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• Europe hits back after US civilization erasure claim

  08-12-2025 03:06 via article.wn.com
  European politicians and officials have reacted with disappointment to a suggestion from the United States that Europe is facing "civilizational erasure". The claim was made in a 33-page National Security Strategy released on Friday that focuses greatly on the US relationship with Europe. The document goes on to say European countries could become dominated by non-Europeans, and cease to be reliable allies for Washington. US President Donald Trump said the...
  
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• Wood scores 21, Jacksonville takes down Trinity Baptist 122-49

  12-12-2025 04:49 via article.wn.com
  Led by Hayden Wood's 21 points, the Jacksonville Dolphins defeated the Trinity Baptist Eagles 122-49 on Thursday. The Dolphins are now 5-5 on the season. ......
  
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• Trump signs executive order to block state AI regulations

  12-12-2025 04:49 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at blocking states from crafting their own regulations for artificial intelligence, saying the burgeoning industry is at risk of being stifled by a patchwork of onerous rules while in a battle with Chinese competitors for supremacy. Members of Congress from both parties, as well as civil liberties and consumer rights groups, have pushed for more regulations on AI, saying there is not enough oversight for the powerful technology. But
  
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• Trump pardons former Colorado elections clerk, but it alone won't free her from prison

  12-12-2025 04:49 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump issued a symbolic pardon for Tina Peters on Thursday, but it alone won't free the former Colorado elections administrator who was convicted under state laws of orchestrating a data breach scheme driven by false claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Trump's pardon power does not extend to state crimes like those for which Peters was convicted last year and sentenced to nine years...
  
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• The man accused of killing Charlie Kirk appears in court for 1st time as a ...

  12-12-2025 04:49 via article.wn.com
  PROVO, Utah (AP) — The Utah man charged with killing Charlie Kirk made his first in-person court appearance Thursday as his attorneys pushed to further limit media access in the high-profile criminal case. Prosecutors have charged Tyler Robinson with aggravated murder in the Sept. 10 shooting of the conservative activist on the Utah Valley University campus in Orem, just a few miles north of the Provo courthouse. They plan to seek the death penalty. Robinson, 22, arrived amid heavy securit
  
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• Tens of thousands ordered to flee flooding after torrential rain in Pacific Northwest

  12-12-2025 04:49 via article.wn.com
  MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Surging floodwaters turned farmland into vast pools, washed out bridges and stranded people Thursday, with evacuation orders issued for tens of thousands of Washington state residents and authorities hoping levees prevent far worse damage. “The flooding levels we’re looking at are potentially historic in nature, so we just want to emphasize how serious the situation is,” Gov. Bob Ferguson said at a news briefing Thursday, one day after declaring
  
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• Suspects in separate Charlotte, North Carolina, train stabbings face federal counts

  12-12-2025 04:49 via article.wn.com
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The man accused of killing a Ukrainian refugee on a commuter train in North Carolina’s largest city appeared in court on a federal count Thursday, hours before the government announced a similar charge against a different man for an unrelated, non-fatal stabbing on the same light rail system. Decarlos Brown Jr. and his attorneys made an initial court appearance in a Charlotte courtroom on the count of causing death on a mass transportation system. Shackled from
  
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• Some athletic directors are open to collective bargaining agreements for college athletes

  12-12-2025 04:49 via article.wn.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Some athletic directors are starting to believe that collective bargaining agreements might be coming to college sports even if the NCAA and its member schools have long said such labor deals are financially unfeasible. But with Congress failing to act on a key piece of legislation on Dec. 4, there was a growing sense of frustration among college sports executives who met this week at Sports Business Journal's Intercollegiate Athletics Forum in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, a grou
  
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• Sherrone Moore was a once-promising coach until a sudden and stunning fall from grace at Michigan

  12-12-2025 04:49 via article.wn.com
  ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Sherrone Moore’s rise was stirring, a rugged lineman at Oklahoma who climbed the ranks to lead Michigan, the winningest program in college football, and a rare Black head coach at the top of the sport. “If you work your tail off, dreams can come true,” Moore said when he was hired nearly two years ago. His downfall has been stunning. The 39-year-old Moore was fired and arrested in a matter of hours Wednesday, and remained jailed a day ahead of an e
  
