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Louvre reopens fully after staff vote to suspend strike 12/19/2025 01:49pm • PARIS (AP) — The Louvre in Paris reopened fully on Friday after staff voted to suspend a strike that had disrupted access to the world’s most visited museum, management and unions said. The decision was taken during a general assembly of museum workers, who voted unanimously to pause the strike Military lawyer swiftly fired from immigration bench after defying Trump deportation push 12/19/2025 01:39pm • MIAMI (AP) — A U.S. Army Reserve lawyer detailed as a federal immigration judge has been fired barely a month into the job after granting asylum at a high rate out of step with the Trump administration’s mass deportation goals, The Associated Press has learned. Christopher Day began hearing case Pope names new archbishop of Westminster as part of generational shift in English-speaking hierarchy 12/19/2025 01:21pm • ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV named a new archbishop of Westminster on Friday in another high-profile appointment that signals a generational shift in the English-speaking Catholic hierarchy. Leo tapped Bishop Richard Moth, 67, to replace the retiring Cardinal Vincent Nichols, 80, as the London-based a Chiefs are in a rare position of playing for pride down the stretch. Losing would have its benefits 12/19/2025 01:00pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs insist that they are playing to win over the final three weeks of the season. That's their competitive nature. It wouldn't be the worst thing to lose. The Chiefs already are assured of having their decade-long string of postseason appearances end, alo These are Americans' biggest priorities for the government in 2026, according to a new AP-NORC poll 12/19/2025 01:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Julia Dvorak is worried her 83-year-old mother’s emergency room trips for seizures are depleting her retirement savings and will soon force her to go on Medicaid. At the same time, Dvorak, who's 56 and suffers from a chronic knee condition that keeps her on state and federal a Trevor Lawrence finally looks like a generational quarterback and has the Jaguars surging 12/19/2025 12:42pm • JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Trevor Lawrence spun and rolled left to avoid pressure, squared his shoulders as much as possible with a defender in his face and heaved the ball 50 yards toward the sideline. It looked like a potential throwaway. It was actually a perfectly placed pass to Parker Washingt Kansas City Chiefs close to leaving Arrowhead Stadium for new home in Kansas 12/19/2025 12:15pm • KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs appear to be mere days away from taking a big step toward a move across the state line, and eventually leaving their longtime home at Arrowhead Stadium in Missouri for a new and likely covered stadium in Kansas. With a year-end deadline approaching, November US homes sales rose from the previous month, but down from 2024 as prices climb 12/19/2025 11:11am • Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in November from the previous month, but slowed compared to a year earlier for the first time since May despite average long-term mortgage rates holding near their low point for the year. Existing home sales rose 0.5% in last month from October to a seaso Bolivia's largest cities brought to standstill by transportation strike over fuel price hike 12/19/2025 10:51am • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The streets of Bolivia's largest cities, La Paz and Santa Cruz, were brought to a standstill on Friday as public transportation workers went on strike against a 100% fuel price increase ordered by the new government in the South American country. Food and transportation pric Putin tells his annual news conference that the Kremlin's military goals in Ukraine will be met 12/19/2025 09:30am • MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin emphasized Friday that Moscow’s troops were advancing across the battlefield in Ukraine and voiced confidence the Kremlin would achieve its goals militarily if Kyiv doesn't agree to Russia's conditions in peace talks. Speaking at his tightly orchestrated an Carnival: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot 12/19/2025 09:28am • MIAMI (AP) — MIAMI (AP) — Carnival Corp. (CCL) on Friday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $422 million. On a per-share basis, the Miami-based company said it had profit of 31 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 34 cents per share. The results exceeded Wall Street '6-7,' Dubai chocolate, Labubu: You took 2025, now scat! 12/19/2025 09:26am • NEW YORK (AP) — With Labubus hanging from our bags, Dubai chocolate in our bellies and “6-7” ringing in our ears, it's almost time to bid farewell to a few things that went hard in 2025. Scat. Don't follow us into the new year. You've had your 15 minutes. We're over you. Deep six the ‘6-7’ How sewage can be used to heat and cool buildings 12/19/2025 09:01am • DENVER (AP) — When a massive event center was being developed in Denver, planners had to contend with two existing 6-foot (1.8 meters) wide sewer pipes that emptied into the river, creating an unsightly dilemma. Developers wanted to bury them. The utility said the wastewater needed to vent heat be Lamb Weston: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot 12/19/2025 08:38am • EAGLE, Idaho (AP) — EAGLE, Idaho (AP) — Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. (LW) on Friday reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $62.1 million. On a per-share basis, the Eagle, Idaho-based company said it had profit of 44 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 69 cents per share. T Paychex: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot 12/19/2025 08:37am • ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Paychex Inc. (PAYX) on Friday reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $395.4 million. The Rochester, New York-based company said it had net income of $1.10 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $1.26 per share. The res