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World Cup draw begins with Trump, Sheinbaum and Carney picking balls of their own nations 12/05/2025 01:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The World Cup draw began Friday with U.S. President Donald Trump, Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney selecting the balls of their own countries from bowls during a ceremony at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. There was little suspe FIFA gives President Donald Trump a peace prize in a departure from its traditional focus on sport 12/05/2025 01:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump was awarded the new FIFA peace prize on Friday at the 2026 World Cup draw ��� giving the spectacle to set matchups for the quadrennial soccer tournament even more of a Trumpian flair. Trump, who has openly campaigned for the Nobel Peace Price, had been heav WTOP's Beer of the Week: Dancing Gnome Altbier 12/05/2025 01:02pm • Grab a glass, a gnome and cue the music! WTOP���s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and James Beard Award nominee Greg Engert to talk about Dancing Gnome Altbier for the latest edition of WTOP���s Beer of the Week. Brewery: Dancing Gnome Brewery, Pit What might change for streamers under the proposed $72B Netflix-Warner Brothers Discovery deal 12/05/2025 01:02pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Two of the most popular streaming services have agreed to combine, in a move that could change the streaming service landscape. Netflix said Friday it will acquire the studio and streaming business of Warner Bros. Discovery, the legacy Hollywood giant behind ���Harry Potter��� and Russian drone strike kills 12-year-old boy in Ukraine as peace talks kept under wraps 12/05/2025 01:02pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Russian drones struck a house in central Ukraine, killing a 12-year-old boy, officials said, while long-range Ukrainian strikes reportedly targeted a Russian port and an oil refinery as U.S. peace efforts continued out of public view. U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. studio and streaming business for $72 billion 12/05/2025 01:02pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Netflix struck a deal Friday to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, the Hollywood giant behind ���Harry Potter��� and HBO Max, in a $72 billion deal that would bring together two of the biggest players in television and film and potentially reshape the entertainment industry. If approved b The Latest: Federal vaccine advisors say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth 12/05/2025 01:00pm • A federal vaccine advisory committee voted Friday to end a longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they���re born. The shots are widely considered to be a public health success for preventing thousands of liver illnesses. A loud chorus of medical and p Women's College Basketball Scores 12/05/2025 01:00pm • Friday, Dec. 5 EAST Harvard 67, Stony Brook 33 SOUTH South Florida 91, Houston Christian 58 ___ World Cup draw begins with Trump, Canada's Carney, Mexico's Sheinbaum picking first balls 12/05/2025 12:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� World Cup draw begins with Trump, Canada's Carney, Mexico's Sheinbaum picking first balls. What Netflix's acquisition of Warner Bros. means for the movies 12/05/2025 12:58pm • Netflix���s deal to acquire Warner Bros., one of Hollywood���s oldest movie studios, poses seismic shifts to the entertainment industry and the future of moviegoing. As one of the remaining ���big five��� studios, the 102-year-old Warner Bros. is an essential part of movie theater business. The stud Trump is meeting Mexican President Sheinbaum in person for the first time at World Cup draw 12/05/2025 12:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump is finally meeting with his Mexican counterpart, Claudia Sheinbaum. Their long-delayed first face-to-face discussion is focusing on next year's World Cup ��� and side discussions about tariffs ��� but not immigration. That's despite Trump's push to crack d US and Ukrainian officials to hold further talks Friday on US-mediated peace proposal aimed at ending Russia-Ukraine war 12/05/2025 12:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� US and Ukrainian officials to hold further talks Friday on US-mediated peace proposal aimed at ending Russia-Ukraine war. Six-time Pro Bowl CB Darius Slay puts off reporting to Bills to focus on family, consider retirement 12/05/2025 12:55pm • ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) ��� Six-time Pro Bowl cornerback Darius Slay has decided not to report to the Buffalo Bills for now to focus instead on his family and consider retirement after a 13-year NFL career, a blow to the club's depth chart for the final stretch of the season. After Slay's agent, Dre The Latest: 2026 FIFA World Cup draw is underway. See how the group picks shake out 12/05/2025 12:55pm • The draw ceremony for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is underway at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. A record 48 teams will take part in this summer's tournament. U.S. President Donald Trump is also attending the event, as are President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Car Day 4 of Luigi Mangione's pretrial hearing is postponed because he's sick, judge says 12/05/2025 12:55pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A pretrial hearing on Luigi Mangione���s bid to exclude evidence from his state murder case was postponed Friday because the defendant is sick, his lawyers and the judge said. The hearing is slated to resume Monday. Mangione is seeking to exclude a gun, notebook and other items pol