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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 Implosion takes down a nearly century-old Mississippi River bridge 12/19/2025 05:20pm • A nearly 100-year-old bridge over the Mississippi River between Iowa and Wisconsin was imploded Friday, an unusual spectacle that clears the way for a modern replacement. The Mississippi River Bridge, also known as the Black Hawk Bridge, was completed in 1931. It connects Lansing, Iowa, to Wisconsin Third-tier Avranches knocks out Ligue 1 side Brest in French Cup 12/19/2025 05:17pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Third-tier Avranches knocked out Ligue 1 side Brest in the French Cup on Friday. The Normandy club qualified for the last 32 with a 5-4 victory on penalties after the teams drew 1-1 after 90 minutes. Brest played most of the match with 10 men after Julien Le Cardinal was sent off midw Israeli fire kills at least 5 Palestinians in Gaza, a hospital in the enclave says 12/19/2025 05:17pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� Israeli troops fired over the ceasefire line in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday, killing at least five Palestinians, including a baby, according to a local hospital that received the casualties. The killings came as the tenuous Israel-Hamas truce has stalled in r US senator from Wyoming won't seek reelection in 2026 in Republican stronghold 12/19/2025 05:17pm • CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) ��� First-term U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming announced Friday that she won't seek reelection in 2026, but she said she's committed to retaining Republic control of the Senate. Lummis said her stamina ���doesn't match up��� with the energy required for another term. ���In th NASCAR's Brad Keselowski breaks leg in skiing accident, expected to recover for Daytona 500 12/19/2025 05:14pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski, a former series champion who is now co-owner of RFK Racing, broke his right leg while on a ski trip, the team announced Friday. Keselowski underwent surgery Thursday and doctors have told him to expect a quick recovery that will have him back University of Virginia Board of Visitors names 10th president 12/19/2025 05:14pm • The University of Virginia���s Board of Visitors on Friday chose Scott Beardsley as the institution���s 10th president, despite calls from lawmakers, UVA faculty and community organizations and Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger to suspend the months-long search. Spanberger and others had asked for th Browns pass rusher Myles Garrett looks to set NFL single-season sack record against Bills' Allen 12/19/2025 05:11pm • Josh Allen has been compared to Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre due to his arm strength and ability to run with the ball despite the high risks at times. Myles Garrett hopes Allen will draw another similarity to Favre as quarterbacks who were sacked to set the single-season sacks record. The What to know about the man authorities say fatally shot 2 Brown students and an MIT professor 12/19/2025 05:07pm • PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) ��� Several days of investigations into the Brown University mass shooting and the slaying of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor ended when authorities discovered evidence they say indicates the killings were committed by the same man, who was then found dead fro DOJ acknowledges to Congress that Epstein files release is incomplete, expects additional disclosures by end of year 12/19/2025 05:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� DOJ acknowledges to Congress that Epstein files release is incomplete, expects additional disclosures by end of year. PetMed: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot 12/19/2025 05:02pm • DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) ��� DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) ��� PetMed Express Inc. (PETS) on Friday reported a loss of $8.5 million in its fiscal second quarter. On a per-share basis, the Delray Beach, Florida-based company said it had a loss of 41 cents. The pet pharmacy company posted revenue of $44.4 mi With Chloe Kim sitting out, the world gets pre-Olympic view of Asian dominance on the halfpipe 12/19/2025 05:02pm • COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) ��� Chloe Kim sat out with an injury. Shaun White has been retired for four years. Without them, the world got a peek at what snowboarding on the halfpipe looks like heading into the Winter Olympics: It is now a sport dominated by Japanese, with other Asian stars in the m Trump announces lower drug price deals with 9 pharmaceutical companies 12/19/2025 04:55pm • U.S. President Donald Trump announced Friday that nine drugmakers have agreed to lower the cost of their prescription drugs in the U.S. Pharmaceutical companies Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Genentech, Gilead Sciences, GSK, Merck, Novartis and Sanofi will now rein in Medicaid