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• Senator says FAA administrator failed to sell multimillion-dollar airline stake as promised

  12-12-2025 04:49 via article.wn.com
  The head of the Federal Aviation Administration has not sold off his multimillion-dollar stake in the airline he led since 1999 despite a promise to do so as part of his ethics agreement, according to a Democratic senator. In a letter to Bryan Bedford this week, Sen. Maria Cantwell said he vowed to sell all his shares in Republic Airways within 90 of his confirmation but 150 days have now passed. In Bedford's...
  
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• Office holiday parties can be dreadful for introverts and people with social anxiety

  12-12-2025 04:49 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The year the radio station company where he worked held its holiday party at a dive bar, Ryan Arnold walked in and saw coworkers passing around a tall glass boot filled with beer. He heard the office manager belting out ‘80s power ballads between whiskey shots. Arnold’s first thought was, “When can I leave?” More than 20 years later, he still remembers that awkward social event he felt obligated to attend. Arnold, 46, who describes himself as sociall
  
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• NASCAR settles federal antitrust case, gives all teams the permanent charters they wanted

  12-12-2025 04:49 via article.wn.com
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Jordan and NASCAR chairman Jim France stood side-by-side on the steps of a federal courthouse as if they were old friends following a stunning settlement Thursday of a bruising antitrust case in which the Basketball Hall of Famer was the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit accusing the top racing series in the United States of being a monopolistic bully. The duo was flanked by three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin and Curtis Polk, the co-owners of 23XI Racing wi
  
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• Maha plans world record-scale Republic Day drill across one lakh schools

  12-12-2025 04:49 via article.wn.com
  PUNE: The school education department on December 11 issued detailed instructions to all government, aided and private schools across Maharashtra to organise a mass patriotic drill on the occasion of Republic Day on January 26, 2026, similar to the statewide drill conducted on Independence Day this year. Amritsar, India – January 27, 2017: School Children taking part in the passing out...
  
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• Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from federal immigration detention, his attorney's office says

  12-12-2025 04:49 via article.wn.com
  PHILIPSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia was freed from immigration detention on a judge's order Thursday while he fights to stay in the U.S., handing a major victory to the immigrant whose wrongful deportation to a notorious prison in El Salvador made him a flashpoint of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis in Maryland ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement to let Abrego Garcia go immediately, writing that federal authorities had
  
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• Kasen Jennings scores 20, Appalachian State knocks off East Carolina 67-54

  12-12-2025 04:49 via article.wn.com
  Led by Kasen Jennings' 20 points, the Appalachian State Mountaineers defeated the East Carolina Pirates 67-54 on Thursday. The Mountaineers improved to 6-5 with the win and the Pirates fell to 3-7. ......
  
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• Indian artefacts among 600+ items stolen from British museum; CCTV image emerges

  12-12-2025 04:49 via article.wn.com
  Months after a big robbery of over 600 artefacts at the Bristol Museum in the United Kingdom, the local police on Thursday released snaps from a CCTV clip showing four accused gaining entry into the premises. Men carrying bags in the early hours of September 25 in the city of Bristol, south-west England outside a building which housed items from the Bristol Museum(AFP) Items from India were also reportedly part...
  
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• Hurricanes top Capitals 3-2 in SO in a matchup of the top teams in the ...

  12-12-2025 04:49 via article.wn.com
  Brandon Bussi stopped all three shots in a shootout to lift the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals in a matchup of the top two teams in the Eastern Conference standings. The win pulled the Hurricanes ......
  
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• Fowler makes 33 saves in NHL debut as Canadiens beat Penguins 4-2

  12-12-2025 04:49 via article.wn.com
  Jacob Fowler made 33 saves in his NHL debut and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2. Montreal gave the rookie plenty of support, as Alexandre Texier, Brendan Gallagher and Cole Caufield staked the Canadiens to a 3-0 lead ......
  
