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Lithuania arrests 21 in alleged cigarette smuggling ring using weather balloons from Belarus 12/16/2025 11:26am • VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) ��� Lithuanian authorities said Tuesday they had arrested 21 people allegedly connected to a criminal network that smuggled cigarettes using specially equipped weather balloons from Russia-allied Belarus which have violated the Baltic country's airspace in recent weeks. Inves Russia names German broadcaster Deutsche Welle as 'undesirable organization' 12/16/2025 11:23am • Russian authorities on Tuesday named German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle as an ���undesirable organization,��� effectively outlawing its operation in the country. Under Russian law, involvement with an ���undesirable organization,��� including sharing its content, is a criminal offense. Deutsch Adolis Garc��a finalizes $10M, 1-year contract with Phillies, expected to play right field 12/16/2025 11:22am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Outfielder Adolis Garc��a and the Philadelphia Phillies finalized a $10 million, one-year contract on Tuesday. The 32-year-old is expected to start in right field for the Phillies in place of Nick Castellanos, who has held the spot for four seasons. Garcia had career bests in h Rwanda-backed M23 rebels say they will withdraw from seized city in eastern Congo 12/16/2025 11:22am • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) ��� Rwanda-backed M23 rebels said Tuesday they will withdraw from Uvira, the strategic city in eastern Congo seized last week, as fighting in the region escalated despite a U.S.-mediated peace deal. Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance, which includes M23, said th Mexico gears up for 2026 World Cup with friendlies against Panama, Bolivia, and Iceland 12/16/2025 11:22am • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Mexico has arranged friendlies against Panama, Bolivia, and Iceland in the new year to build up for the 2026 World Cup. The Mexicans, who have ended 2025 mired in a six-game winless streak, visit Panama at Rommel Fern��ndez Stadium on Jan. 22, and three days later visit Bolivia Howard Stern's new SiriusXM deal: How he plans to 'have it all' 12/16/2025 11:19am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Howard Stern will spend another three years on SiriusXM, telling listeners Tuesday that he's ���figured out a way to have it all.��� And reps confirmed that he's not trolling us again like he did back in August when he brought on Andy Cohen as a fake replacement host. This time, he The US gained 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October; unemployment rate at 4.6% 12/16/2025 11:17am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The United States gained a decent 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October as federal workers departed after cutbacks by the Trump administration, the government said in delayed reports. The unemployment rate rose to 4.6% last month, highest since 2021. The November j Baltimore cyclist finds joy in collecting lost hubcaps and stringing them into art 12/16/2025 11:17am • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� Cyclist Barnaby Wickham has collected more than 700 lost hubcaps, mostly on bike rides around Baltimore. They have inspired a quest to turn litter into art, including Christmas wreaths, a giant fish and a large head of Snoopy. It is a hobby that developed nearly two years ago fro NCAA FBS Individual Kickoff Returns 12/16/2025 11:11am • Kickoff Returns G No KRYd Avg J.Charles, Nebra NCAA FBS Individual All-Purpose Runners 12/16/2025 11:11am • All-Purpose Runners G RuYD ReYd Yds KRYd Yds Plays Yds NCAA FBS Individual Interceptions Per Game 12/16/2025 11:11am • Interceptions Per Game G InG Yds TD IPG Millions facing acute food insecurity in Afghanistan as winter looms, UN warns 12/16/2025 11:11am • GENEVA (AP) ��� More than 17 million people in Afghanistan are facing crisis levels of hunger in the coming winter months, the leading international authority on hunger crises and the U.N. food aid agency warned Tuesday. The number at risk is some 3 million more than a year ago. Economic woes, recur NCAA FBS Individual Total Offense 12/16/2025 11:11am • Total Offense G Plays Yds Yds Pg B.Brown, Sout NCAA FBS Individual Field Goals 12/16/2025 11:11am • Field Goals G FG FGA Pct PG NCAA FBS Individual Punting 12/16/2025 11:11am • Punting G Punts Avg A.Quinn, Boston College 9