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Month: December 2025

NBA Glance

All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 21 9 .700 — Boston 18 11 .621 2½ Toronto 18 13 .581 3½ Philadelphia 16 12 .571 4 Brooklyn 9 19 .321 11 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 17 13 .567 — Miami 15 15 .500 2 Atlanta 15

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The Kremlin says Moscow made an offer to France regarding a French citizen imprisoned in Russia

By The Associated Press The Kremlin on Thursday said it was in contact with the French authorities over the fate of a French political scholar serving a three-year sentence in Russia and reportedly facing new charges of espionage. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Russia has made “an offer to the French” regarding Laurent

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Turkey detains dozens of IS suspects planning attacks on Christmas and New Year celebrations

ISTANBUL (AP) — Istanbul police launched scores of simultaneous raids on Thursday, detaining over a hundred suspected members of the militant Islamic State group who were allegedly planning attacks against Christmas and New Year’s celebrations, authorities said. A statement from the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office said police were tipped off that the extremist group

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3 Palestinians arrested on suspicion of torching a Christmas tree at a Catholic church in West Bank

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press Three Palestinians have been arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a Christmas tree and damaging part of a Nativity scene at a Catholic Church in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Jenin, Palestinian Authority police said. Police said late Wednesday that the arrests were made after reviewing surveillance footage.

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Faithfull attend the Christmas mass at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.

In first Christmas message, Pope Leo decries Palestinians in Gaza being forced to shelter in tents from ‘rain, wind and cold’

By Christopher Lamb, CNN Rome (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV celebrated the first Christmas since his election by denouncing the suffering of people of Gaza – taking shelter in tents from the “rain, wind and cold” – and by calling for the guns to fall silent in Ukraine. On Christmas Day, the first US-born pope,

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Nebraska Daybook

Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Thursday, Dec. 25. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see

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Missouri Daybook

Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Thursday, Dec. 25. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Missouri bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Missouri@applanner.com. To see

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Iowa Daybook

Associated Press Iowa Daybook for Thursday, Dec. 25. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Des Moines bureau is reachable at 515-243-3281. Send daybook items to iowa@applanner.com. To

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Kansas Daybook

Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Thursday, Dec. 25. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To

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AP-Scorecard

TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Final New York 126 Cleveland 124 Final San Antonio 117 Oklahoma City 102 Final Golden State 126 Dallas 116 Final Houston 119 L.A. Lakers 96 Final OT Denver 142 Minnesota 138 ___ NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Final Dallas 30 Washington 23 Final Minnesota 23 Detroit 10 Final Denver 20

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Saudi Arabia urges Yemen’s separatists to leave 2 governorates as the anti-rebel coalition strains

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Thursday called on Emirati-backed separatists in southern Yemen to withdraw from two governorates they now control, a move that has threatened to spark a confrontation within a fragile coalition that has been battling the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in the country’s north.

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It’s Your Call for Dec. 25

Have a Merry Christmas I sincerely hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and a very happy New Year. Shouldn’t they be the Navy fleet? Trump has ordered a bunch of brand-new battleships. He is going to call them Trump’s Golden Fleet. Shouldn’t they be the U.S. Navy fleet since the taxpayers are paying for it?

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBC–RATE BOWL-PREVIEW DESCRIPTION: Minnesota will arrive in the desert with an eight-game bowl winning streak, longest by

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBC–RATE BOWL-PREVIEW DESCRIPTION: Minnesota will arrive in the desert with an eight-game bowl winning streak, longest by

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBC–RATE BOWL-PREVIEW DESCRIPTION: Minnesota will arrive in the desert with an eight-game bowl winning streak, longest by

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBC–RATE BOWL-PREVIEW DESCRIPTION: Minnesota will arrive in the desert with an eight-game bowl winning streak, longest by

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Late Notices, Dec. 25, 2025

Late Notices Dennis M. Foutch Dennis M. Foutch, 76, St. Joseph, formerly Gladstone, Missouri, died Dec.18, 2025. Cremation under the direction of Simplify Cremations & Funerals. www.simplifyfunerals.com Elaine Oldridge HIAWATHA, Kan. -laine Oldridge, 69, of Hiawatha, Kansas, died Dec. 22, 2025. www.chapeloaksfuneralhome.com As published in the St. Joseph News-Press.

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Sports Betting Line

By The Associated Press NFL Saturday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at LA CHARGERS 1½ 1½ (39½) Houston at GREEN BAY 1½ 4½ (40½) Baltimore Sunday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Seattle 1½ 7 (42½) at CAROLINA at CINCINNATI 4 7½ (53½) Arizona Pittsburgh 2½ 3 (34½) at CLEVELAND Jacksonville 1½ 6½ (48½) at INDIANAPOLIS

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