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Four Downs with the Commanders: Elimination edition! 12/08/2025 05:30pm • The Washington Commanders' December of discontent has officially arrived: their 31-0 loss at Minnesota officially eliminates the Burgundy and Gold from playoff contention. Washington is one of four teams arriving at the island of misfits this week (along with Atlanta, Cleveland, and the New York Jet Hall of Fame chair thinks Bonds, Clemens denied entry by committee for same views held by writers 12/08/2025 05:20pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� With Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens facing only one more chance under the current rules to get into baseball's Hall of Fame, the Hall chairman thinks they were turned down because contemporary era committee members evaluate the Steroids Era in the same manner as baseball writer Golden Globes enter the world of podcasts and tread carefully, avoiding controversy 12/08/2025 05:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The Golden Globes this year introduced a best podcast category and, predictably, the nominees announced Monday will get people talking. The six nominees for the inaugural best podcast award are ���Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard,��� ���Call Her Daddy,��� ���Good Hang with Amy Poeh Affordable Care Act enrollment is slightly ahead of last year so far, despite expiring subsidies 12/08/2025 04:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The number of Americans signing up for Affordable Care Act health insurance for 2026 is moderately higher than it was at a similar time last year, initial new federal data shows, even as subsidies set to expire at the end of 2025 will make the coverage more expensive for many. Seen Jeff Kent elected to baseball Hall of Fame, which again keeps doors shut for Bonds and Clemens 12/08/2025 04:56pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� Elected to baseball's Hall of Fame more than 17 years after his final game, Jeff Kent couldn't control his emotions. ���Absolutely unprepared. Emotionally unstable,��� he said after Sunday's vote announcement. ���Thoughts are so far clouded." Kent received 14 of 16 votes from UAE-backed separatists tighten grip over southern Yemen, and airspace is briefly closed 12/08/2025 04:55pm • ADEN, Yemen (AP) ��� A government official said Yemen���s airspace was briefly closed on Monday as tensions escalated in the country���s south after a separatist group backed by the United Arab Emirates took over an oil-rich region. The recent takeover of areas in Hadhramaut province by the Souther Why some African countries are prone to military takeovers 12/08/2025 04:24pm • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) ��� It had become a familiar scene in West Africa. A group of soldiers appeared on state television in Benin on Sunday to claim they had seized power. A few hours later, the president announced the coup had been foiled. Just two weeks earlier, soldiers seized power in another Wes The Falcons are already looking ahead to 2026 after another lost season 12/08/2025 03:08pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� With a month to go in the regular season, the Atlanta Falcons are already looking ahead to 2026. The Falcons locked up an eighth straight losing campaign and were officially eliminated from the playoff race with their seventh defeat in eight games, a 37-9 beatdown at the hands of th Neal Brown hopes to retain players after No. 23 North Texas made CFP push 12/08/2025 02:49pm • DENTON, Texas (AP) ��� The most important recruiting for new North Texas coach Neal Brown is trying to retain the players that have been part of the school's first 11-win season, and still have a bowl game to play after just missing out on the College Football Playoff. Brown met with the team before Washington's Mayor Bowser says the city's police chief, Pamela Smith, is stepping down 12/08/2025 02:28pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Pamela Smith, who was catapulted into national attention after President Donald Trump moved to federalize Washington���s police force and who worked to confront rising violence in the nation���s capital, is stepping down as the city���s police chief, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Mond What Netflix's acquisition of Warner Bros. means for the movies 12/08/2025 02:06pm • Netflix���s deal to acquire Warner Bros., one of Hollywood���s oldest movie studios, poses seismic shifts to the entertainment industry and the future of moviegoing. As one of the remaining ���big five��� studios, the 102-year-old Warner Bros. is an essential part of movie theater business. The stud Champions League: Club Brugge changes coach 2 days before hosting Arsenal 12/08/2025 12:22pm • BRUGES, Belgium (AP) ��� Club Brugge has changed its coach two days before hosting table-topping Arsenal in the Champions League. Brugge announced on Monday that former coach Ivan Leko was returning from Gent to replace Nicky Hayen, who the club thanked for ���all the hard work he put in.��� Leko l What to know about changes to Disney parks' disability policies 12/08/2025 11:43am • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� Changes that Disney made to a popular program that lets qualifying disabled people skip long lines at its California and Florida theme parks are too restrictive, disabled fans contend in a federal lawsuit and shareholder proposal that seek to expand eligibility. The battle ove Louvre workers announce strike over work conditions and security after $102M heist 12/08/2025 11:18am • PARIS (AP) ��� Workers at the Louvre Museum voted Monday for strikes to protest their work conditions, a ticket-price hike for non-European visitors and security weaknesses that a brazen daylight theft of France���s Crown Jewels highlighted in October. In a letter announcing the strike action starti World Cup to include 3-minute hydration breaks in each half of all games, not only in hot weather 12/08/2025 11:05am • ZURICH (AP) ��� FIFA says it will include three-minute hydration breaks in each half of every game at next year's World Cup, not just those played in hot weather. The referee will stop the game 22 minutes into each half for players to take drinks, regardless of the temperature, the host country �