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FBI Director James Comey listens on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 3, 2017. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)

Comey: 'Real sloppiness' in Russia probe but no misconduct

Former FBI Director James Comey acknowledged Sunday that a Justice Department inspector general report identified "real sloppiness" in the surveillance of a former Trump campaign aide and said he was wrong to have been "overconfident" about how the Russia investigation was handled.

This undated photo provided by the Anderson Family, shows Cachin Anderson, a New York prisoner who killed himself while in solitary confinement. Prisoner advocates say Anderson's death and others illustrate how New York's prison system fails to ensure the safety of inmates who might hurt themselves if left alone in a cell. (Courtesy of the Anderson Family via AP)

N.Y. inmate's suicide shows need for reforms, advocates say

Prisoner advocates say an inmate's recent death by suicide while in solitary confinement illustrates how New York's prison system fails to ensure the safety of inmates who might hurt themselves if left alone in a cell.

British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn arrives for the declaration of his seat in the 2019 general election in Islington, London, Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Jeremy Corbyn apologizes for Labour's slaughter in U.K. election

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn apologized Sunday for this party's crushing defeat in the British general election but defended his campaign, which failed to resonate with the party's working-class base.

In this Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, file photo, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg listens to speeches before addressing the U.N. climate conference n Madrid, Spain. (AP Photo/Paul White)

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Greta Thunberg apologizes for 'against the wall' comment

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has apologized for saying politicians should be put "against the wall" after critics took it to mean that she was advocating violence.

In this Dec. 13, 2019, photo, members of the press view the roll call vote recorded by the clerk after the House Judiciary Committee approved the articles of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump impeachment vote underscores a harshly partisan era

This coming week's virtually certain House impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump will underscore how Democrats and Republicans have morphed into fiercely divided camps since lawmakers impeached President Bill Clinton.

Thailand's Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit talks to his supporters during rally in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Str)

Thousands of supporters of embattled Thai opposition take to the streets

Several thousand people have rallied in the Thai capital in support of a popular opposition party that is under threat of dissolution in one of the largest pro-democracy gatherings since a 2014 coup.

Mexico's Treasury Secretary Arturo Herrera, left, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada Chrystia Freeland, second left, Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, center, Mexico's top trade negotiator Jesus Seade, second right, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, hold the documents after signing and update to the North American Free Trade Agreement, at the national palace in Mexico City, Tuesday, Dec. 10. 2019. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Mexico disputes language in U.S. bill on ratifying trade pact

Just days after a landmark agreement on a trade pact to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, Mexico objected Saturday to legislation introduced in the U.S. Congress as part of an eventual ratification of the deal.

COP25 party members talk ahead of the closing plenary in Madrid, Sunday Dec. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Disappointment as marathon climate talks end with slim deal

Marathon U.N. climate talks ended Sunday with a slim compromise that sparked widespread disappointment, after major polluters resisted calls for ramping up efforts to keep global warming at bay and negotiators postponed debate about rules for international carbon markets for another year.

Protesters set on fire a cardboard cutout that depicts U.S. President Donald Trump and hung to a gallows, during a rally for the Shiite group Asaib Ahl al-Haq, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Supporters of Iran-backed Iraqi group protest U.S. sanctions

Hundreds of demonstrators supporting a powerful Iran-backed militia group in Iraq poured into a central Baghdad plaza Saturday, some burning American flags to protest recent U.S. sanctions against key leaders.

Man convicted of hate crime for punching trans woman

An Oregon man convicted of punching a transgender woman has been sentenced to probation.

In this Jan. 14, 2016, file photo, then state Sen. Jeff Van Drew, D-Cape May Court House, speaks at a Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee meeting in Trenton, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

Democrat who opposes impeachment will flip to Republicans: AP

Top House Republicans have been told that Democratic New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew is going to switch parties and become a Republican. That's according to a GOP official familiar with the conversations who spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press.