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• AP Interview: NASCAR'S Bubba Wallace finds voice

  12-06-2020 22:57
  
  Bubba Wallace can count Spike Leeand Demi Lovato in his corner since he became the leader of NASCAR’s push for change.Wallace is the only black full-time driver at NASCAR's top level and has had to scrap for sponsorship money his entire career.Since he has taken a prominent role as an activist — successfully calling on NASCAR to ban Confederate flags at its events and leading the conversation among his peers about racial equality — the only new friends Wallace has are celebriti
  
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• Bondi beach: One suspect among ten dead after mass shooting in Sydney

  14-12-2025 11:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police have two people in custody but have urged the public to continue avoiding the area
  
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• Bondi beach shooting – latest updates: 10 dead after major attack in Sydney as people seen running from scene

  14-12-2025 11:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police say two people in custody after reports of gunshots at Australian beach
  
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• Over 4,500 Afghan refugees forcibly repatriated from Pakistan, Iran in single day: Taliban

  14-12-2025 10:37 via article.wn.com
  Kabul: More than 4,500 Afghan refugees were forcibly repatriated from Pakistan and Iran in a single day, a Taliban official said on Sunday, as per local media.Sharing a report from the High Commission for Addressing...
  
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• Delhi air pollution: AQI nears 500, residents struggle to breathe as emergency GRAP-4 curbs enforced

  14-12-2025 10:37 via article.wn.com
  Dubai: Residents across multiple neighbourhoods described the air as “unbreathable”, reporting headaches, breathlessness and eye irritation as Delhi woke up on Sunday under a dense blanket of toxic smog. Visibility dropped sharply in several parts of the city, forcing motorists to drive with headlights on even after sunrise, while elderly residents, children and those with respiratory conditions struggled to cope with the hazardous air. The city’s air quality remained firmly in
  
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• Brown University shooting leaves 2 dead, 9 injured

  14-12-2025 10:37 via article.wn.com
  Providence, Dec. 14 (BNA): More than 400 law enforcement personnel were deployed on Saturday as police sought the suspect in a shooting at Brown University...
  
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• UN chief: 6 peacekeepers killed in Sudan drone strike

  14-12-2025 10:36 via article.wn.com
  Getting your Trinity Audio player ready CAIRO — A drone strike hit a United Nations facility in war-torn Sudan on Saturday, killing six peacekeepers, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. The strike hit the peacekeeping logistics base in the city of Kadugli, in the central region of Kordofan, Guterres said in a statement. Eight other peacekeepers were wounded in the strike....
  
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• Today in History: December 14, Vaccinations begin as COVID-19 death toll hits 300,000

  14-12-2025 10:36 via article.wn.com
  Getting your Trinity Audio player ready Today is Sunday, Dec. 14, the 348th day of 2025. There are 17 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 14, 2020, the largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history began with health workers getting shots on the same day the nation’s COVID-19 death toll hit 300,000. Also on this date: In 1799, the first president of the United States, George Washington,...
  
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• Eight taken to hospital after gunfire at Sydney’s Bondi beach | Kuwait Times Newspaper

  14-12-2025 10:34 via article.wn.com
  SYDNEY: Australian...
  
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• Williams throws 4 TD passes and Washington has 5 INTs in 38-10 rout of Boise ...

  14-12-2025 10:33 via article.wn.com
  INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Demond Williams Jr. threw three of his four touchdown passes in the second quarter, and Washington had five interceptions as the Huskies kicked off bowl season with a 38-10 victory over Boise State in the LA Bowl on Saturday night. Denzel Boston made a 78-yard TD catch for Washington's first score before Dezmen Roebuck, Raiden Vines-Bright and Quentin Moore caught TD passes for the Huskies (9-4) in the school's fourth victory in its last five bowl games. Coach Jedd
  
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• Salah returns to help Liverpool beat Brighton and Arsenal needs 2 own-goals to see off Wolves

  14-12-2025 10:33 via article.wn.com
  The first stage of Mohamed Salah’s rehabilitation at Liverpool is complete after the Egypt forward returned to the team for its 2-0 win over Brighton in the Premier League on Saturday. The question now as Salah heads off to the Africa Cup of Nations: Is there a future for him at Anfield when he comes back? Salah, who let rip last weekend about his current frustrations at Liverpool, entered as a 26th-minute substitute to a big ovation and set up the second of Hugo Ekitike’s goals as t
  
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• Police release footage of suspect in Brown University shooting as manhunt continues

  14-12-2025 10:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  A video of the suspect in the Brown University shooting has been released by Providence police.
  
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• Patriots and Broncos are both home underdogs despite 10-game winning streaks

  14-12-2025 10:33 via article.wn.com
  The AFC’s two top teams are home underdogs in Week 15. That sums up the state of the NFL in 2025. There are no dominant teams and even the ones with the best records still have much to prove. The Denver Broncos and New England Patriots each are 11-2 and both teams have a 10-game winning streak. But the Broncos are 2 1/2-point underdogs against the Green Bay Packers (9-3-1) on Sunday and the Patriots are 1-point underdogs against the Buffalo Bills (9-4) in a divisional rematch. Pro Picks br
  
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• Mets reach 2-year deal with infielder Jorge Polanco after losing Pete Alonso, AP source says

  14-12-2025 10:33 via article.wn.com
  The New York Mets have agreed to a two-year deal with veteran infielder Jorge Polanco, a person with knowledge of the agreement told The Associated Press on Saturday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal was pending a physical and had not been announced. Polanco hit .265 with 26 home runs and 78 RBIs this year for the...
  
