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What to know about the massive defense bill that seeks release of boat strike videos and more 12/09/2025 01:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The House is expected to vote this week on a bill authorizing $900 billion for military programs, including boosting pay for service members, cutting Pentagon diversity efforts and requiring footage to be released of forces blowing up alleged drug boats. The National Defense Auth US-Apple-Books-Top-10 12/09/2025 12:10pm • Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List) 1. Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid (Carina Press) 2. The Long Game by Rachel Reid (Carina Press) 3. Game Changer by Rachel Reid (Carina Press) 4. The Widow by John Grisham (JG Publishing) 5. Stuart Woods��� Blown Away by Brett Battles (Penguin Publishing Group) 6. T Israeli army takes journalists into a tunnel in a Gaza city it seized and largely flattened 12/09/2025 11:27am • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� One by one, the soldiers squeezed through a narrow entrance to a tunnel in southern Gaza. Inside a dark hallway, some bowed their heads to avoid hitting the low ceiling, while watching their step as they walked over or around jagged concrete, crushed plastic bottles and ta Fed likely to lower borrowing costs this week, but follow-up rate cuts face longer odds 12/09/2025 11:25am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Federal Reserve faces an unusually contentious meeting this week that will test Chair Jerome Powell's ability to corral the necessary support from fellow policymakers for a third straight interest rate cut. The Fed's 19-member rate-setting committee is sharply divided over w Real Madrid's Mbapp�� has limited training session ahead of Man City match in Champions League 12/09/2025 11:14am • MADRID (AP) ��� Kylian Mbapp�� trained separately from his Real Madrid teammates on Tuesday, putting in doubt his availability for the Champions League match against Manchester City on Wednesday. Madrid said Mbapp�� trained indoors as the rest of the squad worked on the pitch under the command of co Slovakia's parliament approves plan to dismantle whistleblower protection office 12/09/2025 10:54am • BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) ��� Slovakia���s parliament approved on Tuesday a government plan to dismantle an independent office that protects those who report corruption and other criminal activities. A total of 78 lawmakers representing the coalition government led by populist Prime Minister Robert Wilfried Zaha back with Ivory Coast to defend Africa Cup of Nations title ahead of 2026 World Cup 12/09/2025 10:14am • ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) ��� After two years out of the national team, Wilfried Zaha was recalled Tuesday by Ivory Coast to help defend its Africa Cup of Nations title at the tournament starting this month. The 33-year-old Zaha ���- who played in Major League Soccer this year for Charlotte on loan Takeover bid of parent company means limbo for CNN and some fellow cable networks 12/09/2025 09:45am • Paramount Skydance's hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. Discovery places CNN and its sister cable networks squarely back into what is likely to be an extended period of management limbo. There was some relief at CNN with last Friday's announcement that Netflix was buying Warner's studio and stream UN says world must jointly tackle issues of climate change, pollution, biodiversity and land loss 12/09/2025 09:25am • The most comprehensive global environment assessment ever undertaken calls for a new approach to jointly tackle the most pressing environmental issues including climate change and biodiversity loss that threaten over 1 million plant and animal species with extinction. The U.N. Environment Assembly � The secret to keeping your holiday greenery fresher longer 12/09/2025 09:05am • I���ve planted the potted mums in the garden and packed away the scarecrows -- now it���s time to deck the halls. That means filling vacant pots with evergreen branches foraged from my trees and shrubs, hanging cedar swags on the porch and placing a wreath on the door. They���ll look great at first, A classic Italian cookbook finally gets an English edition after years of effort 12/09/2025 08:16am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� As a child growing up in Italy, Lidia Bastianich recalls seeing one particular cookbook in just about everyone's kitchen. It was called ���The Talisman of Happiness��� and it was often given as a wedding present to couples starting new lives together. ���It has all the basic recipe A unique app is changing the dating game for disabled and chronically ill people 12/09/2025 08:08am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� In her early 20s, Kaci LaFon lived in Branson, Missouri, a tourist town known for its older population. She wanted to date but found it a challenge, so ��� like many her age ��� she headed to the apps. Over five years, she'd get a date here and there, but they always petered out. � Pacers coach Rick Carlisle closing in on 1,000 wins, and it'll be a moment for the NBA to savor 12/09/2025 06:00am • A big moment in NBA coaching history is looming. It might happen Friday. Maybe on Sunday. Maybe sometime next week. But it's going to happen, and it's going to be something the likes of which the league won't see again for at least a few years. Rick Carlisle is going to get his 1,000th career win as Indiana Senate committee advance redistricting legislation backed by Trump toward final floor vote 12/09/2025 05:50am • State senators in Indiana advanced a proposal to redraw the state's congressional boundaries Monday, although it is not clear if it has the support to become law in a final vote expected later this week even after months of pressure from President Donald Trump. The legislation was designed to favor From devotion to rebellion, AP photos recorded Asia's many tones in 2025 12/09/2025 02:56am • A continent as large as Asia rarely speaks in a single tone. Its 2025 played out in polyphony ��� with chords of devotion, chaos, spectacle and fatigue ��� each a reminder of how much can, and does, coexist. AP photographs, taken from the Himalayas to the Java Sea, recorded all of them. Some moments