MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Minneapolis school system will offer families the option of remote learning for a month amid federal immigration enforcement in the city, the district said. Read More

BEIJING (AP) -- A week in which longtime tensions between neighbors China and Japan ratcheted up economically and politically drew to a close with no sign of improvements Friday as the Chinese ambassador in Tokyo rebuffed his host nation and the Japanese reported delayed shipments to suppliers in China because of the spat. Read More

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office said the state faces a $2.9 billion budget deficit this year, an amount significantly lower than what legislative budget analysts projected. Read More

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Argentina has repaid the funds it drew from a $20 billion credit line with the Trump administration, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Friday, in a crucial step for Argentine President Javier Milei to restore confidence in his chronically distressed economy. Read More

NEW YORK (AP) -- A federal judge has dismissed the pioneering hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa's lawsuit to reclaim ownership of their master recordings from Universal Music Group. Read More

General Motors will be hit with charges of about $6 billion as sales of electric vehicles sputter after the U.S. cut tax incentives to buy them and also eased auto emissions standards. Read More

Meta has cut a trio of deals to power its artificial intelligence data centers, securing enough energy to light up the equivalent of about 5 million homes. Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is meeting with oil executives at the White House on Friday in hopes of securing $100 billion in investments to revive Venezuela's ability to fully tap into its expansive reserves of petroleum -- a plan that rides on their comfort in making commitments in a country plagued by instability, inflation and uncertainty. Read More

ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) -- A huge black bear that made its den in the crawl space under a Los Angeles area man's house for more than a month has finally been evicted. Read More

CAIRO (AP) -- Yemen's main separatist group and its institutions will be dismantled effective Friday, the group's secretary-general said, following weeks of unrest in areas of southern Yemen and a day after its leader fled to the United Arab Emirates. Read More

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Demonstrations broke out in Iran on Dec. 28 and have spread nationwide as protesters vent their increasing discontent over the Islamic Republic's faltering economy and the collapse of its currency. Dozens of people have been killed and thousands arrested as the daily protests have grown and the government seeks to contain them. While the initial focus had been on issues like spikes in the prices of food staples and the country's staggering annual inflation rate, protesters have now begun chanting anti-government statements as well. Read More