UAE royal buys stake in controversial Israeli soccer club

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Beitar Jerusalem soccer club, which has gained notoriety for its racist fans and refusal to have an Arab player on its roster, announced on Monday that a member of the Emirati ruling famil…

Georgia to again certify election results showing Biden won

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's top elections official said his office plans to recertify the state's election results Monday after a recount requested by President Donald Trump confirmed once again that Democrat Joe Bide…

French-Lebanese linked to Sarkozy probe released in Lebanon

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's prosecutor general on Monday ordered the release of a Lebanese-French businessman linked to the probe of alleged illegal funding of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy's election campaig…

Nor'easter leaves tens of thousands without electricity

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Utility workers restored power to more than 150,000 homes and businesses in Maine following a weekend nor’easter, but tens of thousands of customers remained without Monday.

EXPLAINER: What has Japanese space mission accomplished?

TOKYO (AP) — A small capsule containing asteroid soil samples that was dropped from 136,700 miles (220,000 kilometers) in space by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft landed as planned in the Australian Outback on Sunday.…

South Africa says yearend school parties are superspreaders

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa has identified yearend school parties as COVID-19 superspreader events and ordered all students who have attended them to immediately go into a 10-day quarantine.

Retirees protest against Belarus' hardline leader

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Several hundred retirees took to the streets of the Belarusian capital Monday to demand the ouster of President Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus' authoritarian leader who won his sixth term in off…

Virginia Military Institute removes Confederate statue

LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Military Institute removed a prominent statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson on Monday, a project initiated this fall after allegations of systemic racism roiled t…

Zimbabwe arrests 2 men for selling fake COVID-19 results

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe police have arrested two men for selling fake COVID-19 test results.

Pandemic pushes newly hungry Americans to crowded food lines

The deadly pandemic that tore through the nation’s heartland struck just as Aaron Crawford was in a moment of crisis. He was looking for work, his wife needed surgery, then the virus started eating away at her payc…

Trump ratchets up pace of executions before Biden inaugural

CHICAGO (AP) — As Donald Trump’s presidency winds down, his administration is ratcheting up the pace of federal executions despite a surge of coronavirus cases in prisons, announcing plans for five starting Thursda…

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Stocks open mostly lower on Wall Street, except for tech

NEW YORK (AP) — Major stock indexes are off to a mostly lower start on Wall Street, easing off the record highs they set on Friday, as traders worry anew that rising coronavirus cases over the winter holidays will …

Millions of hungry Americans turn to food banks for 1st time

The deadly pandemic that tore through the nation’s heartland struck just as Aaron Crawford was in a moment of crisis. He was looking for work, his wife needed surgery, then the virus began eating away at her work h…

Baltimore's new mayor set to be sworn in at low-key event

With youthful energy and hopeful rhetoric, Baltimore’s newly elected mayor will assume office Tuesday, ushering in a new generation of leadership trying to move the city beyond what many say has been decades of sta…