The Associated Press

A judge rejected the Republican's claim that problems with ballot printers on Election Day were the result of intentional misconduct. Lake lost to Democrat Katie Hobbs by just over 17,000 votes.

Russian shells pummeled the southern city, killing at least 10 people and injuring 55. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted the destruction came as Ukrainians were beginning Christmas celebrations.

The Washington Capitals star scored goals 801 and 802 Friday night to move into second place on the NHL career list. Only Wayne Gretzky, with 894 goals, has scored more.

Striking graduate students at the University of California approved a bargaining agreement Friday, ending an unprecedented 40-day strike that snarled classes at the prestigious university system.

The agency in a memo Friday said the emergency contraception pills are not the same as abortion pills — which end a pregnancy — a fact that has long been understood in the medical community.

Polar bears in Western Hudson Bay — on the southern edge of the Arctic — are continuing to die in high numbers, a government survey has found. Females and bear cubs are having an especially hard time.

Syed, who was released from prison this year after his case was the focus of the true-crime podcast Serial, started working for the initiative, which advocates for others in the criminal legal system.

The Paris prosecutor said the suspect had been released from prison after attacking migrants living in tents, and that investigators are considering a possible racist motive for the shooting.

The 31-year-old Los Angeles Dodgers star got an unprecedented two-season suspension without pay for violating the league's domestic violence and sexual assault policy. He can resume play this spring.

Brittney Griner has asked her supporters to advocate for the release of Paul Whelan, a former Marine serving a 16-year prison term in Russia for espionage charges the United States are baseless.

The storied military academy will take down likenesses of Robert E. Lee as part of a Department of Defense directive to do away with installations that "commemorate or memorialize the Confederacy."

The Virginia state senator has overwhelmingly won the Democratic nomination to succeed the late A. Donald McEachin in Congress.