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Office holiday parties can be dreadful for introverts and people with social anxiety 12/11/2025 08:50am • 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 t Movie Review: Emma Mackey battles political scandal and wooden script in ‘Ella McCay’ 12/10/2025 05:33pm • “I can’t trust my brain right now,” says our hero, Ella, deep into James L. Brooks’ bafflingly disjointed, uneven, unfunny and illogical “Ella McCay.” And finally, nearly two hours into a perplexing muddle of a storyline, we have some clarity of thought. No, dear, we want to tell Ella, p Brazil approves law strengthening protective measures for female victims of gender-based violence 12/09/2025 02:31pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed into effect a law that reinforces protective measures for women who are victims of gender-based violence, a move welcomed by feminist activists although they also demand more funds for prevention. The introduction of the l Arizona Wildcats rise to No. 1 in AP Top 25, face another tough test against No. 18 Alabama 12/09/2025 06:00am • Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd talked about his team's ascent to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll this week, pointing out that playing on big stages with a big target on your back is why his guys wanted to play for the Wildcats. They will get another opportunity to do it Saturday. Alr Trump hosts Kennedy Center Honors, a touchstone in his attack against what he calls 'woke' culture 12/08/2025 08:46am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday hosted the Kennedy Center Honors and praised Sylvester Stallone, Kiss, Gloria Gaynor, Michael Crawford and George Strait, the slate of honorees he helped choose, as being “legendary in so many ways.” “Billions and billions of people have F1 in 2026: Key dates, new title hopefuls and Cadillac's debut 12/08/2025 08:29am • Say goodbye to DRS, and hello to an electrical power boost. Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix marked the last time Formula 1 uses the Drag Reduction System overtaking aid, introduced in 2011. Next year, drivers will have to manage the car's systems more closely than ever with a more visible role for ae Women protest gender-based violence across Brazil following shocking cases 12/07/2025 06:45pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Tens of thousands of women in cities across Brazil rallied against gender-based violence Sunday as a record number of female victims and a series of recent high-profile cases have shocked the country. Women of all ages and some men took to the streets in Rio de Janeiro, Sao P In Colorado town built on coal, some families are moving on, even as Trump tries to boost industry 12/05/2025 02:57pm • CRAIG, Colo. (AP) — The Cooper family knows how to work heavy machinery. The kids could run a hay baler by their early teens, and two of the three ran monster-sized drills at the coal mines along with their dad. But learning to maneuver the shiny red drill they use to tap into underground heat fee NASCAR chairman Jim France accused of stonewalling teams in antitrust case 12/04/2025 07:24pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The attorney for the two teams suing NASCAR portrayed series chairman Jim France as “a brick wall” in negotiations over the new revenue-sharing model that has triggered the Michael Jordan-backed federal antitrust case against the top form of motorsports in the United Sta Adrienne Jones to step down, ending historic era as Maryland House Speaker 12/04/2025 03:24pm • Maryland House of Delegates Speaker Adrienne Jones (D-Baltimore County), the first woman and the first Black legislator to hold the post, is stepping down after more than six years in the job. Multiple sources confirmed that she had decided to retire before the 2026 legislative session. The annou Giants infielder Casey Schmitt has left wrist surgery 12/02/2025 06:05pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Giants infielder Casey Schmitt had surgery on his left wrist Tuesday and is expected to recover in eight to 10 weeks, putting his timetable right around the start of spring training in February if the rehab process goes as planned. The procedure was performed by Some friendly, some on-the-news questions at first briefing for new Pentagon press corps 12/02/2025 05:15pm • The new journalism guard is officially in at the Pentagon. And the questions being asked of those running the world's most powerful military range from softballs to pointed queries to performances. On Tuesday, Defense Department press secretary Kingsley Wilson — focused on her talking points and From vaccines to gender: How Christian 'momfluencers' are reshaping the American right 12/02/2025 04:16pm • (RNS) — Years before she became a homeschool influencer in western Arkansas, Taylor Moran was a liberal Dallas mom who voted for Bernie Sanders. But when the pandemic hit, Moran, now 34, was struck by the government’s inability to provide for her family. “It was a lot of rules, a lot of hyster USA Gymnastics and Olympic sports watchdog failed to stop coach's sexual abuse, lawsuits allege 12/01/2025 08:06pm • IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Two gymnasts who say they were sexually abused at an elite academy in Iowa filed lawsuits Monday against the sport’s oversight bodies, alleging they failed to stop Sean Gardner from preying on girls despite repeated complaints about the coach's behavior. The lawsuits alleg Record win by Springboks in Wales defaced by Etzebeth red card for eye gouge 11/29/2025 03:09pm • CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — Every fear for Wales came to pass as South Africa bossed their rugby mismatch to an inevitable 73-0 victory in a half-filled Principality Stadium on Saturday. The Springboks handed Wales its worst loss at home — second worst overall — and Wales was nilled in Cardiff for t