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Stocks edge lower as 2025 winds down while gold and silver rise 12/30/2025 05:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks fell slightly on Wall Street Tuesday as trading for 2025 nudges closer to the finish line. With just one trading day left before the year ends, most big investors have closed out their positions and volume has been thin. Every major index is headed for a double-digit gain f Judge orders new trial for woman sentenced to 18 years in prison after stillbirth 12/30/2025 01:29pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) ��� A judge has ordered a new trial for an Alabama woman who was sentenced to 18 years in prison following a stillbirth that her attorneys argued was caused by an infection rather than drug use. Lee County Circuit Judge Jeffrey Tickal vacated Brooke Shoemaker���s 2020 convictio 41 young men die in South Africa from circumcision procedures during initiation ceremonies 12/30/2025 12:48pm • JOHANNESBURG (AP) ��� At least 41 young men have died as a result of circumcision procedures as part of traditional initiation activities in South Africa in November and December, authorities said Tuesday. Traditional initiation is a rite of passage into manhood for young men that is practiced annua How Prince William County schools' data leak impacts students, families 12/30/2025 10:34am • Prince William County schools mistakenly shared student and parent personal information with Hazel Health, a third-party partner of the school division. The division on Dec. 19 sent a notification to the affected families notifying them that on Dec. 16 Hazel Health inadvertently sent a welcome text Takeaways from AP report on what sources say was Olympic watchdog's failure to close abuse case 12/30/2025 09:00am • DENVER (AP) ��� There was an eight-year gap between the time young gymnasts and their parents started sounding warnings about a coach in 2017 and when he was arrested earlier this year on federal child pornography charges. It took the U.S. Center for SafeSport ��� the agency formed by Congress to co AP sources: In 'Nassar 2.0,' Olympics watchdog failed to close abuse case against gymnastics coach 12/30/2025 08:15am • DENVER (AP) ��� Young gymnasts and their parents started raising red flags about a coach as far back as 2017 ��� the same year a watchdog agency was created in the wake of the Larry Nassar sexual-abuse scandal that nearly eviscerated USA Gymnastics and damaged the country's entire Olympic movement. Brigitte Bardot's funeral will be held next week in French Riviera resort of Saint-Tropez 12/30/2025 05:02am • PARIS (AP) ��� The funeral for Brigitte Bardot will be held next week in Saint-Tropez, the glamorous French Riviera resort she helped make famous and where she lived for more than a half-century, local authorities said. The cinema star and animal rights activist died Sunday at the age of 91 at her h As a property slump drags on, China's economy looks more resilient than it feels 12/30/2025 12:21am • HONG KONG (AP) ��� By some measures, China���s economy is looking resilient, with strong exports and breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies. But that���s not how it feels for many ordinary Chinese, who have been enduring the strain from weak property prices and unc Homeland Security says a fraud investigation is underway in Minneapolis 12/29/2025 08:16pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Federal Homeland Security officials were conducting a fraud investigation on Monday in Minneapolis, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. The action comes after years of investigation that began with the $300 million scheme at the nonprofit Feeding Our Futu 16 First-Year Tips for International Students at U.S. Colleges 12/29/2025 07:00pm • Starting as a freshman international student at a U.S. college can feel overwhelming, but preparation helps. Misha Bilokur from Ukraine says mistakes he made as a first-year physics major at Princeton University in New Jersey pushed him to become more independent. One early oversight was not arrangi Artificial Intelligence Stocks: The 10 Best AI Companies 12/29/2025 07:00pm • Artificial intelligence, automation and robotics are disrupting virtually every industry. In recent years, the world has gotten a firsthand look at remarkable advances in AI technology, including OpenAI's ChatGPT AI chatbot, Google's Gemini AI model and DeepSeek's AI assistant. Whether it be machine 'No bells and whistles': Montgomery Co. Council education chair on school spending plan 12/29/2025 06:37pm • Montgomery County Council member Will Jawando echoed previous comments by the county's school superintendent Thomas Taylor that the district's fiscal 2027 operating budget is not loaded down with extras, but is geared toward keeping the school system running. "There's no bells and whistles here, Movie Review: 'The Plague' dives into a sink-or-swim water polo camp 12/29/2025 06:05pm • The undercurrents of adolescent cruelty churn queasily in Charlie Polinger���s stylish first feature, ���The Plague.��� The title of Polinger���s film might bring to mind Stephen King or recent global history, but ���The Plague��� is set entirely around the clear, chlorinated pools and shadowy hallw Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is 'stable' after 2 die in car accident in Nigeria 12/29/2025 05:43pm • LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) ��� Anthony Joshua, the two-time former world heavyweight champion from Britain, was in a stable condition in the hospital Monday after being involved in a car crash in Nigeria that killed two people who were close friends and team members, his promoter said. Eddie Hearn���s Matc During Netanyahu visit, Trump warns Iran of further US strikes if it reconstitutes nuclear program 12/29/2025 05:22pm • PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) ��� President Donald Trump warned Iran on Monday that the U.S. could carry out further military strikes if the country attempts to reconstitute its nuclear program as he held wide-ranging talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his home in Florida. Trump had pre