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Bengals hope to get Shemar Stewart back this week. Tee Higgins in concussion protocol 12/10/2025 06:36pm • CINCINNATI (AP) ��� The Cincinnati Bengals are hoping to get one important player back on the field this week while keeping another from exiting the lineup. Rookie defensive end Shemar Stewart practiced Wednesday for the first time since suffering a knee injury Nov. 2 against Chicago, and there i 49ers return from late bye week refreshed and ready for playoff push 12/10/2025 06:23pm • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) ��� The San Francisco 49ers waited three months to get their long-awaited bye week and took advantage of the time off late in the season. Colton McKivitz spent time wine tasting in Napa. Christian McCaffrey rested up and spent time with his newborn daughter. Trent Williams w Bills focus on themselves, not defending their AFC East title that's on the line against New England 12/10/2025 06:17pm • ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) ��� For Bills left tackle Dion Dawkins, the expectation of winning at New England on Sunday is more important than the motivation to prevent the Patriots from wrenching the AFC East title away from Buffalo. Of course, Dawkins on Wednesday said ���it���s very important��� for Leverkusen coach Hjulmand misses Newcastle game on short notice for personal reasons 12/10/2025 05:48pm • LEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP) ��� Bayer Leverkusen earned a 2-2 draw with Newcastle in the Champions League without coach Kasper Hjulmand on Wednesday after the club said shortly before kickoff that he would miss the game for unspecified personal reasons. An hour before the game was set to start, Leverk Woltemade's return to Germany with Newcastle ends in Champions League frustration 12/10/2025 05:34pm • Flashes of potential from Nick Woltemade and a team which can't finish the job. It's becoming a theme for Newcastle. Woltemade's return to Germany ended with a frustrating 2-2 draw at Bayer Leverkusen after he had won the penalty which resulted in his team's first goal. Newcastle created more than e Kirk Cousins and the Falcons aim to play spoiler against Baker Mayfield and the Buccaneers 12/10/2025 05:30pm • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) ��� The Atlanta Falcons were supposed to be the Tampa Bay Buccaneers��� top competitor for the NFC South title. Instead, they���re reduced to playing a spoiler role. Kirk Cousins and the Falcons (4-9) visit Baker Mayfield and the Buccaneers (7-6) on Thursday night in Tampa with a lo California man charged with kidnapping Maryland woman from 2024 crash scene, raping her 12/10/2025 05:25pm • A California man is facing multiple charges after he allegedly forced the driver of a single-vehicle collision into his car and later raped her on two occasions in December 2024 in Montgomery and Prince George's counties. Montgomery County police identified the man as 27-year-old Mauricio Martine Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher to remain with the NWSL's Chicago Stars through 2026 12/10/2025 05:22pm • Women's World Cup winner and Olympic gold medalist Alyssa Naeher has re-signed with the Chicago Red Stars through 2026. The Stars announced Wednesday that the 37-year-old goalkeeper would return for her 10th season with the National Women's Soccer League club. Naeher retired from the U.S. team at t Evening showers possible in DC region on windy Wednesday 12/10/2025 04:50pm • Though it may be hard to tell with gusty winds, things have warmed up a bit in the D.C. region ahead of a cold front expected to plummet temperatures and potentially bring stray showers Wednesday evening. "Clouds and a slight chance for a rain shower with temperatures much warmer, in the middle t New Thailand-Cambodia border fighting shows no sign of stopping 12/10/2025 04:41pm • SURIN, Thailand (AP) ��� Renewed border fighting between Thailand and Cambodia showed no signs of abating Wednesday, with hundreds of thousands of displaced people in strained conditions as more flooded into temporary shelters. Associated Press reporters on the Thai side of the border heard outgoing Oscars recognize casting for the first time, offering a spotlight on a key job in the movie industry 12/10/2025 04:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Behind the Wizard of Oz in the two-part ���Wicked��� movies were people actually pulling the strings. They set the table for the hit double-punch movies long before the cameras ever rolled out: The casting directors, helped pick who made it to Oz. ���Our job is to know the actors t Rwanda-backed M23 rebels say they've seized the strategic city of Uvira in eastern Congo 12/10/2025 04:25pm • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) ��� Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 said that it had taken control of the strategic city of Uvira in eastern Congo on Wednesday afternoon, following a rapid offensive since the start of the month and on the heels of a U.S. attempt to quell violence from the conflict. The announceme Raiders' Geno Smith misses practice with shoulder injury, status for game at Philadelphia uncertain 12/10/2025 04:19pm • HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) ��� Raiders quarterback Geno Smith did not practice Wednesday because a shoulder injury, placing his status for Sunday's game at Philadelphia in question. Coach Pete Carroll termed Smith's status as day-to-day. Kenny Pickett, who was Jalen Hurts' backup last season with the Eagl A'ja Wilson wins AP Female Athlete of the Year following historic 4th WNBA MVP 12/10/2025 03:47pm • A'ja Wilson stood atop the WNBA again in 2025, winning an unprecedented fourth MVP as her Las Vegas Aces earned a third championship in four seasons. For that, she earned The Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year on Wednesday for the first time in her career. It's the second consecutive year a North Carolina Gov. Stein cancels Medicaid rate cuts amid legal and legislative battles 12/10/2025 03:26pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ��� North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein is canceling Medicaid reimbursement rate reductions he initiated over two months ago, preserving in the short term access to care for vulnerable patients while a political fight with Republican legislators to enact additional funding g