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California's intense winter storms turned some roads into rivers of mud 12/26/2025 06:54pm • WRIGHTWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Powerful winter storms brought the wettest Christmas season to Southern California in years, sending mud and debris sliding and half-filling homes with mud. There was still a risk of more flash flooding and mudslides Friday despite slackening rain around Los Angeles, the Man dead, 2 police officers hurt in shooting during custody exchange in North Carolina 12/26/2025 06:51pm • MINT HILL, N.C. (AP) — A man was shot and killed Friday after firing at police in a suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina, during a child custody exchange, authorities said. Two Mint Hill police officers were also wounded in the shooting Mint Hill Police said in a statement on social media. Mint Hil Cook credits Barkley for raising payroll bar for running backs as Bills prepare to host Eagles 12/26/2025 06:27pm • ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo's James Cook reflected on his offseason contract dispute with pride, a sense of unfinished business and a nod to Philadelphia's Saquon Barkley. Though the Bills' fourth-year running back might already be outperforming the four-year, $46 million contract extension LSU's interim coach Frank Wilson III focuses on Texas Bowl vs. Houston before Lane Kiffin takes over 12/26/2025 01:49pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Lane Kiffin was announced as the new LSU coach on Nov. 30, but before he steps foot on the sidelines in 2026, the Tigers have one more game to finish off this season. LSU (7-5) faces Houston (9-3) on Saturday night in the Texas Bowl. After entering the season with hopes of competing Betr Promo Code WTOP: Claim $210 Fantasy Bonus for NBA, NFL Week 17 Picks 12/26/2025 12:58pm • 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 Register with the Betr promo code WTOP to get a fantasy bonus for a busy weekend in sports. Click here to activate this two-part welcom Sydney to Hobart favorite Master Lock Comanche leads yacht race into the first night 12/26/2025 09:46am • SYDNEY (AP) — Master Lock Comanche was leading defending champion LawConnect in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race late Friday local time in the 80th running of the ocean race to the island state of Tasmania. LawConnect, the 100-foot supermaxi, had led the fleet early on after making a good start in Japan's Cabinet OKs record defense budget that aims to deter China 12/26/2025 07:46am • TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the coming year, aiming to fortify its strike-back capability and coastal defense with cruise missiles and unmanned arsenals as tensions rise in the region. The draft budget for ICYMI: Close out 2025 with these great reads from AP 12/26/2025 07:26am • As 2025 wraps up, The Associated Press has curated a list of memorable stories and enjoyable reads published this year that you may have missed in the flurry of news and the busyness of living. There are storybook endings and heartbreak. Some are stranger than fiction, and others take you behind the Federal funding shifts cloud Virginia’s transportation plans for 2026 12/26/2025 07:07am • Virginia’s transportation system is massive, with about 129,000 lane miles of roads and roughly 5,900 miles of rail criss-crossing the commonwealth, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation and a 2022 Virginia Statewide Rail Plan. There’s always some kind of improvement or expan Amid a battery boom, graphite mining gets a fresh look in the US 12/26/2025 12:02am • GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. (AP) — Graphite mines in the United States largely closed down seven decades ago. Mining the ubiquitous mineral found in everything from nuclear reactors to pencils seemed to make little sense when it could be imported inexpensively from other nations, especially China. That view New storm hitting waterlogged Southern California could bring mudslides and high surf 12/25/2025 09:46pm • WRIGHTWOOD, Calif. (AP) — California, soaked from days of relentless rain and recovering from mudslides in mountain towns, was hit with another powerful storm Christmas Day that led to evacuation warnings and high surf advisories. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department in Southern Califo Christmas Eve winner in Arkansas lands a $1.817 billion Powerball lottery jackpot 12/25/2025 04:19pm • A Powerball ticket purchased at a gas station outside Little Rock, Arkansas, won a $1.817 billion jackpot in Wednesday's Christmas Eve drawing, ending the lottery game’s three-month stretch without a top-prize winner. The winning numbers were 04, 25, 31, 52 and 59, with the Powerball number being Turkey starts examining black boxes from jet crash that killed Libya's military chief and 7 others 12/25/2025 03:16pm • ISTANBUL (AP) — Experts have started analyzing the black boxes recovered from a jet crash in Turkey that killed eight people, including western Libya’s military chief, the Turkish defense ministry said Thursday. The probe was being done in coordination with Libyan officials. The private jet with Northwestern and Central Michigan are heading for a defensive showdown in GameAbove Sports Bowl 12/25/2025 02:36pm • DETROIT (AP) — Christmas bowl games often turn into scoring bonanzas, where the first team to 40 points is the winner. The GameAbove Sports Bowl might be the exception to that rule — 20 points could be more than enough. The game Friday pits Northwestern and Central Michigan, two Great Lakes scho King Charles III calls for kindness and unity in Christmas message amid global conflicts 12/25/2025 12:20pm • LONDON (AP) — On a Christmas Day when the war in Ukraine casts a shadow over Europe, concerns over immigration divide societies, and some politicians fan anger and resentment, Britain’s King Charles III called on people to focus on kindness instead of conflict. Delivering his annual holiday addr