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Frigid weather stretches on with relief in sight for DC area 12/15/2025 10:45am • It won't warm up much Monday as a stretch of frigid days lingers in the D.C. area, keeping temperatures below-average for weeks. Highs are only expected to reach the low 30s Monday afternoon after the day started out with bone-chilling temperatures in the teens. "Plenty of sunshine to start th Austrian court rules against extradition of Ukrainian businessman to US over alleged bribery 12/15/2025 10:31am • VIENNA (AP) ��� An Austrian appeals court has rejected a request to extradite Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash to the United States in a case of alleged corruption through a plot to pay bribes in India. The Vienna high regional court dismissed the appeal of a lower court ruling last year in the Dominican judge orders prison for 7 accused in $250 million government corruption scheme 12/15/2025 10:28am • SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) ��� A judge has sentenced seven former government officials to more than a year of preventive prison as authorities investigate a $250 million corruption case involving the Dominican Republic ���s health insurance agency. At least 10 people have been arrested i Billy Napier back in Sun Belt at James Madison. It's a changed world from Louisiana-Lafayette days 12/15/2025 10:25am • HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) ��� Four years ago, Billy Napier walked away from a Sun Belt Conference powerhouse he had built at Louisiana-Lafayette. It was, in part, because he wasn���t sure how that program would handle the financial challenges of new rules allowing college athletes to profit from their What will Virginia's Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin do next? He's not ready to tell 12/15/2025 10:21am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� Almost from the moment that Glenn Youngkin became Virginia's governor four years ago, the political world has wondered what's next for a Republican who seemed to keep one foot in the MAGA movement and the other in the party's traditional country club establishment. He's sti Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 21-27 includes Meghan Trainor and Ryan Seacrest 12/15/2025 10:19am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 21-27 : Dec. 21: Actor Jane Fonda is 88. Actor Larry Bryggman (���As the World Turns,��� ���Die Hard: With a Vengeance���) is 87. Singer Carla Thomas is 83. Guitarist Albert Lee is 82. Actor Josh Mostel (���Billy Madison,��� ���Big Daddy���) is 79. Actor Samu Supreme Court will hear appeal of Black death row inmate over racial bias in Mississippi jury makeup 12/15/2025 10:11am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the appeal of a Black death row inmate from Mississippi whose case was handled by a prosecutor with a history of dismissing Black jurors for discriminatory reasons. A federal judge had previously overturned the murder conviction of the i Today in Sports - Drew Brees breaks Peyton Manning���s NFL record (539) for career touchdown passes 12/15/2025 10:10am • Dec. 16 1918 ��� Jack Dempsey knocks out Carl Morris in 14 seconds in a heavyweight bout in New Orleans. 1930 ��� Golfer Bobby Jones wins the first James E. Sullivan Award. The award is given to ���the most outstanding amateur athlete in the United States.��� 1940 ��� Joe Louis knocks out Al McCoy i ECHL Glance 12/15/2025 10:09am • All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE North Division GP W L OL SOL Pts GF SPHL Glance 12/15/2025 10:09am • All Times EST GP W L OL SOL Pts GF GA Grains mixed, livestock mixed 12/15/2025 10:06am • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mixed in early trading Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Mar. corn fell by 0.5 cent at $4.40 a bushel. Mar. wheat gained 0.25 cent at $5.29 a bushel. Mar. oats gained 0.25 cent at $2.86 a bushel. Jan. soybeans lost 2.25 cents at $10.74 a bushel. Beef was higher CCHA Glance 12/15/2025 10:01am • All Times EST OVERALL Katie Ledecky beats her own American record in 1650 freestyle event in College Park 12/15/2025 09:58am • Hundreds of energetic fans packed the Eppley Recreation Center Natatorium in College Park, Maryland, Sunday to get a glimpse of the most decorated female swimmer in history as she made another groundbreaking achievement. Bethesda-native Katie Ledecky didn���t disappoint, breaking the American recor Pope denounces 'antisemitic violence' of Sydney attack as he thanks Christmas donors 12/15/2025 09:57am • ROME (AP) ��� Pope Leo XIV on Monday denounced the ���antisemitic violence��� behind the Sydney Hanukkah massacre as he prayed for the victims and the ���gift of peace and fraternity��� this holiday season. Leo also issued a strong anti-abortion message during an audience with the donors of the Vati 35 countries will compete in next year's Eurovision Song Contest after 5 countries announce boycott 12/15/2025 09:49am • GENEVA (AP) ��� Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest on Monday announced a final list of 35 countries that will take part in the glitzy pop-music gala next year, after five countries said they would boycott due to discord over Israel���s participation. Contest organizers announced the list for