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Detroit Tigers, closer Kenley Jansen finalize $11 million, 1-year contract with 2026 club option 12/17/2025 02:45pm • DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers have added one of baseball's most accomplished closers. Kenley Jansen and the Tigers finalized an $11 million, one-year contract on Wednesday that includes a club option for another season. “He’s one of the best to ever do it,” said Tigers general manager Sc Netanyahu approves a $35 billion natural gas export deal to Egypt, the biggest in Israeli history 12/17/2025 02:42pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that he has approved a $35 billion natural gas export deal to Egypt, the biggest gas deal in Israeli history. The agreement could also help repair relations between the two countries strained during the two-year war in th Luke Weaver agrees to $22 million, 2-year deal with the New York Mets, AP source says 12/17/2025 02:35pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Luke Weaver has agreed to a $22 million, two-year contract with the New York Mets, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press, joining Clay Holmes and Devin Williams as former Yankees on a rebuilt pitching staff. The person spoke on condition of anonymity bec Israel fires mortar into Gaza residential area, wounding at least 10 12/17/2025 02:20pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli troops fired a mortar shell over the ceasefire line into a Palestinian residential area in the Gaza Strip, in the latest incident to rock the tenuous ceasefire with Hamas. Health officials said at least 10 people were wounded, and the army said it was investigating. The mi Meet the 4 Republicans who defied House Speaker Mike Johnson on ACA subsidies 12/17/2025 02:10pm • Four moderate House Republicans — from swing districts Democrats are already eyeing for next year's midterms — have broken ranks with Speaker Mike Johnson, signing on to Democrats' petition to force a vote on extending health care subsidies that expire at the end of this year. From battleground China exploits US-funded research on nuclear technology, a congressional report says 12/17/2025 01:52pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — China is exploiting partnerships with U.S. researchers funded by the Department of Energy to provide the Chinese military with access to sensitive nuclear technology and other innovations with economic and national security applications, according to a congressional report publis What to know about MIT professor Nuno Loureiro and the investigation into his shooting 12/17/2025 01:43pm • Authorities are searching for a suspect in the killing of Nuno F.G. Loureiro, a prominent physics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who was shot at his home near Boston. Loureiro, a married 47-year-old from Portugal, was shot Monday night and died Tuesday at a local hospital. Au Bowser names interim DC police chief 12/17/2025 01:43pm • Mayor Muriel Bowser has tapped Jeffery Carroll to serve as interim chief of the D.C. police department following Pamela Smith's resignation. "I know that he is the right person to build on the momentum of the past two years so that we will continue to drive down crime in the city," Bowser said du Movie Review: The Neil Diamond-inspired 'Song Sung Blue' hits all the wrong notes 12/17/2025 01:12pm • The story of Mike and Claire Sardina — a struggling husband-and-wife Neil Diamond tribute act from Milwaukee — was never the stuff of Hollywood movies. Unfortunately, it’s been made into one. Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson are slumming to play the slightly batty couple in the big-hearted but mis The Oscars will move to YouTube in 2029, departing the film awards' longtime home of ABC 12/17/2025 12:55pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Oscars will move to YouTube in 2029, departing the film awards' longtime home of ABC. What Americans think about giving cash as holiday gifts, according to a new AP-NORC poll 12/17/2025 11:41am • NEW YORK (AP) — Welcome to exhausted America 2025: Most adults are more than a little fine with doling out cash as gifts, and many plan to be asleep before midnight on New Year's Eve, according to a new AP-NORC poll. About 6 in 10 Americans say cash or gift cards are “very” acceptable as holid Striker Tai Baribo heads to DC United in $4M trade with Philadelphia 12/17/2025 11:39am • D.C. United acquired striker Tai Baribo in a $4 million cash-for-player trade with the Philadelphia Union on Wednesday, marking the first big offseason move for the Black and Red. Baribo, who's turning 28 in January, signed a new multiyear deal with United, keeping him in D.C. through the 2029-20 Takeaways from The Associated Press report on Myanmar's crackdown on cyberscam centers 12/17/2025 11:39am • Myanmar’s military government has announced a new “zero tolerance” policy against the industrial-scale cyberscam centers that have taken root in the country. As a sign of commitment, they raided and bombed KK Park — a notorious compound that has become a symbol of impunity in the battle agai Myanmar declares a 'zero tolerance' policy for cyberscams. But the fraud goes on 12/17/2025 11:38am • It looked like a turning point in the global fight against scams. Myanmar’s military leadership, under growing international pressure, vowed to wipe out the industrial-scale cyberscam centers that have taken root in the country. They started by raiding and then bombing KK Park — a notorious comp Putin warns that Russia will seek to extend its gains in Ukraine if peace talks fail 12/17/2025 11:20am • Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Wednesday that Moscow will seek to extend its gains in Ukraine if Kyiv and its Western allies reject the Kremlin's demands in peace talks. U.S. President Donald Trump has unleashed an extensive diplomatic push to end nearly four years of fighting following Rus