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Month: December 2025

NBA Glance

All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 17 7 .708 — Boston 15 10 .600 2½ Philadelphia 14 10 .583 3 Toronto 15 11 .577 3 Brooklyn 6 18 .250 11 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 15 10 .600 — Miami 14 11 .560 1 Atlanta 14

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Sports on TV for Dec. 15 – 21

By The Associated Press Adv13-14 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Dec. 15 COLLEGE SOCCER (MEN’S) 7 p.m. ESPNU — NCAA College Cup: TBD, Championship, Cary, N.C. NBA BASKETBALL 7 p.m. PEACOCK — Detroit at Boston 9:30 p.m. PEACOCK — Houston at Denver NFL FOOTBALL 8:15 p.m. ESPN — Miami at

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The Latest: Thai and Cambodian leaders agree to renew ceasefire after deadly clashes, Trump says

By The Associated Press President Donald Trump said Friday that Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew a truce after days of deadly clashes threatened to undo a ceasefire that the U.S. administration helped broker this year. Trump announced the agreement via social media following calls with Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian

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Rare fresco of Jesus as the ‘Good Shepherd’ uncovered in Turkish town visited by the pope

By MEHMET GUZEL and ANDREW WILKS Associated Press IZNIK, Turkey (AP) — Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered one of the most important finds from Anatolia’s early Christian era: a fresco of a Roman-looking Jesus as the “Good Shepherd.” The painting was discovered in August in an underground tomb near Iznik, a town in northwestern Turkey

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Russian police and National Guard will stay in Ukraine’s Donbas postwar, a Kremlin official says

By DASHA LITVINOVA and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A senior Kremlin official said Friday that Russian police and National Guard will stay on in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas and oversee the industry-rich region, even if a peace settlement ends Russia’s nearly four-year war in Ukraine. The remarks by Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov

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Bestselling British writer Joanna Trollope dies at 82

LONDON (AP) — British writer Joanna Trollope, whose bestselling novels charted domestic and romantic travails in well-heeled rural England, has died, her family said Friday. She was 82. Trollope’s daughters, Antonia and Louise, said the writer died peacefully at her home in Oxfordshire, southern England, on Thursday. Trollope wrote almost two dozen contemporary novels, including

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Germany summons Russian ambassador over alleged sabotage, cyberattacks and election interference

By PIETRO DE CRISTOFARO and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany summoned Russia’s ambassador Friday following accusations of sabotage, cyberattacks and election interference, an official said. The German government has also accused Moscow of perpetrating disinformation campaigns. “The goal of these Russian cyber and disinformation attacks is clear: It is to divide society,

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Italy’s national strike called by main union disrupts transport and school services

By GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A national strike called on Friday by Italy’s largest trade union in protest against the government’s budget plans widely disrupted transportation, health and school services across the country. The protest, which targets the 2026 budget bill proposed by the conservative government of Premier Giorgia Meloni, comes just

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Timothée Chalamet arrives at the premiere of "Marty Supreme" at Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills

Timothée Chalamet won’t confirm or deny rumors he’s mysterious British rapper EsDeeKid

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Timothée Chalamet is feeding speculation that he could be the anonymous British rapper EsDeeKid. Various rumors surround the identity of the viral musician, who released his debut album “Rebel” in June, has 11.5 million monthly listeners on Spotify, and who is known for performing while wearing a balaclava. “Your

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