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Middle East Latest: Israeli minister warns of wider strikes on Lebanon if ceasefire collapses 12/03/2024 12:21pm • Israel’s defense minister warned that if the shaky ceasefire with Hezbollah collapses, Israel will widen its strikes and target the Lebanese state itself. He spoke the day after Israel carried out a wave of airstrikes that killed nearly a dozen people in Lebanon. Those strikes came after the Leba Stock market today: Wall Street hangs near its records 12/03/2024 11:54am • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting around their records on Tuesday as Wall Street's white-hot rally lets off the accelerator. The S&P 500 was down 0.2% in midday trading, a day after rising tech stocks helped it set an all-time high for the 54th time this year. It's climbed in nine of th NCAA FBS Team Rushing Offense 12/03/2024 11:12am • Rushing Offense G Car RuYD TD Yds Pg NCAA FBS Individual Leading Rushers 12/03/2024 11:11am • Leading Rushers G Car RuYD Tds Yds Pg NCAA FBS Team Rushing Defense 12/03/2024 11:11am • Rushing Defense G Car Yds TD Yds Pg Last 2 defendants not guilty of murder in gang trial that led to rapper Young Thug's guilty plea 12/03/2024 11:10am • ATLANTA (AP) — The long-running gang and racketeering trial that led Atlanta rapper Young Thug to plead guilty in October ended on Tuesday with the last two defendants found not guilty of racketeering, murder and gang-related charges. Deamonte Kendrick, who raps as Yak Gotti, was acquitted of all AUTO RACING: After Verstappen victory, F1 finale in Abu Dhabi brings auto racing season to a close 12/03/2024 11:05am • All Times Eastern FORMULA 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Site: Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. Schedule: Friday, practice, 4:30 a.m., and 8 a.m.; Saturday, practice, 5:30 a.m., and qualifying, 9 a.m.; Sunday, race, 8 a.m. (ESPN). Track: Yas Marina Circuit. Race distance: 58 laps, 190.253 miles. Last year: Max Versta Double Olympic champion cyclist Evenepoel breaks, shoulder, hand and rib in training crash 12/03/2024 10:56am • ANDERLECHT, Belgium (AP) — Double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel broke his right shoulder blade, right hand and a rib when he crashed into a vehicle while training in Belgium on Tuesday. Evenepoel will be moved from the hospital in Anderlecht to another hospital in Herentals, where his injuries The year in review: Influential people who died in 2024 12/03/2024 10:05am • It was a murder case almost everyone had an opinion on. O.J. Simpson 's “trial of the century” over the 1994 killings of his ex-wife and her friend bared divisions over race and law enforcement in America and brought an intersection of sports, crime, entertainment and class that was hard to turn Native American students miss school at higher rates. It only got worse during the pandemic 12/03/2024 08:32am • SAN CARLOS, Ariz. (AP) — After missing 40 days of school last year, Tommy Betom, 10, is on track this year for much better attendance. The importance of showing up has been stressed repeatedly at school — and at home. When he went to school last year, he often came home saying the teacher was pi China bans exports to US of gallium, germanium, antimony in response to chip sanctions 12/03/2024 07:12am • BANGKOK (AP) — China announced Tuesday it is banning exports to the United States of gallium, germanium, antimony and other key high-tech materials with potential military applications, as a general principle, lashing back at U.S. limits on semiconductor-related exports. The Chinese Commerce Mini Floods wreak havoc in Malaysia, southern Thailand with over 30 killed, tens of thousands displaced 12/03/2024 05:02am • KOTA BARU, Malaysia (AP) — Severe floods caused by monsoon rains killed more than 30 people and displaced tens of thousands in Malaysia and southern Thailand, officials said Tuesday, with both countries preparing shelters and evacuation plans in anticipation of more heavy rain. Malaysian Prime Min Thanks to peace, two unexpected words are echoing across Afghanistan's capital: Luxury housing 12/03/2024 12:12am • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In a town that has been through it all and is clawing its way back, a man named Omidullah is looking to hit paydirt. The Kabul real estate agent is selling a nine-bedroom, nine-bath, white-and-gold villa in the Afghan capital. On the roof's gable, glittering Arabic script California lawmakers begin special session to protect state laws from second Trump presidency 12/02/2024 08:23pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers returned to the state Capitol on Monday to begin a special session to protect the state's progressive policies ahead of another Trump presidency. The Democratic governor, a fierce critic of President-elect Donald Trump, is Biden's broken promise on pardoning his son Hunter is raising new questions about his legacy 12/02/2024 08:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s decision to go back on his word and issue a categorical pardon for his son, Hunter, just weeks before his scheduled sentencing on gun and tax convictions was a surprise that wasn't all that surprising. Not to those who had witnessed the president’s shar