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• Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers and Angel Reese bring a youth movement to USA Basketball camp

  12-12-2025 04:49 via article.wn.com
  DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — There's a youth movement at USA Basketball camp this weekend with young WNBA players Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers and Angel Reese making their debuts with the national team. They've been competing against each other in college and the WNBA over the past few years and Bueckers was happy to have them as teammates again. Many of the young players had competed together for the U.S. on American youth teams. They'll get their first taste of the senior national team in a camp
  
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• Brent Venables' aggressive defense gives Oklahoma a different look than past Sooners playoff teams

  12-12-2025 04:49 via article.wn.com
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Brent Venables' version of the Oklahoma Sooners is very different than the ones that previously reached the College Football Playoff. Oklahoma reached the playoff four times in the 2010s — once under Bob Stoops and three times under Lincoln Riley. Those squads were known for their high-scoring offenses and relatively leaky defenses, with the best example being a 54-48 loss to Georgia in a national semifinal after the 2017 season. Times have changed. The eighth-ra
  
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• Aston Villa wins 8th straight game with 2-1 victory over Basel in Europa League

  12-12-2025 04:49 via article.wn.com
  Aston Villa extended its winning streak to eight games in all competitions with a 2-1 victory against Basel in the Europa League on Thursday to secure at least a playoff spot. Villa is tied with Lyon and Midtjylland atop the standings of the second-tier European competition on 15 points with five wins from six games. Villa bounced back from a poor start to the season and is now third in the Premier League, including a 2-1 victory over leader Arsenal on Saturday. At St. Jakob-Park in Basel, summe
  
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• Another earthquake, measuring 6.7 on Richter scale, hits Japan; Tsunami advisory issued

  12-12-2025 04:49 via article.wn.com
  A 6.7-magnitude...
  
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• Williams scores 21, Georgia Southern knocks off Coastal Georgia 100-58

  12-12-2025 04:48 via article.wn.com
  Led by Dwayne Williams Jr.'s 21 points, the Georgia Southern Eagles defeated the Coastal Georgia Mariners 100-58 on Thursday. The Eagles are now 7-5 on the season. ......
  
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• Texas Card House richtet 2026 die World Series of Poker® Circuit aus

  12-12-2025 04:48 via article.wn.com
  AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dez 11, 2025-- ......
  
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• Stützle scores 2 as Senators use 4-goal 1st period to beat Blue Jackets 6–3

  12-12-2025 04:48 via article.wn.com
  Tim Stützle scored twice, and the Ottawa Senators used a four-goal first period to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6–3, snapping a three-game skid. Michael Amadio had a goal and two assists, David Perron and Drake Batherson each had a ......
  
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• Stone scores his 2nd goal of the game in OT to lift the Golden Knights ...

  12-12-2025 04:48 via article.wn.com
  Mark Stone scored his second goal of the game 2:47 into overtime to give the Veg Golden Knights a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers. The winning goal was a partial gift, as Philadelphia’s Travis Konecny flubbed an attempted outlet ......
  
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• Lightning chase Jacob Markstrom on the way to routing the Devils 8-4

  12-12-2025 04:48 via article.wn.com
  Nick Paul, Darren Raddysh and Pontus...
  
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• Jacob Crews scores 20 for Missouri in 85-77 win over Alabama State

  12-12-2025 04:48 via article.wn.com
  Jacob Crews scored 20 and Anthony Robinson II added 19 in Missouri’s 85-77 win over Alabama State on Thursday night. ......
  
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• Hannah Hidalgo scores 24 in No. 19 Notre Dame women's 87-48 win over Morehead State

  12-12-2025 04:48 via article.wn.com
  Hannah Hidalgo scored 24 points and Cassandre Prosper added 20 and both players earned double-doubles for No. 19 Notre Dame in its win over Morehead State 97-48 on Thursday night. ......
  
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• Climate protesters win groundbreaking class action against Victoria police over use of pepper spray

  12-12-2025 04:48 via article.wn.com
  Potentially precedent-setting case brought after Jordan Brown hit with capsicum spray outside mining and resources conference in Melbourne in 2019...
  
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