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Club World Cup let visitors see how Saudi Arabia wants to change ahead of 2034 World Cup 12/23/2023 11:20am • JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — In Saudi Arabia this week to work at the Club World Cup, seeing a woman driving a car on the busy roads of Jeddah was proving elusive. The kingdom’s ban on women drivers was lifted in 2018 — a key modernizing reform in a long-time ultraconservative society — yet f Key takeaways from AP’s look at the emerging wave of sports construction in the US 12/23/2023 01:08am • A new round of stadium construction is underway for professional sports teams across the U.S., and taxpayers will be helping to pay the multi-billion-dollar tab. The wave of construction has seen teams chasing both repairs and luxurious additions. Some teams have sought new public funding for the Plans abounding for new sports stadiums across the US, carrying hefty public costs 12/23/2023 01:05am • Standing on a portable stage erected at home plate of the Milwaukee Brewers ballpark, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers recently praised the professional baseball team as an “essential part” of the state's “culture and identity” and “economic success.” With fanfare, Evers then signed off on $500 ‘Pray for us’: Eyewitnesses reveal first clues about a missing boat with up to 200 Rohingya refugees 12/22/2023 11:14pm • PIDIE, Indonesia (AP) — The screams were heard soon after the ailing boat emerged into view. On board were babies and children, alongside mothers and fathers begging to be saved. The passengers were ethnic Rohingya Muslims who had fled surging gang violence and rampant hunger in the refugee camps ‘Pray for us’: Eyewitnesses reveal first clues about a missing boat with up to 200 Rohingya refugees 12/22/2023 11:12pm • PIDIE, Indonesia (AP) — Their screams and sobs could be heard from the ailing boat soon after it emerged into view amid the vastness of the Andaman Sea. Crowded on board were tiny babies and children, alongside mothers and fathers begging to be saved. The passengers were ethnic Rohingya Muslims w Friday's Transactions 12/22/2023 10:31pm • BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Shelby Miller on a one-year contract with and option in 2025. Designated C Donny Sands for assignment. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Claimed 1B Alfonso Rivas off waivers from Cleveland. National League ARIZONA DIAMON Live updates | UN Security Council calls for Gaza aid, but stops short of demanding a cease-fire 12/22/2023 06:30pm • The U.N. Security Council passed a new resolution that calls for speeding up humanitarian aid deliveries into Gaza, but without the original insistence on an “urgent suspension of hostilities” between Israel and Hamas. The United States and Russia abstained from Friday's vote, which was delayed Packers tight end Luke Musgrave details his recovery from a lacerated kidney 12/22/2023 06:18pm • GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers rookie tight end Luke Musgrave caught a pass, got tackled and landed on the ball during a victory over the Los Angeles Chargers last month. In the moment, Musgrave ignored the pain. “I knew something was probably wrong, but it’s football,” he said on Probe: Doomed Philadelphia news helicopter hit trees fast, broke up, then burned, killing 2 on board 12/22/2023 06:14pm • SHAMONG, N.J. (AP) — A Philadelphia television news helicopter returning from an assignment photographing Christmas lights earlier this week plunged into a southern New Jersey forest “at very high speed,” broke apart, then caught fire after it crashed, killing both occupants, a federal crash i At a church rectory in Boston, Haitian migrants place their hopes on hard work and helping hands 12/22/2023 06:11pm • BOSTON (AP) — When Ernseau Admettre decided to leave Haiti and head north with his young family in tow, very little was guaranteed. But the situation in his homeland, beset by poverty and gang violence, had grown so dire that a risky passage to and then across the United States' southern border of Trevor Siemian to start for Jets vs Commanders with Zach Wilson not cleared from concussion protocol 12/22/2023 05:06pm • FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Trevor Siemian will start at quarterback for the New York Jets on Sunday against the Washington Commanders since Zach Wilson hasn't cleared the concussion protocol. It appeared likely the 31-year-old Siemian would be under center after Wilson didn't participate in 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 Chatty robot helps seniors fight loneliness through AI companionship 12/22/2023 03:44pm • CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — Joyce Loaiza lives alone, but when she returns to her apartment at a Florida senior community, the retired office worker often has a chat with a friendly female voice that asks about her day. A few miles away, the same voice comforted 83-year-old Deanna Dezern when her Tape reveals Donald Trump pressured Michigan officials not to certify 2020 vote, a new report says 12/22/2023 03:26pm • Donald Trump pressured two election officials not to certify 2020 vote totals in a key Michigan county, according to a recording of a post-election phone call disclosed in a new report by The Detroit News. The former president 's 2024 campaign neither confirmed nor denied the recording's legitimacy Trump says he’s eager to debate Biden in 2024, even if controversial commission plans events 12/22/2023 01:55pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says he is eager to debate President Joe Biden, even if the debates are sponsored by the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates. And he says he is open to debating a single Republican rival if a serious challenger emerges after the New Hampshir