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Jets release wide receiver Allen Lazard after nearly 3 disappointing seasons 12/16/2025 05:26pm • Allen Lazard came to the New York Jets with a big contract and high expectations. He's leaving after almost three disappointing seasons. The Jets released the veteran wide receiver on Tuesday, cutting ties with Lazard after his role diminished significantly this season even as the offense struggled House Speaker Johnson rebuffs efforts to extend health care subsidies, pushing ahead with GOP plan 12/16/2025 05:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leaders are determined to push ahead with a GOP health care bill that excludes efforts to address the soaring monthly premiums millions of Americans will soon endure as pandemic-era tax credits for people who buy insurance through the Affordable Care Act expire a Sen. Mark Kelly calls Pentagon investigation into his remarks a move to chill military dissent 12/16/2025 05:09pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona said Tuesday that the Pentagon's escalating investigation into his remarks urging troops to refuse unlawful orders is part of an effort to silence dissent within the military. “This is just about sending a message to retired service members Maryland Transportation Authority set to vote on plan to construct new Bay Bridge 12/16/2025 04:22pm • The Maryland Transportation Authority will vote Thursday on a recommendation for new, four-lane Chesapeake Bay Bridge spans. There were seven alternative bridge plans proposed, researched and presented to the public by the Chesapeake Bay Crossing Study. Local, state and federal officials are now Illinois law generates $1.5B to save public transit from fiscal calamity 12/16/2025 04:03pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois' public transit systems got a $1.5 billion annual infusion on Friday as Gov. JB Pritzker signed a law overhauling Chicago's web of buses and trains, sparing it from devastating service cuts and pledging upgraded performance and accountability. Dozens of governmen Fired federal workers turn to start their own businesses and ventures 12/16/2025 03:57pm • Months after sweeping cuts to the federal workforce, some former government employees are starting their own businesses. With the help of a new nonprofit in the D.C. area, many of these laid off federal workers are taking the skills they learned in government and applying it to the private sector. Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi taken to hospital after arrest, family says 12/16/2025 03:24pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was taken to a hospital emergency room twice after her arrest last week by Iranian security forces, her family said Tuesday, following what they described as severe beatings during her detention in the northeast Jarmo Kekalainen's first priority as Buffalo Sabres new GM is building character and consistency 12/16/2025 03:23pm • BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — In his first full day as Sabres general manager, Jarmo Kekalainen pointed to Buffalo’s depth of talent for giving him every reason to believe the team can climb back into playoff contention. For that to happen, Kekalainen on Tuesday placed an emphasis on building team charac Thousands protest Slovak leader Fico over whistleblower office closure and penal code changes 12/16/2025 03:23pm • BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Thousands rallied across Slovakia on Tuesday to protest the latest moves by the government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to dismantle an independent office that protects those who report corruption and other criminal activities and amend the penal code. Rallies The best movies of 2025, ranked by AP film writers 12/16/2025 03:10pm • The bean counters might say otherwise, but 2025 was a good year for movies. Filmmakers working in and out of the studio system managed to make bold, personal, wildly imaginative and singular works. Some of them even broke through to the mainstream — how extraordinary that “Sinners” is among th Eagles fan who survived New Orleans truck attack gifted Super Bowl ring 12/16/2025 02:59pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ryan Quigley dropped a few lyrics of a classic rock hit — “I wanna fly like an Eagle," he punctuated with a robust laugh — when he was gifted bling that could make him at least feel like a Philadelphia Eagle. The Eagles presented the New Orleans truck attack survivor with EU moves to ease 2035 ban on internal combustion cars as auto industry faces headwinds 12/16/2025 01:52pm • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European officials on Tuesday moved to ease their ban on sales of cars with internal combustion engines by 2035, responding to pressure from governments and automakers who argued that the industry needed more flexibility in finding ways to reduce emissions of carbon dioxi Cannabis entrepreneur Duke Rodriguez joins the race for New Mexico governor 12/16/2025 01:40pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Duke Rodriguez, one of New Mexico's most successful cannabis entrepreneurs and a former state cabinet secretary, has officially announced he's seeking the Republican nomination for governor. Rather than hosting a big party, Rodriguez made the announcement in newspaper adve McIlroy and Scheffler lead Golf Channel Games as golf revives the silly season 12/16/2025 11:32am • It turns out there's still a place for what amounts to the “silly season” in golf. The Skins Game returned under a slightly different format — held on Black Friday instead of the weekend after Thanksgiving, and a reverse purse that added to the stakes. It wasn't as must-see as when it began in Russia names German broadcaster Deutsche Welle as 'undesirable organization' 12/16/2025 11:23am • Russian authorities on Tuesday named German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle as an “undesirable organization,” effectively outlawing its operation in the country. Under Russian law, involvement with an “undesirable organization,” including sharing its content, is a criminal offense. Deutsch