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NBA tweaks its injury reporting rules, still wants changes to prop betting 12/19/2025 06:45pm • The NBA reminded its teams on Friday that it wants to control which types of bets are offered on its games, an indicator that it will continue negotiating with sportsbooks and regulatory agencies to make that happen. The moves come about two months after the arrests of Miami guard Terry Rozier and P Head of group suing over White House ballroom says she trusts Trump-picked chairman to do his job 12/19/2025 06:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation said Friday she trusts the Trump-appointed chairman of a federal planning commission to do his job and give serious review to President Donald Trump’s proposal to add a ballroom to the White House. Carol Quillen s A timeline of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and the fight to make the government’s files public 12/19/2025 06:28pm • Two decades after Jeffrey Epstein was first reported to police, the Justice Department has started to release its investigative files on the late millionaire, who was accused of repeatedly sexually abusing underage girls. Enacted last month, the Epstein Files Transparency Act requires disclosure of Trump suspends green card lottery program that let Brown University, MIT shootings suspect into US 12/19/2025 06:16pm • President Donald Trump suspended the green card lottery program on Thursday that allowed the suspect in the Brown University and MIT shootings to come to the United States. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post on the social platform X that, at Trump’s direction, she is ordering t Geno Smith returns to start for Raiders against Texans' top-ranked defense 12/19/2025 05:46pm • HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Quarterback Geno Smith will start for the Las Vegas Raiders when they visit Houston on Sunday. He did not play in last Sunday's 31-0 loss at Philadelphia because of back and shoulder injuries, but practiced all week. Kenny Pickett got the start against the Eagles, but passed Pirates acquire All-Star 2B Brandon Lowe in three-team trade involving the Rays and the Astros 12/19/2025 05:38pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — The offense-starved Pittsburgh Pirates finally made an aggressive offseason move, acquiring two-time All-Star second baseman Brandon Lowe from the Tampa Bay Rays as part of a three-team trade that also includes the Houston Astros. The Rays are sending Lowe, left-hander Mason Mont Judge orders special elections for Mississippi Supreme Court after Voting Rights Act violation 12/19/2025 05:38pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A judge on Friday ordered special elections for the Mississippi Supreme Court after earlier finding that the electoral map used to select justices violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock in August ordered Mississippi to redraw the map, Syria welcomes the permanent repeal of sweeping US sanctions 12/19/2025 05:26pm • DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s government and its allies on Friday welcomed the final lifting of the most draconian sanctions imposed on the country in recent decades. The U.S. Congress imposed the so-called Caesar Act sanctions on Syria’s government and financial system in 2019 to punish then University of Virginia Board of Visitors names 10th president 12/19/2025 05:14pm • The University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors on Friday chose Scott Beardsley as the institution’s 10th president, despite calls from lawmakers, UVA faculty and community organizations and Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger to suspend the months-long search. Spanberger and others had asked for th What to know about the man authorities say fatally shot 2 Brown students and an MIT professor 12/19/2025 05:07pm • PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Several days of investigations into the Brown University mass shooting and the slaying of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor ended when authorities discovered evidence they say indicates the killings were committed by the same man, who was then found dead fro Trump announces lower drug price deals with 9 pharmaceutical companies 12/19/2025 04:55pm • U.S. President Donald Trump announced Friday that nine drugmakers have agreed to lower the cost of their prescription drugs in the U.S. Pharmaceutical companies Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Genentech, Gilead Sciences, GSK, Merck, Novartis and Sanofi will now rein in Medicaid Stocks rise on Wall Street as AI stocks turn higher again 12/19/2025 04:53pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks gained ground on Wall Street Friday for a second straight day, wiping away losses from earlier in the week. Technology stocks were once again the main force behind the market's broader moves, especially companies with a focus on artificial intelligence. Both the S&P 500 Jets' Justin Fields says he's not ready to return, but is open to playing again this season 12/19/2025 04:53pm • FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets quarterback Justin Fields says he's dealing with “a nick or a bruise” in his injured knee, but still hopes to return before the end of the season. Fields, speaking to reporters for the first time since his injury in practice two weeks ago, said Friday he Dortmund up to second in Bundesliga after comfortable win over Monchengladbach 12/19/2025 04:50pm • DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund beat Borussia Monchengladbach 2-0 and extended its unbeaten run to eight league games to move into second place in the Bundesliga on Friday. Dortmund was six points behind leader Bayern Munich and three clear of Leipzig. Dortmund began without the suspend Lions and Steelers face each other Sunday with both needing a victory to keep pace in playoff hunt 12/19/2025 04:29pm • DETROIT (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers (8-6) at Detroit Lions (8-6) Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EST, CBS. BetMGM NFL Odds: Lions by 7. Against the spread: Steelers 8-6, Lions 8-6. Series record: Steelers lead 17-14-2. Last meeting: Lions and Steelers tied 16-16, OT, in Pittsburgh on Nov. 14, 2021. Last week: St