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Haunted house and invisible demons: Tennessee Williams' early radio play 'The Strangers' publishes 12/17/2025 06:24am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Long before the rise of podcast dramas, listeners worldwide tuned in to the audio-only narratives of radio plays. Tom Stoppard and Arthur Miller were among the many playwrights who early in their careers completed brief pieces for radio, while such memorable dramas as Harold Pinte Simone Biles makes Wish kid's dream come true 12/17/2025 06:03am • Throughout December, WTOP is bringing you ���Wish Wednesday,��� where we spotlight what Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic does for families in D.C., Virginia and Maryland. If you would like to help make a wish kid���s dream come true, please visit the foundation���s��website. Have you ever heard the old s Church altar featuring homeless man goes on display a stone's throw from his grave at the Vatican 12/17/2025 05:19am • VATICAN CITY (AP) ��� In 2018, German artist Michael Triegel asked a homeless man in Rome to pose for a drawing, thinking that he would make an ideal model for St. Peter if he ever needed to paint the first pope. Seven years on, the man���s likeness has gone on display in the Vatican, a reunion of s Matthews and Joshua score 8 seconds apart to help Leafs rally past Blackhawks 3-2 12/17/2025 02:05am • TORONTO (AP) ��� Dakota Joshua batted in a rebound with 3:01 left, just 8 seconds after Auston Matthews tied it, and the Toronto Maple Leafs rallied past the Chicago Blackhawks for a win. Third-period goals by Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Matthews and Joshua erased Toronto���s two-goal deficit and complete Trafficked, exploited, married off: Rohingya children���s lives crushed by foreign aid cuts 12/17/2025 01:38am • UKHIYA, Bangladesh (AP) ��� In moments when she is alone, when there is a break in the beatings from her husband, the girl cries for the school that was once her place of peace in a world that has otherwise offered her none. Ever since the military in her homeland of Myanmar killed her father in 201 Knicks win NBA Cup after rallying to beat Spurs 124-113 12/17/2025 12:54am • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� It's been more than half a century since the Knicks hung an NBA championship banner inside Madison Square Garden. The wait since 1973 to add another one didn't end on Tuesday night, but New York can make room for the NBA Cup banner. OG Anunoby scored 28 points, Jalen Brunson had 2 Takeaways from the AP's report on the impact of aid cuts on Rohingya children in Bangladesh 12/17/2025 12:31am • UKHIYA, Bangladesh (AP) ��� The United States��� decision to slash its foreign aid program has contributed to a sharp rise in abuses involving children trapped in Bangladesh���s refugee camps for members of Myanmar���s persecuted Rohingya minority, The Associated Press found. In interviews with 37 c Christine Baranski narrates 'A Christmas Carol' before returning for new 'The Gilded Age' season 12/17/2025 12:11am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Christine Baranski was in the playground outside St. Matthew���s Church in Bedford, New York, about three years ago when she came across Matthew Guard, artistic director of the Grammy-nominated Skylark Vocal Ensemble. ���I love choral music,��� she told him. An Emmy- and Tony-Award Trump orders blockade of 'sanctioned oil tankers' into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on Maduro 12/16/2025 11:23pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is ordering a blockade of all ���sanctioned oil tankers��� into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country���s authoritarian leader Nicol��s Maduro in a move that seemed designed to put a tighter chokehold on the South American country's All-Star third baseman Maikel Garcia and Kansas City Royals finalize $57.5 million, 5-year contract 12/16/2025 09:58pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� All-Star third baseman Maikel Garcia and the Kansas City Royals finalized a $57.5 million, five-year contract on Tuesday. Kansas City scheduled a Wednesday news conference to discuss the deal, which includes a team option for 2031. The agreement essentially buys out his arb DeBrincat scores twice in 3rd period to help Red Wings beat Islanders 3-2 12/16/2025 09:54pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Alex DeBrincat scored two power-play goals in the third period as the Detroit Red Wings beat the New York Islanders 3-2 on Tuesday night. DeBrincat has eight goals and 13 points in his last eight games for the Red Wings, who have won five of six. John Gibson made 16 saves to win his Reeves Jr.'s double-double powers Georgia Tech over Marist 87-76 12/16/2025 09:50pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Kowacie Reeves Jr. scored 21 points and pulled down 10 rebounds as Georgia Tech pulled away in the second half to defeat Marist 87-76 on Tuesday night. Mouhamed Sylla added 14 points and eight rebounds for the Yellow Jackets (7-4), while Akai Fleming scored 13 on a perfect night fro Geekie scores twice and Bruins open 5-game homestand with 4-1 victory over Mammoth 12/16/2025 09:49pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� Morgan Geekie scored a pair of goals and Jeremy Swayman stopped 20 shots on Tuesday night to help the Boston Bruins beat Utah 4-1 for their fifth win in their last six games. Casey Mittelstadt and Michael Eyssimont also scored goals, and David Pastrnak had a pair of assists as the B Thatcher Demko stops 23 as Canucks blank Rangers 3-0 12/16/2025 09:47pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Evander Kane and Liam Ohgren scored and Thatcher Demko made 23 saves as the league-worst Vancouver Canucks defeated the New York Rangers 3-0 on Tuesday night. Conor Garland added an empty-net goal as Vancouver, which had won only three of its previous 12 games, smothered the Ranger The Latest: Hegseth and Rubio brief lawmakers on US military escalation 12/16/2025 09:45pm • President Donald Trump���s top Cabinet officials overseeing national security are back on Capitol Hill on Tuesday as questions mount over the swift escalation of U.S. military force and deadly boat strikes in international waters near Venezuela. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete