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Son of former Bangladesh prime minister returns after 17 years in exile with a chance to lead 12/25/2025 05:41am • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The son of a former prime minister of Bangladesh returned home Thursday, promising to work for a safe country after more than 17 years in self-imposed exile as a frontrunner to become the nation's next leader in upcoming elections. Tarique Rahman moved to London in 2008 fo Bane, Magic host the Hornets 12/25/2025 02:03am • Charlotte Hornets (10-20, 12th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Orlando Magic (17-13, sixth in the Eastern Conference) Orlando, Florida; Friday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Orlando Magic host the Charlotte Hornets in Eastern Conference action Friday. The Magic are 5-2 in division games. Orlando is thi Powerful holiday storm lashes Southern California and brings flash floods, mudslides 12/24/2025 08:48pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A powerful winter storm swept across California on Wednesday, with heavy rains and gusty winds bringing mudslides and debris flows that has led to some water rescues and evacuation orders. Forecasters said Southern California could see its wettest Christmas in years and warne Grand jury declines to indict man in shooting that killed teen at Kentucky State University 12/24/2025 06:26pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A grand jury has declined to indict the father of two Kentucky State University students who was charged with murder in an on-campus shooting that killed one student and critically injured another. In a social media post after the Tuesday hearing, defense attorney Scott Danks Washington wide receiver Denzel Boston declares for NFL draft 12/24/2025 05:19pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Washington wide receiver Denzel Boston plans to enter the NFL draft, he announced Wednesday on social media. The 6-foot-4, 210-pound Boston had 62 receptions for 881 yards and 11 touchdowns this season as a junior, earning third-team All-Big Ten honors. Last year, he had 63 catches Rescuers rushed into flames to save nursing home residents after deadly explosion 12/24/2025 04:24pm • BRISTOL, Pa. (AP) — Rescuers braved shooting flames, falling debris and the threat of more explosions to evacuate dozens of nursing home residents after a blast ripped through a Pennsylvania facility, killing a resident and an employee, and setting off a frantic search of the wreckage. Officials s California farmer arrested on suspicion of murder in wife's death in Arizona 12/24/2025 04:04pm • A prominent California farmer was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of murder in the shooting death of his estranged wife in a remote mountain community in Arizona, the Navajo County Sheriff's Office said. Michael Abatti, 63, was arrested in El Centro and booked into jail on a first-degree murder charge Raiders place Brocks Bowers and Jeremy Chinn on season-ending injured reserve 12/24/2025 02:13pm • HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The Las Vegas Raiders will place tight end Brock Bowers and safety Jeremy Chinn on season-ending injured reserve, the team announced Wednesday. Bowers, named this week to his second Pro Bowl team in two seasons, will not play against the New York Giants and Kansas City Chief South African police continue arrests after mass shooting at a pub 12/24/2025 12:10pm • Johannesburg (AP) — Police in South Africa on Wednesday said they had arrested 11 people, including many suspected of being illegal miners, and were seeking a potential connection to Sunday's shooting at a pub that killed 10 people. In search for illegal miners in the area, police and Sibanye-Stil 1 killed in early morning crash in Prince William County that closed portions of I-66 12/24/2025 11:12am • One person is dead after a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 66 in Prince William County, Virginia, Wednesday morning. The crash happened before 5:20 a.m. in the eastbound lanes at the 48-mile marker, according to Virginia State Police. The person who was killed has not been publicly identified. NORAD tracks Santa in Christmas tradition. See the live map. 12/24/2025 11:10am • â–¶ Watch Video: U.S. Armed Forces bracing for busy Christmas Eve tracking Santa and his reindeer It's a Christmas Eve tradition that has delighted parents and children across the U.S. for 70 years now: tracking Santa Claus as he circles the globe, with the help of the North American Aerospac Turkey recovers black boxes from jet crash that killed top Libyan military officials 12/24/2025 11:02am • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Search teams in Turkey on Wednesday recovered the cockpit voice and flight data recorders from a jet crash that killed eight people, including western Libya’s military chief, while efforts to retrieve the victims' remains were still underway, Turkey's interior minister said Six dead and a family left reeling after Mexican Navy medical flight crashes in Texas 12/24/2025 09:35am • Air traffic controllers lost communication for about 10 minutes with a small Mexican Navy plane carrying a young medical patient and seven others before it crashed off the Texas coast in thick fog, killing at least six people, Mexico's government said Tuesday. The plane was working with a nonprofit Edmunds: The best used luxury vehicles to be had for under $40,000 12/24/2025 07:46am • When you’re shopping for a high-quality vehicle, the idea of acquiring one with a luxury badge that’s packed with features can be appealing. But it can also be an expensive proposition in today’s market when the average price of a new car is approximately $50,000. Thankfully, there is an alter Today in History: December 24, World War I ‘Christmas truce’ begins 12/24/2025 04:10am • Today is Wednesday, Dec. 24, the 358th day of 2025. There are seven days left in the year. This is Christmas Eve. Today in history: On Dec. 24, 1914, during World War I, impromptu Christmas truces began to take hold along parts of the Western Front, principally between British and German soldiers bu