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Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel , Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Communications blackout, hunger compound misery in Gaza as war enters 11th week

The blackout is the longest in the over-two-month war

Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel , Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
<div>The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling three brands of cantaloupes because they may be contaminated with salmonella. Aerial view of vendors setting up their cantaloupe stands to sell at Lo Valledor central wholesale produce market in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matias Delacroix</div>

Mexico closes melon-packing plant implicated in cantaloupe salmonella outbreak

There have been 6 deaths reported in Canada

<div>The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling three brands of cantaloupes because they may be contaminated with salmonella. Aerial view of vendors setting up their cantaloupe stands to sell at Lo Valledor central wholesale produce market in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matias Delacroix</div>
The Vancouver Canucks acquired defenseman Nick Cicek and a 2024 sixth-round draft pick from the San Jose Sharks on Friday for forward Jack Studnicka. (Photo courtesy of Vancouver Canucks)

Canucks acquire Cicek and 2024 6th-round pick from Sharks for Studnicka

The 23-year-old Cicek has a goal and two assists in 18 this season for the San Jose Barracuda

The Vancouver Canucks acquired defenseman Nick Cicek and a 2024 sixth-round draft pick from the San Jose Sharks on Friday for forward Jack Studnicka. (Photo courtesy of Vancouver Canucks)
Women hold placards in Arabic, Hebrew, and English during a demonstration by Israeli and Palestinian women calling for peace, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

3 hostages mistakenly killed by Israeli troops had been holding a white flag

The three, all young men in their 20s, were killed Friday in the Gaza City

Women hold placards in Arabic, Hebrew, and English during a demonstration by Israeli and Palestinian women calling for peace, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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Holiday tipping: your guide to who and how much

Etiquette experts address some of the questions of the season

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FILE - Prince Harry leaves the High Court after giving evidence in London, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. A judge ordered Prince Harry on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, to pay nearly 50,000 pounds (over $60,000) in legal fees to the publisher of the Daily Mail tabloid for failing to knock out its defense in a libel lawsuit. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

Prince Harry celebrates phone hack win that could change UK media landscape

‘Today is a great day for truth, as well as accountability’

FILE - Prince Harry leaves the High Court after giving evidence in London, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. A judge ordered Prince Harry on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, to pay nearly 50,000 pounds (over $60,000) in legal fees to the publisher of the Daily Mail tabloid for failing to knock out its defense in a libel lawsuit. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)
FILE - Walt Disney, creator of Mickey Mouse, poses for a photo at the Pancoast Hotel, Aug. 13, 1941, in Miami, Fla. The earliest version of Disney’s most famous character, Mickey Mouse, and arguably the most iconic character in American pop culture, will become public domain on Jan. 1, 2024. (AP Photo, File)

Mickey Mouse — with conditions — becomes free for you to use in the New Year

Disney icon set to legally become a public domain figure when it turns 95

FILE - Walt Disney, creator of Mickey Mouse, poses for a photo at the Pancoast Hotel, Aug. 13, 1941, in Miami, Fla. The earliest version of Disney’s most famous character, Mickey Mouse, and arguably the most iconic character in American pop culture, will become public domain on Jan. 1, 2024. (AP Photo, File)
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to attend his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (Aleksander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin: no peace with Ukraine until Russia’s goals are achieved

Russian leader speaks at year-end news conference that lasted more than four hours

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to attend his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (Aleksander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
FILE - Taliban fighters ride in the back of a vehicle during a night patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 12, 2021. Taliban officials are sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, according to a U.N. report published Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

Taliban sending women to prison to protect them from violence: UN report

Women and girls have been increasingly confined to their homes since the Taliban takeover in 2021

FILE - Taliban fighters ride in the back of a vehicle during a night patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 12, 2021. Taliban officials are sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, according to a U.N. report published Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
Swedish researchers found that people with a diagnosis of hypochondriasis have an increased risk of death from both natural and unnatural causes, particularly suicide. (Pxhere)

Hypochondria paradox: those who fear serious illness tend to die sooner

Swedish study finds people with illness anxiety disorder have an increased risk of death

Swedish researchers found that people with a diagnosis of hypochondriasis have an increased risk of death from both natural and unnatural causes, particularly suicide. (Pxhere)
Lily Gladstone poses for a portrait on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in New York. Gladstone has been named one of The Associated Press’ Breakthrough Entertainers of 2023. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP)

Breaking through: AP names its top 5 breakthrough entertainers of 2023

Gladstone, Rapp, Edebiri, Melton and Bowers are this year’s rising stars

Lily Gladstone poses for a portrait on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in New York. Gladstone has been named one of The Associated Press’ Breakthrough Entertainers of 2023. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP)
FILE - The Hasbro logo is seen, April 26, 2018, in New York. Toy maker Hasbro said Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, that it is cutting about 1,100 jobs, or 20% of its workforce, as the malaise in the toy business extends through another holiday shopping season. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Toy giant Hasbro cuts 1,100 jobs, as malaise grips the toy business

