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Baltimore's defense faces its biggest test yet when the Ravens take on Brock Purdy and the 49ers 12/21/2023 05:36pm • It's one of the biggest debates of the 2023 NFL season: Brock Purdy, superstar or game manager? His next opponent already sounds convinced of the answer. “Seems like he gets a lot of hate from the stuff that I see. I don’t know why,” Baltimore cornerback Marlon Humphrey said. “You cut Bears' focus shifts from long-shot playoff run to picking themselves up when they host Cardinals 12/21/2023 04:42pm • LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — It's no longer about a long-shot run to the playoffs for the Chicago Bears. Their hopes are just about dashed. They're simply looking to pick themselves up after yet another collapse and make something of the remainder of the season when they host the Arizona Cardinals on France's president is accused of siding with Depardieu as actor faces sexual misconduct allegations 12/21/2023 02:17pm • PARIS (AP) — Women’s rights activists criticized French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday for appearing to take sides with actor Gérard Depardieu by saying the film star who is facing sexual misconduct allegations “makes France proud.” Speaking on Wednesday night on TV channel France 5 Busiest Christmas and New Year's travel period kicks off in DC area 12/21/2023 01:52pm • If you're someone who travels out of the D.C. region for the holidays, one of the busiest winter holiday travel days has arrived. "A lot of folks are getting away early for their holiday. We saw a lot of that yesterday, we're seeing more of it today," said WTOP traffic reporter Bob Immler. Whi Former Nice and PSG coach Christophe Galtier is cleared of accusations of racism 12/21/2023 01:28pm • NICE, France (AP) — Christophe Galtier was cleared of accusations of racism on Thursday after the former Nice and Paris Saint-German coach stood trial on charges of psychological harassment and discrimination. Galtier was acquitted, French media reported, at a court in Nice nearly a week after he The Lions are one win from their first division title in 30 years. The Vikings haven't ceded it yet 12/21/2023 01:11pm • DETROIT (10-4) at MINNESOTA (7-7) Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, FOX. OPENING LINE: Lions by 3, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. AGAINST THE SPREAD: Lions 9-5; Vikings 7-5-2. SERIES RECORD: Vikings lead 80-41-2. LAST MEETING: Lions beat Vikings 34-23 in Detroit on Dec. 11, 2022. LAST WEEK: Lions beat Broncos 4 Are COVID symptoms still the same? What to know about the JN.1 wave 12/21/2023 12:37pm • ▶ Watch Video: COVID-19 cases rising in U.S. as new "variant of interest" emerges Reports of respiratory illness have now reached "high" or "very high" levels across at least 16 state or big city health departments, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventio Spain's leader lauds mended relations with Catalonia. Separatists say it's time to vote on secession 12/21/2023 10:26am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited Barcelona on Thursday in an effort to show that his pledge to push through an amnesty for Catalonia’s separatists was paying dividends with the leaders of the politically restive region. After meeting with Catalan regional pre EU pays the final tranche of Ukraine budget support for 2023. Future support is up in the air 12/21/2023 08:03am • BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Thursday paid the final tranche of a multibillion-euro support package to Ukraine to help keep its war-ravaged economy afloat this year, leaving the country without a financial lifeline from Europe as of next month. The EU has sent 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 b A wildfire in Australia on the outskirts of Perth destroys at least 2 homes and injures 2 people 12/21/2023 05:50am • PERTH, Australia (AP) — A wildfire burning out of control on the outskirts of the Australian west coast city of Perth on Thursday destroyed at least two homes and injured two people, officials said. An emergency warning was issued for the eastern suburb of Parkerville where the fire was sparked by AP PHOTOS: A Muslim community buries its dead after an earthquake in China 12/21/2023 02:47am • YANGWA, China (AP) — Her relatives cleaned her body and wrapped it in a white cloth in the bare emergency shelter issued to her family. Han Suofeiya, a mother of three young children, was one of more than 130 people who died when the earth shook violently in the middle of the night in northwest C A deal on US border policy is closer than it seems. Here's how it is shaping up and what's at stake 12/21/2023 12:03am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid grueling negotiations, the contours of a bipartisan border security and immigration deal are beginning to take shape, emerging even as Congress leaves town having failed to publicly unveil any details of the package that's central to unlocking stalled aid for Ukraine. Talks Toyota's small car unit Daihatsu raided after faked tests lead it to suspend all vehicle shipments 12/21/2023 12:01am • TOKYO (AP) — Japanese transport ministry officials inspected Toyota subsidiary Daihatsu on Thursday, one day after officials announced it was suspending the small car unit's shipments of all vehicles in and outside Japan after an investigation found improper testing involving 64 models. The safe China emerged from 'zero-COVID' in 2023 to confront new challenges in a changed world 12/20/2023 11:46pm • BEIJING (AP) — China’s prospects for 2024 look uncertain, as a year that opened free of COVID-19 lockdowns winds down without the dreamed of robust recovery for the world’s No. 2 economy. The wars in Gaza and Ukraine are straining China’s ties with the West. A U.S.-China leaders’ summit he Vigil held for 5-year-old migrant boy who died at Chicago shelter 12/20/2023 10:07pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of migrants and other people turned out Wednesday night for a vigil held for a 5-year-old migrant boy who died after becoming ill in a Chicago shelter. Jean Carlos Martinez was a resident at a warehouse retrofitted as a shelter in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood when he su