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Tunisians vote in local elections on Sunday to fill a new chamber as economy flatlines 12/23/2023 03:32am • TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Butter and milk shortages. Political party boycotts. Ongoing prosecutions of the president’s critics. This is the environment in which Tunisians will head to the polls on Sunday for the country's first local elections since President Kais Saied wrote a new constitution that Wizards guard Jordan Poole returns to Chase Center to face former Warriors team 12/23/2023 01:40am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jordan Poole briefly lost the ball, retrieved it from a fan, and then playfully threw a pass back to the sideline to get a few boys from Israel involved in his warmup routine. They absolutely loved it. Seemingly loose and light-hearted, and of course wearing his signature hood Juraj Slafkovsky scores as Montreal Canadiens rally past Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 12/23/2023 12:18am • CHICAGO (AP) — Juraj Slafkovsky, Nick Suzuki and David Savard each had a goal and an assist, and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 on Friday night. Mitchell Stephens and Josh Anderson also scored for Montreal, which trailed 2-0 early in the second period. Cayden Primeau made 1 Embiid plays through ankle injury to extend 30-10 streak to 13, 76ers beat Raptors 121-111 12/22/2023 10:58pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid played through an ankle injury to push his 30-10 streak to 13 games, finishing with 31 points and 10 rebounds in the Philadelphia 76ers’ 121-111 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night. Embiid scored all 31 points after landing awkwardly trying to block a Colts' Michael Pittman Jr. clears concussion protocol, says he doesn't remember hit by Kazee 12/22/2023 06:48pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts receiver Michael Pittman Jr. did not appreciate the violence of a hit he took from Pittsburgh Steelers safety Damontae Kazee until he saw video of the play. Pittman, the Colts' leading receiver, cleared the concussion protocol Friday and was listed as questio TV sitcom 'Extended Family' inspired by real-life relationship of Celtics owner, wife and her ex 12/22/2023 05:45pm • BOSTON (AP) — When Boston Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck felt like his life could be the premise for a television sitcom, he knew just where to turn: His friend Tom Werner, a Red Sox owner and TV veteran who was behind megahits like “The Cosby Show,” “Roseanne” and “That ’70s Show.” The Biden's hydrogen tax credit unveiled as administration tries to jump start industry 12/22/2023 04:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration released its highly anticipated proposal for doling out billions of dollars in tax credits to hydrogen producers Friday, in a massive effort to build out an industry that some hope can be a cleaner alternative to fossil fueled power. The U.S. credit is th Sean McVay's fingerprints are all over the Rams' second-half surge into playoff contention 12/22/2023 03:50pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Safety John Johnson re-signed with the Los Angeles Rams during training camp, when most NFL observers thought this rebuilding team coming off a dismal 5-12 season had only a slim chance of even contending for a playoff spot this year. That didn't deter Johnson, who already knew Jury clears 3 Washington officers in death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who said he couldn't breathe 12/22/2023 12:46pm • TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A jury cleared three Washington state police officers of all criminal charges Thursday in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained face-down on a Tacoma sidewalk as he pleaded for breath. Two of the officers — Matthew Collins, 40, an Federal Reserve's favored inflation gauge tumbles in November as prices continue to ease 12/22/2023 11:19am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of prices fell last month, another sign that inflation is easing and that Americans should benefit from reduced interest rates and get relief from painful price shocks in 2024. Friday's report from the Commerce Department showed that U.S. Still haven't bought holiday gifts? Retailers have a sale for you 12/22/2023 10:59am • NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers are stepping up sales and other enticements in the final days before Christmas to lure shoppers who've been waiting for the best deals, or who didn’t have the time or the urge to wrap up gift-buying early. Incentives to spend last minute are an extension of ongoing effo Gymnastics star Simone Biles named AP Female Athlete of the Year a third time after dazzling return 12/22/2023 08:51am • There were jitters, of course. Considering all that happened, how could there not be? When Simone Biles walked onto the floor at a suburban Chicago arena in late July for her first gymnastics competition in two years, she knew plenty of people were wondering how it was going to go. “I though Maryland prison contraband scheme ends with 15 guilty pleas 12/22/2023 05:10am • BALTIMORE (AP) — Fifteen people have pleaded guilty for their roles in a prison contraband scheme in Maryland that included the use of drones to smuggle drugs, cellphones and other items into a state prison, the state's attorney general announced. The guilty pleas came seven months after Attorn Clayton Keller scores in 3rd consecutive game as Coyotes beat Sharks 5-2 12/22/2023 02:15am • SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Clayton Keller scored his third goal in three games and the Arizona Coyotes beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2 on Thursday night to extend their win streak to four. Keller, who leads the Coyotes in points, got his 12th goal of the season in the second period as part of a three-po Timberwolves hand LeBron-less Lakers 4th straight loss, 118-111 12/22/2023 01:01am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Anthony Edwards had 27 points to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves past Los Angeles 118-111 on Thursday and hand the Lakers — with LeBron James sitting out on the second night of back-to-back games — their fourth straight loss. The Wolves — also playing for a second straight