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US military to stop shooting pigs and goats as a way to train medics for the battlefield 12/19/2025 03:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The U.S. military will stop its practice of shooting pigs and goats to help prepare medics for treating wounded troops in a combat zone, ending an exercise made obsolete by simulators that mimic battlefield injuries. The prohibition on ���live fire��� training that includes anima Rubio is hopeful about Russia-Ukraine and Gaza peace efforts but clear about the challenges 12/19/2025 03:33pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Secretary of State Marco Rubio was hopeful but clear about the challenges facing the Trump administration's Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas peace efforts and defended increasing U.S. military pressure on Venezuela during a marathon end-of-year news conference Friday. In a freewhe Redistricting commission votes behind closed doors to move toward redrawing maps 12/19/2025 02:56pm • A panel appointed by Gov. Wes Moore (D) to make recommendations on midcycle congressional redistricting voted behind closed doors Thursday to move forward with its work and solicit proposals from the public on how the state���s eight districts could be redrawn. The 3-2 vote happened in a virtual Georgia regulators approve huge electric generation increase for data centers 12/19/2025 02:54pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Georgia's only private electric utility plans to increase power capacity by 50% after state regulators on Friday agreed 5-0 that the plan is needed to meet projected demand from data centers. It would be one of the biggest build-outs in the U.S. to meet the insatiable electricity de Pope names new archbishop of Westminster as part of generational shift in English-speaking hierarchy 12/19/2025 01:21pm • ROME (AP) ��� Pope Leo XIV named a new archbishop of Westminster on Friday in another high-profile appointment that signals a generational shift in the English-speaking Catholic hierarchy. Leo tapped Bishop Richard Moth, 67, to replace the retiring Cardinal Vincent Nichols, 80, as the London-based a Ukrainian and Polish presidents show unity against Russia, address historical tensions 12/19/2025 01:15pm • WARSAW, Poland (AP) ��� The Ukrainian and Polish presidents met in Warsaw on Friday to underline their countries' unity in the face of Russia. They also signaled progress on historical reconciliation, which had caused tension in bilateral relations in the past. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensk Chiefs are in a rare position of playing for pride down the stretch. Losing would have its benefits 12/19/2025 01:00pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� The Kansas City Chiefs insist that they are playing to win over the final three weeks of the season. That's their competitive nature. It wouldn't be the worst thing to lose. The Chiefs already are assured of having their decade-long string of postseason appearances end, alo These are Americans' biggest priorities for the government in 2026, according to a new AP-NORC poll 12/19/2025 01:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Julia Dvorak is worried her 83-year-old mother���s emergency room trips for seizures are depleting her retirement savings and will soon force her to go on Medicaid. At the same time, Dvorak, who's 56 and suffers from a chronic knee condition that keeps her on state and federal a Trevor Lawrence finally looks like a generational quarterback and has the Jaguars surging 12/19/2025 12:42pm • JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) ��� Trevor Lawrence spun and rolled left to avoid pressure, squared his shoulders as much as possible with a defender in his face and heaved the ball 50 yards toward the sideline. It looked like a potential throwaway. It was actually a perfectly placed pass to Parker Washingt Denmark blames Russia for cyberattacks on water utility that left houses without water 12/19/2025 11:18am • Russia carried out cyberattacks against infrastructure and websites in Denmark in 2024 and 2025, Danish authorities say in a new assessment published this week describing new cases not previously reported. Moscow was responsible for ���destructive and disruptive��� cyberattacks on a Danish water uti Sports on TV for Dec. 20 - 21 12/19/2025 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, Dec. 20 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN���S) Noon BTN ��� Oakland vs. Michigan St., Detroit 12:30 p.m. CBS ��� St. John���s vs. Kentucky, Atlanta USA ��� Liberty at Dayton 2 p.m. CBSSN ��� Colorado St. at Utah St. 3 p.m. CBS ��� North Sports on TV for Dec. 22 - 28 12/19/2025 10:00am • Adv20-21 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Dec. 22 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN���S) 6 p.m. ACCN ��� American U. at Virginia BTN ��� Siena at Indiana 7 p.m. SECN ��� Prairie View A&M at LSU 8 p.m. ACCN ��� East Carolina at North Carolina BTN ��� Cent. Michigan at Putin tells his annual news conference that the Kremlin's military goals in Ukraine will be met 12/19/2025 09:30am • MOSCOW (AP) ��� President Vladimir Putin emphasized Friday that Moscow���s troops were advancing across the battlefield in Ukraine and voiced confidence the Kremlin would achieve its goals militarily if Kyiv doesn't agree to Russia's conditions in peace talks. Speaking at his tightly orchestrated an Nodding off is dangerous. Some animals have evolved extreme ways to sleep in precarious environments 12/19/2025 08:01am • Every animal with a brain needs sleep ��� and even a few without a brain do, too. Humans sleep, birds sleep, whales sleep and even jellyfish sleep. Sleep is universal ���even though it���s actually very risky,��� said Paul-Antoine Libourel, a researcher at the Neuroscience Research Center of Lyon i Singapore to punish scammers with up to 24 strokes of the cane from Dec 30 12/19/2025 06:45am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) ��� Singapore���s government said Friday that scammers will face mandatory caning of up to 24 strokes from Dec. 30, under changes to criminal law to deter surging fraud cases. The changes, passed by Parliament last month, strengthen penalties that already include imprison