It was a beautiful summer evening at Sydney's famous Bondi Beach, thronged on Sunday by thousands of people soaking up the lingering warmth or taking sunset dips in the sparkling sea. Nearby, a Hanukkah celebration attracted families of all faiths, drawn in by face painting for children, ice cream, an outdoor movie and a petting zoo.

Along with the unpredictable tariffs, stubborn inflation and weak hiring have shaken consumer confidence in the U.S. economy. The vast majority of U.S. adults say they've noticed higher than usual prices for groceries, electricity and holiday gifts in recent months.

Rob Reiner, the son of a comedy giant who became one himself as one of the preeminent filmmakers of his generation with movies such as "The Princess Bride," "When Harry Met Sally ..." and "This Is Spinal Tap," has died. He was 78.

Officials in Providence say they will release a person of interest detained following a Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine.

Director-actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were the two people found dead Sunday at a Los Angeles home owned by Reiner, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation.

Two people were found dead at Los Angeles home owned by director-actor Rob Reiner on Sunday, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation.

A weekend storm sent temperatures plunging well below zero in the Midwest and dumped heavy snow on parts of the Northeast on Sunday, creating many airport delays and slick roads as the Pacific Northwest braced for more rain after days of flooding and mudslides.

Hamas on Sunday confirmed the death of a top commander in Gaza, a day after Israel said it had killed Raed Saad in a strike outside Gaza City.

A blast of arctic air swept south from Canada and spread into parts of the northern U.S. on Saturday, while residents of the Pacific Northwest braced for possible mudslides and levee failures from floodwaters that are expected to be slow to recede.

The girl lay in a makeshift health clinic, her eyes glazed over and her mouth open, flies resting on her lips. Her chest barely moved. Drops of fevered sweat trickled down her forehead as medical workers hurried around her, attaching an IV drip.

Sen. Raphael Warnock said that Saturday's deadly shooting at Brown University is yet another reminder that America's leaders need to do more to stop gun violence.

Rhode Island authorities said Sunday that police had detained a person of interest in Saturday's mass shooting at Brown University that left two people dead and several others wounded.

Police responded to an active shooting Saturday on campus at Brown University in Providence, according to the school's alert system. Police said there were multiple gunshot victims.

A U.S. Postal Service employee in New York is facing grand larceny charges after, authorities allege, she stole a gift card and lottery tickets out of sealed mail.

The raccoon that broke into a Virginia liquor store last month is a repeat offender at the same strip mall, also hitting the Department of Motor Vehicles and a karate studio.

A DoorDash driver accused of pepper-spraying a customer's order in Indiana is now facing felony battery and product tampering charges.

A Los Angeles jury awarded $40 million on Friday to two women who claimed that talcum powder made by Johnson & Johnson caused their ovarian cancer.

A homeless woman charged with attempted murder in New York City had just been released from a psychiatric facility, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office said.

A blast of arctic air is plunging south from Canada and spreading into parts of the northern U.S., while residents of the Pacific Northwest brace for possible mudslides and levee failures from floodwaters that are expected to be slow to recede.

A traveler at Washington Dulles International Airport ended up in the hospital Thursday after getting stuck in baggage delivery equipment.

An Arizona man has been sentenced to 21 months in prison and fines for selling cocaine in various fruit flavors.

The last inmate caught after an audacious New Orleans jailbreak was sentenced Friday to two life sentences over a 2018 double murder, with the Louisiana judge rebuking him for the disruption caused by his five months on the run.

A West Virginia National Guard member who was shot last month in the nation's capital is being transitioned from hospital acute care to in-patient rehabilitation, a doctor said Friday.

A U.S. Army soldier accused of shooting five people at a Georgia base in August will stand trial in a military court on charges including attempting murder, Army prosecutors said Friday.

A Michigan man died of rabies in January after receiving a kidney transplant from someone infected with the disease.