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After Airbus issue, DOT says airlines don't have to cover passenger expenses amid aircraft recalls 12/11/2025 04:27pm • The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued new guidance telling airlines they do not have to cover passenger expenses, such as meals or hotel stays, when flight cancellations or long delays are caused by aircraft recalls. The guidance, released on Wednesday, comes after widespread disruptions Steelers put their long home Monday night winning streak on the line when Dolphins visit 12/11/2025 04:24pm • Miami (6-7) at Pittsburgh (7-6) Monday, 8:15 p.m. EST, ESPN. BetMGM NFL odds: Steelers by 3 1/2. Against the spread: Dolphins 7-6, Steelers 6-7. Series record: Steelers lead 15-14. Last meeting: Dolphins beat Steelers 16-10 on Oct. 23, 2022, in Miami. Last week: Dolphins beat Jets 34-10; Steelers be Texans' defense shines in 5-game winning streak, eyes playoff spot as Cardinals visit 12/11/2025 03:55pm • HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans’ top-ranked defense has led them to a five-game winning streak to put them in the race for a playoff spot with four regular-season games to go. But as the Texans prepare to host the struggling Cardinals (3-10), coach DeMeco Ryans is confident his defense is focu High-powered offenses clash when Jared Goff-led Lions visit Matthew Stafford's Rams 12/11/2025 03:27pm • Detroit Lions (8-5) at Los Angeles Rams (10-3) Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EST, FOX BetMGM NFL Odds: Rams by 6 Against the spread: Lions 7-6, Rams 9-4 Series record: Rams lead 45-43-1. Last meeting: Lions beat Rams 26-20, OT, in Detroit on Sept. 8, 2024. Last week: Lions beat Cowboys 44-30, Rams beat Cardinal Disney invests $1B in OpenAI in deal to bring characters like Mickey Mouse to Sora AI video tool 12/11/2025 03:24pm • Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and will bring characters such as Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and Luke Skywalker to the AI company's Sora video generation tool, in a licensing deal that the two companies announced on Thursday. At the same time, Disney went after Google, demanding the tech com Young seeks solution to Saints defense as the Panthers try to stay atop the NFC South 12/11/2025 03:14pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Saints defense, even under different coordinators, has been a repeat nemesis for Panthers quarterback Bryce Young. This Sunday, the stakes are as high as they've been for Carolina's top 2023 draft choice as he tries again to avoid another dreadful showing against New Orlean Noem links the seizure of an oil tanker off Venezuela to US antidrug efforts 12/11/2025 03:12pm • Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday linked the seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela to the Trump administration’s counterdrug efforts in Latin America as tensions escalate with the government of President Nicolás Maduro. Noem's assertion, which came during her testi Bangladesh to hold national elections in February, the first since 2024 mass uprising 12/11/2025 02:56pm • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s next national elections will be held on Feb. 12, the chief election commissioner said Thursday, setting the timetable for a vote to be held 18 months after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted. In a televised address to the nation, chief election c Hearing on whether ex-Abercrombie & Fitch CEO is mentally fit to stand trial for sex trafficking set 12/11/2025 02:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch faces a March court hearing to determine whether he’s competent to stand trial on sex trafficking charges after being hospitalized in recent months for dementia and Alzheimer’s symptoms. If he’s found mentally fit, Michael Jeffries co In stunning reversal for Europe, Greek finance minister elected as Eurogroup president 12/11/2025 02:31pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis was elected Thursday as president of the Eurogroup — a move that would have been unthinkable just 10 years ago when the country was in the throes of a deep financial crisis that almost saw it tossed out of the eurozone altogether. 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Sign up here to g California colleges settle antisemitism complaints with Jewish groups and individuals 12/11/2025 02:10pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two California colleges have reached settlements with Jewish organizations and individuals who filed complaints alleging antisemitism arising from pro-Palestinian campus protests, including a $60,000 payment to an Israeli sociologist and dance researcher who says she was not r Yemen's head of UN-backed government urges separatists to pull back from recently-seized areas 12/11/2025 01:48pm • CAIRO (AP) — The head of Yemen's internationally recognized government called on separatists on Thursday to withdraw from territories they they have recently captured in the southeastern parts of the country, according to the government-run news agency. The secessionist Southern Transitional Coun IOC advises sports bodies to let Russians compete in youth events again with flag and anthem 12/11/2025 01:15pm • GENEVA (AP) — The IOC took a big step toward reintegrating Russia and Belarus into world sports Thursday by advising governing bodies to let the countries’ teams and athletes compete in international youth events with their full identity of national flag and anthem. Athletes have “a fundamenta Experts expect a 'healthier' housing market in 2026 for DC area 12/11/2025 12:50pm • Houses are staying on the market longer and often going for less than the asking price, even with the few interest rate cuts we’ve seen over the past few months. Home values are also predicted to stay relatively flat over the next few years, according to Zillow economists. Orphe Divounguy,