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DJ Smith scores 24 as Campbell fends off Monmouth 68-65 12/31/2025 04:33pm • WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) ��� DJ Smith had 24 points in Campbell's 68-65 victory over Monmouth on Wednesday. Smith shot 7 of 18 from the field, including 4 for 11 from 3-point range, and went 6 for 7 from the free-throw line for the Fighting Camels (7-8, 1-1 Coastal Athletic Association). Dovydas Warren scores 14, Holy Cross beats Bucknell 65-58 in Patriot League opener 12/31/2025 04:33pm • WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) ��� Gabe Warren and Declan Ryan scored 14 points apiece as Holy Cross beat Bucknell 65-58 on Wednesday in the Patriot League opener for both teams. Warren also added five rebounds for the Crusaders (6-8) and Ryan was 7-of-11 shooting and grabbed five rebounds. Tyler Boston sho Nils Machowski scores 27 to lead Wofford over Western Carolina 79-74 in Southern Conference opener 12/31/2025 04:33pm • CULLOWHEE, N.C. (AP) ��� Nils Machowski scored 27 points to help Wofford defeat Western Carolina 79-74 on Wednesday in a Southern Conference opener. Machowski also contributed seven rebounds for the Terriers (9-5, 1-0). Cayden Vasko added 18 points and five rebounds. Cord Stansberry finished with 2 Michael Zanoni scores 23 to guide Pennsylvania to 80-61 victory over NJIT 12/31/2025 04:33pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Michael Zanoni had 23 points in Pennsylvania's 80-61 victory over NJIT on Wednesday. Zanoni shot 8 for 15, including 5 for 11 from beyond the arc for the Quakers (7-6). AJ Levine scored 19 points and added five rebounds and seven steals. Augustus Gerhart shot 6 of 8 from the fi Bulls' Josh Giddey and Coby White to miss at least the next few games because of injuries 12/31/2025 04:30pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� The Chicago Bulls will have to get by without their top two scorers for at least the next few games, with Josh Giddey sidelined because of a strained left hamstring and Coby White out with right calf tightness. The team said Wednesday that Giddey will be reevaluated in two weeks and Grains mostly lower, livestock mixed 12/31/2025 04:30pm • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mostly lower Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Mar. corn was up 0.5 cent at $4.41 a bushel. Mar. wheat fell by 3.75 cents at $5.07 a bushel. Mar. oats was down 2.5 cents at $3.03 a bushel. Jan. soybeans lost 13.75 cents at $10.31 a bushel. Beef was higher and Syrian police officer killed in Aleppo suicide bombing on New Year's Eve 12/31/2025 04:29pm • DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ��� One Syrian police officer was killed and others wounded in a suicide bombing late Wednesday in the northern city of Aleppo, Syrian state media reported. A patrol of the Internal Security Forces was attempting to detain the bomber in the neighborhood near the Bab al-Faraj arc Lauren Betts surpasses 1,500 career points and No. 4 UCLA beats Penn State 97-61 12/31/2025 04:23pm • STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) ��� Lauren Betts scored 25 and surpassed 1,500 career points in leading No. 4 UCLA to a 97-61 rout of Penn State on Wednesday. Gianna Kneepkens added 17 points, Kiki Rice scored 16 and Sienna Betts 10 for the Bruins (13-1, 3-0 Big Ten), who won their seventh in a row after le Olsen's 26 help South Alabama beat Louisiana-Lafayette 63-58 12/31/2025 04:23pm • LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) ��� Adam Olsen had 26 points in South Alabama's 63-58 win over Louisiana-Lafayette on Wednesday. Olsen shot 7 of 13 from the field, including 2 for 6 from 3-point range, and went 10 for 10 from the free-throw line for the Jaguars (11-4, 2-1 Sun Belt Conference). Chaze Harris scor Vanterpool scores 21 to lead Florida Atlantic over UTSA 110-70 in American Conference opener 12/31/2025 04:23pm • BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) ��� Devin Vanterpool scored 21 points as Florida Atlantic beat UTSA 110-70 on Wednesday in an American Conference opener. Vanterpool went 8 of 13 from the field (5 for 10 from 3-point range) for the Owls (9-5, 1-0). Isaiah Elohim hit two 3-pointers and scored 16, while Kanaan C How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 12/31/2025 12/31/2025 04:22pm • Wall Street fell on the final day of trading for 2025, a banner year for markets that was driven by both optimism and uncertainty. The S&P 500 pulled back 0.7% Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite gave back 0.8%. Trading was very light ahead of the Ne How Arlington PTAs are helping address student food insecurity 12/31/2025 04:20pm • There���s apple sauce and pasta in a tiny cabinet on the side of Hoffman-Boston Elementary in Arlington, Virginia. The food cabinet remains unlocked 24/7 and is available to students, with the goal of making sure no child goes hungry. The school���s PTA is also working with a food rescue grou Roberto Carlos says he's 'recovering well' after undergoing heart procedure in Brazil 12/31/2025 04:19pm • SAO PAULO (AP) ��� Former Brazil and Real Madrid great Roberto Carlos posted a picture of himself smiling in hospital and said he was ���recovering well��� after confirming Wednesday he had undergone a heart procedure. ���I did not suffer a heart attack. I am recovering well, and looking forward to Nasty weather on tap for New Year fetes at Rose Parade in California and revelers in New York City 12/31/2025 04:15pm • Two iconic celebrations to ring in the New Year ��� the Rose Parade in Southern California and the midnight ball drop in New York City ��� are in for some rough weather. Marching bands, floats and throngs of spectators are bracing for a rare dose of New Year���s Day rain and even thunder at the pres Iowa holds off Vanderbilt's comeback bid for 34-27 victory in the ReliaQuest Bowl 12/31/2025 04:14pm • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) ��� Mark Gronowski threw two touchdowns and rushed for another to lead Iowa to a 34-27 win over No. 13 Vanderbilt in the ReliaQuest Bowl on Wednesday. Gronowski was 16 of 22 passing for 212 yards, throwing touchdowns passes of 10 and 21 yards to Reece Vander Zee and DJ Vonnahme, res