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How a violent police academy drill has been tied to deaths and injuries across the country 12/20/2025 12:07pm • When recruits were repeatedly punched and tackled during a role-playing exercise at the Texas game wardens academy last year, they were taking part in a longstanding police training tradition that critics say should be retired. By the end of the day, at least 13 of the cadets reported injuries. At l Combat training is a rite of passage for police recruits. It's left a trail of deaths and injuries 12/20/2025 10:06am • Heather Sterling stepped into the ring at the Texas Game Warden Training Center, ready to face an ambush by instructors acting as violent assailants. The four-on-one drill is a rite of passage for those training to be game wardens, sworn officers who enforce state conservation laws. Nationwide, thou Artist's battlefield collection captures the lived experience of Ukraine's resistance to invasion 12/20/2025 12:03am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Maxim Kilderov works among reminders of death — scorched metal, torn fabric, and the personal debris of lives cut short by war. In a basement near Kyiv’s Maidan Square, the Ukrainian street artist has assembled a grim collection of battlefield relics which together form an Ecuadorian police arrest 2 suspects in the armed attack that killed soccer player Pineida 12/19/2025 03:36pm • QUITO (AP) — Ecuadorian police have arrested two suspects in the killing of soccer player Mario Pineida, who was shot in an attack this week that also killed his partner and wounded his mother, underscoring the rising violence in the Andean nation. The 33-year-old Barcelona de Guayaquil defender 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 Stage jitters replace fear of falling in ‘Eddie the Eagle’s’ latest act 12/19/2025 12:34pm • GLOUCESTER, England (AP) — Waiting in the wings on opening night of “Beauty and the Beast,” Michael Edwards felt the nerve-wracking jitters he experienced four decades earlier staring through thick glasses down a perilously steep ski jump. The athlete-turned-performer better known as “Eddie Nodding off is dangerous. Some animals have evolved extreme ways to sleep in precarious environments 12/19/2025 08:01am • Every animal with a brain needs sleep — and even a few without a brain do, too. Humans sleep, birds sleep, whales sleep and even jellyfish sleep. Sleep is universal “even though it’s actually very risky,” said Paul-Antoine Libourel, a researcher at the Neuroscience Research Center of Lyon i Head's hundred helps Australia to a 356-run lead in 3rd Ashes test against England 12/19/2025 03:56am • ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Travis Head took off his helmet and gloves, dropped to his knees and planted a kiss on the pitch after posting a century in a fourth consecutive test on his home ground at the Adelaide Oval. It was trademark “Travball" on Day 3 of the third Ashes cricket test. The free 49ers look to lock up playoff spot as Rivers tries to keep the Colts in the playoff discussion 12/18/2025 03:29pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts and San Francisco 49ers understand the stakes on Monday night. Both find themselves in the throes of tense, tight division races where one more loss could eliminate them. Both are also trying to lock up playoff spots. And both face a daunting final three Lyon moves to second on Australia's all-time bowling list. England struggles in 3rd Ashes test 12/18/2025 04:10am • ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Nathan Lyon took two wickets to surpass Glenn McGrath at No. 2 on Australia’s all-time bowling list, and returning skipper Pat Cummins took his first wickets of the series as a relentless bowling attack kept England in trouble in the third Ashes test. Australia resumed Tristan Jarry and Stuart Skinner, traded just 5 days ago, face off against former teams 12/16/2025 11:51pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — For the first time in NHL history, goalies that were involved in the same trade faced one another within seven days of the deal. Tristan Jarry and Stuart Skinner, traded for one another just five days ago, starred against their former teams as Edmonton defeated Pittsburgh 6-4 on Japan lifts its megaquake advisory but urges caution a week after magnitude 7.5 temblor 12/16/2025 01:39am • TOKYO (AP) — Japan lifted a megaquake advisory for the country's northeastern coast Tuesday, one week after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off northern Japan that officials said had caused an increased risk of a subsequent major quake. The lifting means residents in the designated area under th Guatemala declares state of emergency after armed attacks kill at least 5 12/14/2025 05:43pm • GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AP) — Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo on Sunday said he had declared a state of emergency in two municipalities in western Guatemala a day after armed men attacked a military post and a police station, cut off roads and hijacked buses, killing at least five people Jalen Hurts rebounds with 3 TD passes as Eagles snap losing streak in 31-0 rout of Raiders 12/14/2025 05:20pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts smacked A.J. Brown helmet-to-helmet after a touchdown pass for a celebration that seemed to release the pent-up tension that came tethered to a losing streak. Nick Sirianni tossed an arm around Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles coach yelled some happy words at the The Latest: Thai and Cambodian leaders agree to renew ceasefire after deadly clashes, Trump says 12/12/2025 07:49pm • President Donald Trump said Friday that Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew a truce after days of deadly clashes threatened to undo a ceasefire that the U.S. administration helped broker this year. Trump announced the agreement via social media following calls with Thai Prime Minister An