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Israel fires mortar into Gaza residential area, wounding at least 10 12/17/2025 02:20pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli troops fired a mortar shell over the ceasefire line into a Palestinian residential area in the Gaza Strip, in the latest incident to rock the tenuous ceasefire with Hamas. Health officials said at least 10 people were wounded, and the army said it was investigating. The mi Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 16 12/17/2025 01:49pm • Week 16 in fantasy football is where preparation beats panic. By now, roles are defined, tendencies are exposed and the difference between winning and going home often comes down to avoiding the wrong matchup rather than chasing the perfect one. 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(AP) — Sophia Wilson is returning to the Portland Thorns for the 2026 season. The 25-year-old U.S. national team star has exercised the player option of her contract for an additional year, the National Women's Soccer League team announced Wednesday. Terms of the deal were not reve France probes 'foreign interference' after remote control malware found on passenger ferry 12/17/2025 10:17am • PARIS (AP) — France's counterespionage agency is investigating a suspected cyberattack plot targeting an international passenger ferry, authorities said Wednesday. A Latvian crew member is in custody facing charges of having acted for an unidentified foreign power, French officials said. But Inter Louvre workers vote to extend a strike as the museum partially reopens 12/17/2025 09:56am • PARIS (AP) — Employees at the Louvre Museum voted to extend a strike that has disrupted operations at the world’s most visited museum, though the venue partially opened Wednesday to allow visitors to enjoy its highlights. The museum said visitors had access to a limited “masterpiece route” w NFL playoffs will miss Mahomes, Brady and Manning for the first time since the 1998 season 12/17/2025 09:40am • John Elway and Dan Marino were still starting quarterbacks, Tom Brady was a little-known college player at Michigan and at least six starting quarterbacks for potential 2025 playoffs teams weren't even alive the last time the NFL had a postseason like this. With Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City C Toro: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot 12/17/2025 08:47am • BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Toro Co. (TTC) on Wednesday reported profit of $73 million in its fiscal fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the Bloomington, Minnesota-based company said it had profit of 74 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 91 cen Jabil: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot 12/17/2025 07:39am • ST PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — ST PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jabil Inc. (JBL) on Wednesday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $146 million. On a per-share basis, the St Petersburg, Florida-based company said it had net income of $1.35. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $2.85 ABM Industries: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot 12/17/2025 07:16am • NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — ABM Industries Inc. (ABM) on Wednesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $34.8 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier. The New York-based company said it had net income of 56 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for restructuri General Mills: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot 12/17/2025 07:11am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — General Mills Inc. (GIS) on Wednesday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $413 million. On a per-share basis, the Minneapolis-based company said it had net income of 78 cents. Earnings, adjusted for asset impairment costs and non-recurring costs, came t Millions are pledged to a Syrian Australian man who stopped a gunman and became a national hero 12/17/2025 06:34am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Like many Australians strolling at Bondi Beach on long, warm summer evenings, Ahmed al Ahmed just wanted a cup of coffee with a friend. Around him, a bloody massacre erupted as two gunmen targeted Jews during Hanukkah festivities at a park close to the shore. Soon al Today in History: December 17, the Wright Brothers’ first flight 12/17/2025 04:10am • Today is Wednesday, Dec. 17, the 351st day of 2025. There are 14 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright conducted the first successful manned, powered airplane flights near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, using their experimental craft, the Wright Flyer. Als Trafficked, exploited, married off: Rohingya children’s lives crushed by foreign aid cuts 12/17/2025 01:38am • UKHIYA, Bangladesh (AP) — In moments when she is alone, when there is a break in the beatings from her husband, the girl cries for the school that was once her place of peace in a world that has otherwise offered her none. Ever since the military in her homeland of Myanmar killed her father in 201