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• Guerin alters Wild's recipe for success by trading for former Norris Trophy winner Quinn Hughes

  14-12-2025 10:33 via article.wn.com
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Bill Guerin was wrist deep in a bowl of meatballs when he completed one of the biggest trades in Minnesota Wild history. The Wild general manager found out Friday night that Vancouver Canucks president Jim Rutherford had agreed to trade former Norris Trophy-winning defenseman Quinn Hughes to Minnesota for three young players and a future first-round draft pick. “I was making meatballs for our Christmas Eve dinner when Jim called,” Guerin said Saturday. &l
  
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• Fernando Mendoza wins the Heisman Trophy as college football's top player

  14-12-2025 10:33 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fernando Mendoza, the enthusiastic quarterback of No. 1 Indiana, won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night, becoming the first Hoosier to win college football’s most prestigious award since its inception in 1935. Mendoza claimed 2,362 points, including 643 first-place votes. He beat Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia (1,435 points), Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love (719 points) and Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin (432 points). Mendoza’s Heisman win was
  
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• Azzi Fudd leads No. 1 UConn's 79-51 rout of 16th-ranked USC with JuJu Watkins looking on

  14-12-2025 10:33 via article.wn.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Azzi Fudd scored 17 points and No. 1 UConn routed 16th-ranked Southern California 79-51 on Saturday, snapping the Trojans' 20-game home winning streak with their best player on the bench watching. JuJu Watkins also didn't play when UConn beat USC 78-64 in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament in March. She tore her ACL in the second round and is sitting out this season while rehabbing. The Huskies (10-0) shut down USC star freshman Jazzy Davidson,...
  
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• A rarity: The Thunder lose. OKC falls to 24-2 after loss to San Antonio in ...

  14-12-2025 10:33 via article.wn.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Oklahoma City got tested, which is rare. The Thunder didn't win, which is even rarer. There will be no NBA Cup this season for the reigning NBA champions, whose 16-game winning streak ended in a 111-109 loss to San Antonio in the tournament semifinals Saturday night. The Thunder are 24-2, with both losses by two points. “It wasn't our sharpest night,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. “They're a good team. Credit them. They played great. There's a lot o
  
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• The strange world of ‘2D exclusive’ Japanese women

  14-12-2025 10:31 via article.wn.com
  For those trying to understand Japan’s plummeting birthrate – which some fear could eventually lead to Japanese people ceasing to exist – evidence of where the problem might lie emerged this week. Old tweets from Japan’s new minister of state for economic security, Kimi Onoda, have surfaced in which the 43 year-old describes herself as ‘2D exclusive’. For the unenlightened, this means this very eligible young woman only forms romantic attachments with animated
  
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• Bondi beach shooting – latest updates: At least 13 in hospital after attack in Sydney as residents urged to avoid area

  14-12-2025 10:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police said on Sunday that two people were in custody after reports of gunshots at the Australian beach
  
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• Bondi Beach shooting: Multiple shots fired; cops take two people in custody

  14-12-2025 10:29 via article.wn.com
  Multiple shots were fired at Bondi Beach,...
  
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• Police responding to reports of active shooters at Sydney's Bondi Beach, 2 in custody

  14-12-2025 10:28 via article.wn.com
  SYDNEY, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Police in Australia's Sydney have been called to reports of active shooters at the city's iconic Bondi Beach on Sunday, with local media reporting that multiple people have been shot. Police also...
  
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• BRICS promotes "fair, balanced" global cooperation: Iranian president

  14-12-2025 10:28 via article.wn.com
  TEHRAN, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that BRICS can help lay the groundwork for "fair and balanced" cooperation at the global level. He made the remarks at a meeting with visiting Speaker of the Ethiopian House of Representatives Tagesse Chafo in...
  
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• Two US soldiers and an interpreter killed in suspected Islamic State attack in Syria

  14-12-2025 10:26 via article.wn.com
  Two US Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed in Syria on Saturday by a suspected Islamic State attacker who targeted a convoy of American and Syrian forces before being shot dead, the US military said. The attack was barely a month after Syria announced it had signed a political co-operation agreement with the US-led coalition against Islamic State, which coincided with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s visit to the White House. The attacker was a member of the Syrian secur
  
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• TERROR IN AUSTRALIA: Mass Shooting At Chanuka Party, 10 Dead, 50 Wounded

  14-12-2025 10:24 via article.wn.com
  A mass shooting incident occurred on Sunday morning...
  
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• Neis Gadol: Arabs Armed With Axe & Large Knives Arrested At Entrance To Yishuv

  14-12-2025 10:24 via article.wn.com
  Two Palestinians with an axe and three large...
  
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• Australia mass shooting: Multiple shots fired in Sydney\u0026#039;s Bondi beach, police issue alert

  14-12-2025 10:24 via article.wn.com
  A mass shooting has been reported at...
  
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• Several injured after mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach; video captures gunmen opening fire — watch

  14-12-2025 10:22 via article.wn.com
  Multiple shots were reported at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach on Sunday, though it remains unclear if anyone was injured. Australian police said they were...
  
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• Gunmen open fire during Hannukkah event at Sydney's Bondi Beach, wounding 10

  14-12-2025 10:22 via article.wn.com
  Multiple shots were reportedly fired at Sydney's Bondi Beach, and New South Wales police said that 'anyone at the scene should take shelter.' Local reports say six people have been hospitalized ......
  
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• Bondi beach mass shooting: NSW police advise people to ‘take shelter’ with two in custody

  14-12-2025 10:22 via theguardian.com
  Police say two people arrested, with reports of ‘numerous’ fatalities and people taken to multiple hospitalsBondi beach shooting live updatesNew South Wales police say two people are in custody following a mass shooting at Bondi beach during which at least a dozen gunshots were fired in the area.Numerous people were shot, according to authorities. There was a Jewish festival at the beach on Sunday evening and the co-chief executive of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, Alex R
  
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