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Dustin May and St. Louis Cardinals agree to $12.5 million, 1-year contract 12/17/2025 06:20pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� Right-hander Dustin May and the St. Louis Cardinals agreed Wednesday to a $12.5 million, one-year contract. The 28-year-old has a $12 million salary next year and the deal includes a $20 million mutual option for 2027 with a $500,000 buyout. May was 7-11 with a 4.96 ERA in 23 star Founder of bankrupt subprime auto lender Tricolor Holdings is charged with fraud 12/17/2025 05:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The founder of Tricolor Holdings led other top executives of the subprime auto lender on a seven-year campaign to defraud its largest lenders out of nearly a billion dollars, authorities said Wednesday, as they announced two arrests and guilty pleas by two former executives. Daniel Energy Department watchdog will audit Trump's cuts of nearly $8B in clean energy grants 12/17/2025 05:29pm • An internal watchdog in the U.S. Department of Energy will investigate the Trump administration���s termination of $7.6 billion in grants for hundreds of clean energy projects across 16 states that voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. The move is especiall Jets' undrafted rookie Brady Cook will start again at quarterback against the Saints 12/17/2025 05:24pm • FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) ��� Brady Cook is getting another chance to lead the New York Jets' offense. Coach Aaron Glenn announced Wednesday that Cook will start at quarterback for the second game in a row and face the Saints on Sunday in New Orleans. ���I want to continue to evaluate him and see exac New Zealand wins the toss and bats in the 3rd test against the West Indies 12/17/2025 04:58pm • MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand (AP) ��� New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat Thursday in the third test against the West Indies at Bay Oval. Spinner Ajaz Patel returns to the New Zealand lineup for his first home test in five years, replacing Blair Tickner, who suffered a dislocated shoulder in t Accused gunman in Bondi Beach shooting charged with 15 counts of murder 12/17/2025 04:46pm • SYDNEY (AP) ��� An accused gunman in Sydney���s Bondi Beach massacre was charged with 59 offenses including 15 charges of murder on Wednesday, as hundreds of mourners gathered in Sydney to begin funerals for the victims. Two shooters slaughtered 15 people on Sunday in an antisemitic mass shooting ta Harvard morgue manager who sold body parts like 'baubles' gets 8-year prison term 12/17/2025 04:10pm • A former manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue in Boston was sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts ���as if they were baubles.��� Authorities said Cedric Lodge was at the center of a ghoulish scheme in which he shipped brains, skin, hands and faces to buyers i Safonov makes 4 penalty saves in shootout as PSG beats Flamengo to win Intercontinental Cup 12/17/2025 03:43pm • DOHA, Qatar (AP) ��� Matvei Safonov made four straight penalty saves in a shootout to help Paris Saint-Germain beat Flamengo in the Intercontinental Cup final on Wednesday and win a sixth trophy of 2025. The Russian goalkeeper was thrown in the air by his teammates after his exploits in the shootout Carey's hometown century and Khawaja's 82 help Australia reach 326-8 on Day 1 of 3rd Ashes test 12/17/2025 03:22pm • ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) ��� Alex Carey posted a hometown hundred and Usman Khawaja scored 82 after a dramatic, last-minute recall to help Australia reach 326 for eight at stumps on a hot opening day of the third Ashes test. Paceman Joffra Archer (3-29) took three big wickets, including two in three Detroit Tigers, closer Kenley Jansen finalize $11 million, 1-year contract with 2026 club option 12/17/2025 02:45pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� The Detroit Tigers have added one of baseball's most accomplished closers. Kenley Jansen and the Tigers finalized an $11 million, one-year contract on Wednesday that includes a club option for another season. ���He���s one of the best to ever do it,��� said Tigers general manager Sc Luke Weaver agrees to $22 million, 2-year deal with the New York Mets, AP source says 12/17/2025 02:35pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Luke Weaver has agreed to a $22 million, two-year contract with the New York Mets, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press, joining Clay Holmes and Devin Williams as former Yankees on a rebuilt pitching staff. The person spoke on condition of anonymity bec Use Bet365 Bonus Code WTOP365 for $150 Bonus on NBA, NCAAB, CFB Bowls 12/17/2025 02:32pm • Tonight's exciting NBA matchups featuring the Cleveland Cavaliers at Chicago Bulls provide an opportunity for new players to engage with the action when using bet365 bonus code WTOP365. 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