By The Associated Press The draw ceremony for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is underway at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. A record 48 teams will take part in this summer’s tournament. U.S. President Donald Trump is also attending the event, as are President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Virginia man on Friday made his first court appearance on charges that he planted a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of a mob’s attack on U.S. Capitol. U.S. Magistrate Moxila Upadhyaya ordered
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By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press Indiana state House Republicans passed a new state congressional map Friday at the behest of President Donald Trump, advancing the legislation to the state Senate, where it is unclear if enough lawmakers will support its final passage. Republican lawmakers voted 57-41 in favor of the map, which splits the city
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NEW YORK (AP) — A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born.
Continue ReadingFriday, Dec. 5 FAR WEST Hawai’i 75, UC Davis 69 Hawaii Pacific 88, Hawaii Hilo 75 ___
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By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is finally meeting with his Mexican counterpart, Claudia Sheinbaum. Their long-delayed first face-to-face discussion is focusing on next year’s World Cup — and side discussions about tariffs — but not immigration. That’s despite Trump’s push to crack down on the U.S.-Mexico border being his
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By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is finally meeting with his Mexican counterpart, Claudia Sheinbaum. Their long-delayed first face-to-face discussion is focusing on next year’s World Cup — and side discussions about tariffs — but not immigration. That’s despite Trump’s push to crack down on the U.S.-Mexico border being his
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By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will be expanding its ban on travel for citizens of certain countries to more than 30, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said, in the latest restriction to come since a man from Afghanistan was accused of shooting two National Guard members. The expansion would
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By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — U.S. Steel said it will resume making steel slabs at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois as demand rebounds. The company shut down the last blast furnace there in 2023, and it even moved to wind down its steel processing mill there in September. However,
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By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The man accused of planting a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the U.S. Capitol attack confessed to the act in interviews with investigators, two people familiar
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By RONALD BLUM, HOWARD FENDRICH and NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The 2026 World Cup draw will begin Friday with a wintry feel as snow fell outside the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts with 189 days to go before the expanded 48-nation tournament. There were long lines outside the complex even
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PARIS (AP) — French officials are investigating an illegal drone overflight of the Atlantic coast base for France’s nuclear-armed submarines, authorities said Friday. French media reported that several drones were detected Thursday night over the Île Longue base in Brittany, western France, but military authorities wouldn’t detail their number or type. The base is the
Continue ReadingBy RYAN J. FOLEY and JULIO CORTEZ Associated Press ROGERS, Ark. (AP) — Northwest Arkansas has emerged as a hot spot in the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration, the result of one county’s partnership with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and aggressive traffic stops by police. The region offers a window into what the future
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, Dec. 6 AUTO RACING 5:25 a.m. ESPN2 — Formula 1: Practice, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 8:55 a.m. ESPN2 — Formula 1: Qualifying, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) Noon ACCN — Southern
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By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Germany’s president laid a wreath Friday at Coventry Cathedral in central England, symbolically atoning for the atrocities of World War II as his country and the United Kingdom seek to bolster an alliance to combat the new war raging in Europe. Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s pilgrimage commemorates the Nazi
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Darlene Love will never stop thinking of her holiday classic, “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).” At this time of year, she couldn’t if she tried. “The post office, grocery store, elevator,” she says with a laugh, listing a few locations where she keeps hearing the song. “It just feels
Continue ReadingAll Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 14 7 .667 — Toronto 15 8 .652 — Boston 13 9 .591 1½ Philadelphia 12 9 .571 2 Brooklyn 5 17 .227 9½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 14 8 .636 — Orlando 13 9 .591 1 Atlanta 13
Continue ReadingAll Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Detroit 17 5 .773 — 7-3 L-1 8-2 8-3 13-5 New York 14 7 .667 2½ 7-3 W-1 11-1 3-6 11-7 Toronto 15 8 .652 2½ 7-3 L-1 8-3 7-5 13-4 Miami 14 8 .636 3 7-3 L-1 10-2 4-6 8-4
Continue ReadingAll Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf New York 14 7 .667 — 7-3 W-1 11-1 3-6 11-7 Toronto 15 8 .652 — 7-3 L-1 8-3 7-5 13-4 Boston 13 9 .591 1½ 8-2 W-3 7-4 6-5 10-6 Philadelphia 12 9 .571 2 5-5 W-2 7-6
Continue ReadingAll Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Washington 28 17 9 2 36 98 71 9-5-1 8-4-1 6-2-1 Carolina 26 16 8 2 34 87 75 8-4-1 8-4-1 4-2-0 Tampa Bay 27 16 9 2 34 88 71 8-6-0 8-3-2 3-1-1 Pittsburgh 26 14 7 5 33
Continue ReadingAll Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 27 16 9 2 34 88 71 Boston 29 16 13 0 32 92 93 Montreal 26 14 9 3 31 87 94 Detroit 28 14 11 3 31 87 99 Ottawa 27 13 10 4 30 86 90
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Adv06-07 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Dec. 8 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 8 p.m. SECN — Southern U. at Texas COLLEGE SOCCER (WOMEN’S) 7 p.m. ESPNU — NCAA College Cup: TBD, Championship, Kansas City, Mo. NBA BASKETBALL 7:30 p.m. PEACOCK — Phoenix at Minnesota NFL FOOTBALL 8:15
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By The Associated Press A federal judge in Florida on Friday ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from the federal sex trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith said the law President Donald Trump recently signed ordering the release of related to the cases overrode a federal rule
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By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and MATT OTT AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix struck a deal Friday to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, the Hollywood giant behind “Harry Potter” and HBO Max, in a $72 billion deal that would bring together two of the biggest players in television and film and potentially reshape the entertainment
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration has set forth a new national security strategy that paints European allies as weak and aims to reassert America’s dominance in the Western Hemisphere. The document released Friday by the White House is sure to roil long-standing U.S. allies in Europe for
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By COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Riot police fired tear gas Friday at farmers attempting to block the main access road to the international airport in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second-largest city, as protests escalated over delays in the payment of European Union-backed agricultural subsidies. Irate farmers have deployed thousands of tractors and other
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By The Associated Press Ukraine has condemned two-time Olympic diver Sofiia Lyskun’s switch to represent Russia amid the ongoing war and will try to strip her of awards. The 23-year-old Lyskun told the Russian newspaper Izvestia this week that “coaches’ incompetence” was a factor in her decision. “Most of our coaches are gymnasts or trampoline
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s White House is taking on the role of media critic and asking for help from “everyday Americans.” The White House launched a web portal it says will spotlight bias on the part of news outlets, targeting the Boston Globe, CBS News, The
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By BERNARD McGHEE Associated Press The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and is now led — for the first time — by an American pope. The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk as he spoke before a crowd horrified many and prompted somber conversations
Continue Reading By BERNARD McGHEE Associated Press The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and is now led — for the first time — by an American pope. The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk as he spoke before a crowd horrified many and prompted somber conversations
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