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Baker-Mazara, Ausar lead USC's 2nd-half charge pulling away from San Diego for 94-81 win 12/09/2025 11:48pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) ��� Chad Baker-Mazara scored a season-high 31 and Ezra Ausar scored 22 of his career-high 29 points in the second half before fouling out and USC used the second half to take control and beat San Diego 94-81 on Tuesday night. Reserve Jaden Brownell scored 16 points for USC (9-1) who o Montgomery County projects $854M less in revenues over 6 years 12/09/2025 11:44pm • Montgomery County will see revenues drop by $854 million if current fiscal projections hold true for the next six years. Analysts with the Montgomery County Council said the root cause of this grim fiscal outlook stems from federal policies and their impacts on immigration, the federal workforce Southeast Asia embraces offshore wind power, as Trump bashes renewable energy 12/09/2025 11:32pm • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) ��� Southeast Asia is a bright spot for the embattled offshore wind industry as it reels from U.S. President Donald Trump���s push against renewable energy. The White House's policy pivot has thrown billions of dollars' worth of U.S. offshore wind projectsinto turmoil. Industry i Kyle Schwarber stays with Philadelphia Phillies, agrees to $150 million, 5-year contract 12/09/2025 09:54pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� Kyle Schwarber is staying with the Philadelphia Phillies, agreeing Tuesday to a $150 million, five-year contract. Schwarber set career bests this year with a National League-leading 56 homers and a major league-high 132 RBIs along with a .240 batting average and .928 OPS. He s 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 The Latest: Trump speaks on Americans��� economic worries and blames Democrats at Pennsylvania rally 12/09/2025 09:21pm • President Donald Trump road-tested his claims that he���s tackling Americans��� affordability woes at a Tuesday rally in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania ��� a trip that came as polling consistently shows that public trust in Trump���s economic leadership has faltered. Following dismal results for Republi Pope criticizes US bid to 'break apart' US-Europe alliance, insists on Europe role in Ukraine peace 12/09/2025 09:08pm • ROME (AP) ��� Pope Leo XIV insisted Tuesday that Europe must have a role in any Ukraine peace deal and criticized what he said was the Trump administration���s effort to ���break apart��� the long-standing U.S.-European alliance. Leo spoke to reporters after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymy Amazon Prime Video averages record 19.39 million viewers for Lions' victory over Cowboys 12/09/2025 08:20pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� The Detroit Lions' 44-30 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Dec. 4 averaged 19.39 million viewers, making it the most-watched ���Thursday Night Football��� broadcast in Amazon Prime Video's four seasons streaming those games. The previous mark for a Thursday game on the streamin Captain Cummins returns for the third Ashes test as Australia attempts to clinch the series 12/09/2025 08:11pm • ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) ��� The only change to Australia's 15-man squad for the third Ashes test beginning next week in Adelaide was an important one ��� Pat Cummins returns as captain and to enhance the home side's fast-bowling corps. The larger group named Wednesday will allow selectors to keep t Luigi Mangione���s notes to self: 'Pluck eyebrows,' 'Keep momentum, FBI slower overnight' 12/09/2025 08:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Pluck eyebrows. Buy less conspicuous shoes. Take a bus or a train west toward Cincinnati and St. Louis. Move around late at night. Stay away from surveillance cameras. A to-do list and travel plans found during Luigi Mangione���s arrest and revealed in court this week shed new l 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 Vermont rescue team sees increase of calls as social media lures skiers into danger 12/09/2025 07:39pm • STOWE, Vt. (AP) ��� A rescue team that covers Vermont���s tallest mountain has seen a rise in calls from inexperienced skiers who end up getting lost and in dangerous locations after being influenced by videos on social media. After seeing footage online of skiers chasing fresh powder tracks in the Ukraine's Zelenskyy improvises midflight to get out his message on a whirlwind European trip 12/09/2025 07:38pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had no time to hold a traditional news conference during a whirlwind, 36-hour trip across Europe this week, so he improvised. For the first time since Russia's full-scale invasion of his country, Zelenskyy ��� who usually takes reporters 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 Understanding the Medicare Part B Giveback Benefit 12/09/2025 07:00pm • Medicare Advantage plans are known for offering extra benefits beyond what original Medicare offers, and one such benefit gaining popularity is the Medicare Part B giveback, sometimes called the "premium reduction" or "money back" benefit. This benefit can reduce the amount you pay for your monthly