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The Latest: Trump administration moves to cut off transgender care for children 12/18/2025 07:41pm • The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors, building on broader Trump administration restrictions on transgender Americans. The sweeping proposals ��� the most significant moves th Arizona jury sentences man to death in string of killings in metro Phoenix during 2017 12/18/2025 06:22pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� An Arizona jury on Thursday sentenced a man to death in a string of killings in metro Phoenix during a three-week span in 2017, marking the end of a seven-month trial over attacks that targeted random victims and the defendant���s own mother and stepfather. Cleophus Cooksey Jr., 43, Chicago man accused in train attack is also charged with attempted arson in City Hall fire 12/18/2025 05:32pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� A man accused of setting a woman on fire on a Chicago train last month has been indicted on an additional charge alleging he attempted to set City Hall on fire days before the train attack. Prosecutors say Lawrence Reed, 50, ���maliciously damaged and attempted to damage and destroy Tennessee governor pardons country star Jelly Roll, who has sought redemption from criminal past 12/18/2025 05:21pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Tennessee's governor pardoned country star Jelly Roll on Thursday for his criminal past in the state, acknowledging the Nashville native's long road back from drugs and prison through soul-searching, songwriting and advocacy for second chances. The rapper-turned-singer whos NASCAR mourns the loss of Greg Biffle, family in tragic plane crash in North Carolina 12/18/2025 05:14pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� Greg Biffle was picked by NASCAR as one of its top 75 drivers in history. He was a Hall of Fame nominee for the stock car series and he drove for 18 years at the top of the sport. Yet for all the races and the handful of memorable wins, he is perhaps best remembered for h What to know about the Arizona serial killings that resulted in the death penalty 12/18/2025 04:01pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� An Arizona man was sentenced Thursday to death in a string of fatal shootings in metro Phoenix during a three-week span in 2017. Cleophus Cooksey Jr., 43, was found guilty in late September of murder in eight killings. Jurors agreed on the death penalty in six of the killings, but t A parking ticket in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem sets off clashes with police 12/18/2025 03:07pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� An attempt by Israeli authorities to write a routine parking ticket in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem turned violent on Thursday as members of the community quickly gathered to protest, attacking and injuring 13 police officers, authorities said. The violence reflect Israel launches intense airstrikes in Lebanon as deadline looms to disarm Hezbollah 12/18/2025 12:19pm • BEIRUT (AP) ��� Israel carried out a series of airstrikes on southern and northeastern Lebanon on Thursday as a deadline looms to disarm the militant Hezbollah group along the countries' tense frontier. The strikes came a day before a meeting of the committee monitoring the enforcement of a U.S.-bro DOJ vowed to punish those who disrupt Trump's immigration crackdown. Dozens of cases have crumbled 12/18/2025 12:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The federal agent described her wounds as ���boo-boos.��� Nevertheless, the Department of Justice aggressively pursued the alleged perpetrator. They jailed Sidney Lori Reid on a charge of felony assault, accusing her of injuring the agent during a July protest of President Donald Schools told to keep children inside as polluted fog envelops Bosnian capital 12/18/2025 08:35am • SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) ��� Flights were cancelled, children were told to stay indoors and outdoors construction work was banned in Sarajevo Thursday as a thick layer of fog enveloped the Bosnian capital. Sarajevo traditionally faces severe pollution during winter, mostly from house heatin CarMax: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot 12/18/2025 07:00am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� CarMax Inc. (KMX) on Thursday reported fiscal third-quarter earnings of $62.2 million. The Richmond, Virginia-based company said it had net income of 43 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for restructuring costs, came to 51 cents per share. The results Commanders stadium project sparks debate over public transit and traffic solutions 12/18/2025 04:32am • As demolition crews tear down the old RFK Stadium and plans for a new Washington Commanders stadium move full steam ahead, D.C. leaders and Metro and Commanders representatives are facing a critical question: How do you move 65,000 fans, as well as thousands of new residents, without gridlock? Neighborhood cameras capture potential shooter's route around Brown University 12/17/2025 11:59pm • PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) ��� The shooting at Brown University on Saturday happened inside an engineering building at the eastern edge of campus, where the Ivy League school blends into a residential neighborhood. Hours before the attack, security camera footage captured a person of interest police say The Latest: Trump addresses the American public in a live speech from the White House 12/17/2025 09:53pm • President Donald Trump delivered a speech live from the White House on Wednesday night where he discussed his achievements and touched on some of his agenda for next year and beyond. The president���s predecessor, whom Trump continues to lambaste regularly, figured prominently at the start of his ad 2 men sentenced for fatal hit-and-run of bicyclist in Las Vegas that was captured on video 12/17/2025 08:02pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� Two Nevada men were given lengthy prison sentences Tuesday after pleading guilty to the fatal hit-and-run of a man who had been biking alongside a road in Las Vegas. They recorded the collision on video and laughed as they drove off. A judge sentenced 20-year-old Jesus Ayala to 20