When gunmen stormed St. Mary Catholic School in Nigeria's Papiri community, the children tried to escape but were told they would be shot if they ran away. Gunmen abducted 303 students and 12 teachers on November 21, marking one of the country's largest school kidnappings. Fifty students escaped soon after, and 100 more, including Onyeka Chieme, were freed on Sunday. However, 153 students and the teachers remain captive. The Nigerian government has not disclosed how the students were released or if any arrests were made. Families are increasingly worried about their children's safety, as school abductions have become a significant security crisis in Nigeria.

MIAMI (AP) — During the first Trump administration, families were forcibly separated at the border. Now parents inside the United States are being arrested by immigration authorities and separated from their families during prolonged detention inside the country. Three recent…

Chase Sui Wonders always thought she was “kind of funny,” but it was officially confirmed after booking “The Studio” after just one audition. It's been an eventful year for the AP Breakthrough Entertainer who plays the hyper ambitious, cutthroat assistant-turned-creative executive Quinn Hackett on the Emmy-winning comedy. But a Hollywood career nearly didn’t happen for the magna cum laude graduate who switched her major at Harvard from astrophysics to film studies after being “humbled” by quickly falling behind. The 29-year old has several projects in the works including “I Want Your Sex” starring Olivia Wilde and A24’s horror thriller “October.”

The “Architects of AI” were named Time magazine’s person of the year for 2025. The magazine on Thursday cited 2025 as the year when the potential of artificial intelligence “roared into view” with no turning back. AI was a leading contender for the top slot, according to prediction markets, along with tech CEOs Jensen Huang of Nvidia and Sam Altman of OpenAI. Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope whose election this year followed the death of Pope Francis, was also considered a contender, with President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani topping lists as well.

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — The carpet outside the 2025 edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival was unfurled in its usual red, but the stars who walked across it shimmered in every color. Actors and filmmakers drifted down its length…

A new AP-NORC poll finds President Donald Trump’s approval on the economy has fallen substantially since he reentered the White House. It's a warning about how Americans are evaluating the Republican president's performance as the year draws to a close. The survey finds only 31% of U.S. adults approve of how Trump is handling the economy. That's down from 40% in March and marks the lowest economic approval he’s registered in his first or second term. Trump's approval also has slipped on other issues that were strengths for him at the beginning of this term, including immigration and crime. Trump's overall job approval hasn’t fallen as steeply.

Sweeping taxes on imports have cost the average American household nearly $1,200 since Donald Trump returned to the White House this year, according to calculations by Democrats on Congress’ Joint Economic Committee. Using Treasury Department numbers on revenue from tariffs and Goldman Sachs estimates of who ends up paying for them, the Democrats’ report Thursday found that American consumers’ share of the bill came to nearly $159 billion — or $1,198 per household — from February through November.

A former top official in Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ administration is running to succeed the two-term Democrat. Joel Brennan launched his campaign Thursday, joining a crowded primary field for the 2026 election. Brennan told The Associated Press that he would be a governor who both fights President Donald Trump’s “chaos and dysfunction” and works across the aisle with Republicans in the state. He said he wants to build relationships with both Democrats and Republicans to “roll up our sleeves and work together.” Wisconsin is a politically divided state that went for Trump in 2016 and 2024 and President Joe Biden in 2020.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to hold urgent talks with leaders from about 30 countries. The meeting, scheduled for Thursday, aims to support Kyiv's efforts to secure fair terms in a peace agreement ending the war with Russia. Leaders from Germany, Britain, and France are expected to participate via video link. Zelenskyy indicated the talks were hastily arranged amid U.S. President Donald Trump's push for a swift settlement. Meanwhile, Ukraine launched a significant drone attack overnight, affecting flights in Moscow and other Russian cities. Peace talks are at a critical moment, according to European leaders.

Denmark is planning to follow Australia in introducing stricter restrictions for younger teens to access social media. The Danish government announced last month that it had secured an agreement by three governing coalition and two opposition parties in parliament to ban access to social media for anyone younger than 15. The proposed law could take effect by mid-2026. It's not yet clear how the restrictions would be enforced. Many social media platforms already ban children younger than 13 from signing up, but officials say these restrictions don’t always work. Danish authorities report 98% of children younger than 13 have profiles on at least one platform.

The joy of being there, of prayer and play, a dance in a bomb shelter, a kiss in a flood and a hug in the mud, kids rolling tires and scooting among the ruins of Gaza are among the defining…

The Senate is set to question military leaders over President Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard to American cities. The Senate Armed Services Committee is holding a hearing Thursday on Trump's extraordinary move, which in some places was done over the opposition of governors and mayors. The deployments have prompted legal challenges as well as questions about states' rights and the use of the military on U.S. soil. The hearing will bring the highest level of scrutiny to Trump’s use of the National Guard outside of a courtroom since the deployments began and comes a day after the president faced another legal setback.

The Senate is poised to reject legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits for millions of Americans. Thursday's planned vote is a potentially unceremonious end to a monthslong Democratic effort to prevent the COVID-era subsidies from expiring on Jan. 1. Despite a bipartisan desire to continue the credits, Republicans and Democrats have never engaged in meaningful or high-level negotiations on a solution. Instead, the Senate is expected to vote on two partisan bills and defeat them both — essentially guaranteeing that many who buy their health insurance on the ACA marketplaces could see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.

Defense attorneys and prosecutors are set to choose the jurors who will decide whether a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a Mexican immigrant dodge federal officers broke the law. Federal prosecutors charged Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan in April with obstruction and concealing an individual to prevent arrest. She could face up to six years in prison if convicted on both counts. Jury selection for her trial is set to begin Thursday. Opening statements are set for Monday. Dugan has maintained she was acting within her authority when she led the man out of her courtroom through a private doorway when she learned agents were in the courthouse looking to arrest him.

A new wave of immigration enforcement is dividing families inside the U.S. Federal officials and their local law enforcement partners are detaining tens of thousands of asylum-seekers and migrants. And Trump’s top border team plans to keep ‘full speed ahead.’ Detainees are repeatedly moved, then deported. Or they are held in poor conditions for weeks or months before asking to go home. The federal government was holding an average of more than 66,000 people during the first half of November, the highest on record. Three families separated by migration enforcement in recent months told The Associated Press that their existence is anguished without knowing if they will see their loved ones again.