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Month: December 2025

Belarus frees Nobel Prize laureate Bialiatski, opposition figure Kolesnikova as US lifts sanctions

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Belarus freed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova and dozens of other political prisoners on Saturday, capping two days of talks with Washington aimed at improving ties and getting crippling U.S. sanctions lifted on a key Belarusian agricultural export. President Alexander

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Grassley built a reputation for government oversight. Has he abandoned it under Trump?

By JOSHUA GOODMAN, JIM MUSTIAN AND ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump’s top law enforcement officials were firing and forcing out waves of Justice Department veterans, Sen. Chuck Grassley denounced a “political infection” that had poisoned FBI leadership. The Iowa Republican was not criticizing FBI Director Kash Patel or Attorney

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Russia and Ukraine trade attacks as US and European officials prepare for peace talks

By The Associated Press Moscow pounded Ukrainian power infrastructure with drone and missile strikes on Saturday and Kyiv launched a deadly strike of its own on southwestern Russia, a day before talks involving senior European and U.S. officials aimed at ending the war were set to resume. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian, U.S. and

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AP-Scorecard

TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Final New York 132 Orlando 120 Final San Antonio 111 Oklahoma City 109 ___ NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Final New Jersey 4 Anaheim 1 Final Minnesota 3 Ottawa 2 Final OT San Jose 6 Pittsburgh 5 Final SO N-Y Islanders 3 Tampa Bay 2 Final Edmonton 6 Toronto 3

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Iowa Daybook

Associated Press Iowa Daybook for Saturday, Dec. 13. 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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Nebraska Daybook

Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Saturday, Dec. 13. 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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Kansas Daybook

Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Saturday, Dec. 13. 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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Missouri Daybook

Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Saturday, Dec. 13. 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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Sports Betting Line

By The Associated Press NFL Sunday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at NY GIANTS 2½ 2½ (46½) Washington at KANSAS CITY 5½ 5½ (41½) LA Chargers at JACKSONVILLE 8½ 13½ (41½) NY Jets Buffalo 1½ 1½ (48½) at NEW ENGLAND at HOUSTON 6½ 10½ (42½) Arizona Baltimore 3 2½ (50½) at CINCINNATI at CHICAGO 7½

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Thai villagers stay behind to guard empty homes as border clashes force mass evacuations

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press SURIN, Thailand (AP) — Fighting that has flared along the Thai-Cambodian border has sent hundreds of thousands of Thai villagers fleeing from their homes close to the frontier since Monday. Their once-bustling communities have fallen largely silent except for the distant rumble of firing across the fields. Yet in several

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