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AP photos spotlight a year of joy, triumph and resilience across Africa in 2025 12/16/2025 03:00am • In 2025, ordinary lives intertwined with extraordinary shifts across Africa's bustling cities and vast rural heartlands. The world���s youngest population found moments of joy, triumph and positive change even as it was dogged by challenges from election disputes to U.S. aid cuts. AP photographers c Aldama, Grizzlies square off against the Timberwolves 12/16/2025 02:03am • Memphis Grizzlies (11-14, ninth in the Western Conference) vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (17-9, sixth in the Western Conference) Minneapolis; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Memphis takes on Minnesota in Western Conference action Wednesday. The Timberwolves are 12-8 against Western Conference oppone Chicago faces Cleveland on 4-game home skid 12/16/2025 02:03am • Cleveland Cavaliers (15-12, seventh in the Eastern Conference) vs. Chicago Bulls (10-15, 11th in the Eastern Conference) Chicago; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cavaliers -4.5; over/under is 240.5 BOTTOM LINE: Chicago aims to break its four-game home slide with a win over Cleveland. T Pakistani court sentences cleric from banned party to 35 years for inciting violence 12/16/2025 01:45am • LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) ��� A Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced a senior leader of a banned Islamist party to 35 years in prison for inciting violence, more than a year after the cleric publicly called for the killing of the country���s then-chief justice, court officials and a defense lawyer s US Jewish groups urge heightened security at public events after Hanukkah attack in Australia 12/16/2025 01:44am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Leading Jewish groups in the United States are urging all Jewish organizations to ratchet up security measures at public events ��� including restrictions on access ��� following the deadly mass shooting that targeted a Hanukkah celebration on a popular Australian beach. The groups Japan lifts its megaquake advisory but urges caution a week after magnitude 7.5 temblor 12/16/2025 01:39am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Japan lifted a megaquake advisory for the country's northeastern coast Tuesday, one week after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off northern Japan that officials said had caused an increased risk of a subsequent major quake. The lifting means residents in the designated area under th After a year of Trump, EU leaders begrudgingly learn to live with the reality of an unreliable ally 12/16/2025 01:31am • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Over the course of 2025, a new reality has sunk in for Europe. The United States, long its strongest ally, has chipped away at the European Union's unity, economies, security and even its democracies, setting the backdrop for an EU summit this week at the end of an exceptionally tr Cooper Flagg becomes youngest player to score 42 points but laments Mavericks' overtime loss to Jazz 12/16/2025 01:20am • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ��� Cooper Flagg scored the most points by an 18-year-old in NBA history, but he couldn't enjoy the accomplishment because it came in a loss. Flagg had 42 points ��� topping the previous mark of 37 set by LeBron James on Dec. 13, 2003 ��� in a 140-133 loss to the Utah Jazz on Mon Jaren Jackson Jr. scores 31 points, Cam Spencer adds 27 as Grizzlies beat Clippers 121-103 12/16/2025 01:09am • INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) ��� Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 21 of his 31 points in the first half and Cam Spencer added a career-high 27 points as the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Los Angeles Clippers 121-103 on Monday night. Jaylen Wells scored 16 points and rookie Cedric Coward had 12 as the Grizzlies earne Aaron Rodgers and Steelers freeze out Dolphins, stay atop AFC North with 28-15 win 12/16/2025 12:57am • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� It felt a little bit like Green Bay. And for Aaron Rodgers, it looked a little like Green Bay, too. Frigid conditions. High stakes. The number of games dwindling. During the four-time MVP's long run with the Packers, this was the time of year that Rodgers thrived. And while Pitts Nikola Jokic's 12th triple-double of the season leads Nuggets to 128-125 OT win over Rockets 12/16/2025 12:47am • DENVER (AP) ��� Nikola Jokic had 39 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists for his NBA-leading 12th triple-double of the season as the Denver Nuggets outlasted the Houston Rockets 128-125 in overtime on Monday night in a matchup of two of the top three teams in the Western Conference standings. Jamal Mu Monday's Scores 12/16/2025 12:44am • GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL= Appomattox 33, Buckingham County 32 Bassett 47, Hidden Valley 42 C.D. Hylton 61, Park View-Sterling 23 Carlisle 72, GW-Danville 25 Centreville 49, James Robinson 35 Chantilly 35, Langley 21 Christ Chapel Academy 41, Trinity at Meadowview 30 Clover Hill 59, Huguenot 15 Colonial Winning numbers drawn in Monday���s Powerball 12/16/2025 12:35am • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) ��� The winning numbers in Monday evening���s drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 23-35-59-63-68, Powerball: 2, Power Play: 4 (twenty-three, thirty-five, fifty-nine, sixty-three, sixty-eight, Powerball: two, Power Play: four) Estimated jackpot: $1.1 billion For more lottery George scores 37, Marklkanen adds 33 as Jazz top Mavericks in OT despite Flagg's career-high 42 12/16/2025 12:25am • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ��� Keyonte George scored 37 points and Lauri Markkanen added 33 to lift the Utah Jazz to a 140-133 overtime win against the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night, despite a career-high 42 points from Cooper Flagg. George, who had 39 points on Friday in Memphis, scored the first five Looking back: How the Commanders��� RFK stadium deal came together in 2025 12/16/2025 12:22am • This story is part of WTOP���s series ���Five stories that defined the DC-area in 2025.��� You can hear it on air all this week and read it online. This year brought a touchdown for Washington Commanders fans hoping to see the team return to the nation���s capital. The scoring drive began