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This Eagles vs. Commanders matchup is quite different from last season's NFC title game 12/18/2025 04:13pm • Philadelphia (9-5) at Washington (4-10) Saturday, 5 p.m. EST, Fox. BetMGM NFL Odds: Eagles by 6 1/2. Against the spread: Eagles 8-6; Commanders 5-9. Series record: Washington leads 90-86-5. Last week: Eagles beat the Raiders 31-0; Commanders beat the Giants 29-21. Last meeting: Eag Scholastic: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot 12/18/2025 04:05pm • NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — Scholastic Corp. (SCHL) on Thursday reported net income of $55.9 million in its fiscal second quarter. On a per-share basis, the New York-based company said it had profit of $2.17. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to $2.57 per share. The publishing Results in firehouse primaries for open seats in Virginia's General Assembly 12/18/2025 04:05pm • The ballot is set for a special election in January to fill two open seats in Virginia's House of Delegates. Two firehouse primaries were held on Tuesday to nominate Democratic candidates for the Jan. 13, 2026 in District 11 and District 23, which are located in Northern Virginia. The Republic Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, has died 12/18/2025 03:31pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died. He was 91. Arnett, who won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for international re Betr Promo Code WTOP Unlocks $210 Bonus for Rams-Seahawks Picks 12/18/2025 03:09pm • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services Collect a daily fantasy bonus with the Betr promo code WTOP. Sign up here to start making picks on Thursday Night Football. Kentucky coach Will Stein adds Cutter Leftwich, Joe Price III to staff 12/18/2025 02:29pm • LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky coach Will Stein announced two more coaching staff hires on Thursday, including bringing another person with him from Oregon to try to revive the Wildcats. Stein said Cutter Leftwich will be Kentucky's offensive line coach and Joe Price III the wide receivers coach. Average US long-term mortgage rate edges lower, remaining near its low for the year 12/18/2025 01:36pm • The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage edged lower this week, staying relatively close to its low for the year. The decline brings the average long-term mortgage rate to 6.21% from 6.22% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.72%. Borrowing costs on Along the Texas Coast, a new sanctuary aims to protect the endangered and rare whooping crane 12/18/2025 01:13pm • WOLFBERRY WHOOPING CRANE SANCTUARY, Texas (AP) — Carter Crouch has been fascinated by the whooping crane’s conservation story for as long as he can remember. The white bird, named for its “whooping” call, is one of the rarest in North America and was among the first to be protected by the En World Series champion Dodgers' full share is $484,748, up from 2024 but below 2022 record 12/18/2025 12:53pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A full postseason share for the World Series champion Dodgers totaled $484,748, up from the amount Los Angeles players earned in 2024 but still down from the winner's figure in 2022 and 2023. The total postseason pool of nearly $128.2 million was down slightly from the record $129. Mexican drug cartel member accused of faking his death is sentenced to 11-plus years in US prison 12/18/2025 12:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A Mexican drug cartel member accused of faking his death to avoid capture was sentenced Thursday to more than 11 years in U.S. prison for his money laundering role in one of his home country's largest and most violent narcotics trafficking organizations. Cristian Fernando Gutierr DOJ vowed to punish those who disrupt Trump's immigration crackdown. Dozens of cases have crumbled 12/18/2025 12:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal agent described her wounds as “boo-boos.” Nevertheless, the Department of Justice aggressively pursued the alleged perpetrator. They jailed Sidney Lori Reid on a charge of felony assault, accusing her of injuring the agent during a July protest of President Donald Ani Kilambi, 31, is joining the Washington Nationals as their general manager 12/18/2025 11:20am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Ani Kilambi joined the Nationals as their new general manager on Thursday, making the 31-year-old who had been with the Philadelphia Phillies the latest young face to join president of baseball operations Paul Toboni in Washington. Kilambi has been an assistant general manager fo Alabama's steady Ty Simpson and Oklahoma's flashy John Mateer to meet in College Football Playoff 12/18/2025 11:17am • NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Alabama’s Ty Simpson and Oklahoma’s John Mateer will bring contrasting styles to their College Football Playoff matchup on Friday. Simpson, considered a Heisman Trophy candidate for much of the season, is precise and disciplined. He has 26 touchdown passes to just five int More South Korean actors seek Hollywood dream after global success of Korean entertainment 12/18/2025 11:14am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — When actor Amy Baik was cast in a South Korean commercial last year, she thought she had landed a promising gig. But after filming wrapped, she was shocked to learn that both the director and advertiser had cut her scenes — not because of her performance, but because sh Pope names fellow Chicagoan, Bishop Ronald Hicks, as new archbishop of New York 12/18/2025 10:50am • VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday made his most important U.S. appointment to date, naming a fellow Chicagoan as the next archbishop of New York to lead one of the biggest U.S. archdioceses as it navigates relations with the Trump administration and its immigration crackdown. Bishop Ron