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Zohran Mamdani chose a Quran full of symbolism for his mayoral oath 01/01/2026 06:25am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani will take his midnight oath of office on a centuries-old Quran, marking the first time a mayor of New York City uses Islam���s holy text to be sworn in and underscoring a series of historic firsts for the city. When the 34-year-old Democrat becomes may Cash machines in Bulgaria issue euros for the first time after joining the currency union 01/01/2026 05:57am • SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) ��� Bulgarians began withdrawing euros for the first time on Thursday after the former communist nation joined the euro currency union as its 21st member. Cash machines in the capital, Sofia, dispensed brand new euro banknotes, replacing the lev, which will still be in use for Bulgaria is joining the euro. Here's what it means for consumers and businesses 01/01/2026 05:01am • On New Year's Day, Bulgaria will achieve its decades-old goal of joining the euro currency union and deepening ties with the more prosperous countries of Western Europe. Membership is expected to promote cross-border trade and investment, and the Bulgarian government pressed for years to get in. Ye 'I could say I'm gonna quit drinking, but I'm not': What���s your New Year���s resolution? 01/01/2026 04:44am • 2026 is here and it���s not too late for you to pick your New Year���s resolution. Over the years, many of us have listed weight loss, getting in better shape, eating healthy or saving money as things we would like to work on. You often hear people say they don���t set New Year���s resolut Taiwan���s president pledges to defend island���s sovereignty after Chinese military drills 01/01/2026 03:43am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ��� Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on Thursday vowed to defend the self-ruled island���s sovereignty in the face of China���s ���expansionist ambitions,��� days after Beijing wrapped up live-fire military drills near its shores. ���In the face of China���s rising expansionist a Greece and Cyprus are welcoming 2026 without the bang 01/01/2026 03:26am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� Greece and Cyprus are starting 2026 by turning down the volume. The countries' capital cities, Athens and Nicosia, have traded the familiar whizz, crackle and boom of window���rattling fireworks for spectacle without the shock wave, opting for low���noise pyrotechnics, light Another bye bites the dust as defending champ Ohio State falls to Miami in CFP quarterfinals 01/01/2026 12:50am • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ��� Ryan Day and his Ohio State coaching staff spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to deal with the long break between the Big Ten championship and the College Football Playoff quarterfinals. Regardless, another bye bites the dust, and these Buckeyes won't win the scho After waiting 36 years, French soccer fans finally have a capital city derby again as PSG faces PFC 01/01/2026 12:05am • PARIS (AP) ��� It's taken quite some time, but the first capital city derby in French men's league soccer since 1990 takes place on Sunday when Paris Saint-Germain hosts Paris FC. A very local derby, too, with PSG's Parc des Princes stadium literally across the street from PFC's new home ground ��� Defending champ Ohio State is out with loss to Miami 12/31/2025 11:21pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ��� COTTON BOWL Jeremiah Smith and the Ohio State Buckeyes won���t be the school���s first back-to-back national champions, and the College Football Playoff still doesn���t have a winner from teams with the first-round byes. No. 10 Miami held on for a 24-14 victory in the Cotto Federal ruling blocks Hawaii's climate change tourist tax on cruise ships 12/31/2025 09:26pm • HONOLULU (AP) ��� A federal appeals court ruling on New Year's Eve blocked Hawaii from enforcing a climate change tourist tax on cruise ships passengers, a levy that was set to go into effect at the start of 2026. Cruise Lines International Association challenged the tax in a lawsuit, arguing that Mensah throws for 4 TDs and leads Duke to a 42-39 win over Arizona State in the Sun Bowl 12/31/2025 08:17pm • ELPASO, Texas (AP) ��� Darian Mensah threw for 327 yards and four touchdowns to lead Duke to a 42-39 victory over Arizona State in the Sun Bowl on Wednesday. Mensah, the game���s MVP, was 29 of 51 passing with an interception. He helped Duke to its fourth straight win and tied a Sun Bowl record for Ben Hammond scores career-high 30 points as Virginia Tech overwhelms No. 21 Virginia 95-85 in 3OT 12/31/2025 08:05pm • Ben Hammond scored a career-high 30 points to lift Virginia Tech to a 95-85 triple-overtime victory against No. 21 Virginia on Wednesday. Hammond, who came off the bench, made just 7 of 16 from the floor, but hit 16 of 18 from the free-throw line for the Hokies (12-2, 1-0 Atlantic Coast), who have w Joe Burrow hoping to see change propel the Bengals back into the postseason in 2026 12/31/2025 07:46pm • CINCINNATI (AP) ��� Joe Burrow is in unfamiliar territory. For the first time in his NFL career, the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback is preparing for a Week 18 start knowing that no matter what, the season ends on Sunday. Burrow was injured in 2020 and ���23. The Bengals made it to the Super Bowl in Australia names a spin-heavy squad of 15 players for the T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka and India 12/31/2025 07:42pm • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Australian selectors have named a spin-heavy squad for the defending champions for the forthcoming Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka and India. The 2021 tournament winners decided Thursday not to pick a left-arm paceman in the absence of the T20-retired Mitchell Starc. Co Tatiana Schlossberg, a grandchild of the late President John F. Kennedy, has died at 35 12/31/2025 07:04pm • Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, one of three grandchildren of the late President John F. Kennedy, has died after she was diagnosed with leukemia last year. She was 35. Schlossberg, daughter of Kennedy���s daughter, Caroline Kennedy, and Edwin Schlossberg, revealed she had terminal canc