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Drummers pounded in the New Year and a stampede of computer-generated horses was shown over a section of the Great Wall as China and the rest of East Asia marked the start of 2026

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

Russian drone attack injures 3 Ukrainian children as Putin expresses confidence in victory

4:11 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Russian drones have blasted apartment buildings and the power grid in Ukraine's city of Odesa, injuring six people including three children

FILE - President Donald Trump talks to the media as he walks to Marine One from the White House, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

A rough year for journalists in 2025, with a little hope for things to turn around

12:10 AM on Wednesday, December 31

By most measures, 2025 was a rough year for those who care about freedom of the press

FILE - Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, center, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., appear on stage during a rally, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa, File)

Zohran Mamdani to become NYC's next mayor with a midnight oath underground

11:03 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Zohran Mamdani will become mayor of New York City as the clock ticks over into 2026 — but the celebrations are set to last through New Year’s Day

Justin Flinn, left, works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Wall Street is slipping in light trading on the final day of 2025

8:21 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Wall Street is slipping on the final day of trading for 2025, a banner year for markets that was driven by both optimism and uncertainty

Individuals are stretchered off after a police helicopter lands on helipad on Monday, Dec. 30, 2025 in San Bernardino, Calif. (ABC7 Los Angeles via AP)

Rescue crew finds 3 hikers dead in Southern California mountains during strong winds

1:42 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Authorities say rescue crews responding to a report of an injured hiker who fell down a slope near a Southern California mountain trail found the 19-year-old man and two other hikers dead

FILE - An EBT SNAP sign is shown on a self check out screen at a grocery store in Mount Prospect, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

SNAP bans on soda, candy and other foods take effect in five states Jan. 1

11:09 AM on Tuesday, December 30

Americans in five states who get government help paying for groceries will see new limits starting Thursday on soda, candy and other foods they can buy with those benefits

Dianna Tompkins looks at a mirror while she sits on a bed at her home in Demotte, Ind., Dec. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

How a fast-moving $50 cash relief program buoyed needy families when SNAP payments were paused

7:11 AM on Wednesday, December 24

GiveDirectly got $50 gift cards out to SNAP recipients during last month’s shutdown through a new approach to cash assistance

FILE - Pope Francis leaves at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, May 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

From Pope Francis to Charlie Kirk, many deaths in 2025 had a wide impact

6:02 AM on Friday, December 5

The world lost influential people in 2025, and some of their deaths had significant impacts

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