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'I don’t mind spending a little over': DC shopping cops go out of pocket to bring a better Christmas 12/04/2025 02:53pm • One hundred police officers and 100 smiling kids took over a Walmart in Northeast D.C. on Wednesday morning. They picked up everything from Stitch stuffed animals and hot pink and electric blue remote-controlled cars to Strawberry Dr Pepper and white undershirts. “Shop with a Cop is really Surprising Duke meets No. 16 Virginia in ACC Championship Game amid CFP uncertainty 12/04/2025 02:52pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — It's the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Game that was hard to imagine back in September — and one that could potentially complicate the College Football Playoff scenario. Duke, by virtue of winning a complicated five-team tiebreaker, will face No. 16 Virginia in Ch US prioritizes visas for fans traveling for the World Cup, Olympics and other events 12/04/2025 02:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has instructed U.S. embassies and consulates around the world to prioritize visa applications from foreigners wishing to visit the United States to either invest in America or attend the 2026 World Cup, 2028 Olympics and other major sporting events. At th As Trump hosts Congo and Rwanda's leaders for peace deal, here's what to know about the conflict 12/04/2025 02:33pm • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump is hosting the leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda on Thursday for a deal-signing aimed at ending the conflict in Congo. The Central African nation has been battered by decades-long fighting with more than 100 armed groups, the m Women's College Basketball Scores 12/04/2025 02:30pm • Thursday, Dec. 4 EAST Loyola (MD) 64, Towson 63, OT SOUTH Alabama A&M 64, Tuskegee 44 Tennessee Tech 82, Samford 60 MIDWEST Western Illinois 90, St. Francis (IL) 55 Xavier 61, Providence 47 ___ US tells embassies to prioritize visas for World Cup and Olympics fans, investors in American industry over others 12/04/2025 02:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — US tells embassies to prioritize visas for World Cup and Olympics fans, investors in American industry over others. Lamar Jackson faces Aaron Rodgers for the first time this week as both star QBs deal with injuries 12/04/2025 02:24pm • Pittsburgh (6-6) at Baltimore (6-6) Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, CBS. BetMGM NFL odds: Ravens by 6. Against the spread: Steelers 5-7, Ravens 4-8. Series record: Steelers lead 37-26. Last meeting: Baltimore beat Pittsburgh 28-14 in the first round of the playoffs on Jan. 11, 2025 in Baltimore. Big 12 coaches select BYU RB Martin and Texas Tech LB Rodriguez for top honors 12/04/2025 02:21pm • IRVING, Texas (AP) — Big 12 coaches selected BYU running back LJ Martin as the league's top offensive player and Texas Tech linebacker Jacob Rodriguez as the top defender before the two players go head to head in the conference championship game. The awards determined by the votes of the league’ Maryland man charged in shooting of 23-year-old father at MGM National Harbor 12/04/2025 02:20pm • A man has been arrested and charged Thursday in the killing of a 23-year-old father who was shot at MGM National Harbor Hotel and Casino in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Prince George's County police identified the man who was killed in Wednesday's shooting as Darnell Hawkins Jr., 23, of D.C. Hawkins w No. 3 Georgia will be looking to end No. 10 Alabama's rivalry dominance in SEC championship game 12/04/2025 02:19pm • ATLANTA (AP) — After No. 3 Georgia closed an 11-1 regular season with its eighth straight win over Georgia Tech last week, coach Kirby Smart was asked about his senior class dominating its top rivals through four seasons. Smart replied with a reminder that Georgia Tech, Florida, Auburn and Tenness An Israeli-backed militia in Gaza says its leader, Yasser Abu Shabab, was killed in a dispute with another family 12/04/2025 02:14pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli-backed militia in Gaza says its leader, Yasser Abu Shabab, was killed in a dispute with another family. Kevin Patullo's home vandalized, fans upset amid Eagles' offensive struggles 12/04/2025 02:11pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kevin Patullo grasps that criticism comes with any coaching job in sports, especially in a no-nonsense sports city like Philadelphia. So, sure, Patullo might find a website encouraging the Eagles to fire their first-year offensive coordinator or a TikTok trend that has Eagles f No. 16 Virginia savors breakout season with trip to ACC title game 3 years after shooting tragedy 12/04/2025 02:10pm • CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Tony Elliott had just claimed the biggest win of his coaching career, leading No. 16 Virginia past rival Virginia Tech to clinch a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Game. Yet as he stood at the podium for his postgame news conference, Elliott thanked th Where the blame will fall if ACA subsidies expire, according to a new poll 12/04/2025 02:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Fifty-two-year-old Dinam Bigny sank into debt and had to get a roommate this year, in part because of health insurance premiums that cost him nearly $900 per month. Next year, those monthly fees will rise by $200 — a significant enough increase that the program manager in Aldie UN Security Council delegation visits Syria for first time since 1945 12/04/2025 02:06pm • DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A delegation of representatives from the 15 member states of the United Nations Security Council visited Syria Thursday for the first time since the council’s founding in 1945. The visit comes just ahead of the one-year anniversary of the fall of former Syrian President Ba