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'Like putting your name on someone's gravestone': What onlookers say about the Kennedy Center's new signage 12/19/2025 10:15pm • For the first time in 54 years, there is a new name on the front of the Kennedy Center. Only a day after President Donald Trump’s handpicked board voted to add his name to the Kennedy Center building, workers were in cherry picker forklifts changing the facade of the building to the Donald Sri Lanka tea workers struggle in poverty. Flooding cost many their lives 12/19/2025 10:13pm • CRAIGHEAD ESTATE, Sri Lanka (AP) — Arumugam Manikavalli, awakened by ferocious rain and rumbling earth, fled her home for the safety of a nearby temple on the tea estate where she works. That same November evening, tea worker Kumaran Elumugam's small home was crushed by a landslide, killing six fa The US Treasury wants more states to embrace Trump's tax cuts. So far, only a few have done so 12/19/2025 10:08pm • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — To tax tips or not? That is a question that will confront lawmakers in states across the U.S. as they convene for work next year. President Donald Trump’s administration is urging states to follow its lead by enacting a slew of new tax breaks for individuals and busine Carr pours in 24 points, 6 players score in double figures as Baylor pummels Alcorn State, 113-56 12/19/2025 10:07pm • WACO, Texas (AP) — Cameron Carr scored 24 points and five other Baylor players scored in double figures as Baylor crushed Alcorn State 113-56 on Friday. Carr was 8-of-9 shooting and 6 of 6 at the free-throw line, with six rebounds, three blocks and a pair of steals. Isaac Williams had 21 points, s Winning numbers drawn in Friday’s Virginia Cash Pop 12/19/2025 10:05pm • The winning numbers in Friday's drawing of the "Virginia Cash Pop" game were: 7 (seven) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets Justice Department releases limited set of files tied to Epstein sex trafficking investigation 12/19/2025 10:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department released thousands of files Friday about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but the incomplete document dump did not break significant ground about the long-running criminal investigations of the financier or his ties to wealthy and powerful individual Victor Wembanyama leads Spurs to a 126-98 win against Hawks with 26-point performance 12/19/2025 09:57pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Victor Wembanyama scored 26 points, Devin Vassell added 18, and the San Antonio Spurs spoiled the first of a five-game home stretch for Atlanta with a 126-98 win over the Hawks. The win was the Spurs' 20th of the season — a feat the team did not reach until Jan. 23 last season. I Trump insists during NC visit he's brought down costs, but residents say they're feeling squeezed 12/19/2025 09:55pm • ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (AP) — She had worked 22 days straight in her job as a technician at an engine plant to save up, and now Daijah Bryant could finally do what she was putting off: Christmas shopping. Bryant pushed her cart out of a Walmart in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and loaded her sedan's ba Minnesota jury says Johnson & Johnson owes $65.5 million to woman with cancer who used talcum powder 12/19/2025 09:47pm • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota jury awarded $65.5 million on Friday to a mother of three who claimed talcum products made by Johnson & Johnson exposed her to asbestos and contributed to her developing cancer in the lining of her lungs. Jurors determined that plaintiff Anna Jean Houghton Ca 3 killed in Taiwan knife attack, with the suspect later falling to his death from a department store 12/19/2025 09:44pm • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A man with at least one knife and smoke grenades attacked crowds indiscriminately in Taiwan's capital on Friday evening, killing at least three people and injuring 11 others, according to the national news agency and the city government. The suspect later fell to his death fr Derrick White scores season-high 33, hits nine 3s as Celtics pull away from Heat 129-116 12/19/2025 09:44pm • BOSTON (AP) — Derrick White scored a season-high 33 points and tied a career-high with nine 3-pointers to help the Boston Celtics pull away in the second half for a 129-116 win over the Miami Heat on Friday night. Jaylen Brown added 30 points, nine rebounds and seven assists to help the Celtics s Tavari Johnson's 25 points lead Akron past Eastern Michigan 93-72 12/19/2025 09:43pm • AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Tavari Johnson scored 25 points as Akron beat Eastern Michigan 93-72 on Friday. Johnson also contributed five assists and four steals for the Zips (9-3, 1-0 Mid-American Conference). Amani Lyles scored 16 points while going 7 of 11 and 2 of 3 from the free-throw line and added 1 Conrad Martinez scores 24 off the bench, High Point takes down La Salle 84-72 12/19/2025 09:37pm • HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) — Conrad Martinez's 24 points off of the bench led High Point to an 84-72 victory over La Salle on Friday. Martinez shot 7 for 12 (5 for 9 from 3-point range) and 5 of 5 from the free-throw line for the Panthers (10-3). Braden Hausen went 4 of 7 from the field (3 for 6 from 3 Rep. Elise Stefanik ends her campaign for New York governor and won't seek reelection to House 12/19/2025 09:33pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Rep. Elise Stefanik suspended her campaign for New York governor on Friday and said she will not seek reelection to Congress, bowing out of what was expected to be a bruising Republican primary and ending a once-promising tenure in the House. Stefanik, an ally of President Dona The Latest: Justice Department releases some case files on Jeffrey Epstein 12/19/2025 09:27pm • The Department of Justice on Friday released some of its records related to its investigations of Jeffrey Epstein. The convicted sex offender and wealthy financier known for his connections to some of the world’s most powerful people, including President Donald Trump, who long sought to keep the f