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DOJ vowed to punish those who disrupt Trump's immigration crackdown. Dozens of cases have crumbled 12/18/2025 12:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal agent described her wounds as “boo-boos.” Nevertheless, the Department of Justice aggressively pursued the alleged perpetrator. They jailed Sidney Lori Reid on a charge of felony assault, accusing her of injuring the agent during a July protest of President Donald Rubio hits 2 more International Criminal Court judges with sanctions over Israel prosecutions 12/18/2025 11:59am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration has imposed sanctions on two more International Criminal Court judges over their role in investigating Israeli officials for possible war crimes during Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that he US says price increases eased last month but data may be distorted and Americans aren't feeling it 12/18/2025 11:59am • WASHINGTON (AP) — At a time when Americans are frustrated and angry over the high cost of living, the government released a report Thursday showing that inflation had cooled unexpectedly in November. But economists quickly warned that that last month's numbers were suspect because they’d been de Kenya's environment court to consider a claim that a lux safari camp was harming wildebeests routes 12/18/2025 11:55am • NAROK, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's environment court said Thursday it will consider a case challenging the operations of a luxury safari camp in the Maasai Mara reserve amid claims it was infringing on the annual wildebeest migration corridor. The decision came after a local conservationist, who had ini No. 6 seed Ole Miss hosts 11th-seeded Tulane for a second time this season in the CFP's first round 12/18/2025 11:52am • No. 17 Tulane (11-2, CFP No. 11) at No. 6 Ole Miss (11-1, CFP No. 2), Saturday, 3:30 EST (TNT) BetMGM College Football Odds: Ole Miss by 17 1/2. Series record: Ole Miss leads 44-28. What’s at stake? Both teams are in the College Football Playoff for the first time and the winner moves on to face G European Central Bank leaves rates unchanged with economy showing signs of modest growth 12/18/2025 11:39am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged Thursday for the fourth meeting in a row as the economy in the 20 countries that use the euro increasingly looks strong enough to get by without the stimulus of lower borrowing costs for businesses and consumers. Ban Ani Kilambi, 31, is joining the Washington Nationals as their general manager 12/18/2025 11:20am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Ani Kilambi joined the Nationals as their new general manager on Thursday, making the 31-year-old who had been with the Philadelphia Phillies the latest young face to join president of baseball operations Paul Toboni in Washington. Kilambi has been an assistant general manager fo Pope names fellow Chicagoan, Bishop Ronald Hicks, as new archbishop of New York 12/18/2025 10:50am • VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday made his most important U.S. appointment to date, naming a fellow Chicagoan as the next archbishop of New York to lead one of the biggest U.S. archdioceses as it navigates relations with the Trump administration and its immigration crackdown. Bishop Ron Refugee firefighters in Mauritania battle bushfires to give back to the community that took them in 12/18/2025 10:26am • MBERA, Mauritania (AP) — The men move in rhythm, swaying in line and beating the ground with spindly tree branches as the sun sets over the barren and hostile Mauritanian desert. The crack of the wood against dry grass lands in unison, a technique perfected by more than a decade of fighting bushfi Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Dec. 19 - 25 12/18/2025 10:05am • Dec. 19 1913 — Heavyweight champion Jack Johnson fights to a 10-round draw with Battling Jim Johnson in Paris. 1917 — The NHL begins play. Joe Malone of the Montreal Canadiens scores five goals in a 9-4 victory over the Ottawa Senators. Harry Hyland of the Montreal Wanderers scores five goals in Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Dec. 19 - 25 12/18/2025 10:00am • Dec. 23 1933 — Montreal’s Howie Morenz scores his 251st goal to become the NHL’s career goal-scoring leader. Morenz’s goal caps the Canadiens’ 3-0 victory over the Detroit Red Wings. 1951 — Norm Van Brocklin’s 73-yard touchdown pass to Tom Fears in the fourth quarter gives the Los Ange India's Parliament approves bill to open civil nuclear power sector to private firms 12/18/2025 08:47am • NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Parliament approved new legislation Thursday that enables opening the tightly controlled civil nuclear power sector to private companies. The government termed it a major policy shift to speed up clean energy expansion while the opposition political parties argued that i Schools told to keep children inside as polluted fog envelops Bosnian capital 12/18/2025 08:35am • SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Flights were cancelled, children were told to stay indoors and outdoors construction work was banned in Sarajevo Thursday as a thick layer of fog enveloped the Bosnian capital. Sarajevo traditionally faces severe pollution during winter, mostly from house heatin Bank of England cuts key interest rate from 4% to 3.75% 12/18/2025 08:08am • LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England on Thursday cut its key interest rate for the first time in four months as stubbornly high inflation that has plagued British consumers and businesses starts to ease. The central bank's policymakers voted 5-4 to reduce the base rate by a quarter of a percentage po US announces massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion, angering China 12/18/2025 07:51am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, drawing an angry response from China. The State Department announced the sales late Wednesday