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Fans celebrate Jane Austen's 250th birthday in Britain and beyond 12/16/2025 01:51pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Fans of Jane Austen celebrated the acclaimed author's 250th birthday on Tuesday with a church service in her home village, festive visits to her house and a virtual party for those paying tribute from afar. Thousands of enthusiasts around the world have already taken part in a yearlo Fox rescued in Fairfax County after being stuck in fence 12/16/2025 01:48pm • A fox was rescued in Fairfax County, Virginia, after a community member saw it stuck in a fence last week. The Fairfax County Animal Shelter said the fox was stuck "for several hours before being found." The shelter's officers were able to free the fox from the fence, but it had suffered inju No. 15 Nebraska is rolling with its best-ever start. Now it must build for Big Ten play ahead 12/16/2025 01:40pm • Fred Hoiberg has his Nebraska team off to its best start in program history, owning the nation's longest winning streak and armed with its best AP Top 25 ranking in more than three decades. He wants it to be merely a start rather than a high point for the 15th-ranked Cornhuskers, along with a spring Cannabis entrepreneur Duke Rodriguez joins the race for New Mexico governor 12/16/2025 01:40pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) ��� Duke Rodriguez, one of New Mexico's most successful cannabis entrepreneurs and a former state cabinet secretary, has officially announced he's seeking the Republican nomination for governor. Rather than hosting a big party, Rodriguez made the announcement in newspaper adve Maximalism is back in cocktails with bold colors and flavors 12/16/2025 01:27pm • LONDON (AP) ��� After years of minimalist, pared-back drinks, maximalism is back. Drinkers are looking for more than just a simple serve, and bartenders are dreaming up bold color palettes, layered flavors, oversize garnishes, theatrical glassware and playful twists on classic drinks. The trend har China puts anti-dumping tariff of up to 19.8% on imports of pork from the EU 12/16/2025 01:24pm • China will impose tariffs of up to 19.8% on pork imports from the European Union, a drastic drop from preliminary tariffs of up to 62.4%, its Commerce Ministry said Tuesday. The ministry's announcement followed an investigation the Chinese side launched into imports of pork from the trading bloc aft Ose Okojie posts double-double to help Howard fend off Drexel 74-66 12/16/2025 01:23pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Ose Okojie totaled 17 points and 10 rebounds to help Howard fend off Drexel 74-66 on Tuesday. Okojie made 6 of 10 shots with a 3-pointer and all four of his free throws for the Bison (8-5), who upped their win streak to four with their first road win in their fourth try. Cam Gi An American man dies after fall in the Slovenian Alps 12/16/2025 01:13pm • LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) ��� An American man has died in Slovenia apparently after falling off a climbing path in the Alps, police said on Tuesday. The 33-year-old's family said he set off on Monday morning toward Slovenia's highest peak, Mount Triglav, and disappeared, the STA news agency reported. Zelenskyy says proposals to end the war in Ukraine could be presented to Russia within days 12/16/2025 01:10pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says proposals being negotiated with U.S. officials for a deal to end the fighting in Russia's nearly 4-year-old invasion of his country could be finalized within days, after which American envoys will present them to the Kremlin before FIFA slashes price for some World Cup tickets to $60 for teams��� most loyal fans after global backlash 12/16/2025 01:09pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� FIFA slashes price for some World Cup tickets to $60 for teams��� most loyal fans after global backlash. Muslim rights group sues Florida Gov. DeSantis over 'foreign terrorist' label 12/16/2025 01:05pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� A leading Muslim civil rights group in the U.S. has sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over his order designating it and another organization as a ��� foreign terrorist organization,��� saying the directive was unconstitutional. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, known as A photographer finds thousands of dinosaur footprints near Italian Winter Olympic venue 12/16/2025 01:05pm • MILAN (AP) ��� A wildlife photographer stumbled upon one of the oldest and largest known collections of dinosaur footprints, dating back about 210 million years to the Triassic Period, high in an Italian national park near the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympic venue of Bormio, officials announced Tu Movie Review: Paul Feig's 'The Housemaid' is a twisty horror-thriller with nudity and empowerment 12/16/2025 12:54pm • Santa left us a present this holiday season and it is exactly what we didn't know we needed: A twisty, psychological horror-thriller with nudity that's all wrapped up in an empowerment message. ���The Housemaid��� is Paul Feig���s delicious, satirical look at the secret depravity of the ultra-rich, Potomac Mills to welcome new pickleball club in Woodbridge 12/16/2025 12:50pm • A membership-based pickleball organization with several locations nationwide is putting down roots in eastern Prince William County. Ace Pickleball Club ��� whose sites span from California to Florida and Massachusetts ��� is set to open a ten-court club over approximately 32,600 square feet at t AP women's basketball player of the week is No. 2 Texas' Madison Booker 12/16/2025 12:30pm • The Associated Press national player of the week in women���s basketball for Week 6 of the season: Madison Booker, Texas The junior wing led the Longhorns to two wins last week. She became the fifth player in Texas history to record a triple-double when she had 28 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists