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Takeover bid of parent company means limbo for CNN and some fellow cable networks 12/09/2025 09:45am • Paramount Skydance's hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. Discovery places CNN and its sister cable networks squarely back into what is likely to be an extended period of management limbo. There was some relief at CNN with last Friday's announcement that Netflix was buying Warner's studio and stream Paul Hoynes, Cleveland baseball writer since 1983, wins BBWAA Career Excellence Award 12/09/2025 09:36am • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Paul Hoynes, who has covered more than 6,000 games and set the byline record for Cleveland's The Plain Dealer, was voted the BBWAA Career Excellence Award for meritorious contributions to baseball writing. The honor was announced Tuesday by the Baseball Writers’ Association 'Dixie' Deans, a scoring great for Celtic in the 1970s, dies at 79 12/09/2025 09:29am • GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — John Kelly “Dixie” Deans, a high-scoring forward for Scottish clubs Celtic and Motherwell in the 1960s and 70s, has died. He was 79. Celtic and Motherwell both announced the death Tuesday. Deans was nicknamed after Everton and England scoring great Dixie Dean and had UN says world must jointly tackle issues of climate change, pollution, biodiversity and land loss 12/09/2025 09:25am • The most comprehensive global environment assessment ever undertaken calls for a new approach to jointly tackle the most pressing environmental issues including climate change and biodiversity loss that threaten over 1 million plant and animal species with extinction. The U.N. Environment Assembly � The holiday shopping season comes with tons of extra emissions. Here's how to do it sustainably 12/09/2025 09:10am • We're in the thick of the holiday shopping season, and U.S. residents are expected to shatter the spending record again this year. The National Retail Federation forecasts that 2025 will be the first time we collectively spend more than $1 trillion on year-end gifts. A lot of materials, energy, pack How to watch one of the year's best meteor showers, the Geminids 12/09/2025 09:06am • NEW YORK (AP) — It's time for one of the strongest meteor showers of the year. The Geminids peak this weekend and are visible through mid-December, according to the American Meteor Society. The meteors tend to be yellow in color and can be seen across the globe, but the best viewing happens in the AC Milan back on top of Serie A thanks to Christian Pulisic double 12/09/2025 08:45am • TURIN, Italy (AP) — A second-half double from substitute Christian Pulisic gave AC Milan a come-from- behind 3-2 win over Torino on Monday and swept it back to the top of Italy's Serie A. Weekend wins for title rivals Napoli and Internazionale left Milan in third and it knew three points were requ Masters field starting to take shape through wins and world ranking 12/09/2025 08:35am • Kristoffer Reitan of Norway and Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen of Denmark will be PGA Tour rookies next year having earned cards by being among the leading 10 players on the European tour not already exempt. They already have one edge over the other rookies. They’re in the Masters. Both earned their sp A unique app is changing the dating game for disabled and chronically ill people 12/09/2025 08:08am • NEW YORK (AP) — In her early 20s, Kaci LaFon lived in Branson, Missouri, a tourist town known for its older population. She wanted to date but found it a challenge, so — like many her age — she headed to the apps. Over five years, she'd get a date here and there, but they always petered out. � Man who says religious group beat him wants prosecutor removed after long wait for retrial 12/09/2025 07:01am • A man who says members of a secretive North Carolina religious group held him down and beat him wants the prosecutor kicked off his case, accusing the district attorney of siding with a church that dozens of former congregants have said abused them. Matthew Fenner said in court documents that he has Rookie Derik Queen's emergence has been a bright spot for reeling Pelicans 12/09/2025 06:01am • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — When Pelicans rookie Derik Queen missed a late shot for the lead against the San Antonio Spurs, New Orleans guard Jose Alvarado hustled over to him and pushed his palm up under his chin in an expression of encouragement. The Pelicans felt Queen had nothing to be ashamed of af Indiana Senate committee advance redistricting legislation backed by Trump toward final floor vote 12/09/2025 05:50am • State senators in Indiana advanced a proposal to redraw the state's congressional boundaries Monday, although it is not clear if it has the support to become law in a final vote expected later this week even after months of pressure from President Donald Trump. The legislation was designed to favor From devotion to rebellion, AP photos recorded Asia's many tones in 2025 12/09/2025 02:56am • A continent as large as Asia rarely speaks in a single tone. Its 2025 played out in polyphony — with chords of devotion, chaos, spectacle and fatigue — each a reminder of how much can, and does, coexist. AP photographs, taken from the Himalayas to the Java Sea, recorded all of them. Some moments IMF approves $1.2 billion for Pakistan from bailout, citing progress on economic and climate reforms 12/09/2025 02:43am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday approved the release of $1.2 billion to Pakistan, giving the cash-strapped country a fresh boost as it works to recover from one of its worst economic crises in years. The IMF in a statement said its executive board completed two reviews Gibson gets 1st shutout in almost 3 years as Red Wings blank Canucks 4-0 12/09/2025 01:44am • VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — John Gibson made 39 saves for his first NHL shutout in nearly three years, and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 on Monday night. James van Riemsdyk, Andrew Copp, Nate Danielson and Dylan Larkin scored for the Red Wings (16-11-3), who moved fro