Like many toy companies, Hasbro is struggling with a slowdown in sales

FILE - The Hasbro logo is seen, April 26, 2018, in New York. Toy maker Hasbro said Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, that it is cutting about 1,100 jobs, or 20% of its workforce, as the malaise in the toy business extends through another holiday shopping season. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
People check their phones as AMECA, an AI robot, looks on at the All In artificial intelligence conference Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, in Montreal. Top cybersecurity officials are urging technology firms to bake safeguards into the futuristic artificial intelligence systems they’re working on to prevent them from being sabotaged or misused for malicious purposes. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

AI systems ‘can be weaponized,’ warns top U.S. cyber official

Technology firms urged to bake safeguards into their creations to prevent exploitation

People check their phones as AMECA, an AI robot, looks on at the All In artificial intelligence conference Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, in Montreal. Top cybersecurity officials are urging technology firms to bake safeguards into the futuristic artificial intelligence systems they’re working on to prevent them from being sabotaged or misused for malicious purposes. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
A cursor moves over Google’s search engine page, in Portland, Ore., on Aug. 28, 2018. Your Google search history for 2023 has arrived. Well, actually, the world’s. On Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, the California-based tech giant released its “Year in Search,” a roundup of 2023’s top global queries, ranging from unforgettable pop culture moments (hello, Barbenheimer), to the loss of beloved figures and tragic news carrying worldwide repercussions. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

What did you Google in 2023? ‘Barbie,’ Israel-Hamas war are among the year’s top internet searches

Your Google search history for 2023 has arrived. Well, actually, the world’s.…

A cursor moves over Google’s search engine page, in Portland, Ore., on Aug. 28, 2018. Your Google search history for 2023 has arrived. Well, actually, the world’s. On Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, the California-based tech giant released its “Year in Search,” a roundup of 2023’s top global queries, ranging from unforgettable pop culture moments (hello, Barbenheimer), to the loss of beloved figures and tragic news carrying worldwide repercussions. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)
Event signage appears above the red carpet at the annual Golden Globe Awards, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

‘Barbie’ leads Golden Globe nominations with 9, followed closely by ‘Oppenheimer’

Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” dominated the Golden Globe Awards nominations with nine nods…

Event signage appears above the red carpet at the annual Golden Globe Awards, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen, left, and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) shake hands following an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. The Bills won 20-17 (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)

Analysis: Officiating again stole the spotlight even though the call against the Chiefs was correct

Travis Kelce and Kadarius Toney had combined to make the play of…

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen, left, and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) shake hands following an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. The Bills won 20-17 (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)
Mariah Carey performs at the New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square, Dec. 31, 2017, in New York. Billboard has posted a list of top seasonal hits since 2010, and Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” has been No. 1 for 57 of the 62 weeks it has run, said Gary Trust, chart director. The Luminate data company said the song peaked at 387 million streams in 2019, the song’s 25th anniversary, although last year it had 353 million. (Photo by Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP, File)

Why Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’ became so popular – and stayed that way

If anything about Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You”…

Mariah Carey performs at the New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square, Dec. 31, 2017, in New York. Billboard has posted a list of top seasonal hits since 2010, and Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” has been No. 1 for 57 of the 62 weeks it has run, said Gary Trust, chart director. The Luminate data company said the song peaked at 387 million streams in 2019, the song’s 25th anniversary, although last year it had 353 million. (Photo by Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP, File)
This image released by GKIDS shows Himi, voiced by Karen Fukuhara in English and AIMYON in Japanese, left and Mahito Maki, voiced by Luca Padovan in English and Soma Santoki in Japanese, in a scene from Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy And The Heron.” (Studio Ghibli/GKIDS via AP)

Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy and the Heron’ is No. 1 at the box office

Top spot a first for the Japanese anime master

This image released by GKIDS shows Himi, voiced by Karen Fukuhara in English and AIMYON in Japanese, left and Mahito Maki, voiced by Luca Padovan in English and Soma Santoki in Japanese, in a scene from Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy And The Heron.” (Studio Ghibli/GKIDS via AP)
Former President Donald Trump, second from left, sits at the defense table with his attorney's Christopher Kise, left, Alina Habba, second from right, and Clifford Robert at New York Supreme Court, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, Pool)

Trump says he won’t testify again at his New York fraud trial

Former president says he has nothing more to say

Former President Donald Trump, second from left, sits at the defense table with his attorney's Christopher Kise, left, Alina Habba, second from right, and Clifford Robert at New York Supreme Court, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, Pool)
FILE - Trucks carry aluminum alloy frames to Adani Green Energy Limited’s Renewable Energy Park near Khavda, Bhuj district near the India-Pakistan border in the western state of Gujarat, India, Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

The EU wants to put a tax on emissions from imports. It’s irked some other nations

Poorer countries fear such a tax will harm livelihoods and economic growth

FILE - Trucks carry aluminum alloy frames to Adani Green Energy Limited’s Renewable Energy Park near Khavda, Bhuj district near the India-Pakistan border in the western state of Gujarat, India, Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)