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NEW YORK — Global stocks are rising Monday morning as big technology and retail stocks in the U.S. recover some of their recent losses on the first full trading day of the holiday shopping season. Indexes in Europe and Asia are also higher. London’s main stock index is rising after the British government and the

LAKE LOUISE, Alberta — Swiss skier Lara Gut will race with a new name this week after getting married in the offseason. The Swiss ski federation says the former overall World Cup champion will be Lara Gut-Behrami when downhill training starts Tuesday in Lake Louise. Gut married soccer player Valon Behrami after he returned from

WASHINGTON — Christmas has arrived at the White House. First lady Melania Trump unveiled the 2018 White House holiday decor on Monday. Mrs. Trump designed the decor, which features a theme of “American Treasures.” The White House says decorations include a tree trimmed by Gold Star families, an array of topiary trees and mantelpieces featuring

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A wintry Midwest storm packing wet snow and strong winds has closed schools in northern Indiana, while icy roads caused havoc for some central Indiana motorists. Police say ice on a bridge contributed to an eight-vehicle pileup about 5 p.m. Monday in the town of Avon west of Indianapolis, while police

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A wintry Midwest storm is shutting down schools in parts of northern Indiana amid wet snow and strong winds. Travel was difficult Monday morning on slick roads. Schools in South Bend were among those closed for the day as well as dozens of schools in northwestern Indiana. Ivy Tech Community College

NEW YORK — Hopefully there won’t be any chairs in this courtroom. Talk show host Jerry Springer is getting a new TV role as “Judge Jerry,” where he’ll hear testimony and render verdicts before a studio audience. NBC Universal Television Distribution announced the half-hour court program Monday that will debut in national syndication in the

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Former University of North Dakota quarterback Danny Freund has been named the team’s offensive coordinator. Head coach Bubba Schweigert says Freund has been elevated from wide receivers coach. He succeeds Paul Rudolph, whose contract was not renewed after a 6-5 season. Freund just finished his eighth season on the UND staff.

MOSCOW — Russian border guards opened fire on three Ukrainian vessels in the Kerch Strait near the Russia-occupied Crimean peninsula, raising the prospect of a full-scale military confrontation between the two neighbors. The incident comes on the back of a four-and-a-half year long proxy conflict in eastern Ukraine. A look at the roots of the

BLUE GRASS, Iowa — Police say a 13-year-old joyrider led officers on a chase that hit speeds of 100 mph (160 kph) in eastern Iowa. She and five other young people in the van were taken into custody early Sunday after the minivan was stopped on the west side of Davenport. Blue Grass Police Chief

BEIRUT — The Latest on the Syria conflict (all times local): 4:20 p.m. Syrian President Bashar Assad has reshuffled his Cabinet, replacing nine officials including the minister in charge of internal security. Cabinet reshuffles like the one announced Monday are not uncommon in Syria and have occurred on several occasions since the civil war began

BRANDON, S.D. — A South Dakota man has his lost wallet back with some extra cash thanks to a stranger. Hunter Shamatt thought he’d never seen the wallet again when he lost it on a flight to Las Vegas for his sister’s wedding. Inside was $60 cash and a check for about $400. Shamatt tells

NEW YORK — Some people spent the end of their Thanksgiving holiday stuck on an Amtrak train for more than five hours. The Boston-bound Acela had left Washington Sunday when Amtrak says debris caused damage to the pantograph that connects the train to the overhead power line in Queens, New York. The train sat on

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military says a Palestinian assailant rammed his car into a group of soldiers in the West Bank and was then shot and killed. The military says the attacker injured three of the soldiers on Monday before he was shot dead by another soldier at the scene. The troops were performing engineering

BRUSSELS — The European Union and Iran are affirming their support for the international nuclear deal and say they aim to keep it alive despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to abandon the landmark pact. Ahead of EU-Iran talks on civil nuclear cooperation in Brussels Monday, EU Energy Commissioner Arias Canete said the deal is

NEW YORK — Video will vindicate Alec Baldwin after he was accused of slugging a man in the face in over a parking space, the actor’s lawyer said Monday. Baldwin himself said nothing as he was arraigned on a misdemeanor attempted assault charge and a charge of harassment, a violation, in the latest of his

NEW YORK — Alec Baldwin appeared in a New York court on Monday after being accused of striking a man in the face over a parking space. The 60-year-old actor said nothing as he was arraigned on misdemeanor and violation-level charges. He has previously stated that he did nothing wrong. Baldwin was arrested on Nov.

CHICAGO — In a Nov. 26 story, The Associated Press reported that 123 flights were canceled Sunday at Midway International Airport and another 71 had been canceled as of midnight. The story should have said another 71 had been canceled since midnight.

CHICAGO — A winter storm is continuing to batter much of the central Midwest early Monday from northeast Missouri into southeast Wisconsin and northeast Illinois, including the greater Chicago area. The blizzard-like conditions at the end of the Thanksgiving weekend grounded hundreds of flights and forced the closure of major highways. The Chicago Department of

ANKARA, Turkey — Police searched a mansion in northwestern Turkey belonging to a Saudi citizen on Monday after investigators determined that the man had been in contact with one of the suspects in the slaying of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish officials said. Crime scene investigators and other officials, aided by sniffer dogs and a

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish police, aided by sniffer dogs, searched two adjoining villas in northwestern Turkey on Monday as part of an investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, officials and news reports said. Crime scene investigators and other officials first sealed off one of the villas near the town of Termal in

ROME — Italian film-maker Bernardo Bertolucci, who won Oscars with “The Last Emperor” and whose erotic drama “Last Tango in Paris” enthralled and shocked the world, died Monday. He was 77. Bertolucci’s press office, Punto e Virgola, confirmed the death in an email to The Associated Press. Italy’s state-run RAI said Bertolucci died at his

MADRID — Spain’s National Court is beginning a massive trial over alleged fraud in the stock market listing of Bankia, a financial giant that was bailed out during the country’s economic crisis. Former Ineternational Monetary Fund chief Rodrigo Rato, who was Bankia’s chairman between 2010 and 2012, is among 35 defendants accused of fraud and

NEW DELHI — Indian authorities have traveled repeatedly in recent days near the remote island where an American missionary was killed by people who have long resisted the outside world. But they have not set foot on North Sentinel Island since the killing, and it remains unclear if they will. The director-general of police on

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron’s government vowed Monday an “uncompromising” stance toward troublemakers who use protests over rising fuel taxes to damage businesses and clash with police — including in the heart of Paris, on the glittering Champs-Elysees. Pressure is mounting on Macron after a second weekend of sometimes violent demonstrations by angry drivers.

PARIS — The pressure is on French President Emmanuel Macron after a second weekend of sometimes violent protests over rising fuel taxes that reached the heart of Paris. Scattered protests continued Monday as drivers blocked roads from the Pyrenees to Brittany. Macron promised to explain on Tuesday his plans for weaning France off fossil fuels,