Kosovo to hold early election after top court ruling

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo's Constitutional Court has ruled that the country must hold a new general election because parliament's June confirmation of the Cabinet passed because of an invalid vote.

Yakima council member misses 28 meetings, collects stipends

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — As the year draws to a close, Yakima City Council member Jason White’s attendance record has only gotten worse.

Review: Carey Mulligan mesmerizes in ‘Promising Young Woman’

Is it a #MeToo-era revenge thriller? A 21st-century “Fatal Attraction”? A candy-colored feminist polemic, to strains of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears? A black comedy? A comic tragedy?

'Charlie Brown' Christmas trees lift school, spirits

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Frank Pichel’s Christmas trees will probably never be chosen to light up New York’s Rockefeller Center. They look more like the droopy, pitiful tree made famous in the 1965 children's animated classic, “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”

BC-150-actives-e

Pandemic crushes global supply chains, workers at both ends

In her last weeks working the freight shift at the local J.C. Penney store, Alexandra Orozco took out her phone and hit record. The 22-year-old shot a video of the giant black-and-red ’Everything Must go!” posters, and posted it on TikTok in October.

The Latest: Fauci: Vaccine to reach US residents in summer

WASHINGTON — The nation's top infectious disease expert estimates that most Americans will have access to the new COVID-19 vaccines by mid-summer.

Stocks drift after stimulus deal as virus worries still loom

Stocks are drifting in mixed trading on Wall Street Tuesday afternoon after Congress finally approved a

Russian and Chinese bombers fly joint patrol over Pacific

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian and Chinese bombers flew a joint patrol mission over the Western Pacific Tuesday in a show of increasingly close military ties between Moscow and Beijing.

The Latest: Ireland to tighten coronavirus restrictions

LONDON — Ireland’s prime minister says coronavirus restrictions will be tightened in the country amid concerns that the new variant of the virus identified in southeast England has spread across the Irish Sea.

Rio de Janeiro police arrest outgoing Mayor Marcelo Crivella

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro state police arrested outgoing Mayor Marcelo Crivella on Tuesday in connection with an alleged kickbacks scheme, yet another show of political turmoil in Brazil’s postcard city.

Iowa Democrat asks House to review 6-vote race, cites errors

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) —

NWHL semifinals, final to air live on NBCSN in February

National Women's Hockey League games will be televised live in the U.S. for the first time when NBC Sports Network airs the Isobel Cup semifinals and final in early February.

Spain's 'El Gordo' Christmas lottery doles out big prizes

MADRID (AP) — Fortune shined Tuesday on the lucky holders of tickets with the number 72897 that took top prize in the Spain’s huge Christmas lottery, known as “El Gordo” (The Fat One).

EU recommends against nonessential travel to the UK

LONDON (AP) — The European Union recommended Tuesday that all 27 member countries should discourage all nonessential travel to and from the United Kingdom until further notice.

The Latest: Czech Parliament OKs plan to cut income taxes

PRAGUE — The lower house of the Czech Parliament has approved a government plan to cut income taxes in an effort to help revive an economy hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

English soccer might need 'circuit breaker,' says club doc

IPSWICH, England (AP) — English soccer would benefit from being briefly suspended as more clubs are hit by COVID-19 outbreaks, including the new variant strain, a team’s medical staff member said on Tuesday.

Spain Christmas lottery top prize goes to number 72897

MADRID (AP) — Fortune shined Tuesday on the lucky holders of tickets with the number 72897 that took top prize in the Spain’s huge Christmas lottery, known as “EL Gordo” (The Fat One).

National isolation: UK strives to end French ban on trucks

LONDON (AP) — Stranded Europe-bound truckers hoped Tuesday to receive the green light to get out of Britain soon, after some of the most dramatic travel restrictions of the pandemic were imposed on the country following the discovery of a potentially more contagious strain of the coronavirus.

Rio de Janeiro police arrest evangelical Mayor Crivella

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro state police arrested outgoing Mayor Marcelo Crivella on Tuesday in connection with an alleged kickbacks scheme, yet another show of political turmoil in Brazil’s postcard city.