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Bulgaria is joining the euro. Here's what it means for consumers and businesses 01/01/2026 05:01am • On New Year's Day, Bulgaria will achieve its decades-old goal of joining the euro currency union and deepening ties with the more prosperous countries of Western Europe. Membership is expected to promote cross-border trade and investment, and the Bulgarian government pressed for years to get in. Ye Greece and Cyprus are welcoming 2026 without the bang 01/01/2026 03:26am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece and Cyprus are starting 2026 by turning down the volume. The countries' capital cities, Athens and Nicosia, have traded the familiar whizz, crackle and boom of window‑rattling fireworks for spectacle without the shock wave, opting for low‑noise pyrotechnics, light Set to go: Two weeks of tennis mania Down Under ahead of the Australian Open 01/01/2026 03:21am • BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — If it's a new year, it must be serious tennis time Down Under. Just over six weeks since the ATP and WTA held their respective 2025 Finals, players on the men's and women's tours are arriving in Australia and New Zealand for a crammed two-week schedule of tournaments ahe Tom Wilson has Gordie Howe hat trick in Capitals' win against Rangers 01/01/2026 12:57am • WASHINGTON (AP) — CAPITALS 6, RANGERS 3 WASHINGTON (AP) — Tom Wilson had two goals and an assist to lead Washington past New York. Wilson, who earlier in the day was named a member of Canada’s Olympic roster, got into a fight with Sam Carrick in the second period for at least his second Gordie Another bye bites the dust as defending champ Ohio State falls to Miami in CFP quarterfinals 01/01/2026 12:50am • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Ryan Day and his Ohio State coaching staff spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to deal with the long break between the Big Ten championship and the College Football Playoff quarterfinals. Regardless, another bye bites the dust, and these Buckeyes won't win the scho MacKinnon scores 400th goal and Nichushkin nets hat trick as Avalanche rout Blues 6-1 01/01/2026 12:14am • DENVER (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon scored twice, including his 400th career goal, and Valeri Nichushkin netted his second NHL hat trick as the Colorado Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 6-1 on Wednesday night for their ninth straight win. MacKinnon became the third player in franchise history to reac A Kenyan barber who wields a sharpened shovel thrives on Africa's social media craze 12/31/2025 11:32pm • KIAMBU, Kenya (AP) — Safari Martins leads his client Ian Njenga into a sparse shack on the rural roadside in Kiambu, at the edge of metropolitan Nairobi. On the shack’s wooden walls hang a shovel, iron, agricultural shears and a wrench, but Njenga is not there to buy equipment. He's there to get Reliever Hunter Harvey and the Chicago Cubs finalize 1-year contract 12/31/2025 11:02pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Right-handed reliever Hunter Harvey and the Chicago Cubs finalized a one-year contract Wednesday, The addition of Harvey is the latest move in a bullpen makeover for the Cubs, who have added Phil Maton, Hoby Milner and Jacob Webb and re-signed Caleb Thielbar. The 31-year-old Harvey Federal ruling blocks Hawaii's climate change tourist tax on cruise ships 12/31/2025 09:26pm • HONOLULU (AP) — A federal appeals court ruling on New Year's Eve blocked Hawaii from enforcing a climate change tourist tax on cruise ships passengers, a levy that was set to go into effect at the start of 2026. Cruise Lines International Association challenged the tax in a lawsuit, arguing that Pope asks that Rome welcome foreigners as he closes out 2025 12/31/2025 08:27pm • ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV closed out 2025 on Wednesday with a prayer that the city of Rome might be a welcoming place for foreigners and fragile people, young and old. Leo presided over a New Year’s Eve vespers service in St. Peter’s Basilica, giving thanks for the 2025 Holy Year that brought m Cam Ward provides rare QB stability for the Titans by starting every game as a rookie 12/31/2025 07:17pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Cam Ward has been sacked 55 times so far this season. Yet, the No. 1 overall draft pick has been available for every game and taken every offensive snap during his rookie season for the Tennessee Titans. On Sunday in Jacksonville, Ward will start his 17th game, giving the Chief Justice says Constitution remains 'firm and unshaken' with major Supreme Court rulings ahead 12/31/2025 06:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday that the Constitution remains a sturdy pillar for the country, a message that comes after a tumultuous year in the nation’s judicial system with pivotal Supreme Court decisions on the horizon. Roberts said the nation’s founding docume Gospel singer Richard Smallwood dies at 77, leaving a legacy that inspired many in music 12/31/2025 06:32pm • Richard Smallwood, a gospel singer and recording artist nominated eight times for Grammy Awards, has died. He was 77. Smallwood died Tuesday of complications of kidney failure at a rehabilitation and nursing center in Sandy Spring, Maryland, his representative Bill Carpenter announced. Smallwood had Packers claim Trevon Diggs one day after Cowboys waived the veteran cornerback 12/31/2025 06:29pm • GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Trevon Diggs was claimed by the Green Bay Packers on Wednesday, a day after the Dallas Cowboys waived the 2021 All-Pro cornerback. This move enables Green Bay to boost its injury-riddled secondary by taking a chance on a two-time Pro Bowl selection seeking a career reset. D Eagles' risky move: Set to rest key starters against Washington in bid for No. 2 seed 12/31/2025 06:19pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Super Bowl champion Eagles are set to play for the No. 2 seed in the NFC — without several key starters. Which ones, coach Nick Sirianni declined to say. Yet it seems like a safe bet Sirianni — who last season benched Saquon Barkley in the finale with his shot at the N