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Tennessee governor pardons country star Jelly Roll, who has sought redemption from criminal past 12/18/2025 05:21pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Tennessee's governor pardoned country star Jelly Roll on Thursday for his criminal past in the state, acknowledging the Nashville native's long road back from drugs and prison through soul-searching, songwriting and advocacy for second chances. The rapper-turned-singer whos Titans' Jeffery Simmons grateful his mom wasn't at his home during armed burglary 12/18/2025 05:13pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Tennessee Titans defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons is grateful his mother wasn't following her usual routine of watching him play road games at his house when burglars broke in carrying guns and other weapons. ���All the materialistic things, eventually I can get all of that Police believe retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and family are among 7 dead in plane crash in North Carolina. 12/18/2025 04:31pm • STATESVILLE, N.C. (AP) ��� Police believe retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and family are among 7 dead in plane crash in North Carolina. What to know about the Arizona serial killings that resulted in the death penalty 12/18/2025 04:01pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� An Arizona man was sentenced Thursday to death in a string of fatal shootings in metro Phoenix during a three-week span in 2017. Cleophus Cooksey Jr., 43, was found guilty in late September of murder in eight killings. Jurors agreed on the death penalty in six of the killings, but t Police are investigating connection between shooting at Brown University and killing of MIT professor, AP sources say 12/18/2025 03:17pm • PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) ��� Police are investigating connection between shooting at Brown University and killing of MIT professor, AP sources say. A parking ticket in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem sets off clashes with police 12/18/2025 03:07pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� An attempt by Israeli authorities to write a routine parking ticket in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem turned violent on Thursday as members of the community quickly gathered to protest, attacking and injuring 13 police officers, authorities said. The violence reflect Atlantic City mayor Marty Small Sr. has been acquitted on charges he assaulted his teenage daughter 12/18/2025 02:52pm • Newly reelected Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. was acquitted Thursday of endangering and abusing his teenage daughter, who testified that he punched her and struck her with a broom. The jury���s verdict came after a week of testimony in which Small took the stand to deny abusing his now 17-year Student who allegedly stabbed 14-year-old inside Prince George���s County high school charged with attempted murder 12/18/2025 02:29pm • A teenager is facing a charge of attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed a 14-year-old student inside Parkdale High School on Thursday morning, according to Prince George's County police. A police spokesperson said the 14-year-old is in critical, but stable, condition after being stabbed at t Brian Walshe is sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife, whose body was never found 12/18/2025 12:32pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� A Boston-area man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for the grisly murder of his wife, who disappeared nearly three years ago and whose body has never been found. Brian Walshe, 50, was convicted Monday of first-degree murder in the killing of Ana Walshe, 39. The sentence carr DOJ vowed to punish those who disrupt Trump's immigration crackdown. Dozens of cases have crumbled 12/18/2025 12:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The federal agent described her wounds as ���boo-boos.��� Nevertheless, the Department of Justice aggressively pursued the alleged perpetrator. They jailed Sidney Lori Reid on a charge of felony assault, accusing her of injuring the agent during a July protest of President Donald In rare ruling, EU's top court sides with refugee's appeal in a landmark case against Frontex 12/18/2025 10:17am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� In a rare judgment, the European Union's highest court sided with a Syrian refugee's appeal in a landmark case that sought damages against the European border and coast guard agency, Frontex, opening the way for other victims to do the same. The Luxembourg-based Court of Ju Inmate connected to Silver Spring gold bar scam found dead 12/18/2025 09:58am • Maryland State Police are investigating after an inmate who was involved in a gold bar scam was found dead at the Maryland Correctional and Training Center in Hagerstown on Tuesday. Officials identified Wenhui Sun, 36, as the man who died, according to a news release. Sun was serving a 6.5-ye A mysterious fedora, a thieving cat and other stories that made us smile in 2025 12/18/2025 08:52am • Even the most dedicated doomscrollers smile once in a while. Here���s a look back at some of the Associated Press stories that captured attention around the world and provided moments of brightness throughout 2025: Art and intrigue The brazen heist at the world���s most visited museum in November wa Russia is trying to overwhelm Europe with its sabotage campaign, Western officials say 12/18/2025 06:52am • In November, a train carrying almost 500 people came to a sudden halt in eastern Poland. A broken overhead line had smashed several windows, and the track ahead was damaged. Elsewhere on the line, explosives detonated under a passing freight train. No one was hurt in either case and the damage was l Indonesian court sentences an Australian to 12 years in prison for smuggling cocaine to Bali 12/18/2025 06:22am • DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) ��� An Indonesian court on Thursday sentenced an Australian citizen to 12 years in prison after finding him guilty of smuggling cocaine to the tourist island of Bali. Lamar Aaron Ahchee, 43, from Cairns in north Queensland, was arrested in May when police raided his rented h