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Gasparilla Bowl Winners 12/19/2025 06:00pm • Dec. 19, 2025 ��� NC State 31, Memphis 7 Dec. 20, 2024 ��� Florida 33, Tulane 8 Dec. 23, 2023 ��� Georgia Tech 30, UCF 17 Dec. 23, 2022 ��� Wake Forest 27, Missouri 17 Dec. 23, 2021 ��� UCF 29, Florida 17 Dec. 26, 2020 ��� Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic Dec. 23, 2019 ��� UCF 48, Marshall 25 Dec. Life ring, lifeboat piece from Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck sell at auction for $150,000 12/19/2025 05:56pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� A life ring and a piece of a lifeboat from the Edmund Fitzgerald were sold at auction Friday for $150,000, a month after the 50th anniversary of the famous ship's sinking in Lake Superior with 29 men aboard. The relics were discovered by a carpenter in 1975 along the shore in Michig Hoffmann Family to purchase controlling interest in Pittsburgh Penguins 12/19/2025 05:51pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� A family-owned, Chicago-based investment company has reached a ���definitive agreement��� to purchase a controlling interest in the Pittsburgh Penguins from Fenway Sports Group. The Penguins announced Friday that Hoffmann Family of Companies and FSG have come to terms on a sale t Geno Smith returns to start for Raiders against Texans' top-ranked defense 12/19/2025 05:46pm • HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) ��� Quarterback Geno Smith will start for the Las Vegas Raiders when they visit Houston on Sunday. He did not play in last Sunday's 31-0 loss at Philadelphia because of back and shoulder injuries, but practiced all week. Kenny Pickett got the start against the Eagles, but passed Chicago boosts transit police presence after renewed federal funding cut threat over crime 12/19/2025 05:46pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) ��� The Chicago Transit Authority bolstered security on the public transport system Friday, a day after President Donald Trump's administration repeated its threat to withhold $50 million in federal funding if it didn't deliver a more aggressive crime-cutting plan. The Chicag Pirates acquire All-Star 2B Brandon Lowe in three-team trade involving the Rays and the Astros 12/19/2025 05:38pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� The offense-starved Pittsburgh Pirates finally made an aggressive offseason move, acquiring two-time All-Star second baseman Brandon Lowe from the Tampa Bay Rays as part of a three-team trade that also includes the Houston Astros. The Rays are sending Lowe, left-hander Mason Mont Judge orders special elections for Mississippi Supreme Court after Voting Rights Act violation 12/19/2025 05:38pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) ��� A judge on Friday ordered special elections for the Mississippi Supreme Court after earlier finding that the electoral map used to select justices violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock in August ordered Mississippi to redraw the map, Key questions about Minnesota's fraud schemes and the billions in losses 12/19/2025 05:37pm • The full scale of the federal fraud schemes targeting Minnesota-run programs remains unknown, but prosecutors now say losses could reach into the billions. Half or more of the roughly $18 billion in federal funds that supported 14 Minnesota-run programs since 2018 may have been stolen, First Assista La Liga strugglers Mallorca and Valencia share points in draw 12/19/2025 05:37pm • VALENCIA, Spain (AP) ��� La Liga strugglers Valencia and Mallorca shared the points in a 1-1 draw at the Mestalla on Friday. Sam�� Costa put Mallorca ahead midway through the first half and looked to be heading to what would have been only its second away win. However, the home side was more lively No. 17 Tulane coach Sumrall mourns father's death day before facing No. 6 Ole Miss in playoff debut 12/19/2025 05:35pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) ��� Tulane coach Jon Sumrall mourned the death of his father on Friday, a day before the No. 17 Green Wave make their College Football Playoff debut against No. 6 Ole Miss. Sumrall said his father died in his sleep on Thursday night after lengthy health issues. George Sumrall was 77 Toronto man facing terror charges targeting Jews and women 12/19/2025 05:34pm • TORONTO (AP) ��� A Toronto man has been arrested on terrorism charges and is also facing charges for two failed kidnappings of women. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested Waleed Khan, 27, in late November for providing property knowing it would be used by the the Islamic State group and provi Fairleigh Dickinson defeats Lehman 76-42 12/19/2025 05:33pm • TEANECK, N.J. (AP) ��� Noah Melson's 18 points off the bench helped Fairleigh Dickinson defeat Lehman 76-42 on Friday. Melson added six rebounds for the Knights (3-8). Taeshaud Jackson scored 11 points, shooting 4 of 8 from the field and 3 for 4 from the line. Josiah Francis shot 2 of 4 from the fie Syria welcomes the permanent repeal of sweeping US sanctions 12/19/2025 05:26pm • DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ��� Syria���s government and its allies on Friday welcomed the final lifting of the most draconian sanctions imposed on the country in recent decades. The U.S. Congress imposed the so-called Caesar Act sanctions on Syria���s government and financial system in 2019 to punish then Hegseth announces start of effort to 'eliminate ISIS fighters' and weapons sites in Syria following deaths of Americans 12/19/2025 05:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Hegseth announces start of effort to 'eliminate ISIS fighters' and weapons sites in Syria following deaths of Americans. If you're flying out for the holidays, expect a lot of company 12/19/2025 05:20pm • If you���re flying out for the holidays, you should expect a lot of company. That's because the Federal Aviation Administration said that as many as 52,000 flights will carry millions of people to their holiday destinations on Friday. The FAA says it also expects at least 440,000 flights will