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More glittering royal jewels displayed while Paris is still uneasy over the Louvre robbery 12/09/2025 09:42pm • PARIS (AP) — A glittering exhibition of royal jewels is opening Wednesday in Paris even as the city still reels from the brazen crown-jewel heist at the nearby Louvre Museum. The four-minute operation in October emptied cases in the Louvre's Apollo Gallery, forced its closure and rattled public c Storms bring heavy rain to the Pacific Northwest, snow and freezing rain to the Upper Midwest 12/09/2025 09:00pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The first of a series of powerful storms dumped heavy rain and swelled rivers in the Pacific Northwest on Tuesday, closing roads and prompting high water rescues. Residents in parts of Oregon and Washington grappled with power outages, flooding and school closures, while driv NASCAR chairman refuses to budge on team charters in testimony during Michael Jordan's lawsuit 12/09/2025 08:02pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR Chairman Jim France testified Tuesday in Michael Jordan’s federal antitrust lawsuit against his family that he still has not changed his mind on granting teams permanent charters, and evidence showed he entered negotiations on a new revenue-sharing agreement determi Florida executes a man convicted of killing a woman during a 1989 home invasion 12/09/2025 07:35pm • STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of fatally stabbing a woman during a home invasion decades ago was executed Tuesday evening in Florida. Mark Allen Geralds, 58, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison for the February 1989 murder of Tressa Petti Federal agents use pepper spray on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown 12/09/2025 06:56pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal agents used pepper spray to push through an angry crowd that blocked their vehicles as they checked identifications in a heavily Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis on Tuesday, amid the Trump administration's ongoing crackdown targeting the community. City Council Member DOJ ends monitoring of illegal dumping in Houston in retreat from environmental justice 12/09/2025 05:33pm • HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has withdrawn from an agreement with the city of Houston to curb illegal dumping in Black and Latino neighborhoods, part of the Trump administration’s broad dismantling of environmental justice initiatives. Federal authorities quietly ended the monitor Nicaraguans celebrate Virgin Mary in Miami despite fears at home and in US 12/09/2025 03:57pm • MIAMI (AP) — Hundreds of Nicaraguans sang in praise of the Virgin Mary at flower-and-light-filled altars set up in church parking lots as well as in the back of vehicles on the streets of Miami to mark the Dec. 8 feast of the Immaculate Conception. The exuberant celebration called “gritería” Trump threatens funding for Chicago transit after woman set on fire 12/09/2025 03:20pm • President Donald Trump's administration is threatening to pull federal funding for public transportation in Chicago unless the city tightens security after a man allegedly set a woman on fire inside a commuter train in November. Gov. JB Pritzker’s office said in an email to The Associated Press on 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 ICE arrests of Afghans are on the rise in the wake of National Guard attack, immigration lawyers say 12/09/2025 02:22pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — On a recent afternoon, Giselle Garcia, a volunteer who has been helping an Afghan family resettle, drove the father to a check-in with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. She warned him and his family to prepare for the worst. The moment the father stepped into the Max Verstappen pays tribute as Red Bull adviser and mentor Helmut Marko retires at 82 12/09/2025 02:15pm • Red Bull's influential auto racing adviser Helmut Marko is retiring from his role at the age of 82, ending a 20-year stint in which he helped Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen develop into four-time Formula 1 champions. Marko was a key figure who prepared Verstappen to become the youngest driver Drunk driver strikes officer, crashes into police cruisers at Manassas holiday event, police say 12/09/2025 01:16pm • A 24-year-old man is facing multiple charges, including driving under the influence, after police say he drove through road closures, crashing into three police cruisers and striking an officer Friday evening during a Christmas tree lighting event in Manassas, Virginia. Jackson Harlow was taken i NCAA FBS Individual Leading Rushers 12/09/2025 11:11am • Leading Rushers G Car RuYD Tds Yds Pg NCAA FBS Team Rushing Offense 12/09/2025 11:11am • Rushing Offense G Car RuYD TD Yds Pg NCAA FBS Team Rushing Defense 12/09/2025 11:11am • Rushing Defense G Car Yds TD Yds Pg