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Oscar contender ���The Secret Agent��� capitalizes on the rise of Brazilian cinema 12/19/2025 10:17am • SAO PAULO (AP) ��� ���The Secret Agent,��� a Brazilian feature shortlisted for the Oscars, is all about ordinary people. It follows an unassuming scientist and widowed father who becomes a target of Brazil���s military dictatorship in the 1970s ��� not because he is an activist or revolutionary, but Sports on TV for Dec. 20 - 21 12/19/2025 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, Dec. 20 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN���S) Noon BTN ��� Oakland vs. Michigan St., Detroit 12:30 p.m. CBS ��� St. John���s vs. Kentucky, Atlanta USA ��� Liberty at Dayton 2 p.m. CBSSN ��� Colorado St. at Utah St. 3 p.m. CBS ��� North Today in Sports - Brett Favre is 1st NFL player to throw for more than 30 TDs in 5 different seasons 12/19/2025 10:10am • Dec. 20 1921 ��� Baseball Commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis casts the deciding vote to return to best-of-seven World Series from the best-of-nine format. The American League votes to return to best-of-seven World Series, while National League votes for the best-of-nine format. The a best-of AP Top 25 Schedule 12/19/2025 10:05am • All Times EST Friday, Dec. 19 College Football Playoff First Round - Game 1 at Norman, Okla.: No. 8 Oklahoma (10-2) vs. No. 11 Alabama (10-3), 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20 College Football Playoff First Round - Game 4 at Eugene, Ore.: No. 5 Oregon (11-1) vs. No. 19 James Madison (12-1), 7:30 p.m. Colleg NCAA Women's Div I Volleyball Tournament Glance 12/19/2025 10:02am • All Times EST First Round Thursday, December 4 Miami (Fla.) 3, Tulsa 1 Kansas 3, High Point 0 Baylor 3, Arkansas St. 2 Purdue 3, Wright St. 0 Colorado 3, American 0 Indiana 3, Toledo 0 Wisconsin 3, Eastern Ill. 0 North Carolina 3, UTEP 1 Arizona St. 3, Coppin St. 0 Utah St. 3, Tennessee 2 UNI 3, Uta US homes sales rose in November from the previous month, but fell from 2024 levels as prices continue to climb 12/19/2025 10:00am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� US homes sales rose in November from the previous month, but fell from 2024 levels as prices continue to climb. Sports on TV for Dec. 22 - 28 12/19/2025 10:00am • Adv20-21 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Dec. 22 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN���S) 6 p.m. ACCN ��� American U. at Virginia BTN ��� Siena at Indiana 7 p.m. SECN ��� Prairie View A&M at LSU 8 p.m. ACCN ��� East Carolina at North Carolina BTN ��� Cent. Michigan at Pete Davidson and Elsie Hewitt welcome their 'perfect angel girl' 12/19/2025 09:59am • Pete Davidson and Elsie Hewitt have announced the birth of their ���perfect angel girl.��� They took to Instagram on Thursday to herald the Dec. 12 birth of Scottie Rose Hewitt Davidson, accompanied by several photos of the couple cradling and caring for their newborn. Hewitt wrote under the photos Sony buys a majority stake in the 'Peanuts' comic for $457 million from Canada's WildBrain 12/19/2025 09:47am • Happiness is taking control of a beloved comic strip. Sony is buying a 41% stake in the Charles M. Schulz comic ���Peanuts��� and its characters including Snoopy and Charlie Brown from Canada's WildBrain in a $457 million deal, the two companies said Friday. The deal adds to Sony's existing 39% st Grains mixed, livestock mixed 12/19/2025 09:45am • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mixed in early trading Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Mar. corn was down 0.5 cent at $4.44 a bushel. Mar. wheat was unchanged at $5.08 a bushel. Mar. oats fell by 2.75 cents at $2.94 a bushel. Jan. soybeans was unchanged at $10.52 a bushel. Beef was higher an Paris court rejects bid to suspend Shein platform in France 12/19/2025 09:43am • PARIS (AP) ��� A Paris court on Friday rejected a government request to suspend Chinese fast-fashion platform Shein in France after authorities found illegal weapons and child-like sex dolls for sale on the fast-fashion giant���s website. Shein welcomed the decision, saying it remains committed to s 4 months in, activists say Trump's operation in Washington targets immigrants 12/19/2025 09:40am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� When President Donald Trump launched a law enforcement operation in Washington, D.C., four months ago, he billed it as a mission to fight rampant crime. But activists and local leaders say that description belies what has emerged as a simultaneous crackdown on immigrants, who Flooding closes Montgomery County's Sherwood High School in latest water damage 12/19/2025 09:36am • Classes are canceled Friday at Sherwood High School in Sandy Spring, Maryland, after a malfunctioning sprinkler caused flooding and damaged at least a dozen classrooms, according to Montgomery County Public Schools. In a Thursday email to Sherwood students, staff and families, the school system s Putin tells his annual news conference that the Kremlin's military goals in Ukraine will be met 12/19/2025 09:30am • MOSCOW (AP) ��� President Vladimir Putin emphasized Friday that Moscow���s troops were advancing across the battlefield in Ukraine and voiced confidence the Kremlin would achieve its goals militarily if Kyiv doesn't agree to Russia's conditions in peace talks. Speaking at his tightly orchestrated an Carnival: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot 12/19/2025 09:28am • MIAMI (AP) ��� MIAMI (AP) ��� Carnival Corp. (CCL) on Friday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $422 million. On a per-share basis, the Miami-based company said it had profit of 31 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 34 cents per share. The results exceeded Wall Street