Fireworks explode over the floating Christmas tree at Botafogo beach as it is lit for the holiday season in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Nation

California

Investigators seek tips in shooting

STOCKTON — Authorities are appealing to the public for tips, cellphone video and witness accounts as they search for a suspect in the killing of three children and an adult at a child’s birthday party in California.

Officials said that the children killed were ages 8, 9 and 14 years old. A 21-year-old also was killed and 11 others were wounded in the shooting that erupted Saturday evening at a banquet hall. No arrests have been made.

District of Columbia

Trump to release results of MRI

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he’ll release the results of his MRI test that he received in October.

During an exchange with reporters as he traveled back to Washington from Florida on Sunday, he said: “If you want to have it released, I’ll release it.” He said the results of the MRI were “perfect.”

Florida

Rubio: US-Ukraine talk productive

HALLANDALE BEACH — U.S. and Ukrainian officials completed roughly four hours of talks aimed at finding an endgame to the war between Russia and Ukraine, just days before a U.S. envoy is due in Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the session was

productive but work remains in the search for a peace deal. The head of Ukraine’s security council, Rustem Umerov, made comments that underscored Ukraine’s gratitude for U.S. support, but offered no hints about what, if any, progress was made.

World

Honduras

Voters cast ballots for President

TEGUCIGALPA — Hondurans cast ballots to elect a new president only days after U.S. President Donald Trump intervened in a close race with an endorsement of one candidate and announced he would pardon a former president. The country’s major parties were present Sunday at a voting site in the capital. But media far outnumbered potential voters initially. Voters will also elect a new Congress, as well as hundreds of local positions.

Israel

Netanyahu requests pardon

TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Israel’s president for a pardon during his ongoing corruption trial. His office confirmed the request was submitted to the president’s legal department.

The president’s office called it an “extraordinary request” with “significant implications.” Netanyahu faces charges of fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes. But he hasn’t been convicted. Legal experts say the request can’t stop the trial. Opposition leaders oppose the pardon without an admission of guilt and withdrawal from political life.

HONG KONG

Apartment complex death toll at 146

HONG KONG — The death toll from a fire in a Hong Kong apartment complex has risen to 146. Investigators have found more bodies in the burned-out buildings. The blaze started on Wednesday and took until Friday to extinguish.

Authorities are investigating potential fire code violations and have suspended work on 28 projects by the same contractor. Three men were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter.