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Real Madrid star Kylian Mbapp�� sidelined with knee injury 12/31/2025 01:43pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbapp�� has injured his left knee, the Spanish club said on Wednesday. Madrid said in a brief statement the France superstar had been diagnosed with a sprain but did not provide a timeline for his recovery. French sports daily newspaper L'Equipe said Mbapp� Palestinians watch as Israeli bulldozers claw down their West Bank homes 12/31/2025 01:24pm • NUR SHAMS REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) ��� Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank watched as Israeli military bulldozers pulled down their homes Wednesday as part of a nearly year-long incursion into the territory's northern refugee camps. The scene in Nur Shams has been repeated often acros Thailand releases 18 Cambodian prisoners of war as part of ceasefire agreement 12/31/2025 01:14pm • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) ��� Thailand on Wednesday released 18 Cambodian prisoners of war held for five months, fulfilling the terms of a ceasefire agreement the two countries signed to end bitter fighting along their border. The release was stipulated in the ceasefire agreement, signed Saturday by Average US long-term mortgage rate falls to the lowest level of the year at 6.15% 12/31/2025 01:13pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage fell to its lowest level of 2025 this week, an encouraging sign for prospective home buyers. The average long-term mortgage rate dipped to 6.15% from 6.18% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Wednesday. That's the lowest average Authorities investigating damage to undersea telecom cable in Gulf of Finland 12/31/2025 01:08pm • HELSINKI (AP) ��� Authorities are investigating damage to an undersea telecommunications cable in the Gulf of Finland early Wednesday that occurred between the capitals of Finland and Estonia. Finnish authorities seized and inspected the vessel suspected to have caused the damage, the country's bord Hong Kong greets 2026 without fireworks after deadliest blaze in decades 12/31/2025 01:03pm • HONG KONG (AP) ��� Fireworks are typically a celebratory centerpiece of Hong Kong's New Year celebrations. Not this year. The territory greeted 2026 without spectacular and colorful explosions in the sky over its iconic Victoria Harbor after a massive fire in November that killed at least 161 peopl Rescue crew finds 3 hikers dead in Southern California mountains during strong winds 12/31/2025 01:02pm • SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) ��� Rescue crews responding during high winds to a report of an injured hiker who fell down a slope near a Southern California mountain trail found the 19-year-old man and two other hikers dead, authorities said. The three bodies were discovered Monday evening along the D Some Warren Buffett wisdom on his last day leading Berkshire Hathaway 12/31/2025 12:56pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ��� The advice that legendary investor Warren Buffett offered on investing and life over the years helped earn him legions of followers who eagerly read his annual letters and filled an arena in Omaha every year to listen to him at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meetings. Buffett's la SNAP bans on soda, candy and other foods take effect in five states Jan. 1 12/31/2025 12:38pm • Starting Thursday, Americans in five states who get government help paying for groceries will see new restrictions on soda, candy and other foods they can buy with those benefits. Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah and West Virginia are the first of at least 18 states to enact waivers prohibiting the pur 2025 in film: WTOP hears top 5 movie picks for the year 12/31/2025 12:35pm • What were the best movies of 2025? Kuya P of Nerds Rule the World, whose movie, TV and streaming reviews you hear regularly on WTOP, shared his favorite films of the year with us. At No. 5 on his list is "One Battle After Another." 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English actors Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton welcome their second child 12/31/2025 12:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� English actors Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton have welcomed their second child. Hiddleston confirmed the news to GQ in a feature published Monday. He described birth as the ���most beautiful, profound, earth-shattering, life-altering��� experience. He did not share his child's birt Average US long-term mortgage rate falls to the lowest level of the year at 6.15% 12/31/2025 12:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Average US long-term mortgage rate falls to the lowest level of the year at 6.15%.