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MLS SuperDraft Selections 12/18/2025 06:26pm • First Round 1. D.C. United, Nikola Markovic, D, NC State. 2. FC Dallas (from Atlanta), Ricky Louis, F, Georgia Southern. 3. FC Dallas (from Montreal), Nicholas Simmonds, F, Virginia. 4. Sporting Kansas City, Kwaku Agyabeng, M, Clemson. 5. Orlando City (from Los Angeles FC), Harvey Sarajian, F, Wake Florida man executed for the killings of a man and his girlfriend during a 1987 home invasion 12/18/2025 06:26pm • STARKE, Fla. (AP) ��� Florida man executed for the killings of a man and his girlfriend during a 1987 home invasion. 49ers' Ricky Pearsall's status uncertain for Colts game because of knee and ankle injuries 12/18/2025 06:25pm • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) ��� San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall missed the team's first practice of the week because of injuries to his knee and ankle, putting his status for this week's game against the Indianapolis Colts in question. Pearsall hurt his ankle on the first play from scr Right-hander Brad Keller and Philadelphia Phillies finalize $22 million, 2-year contract 12/18/2025 06:24pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Right-hander Brad Keller and the Philadelphia Phillies finalized their $22 million, two-year contract on Thursday. Keller gets a $4 million signing bonus, half payable upon the contract's approval by Major League Baseball and half in October. He receives salaries of $7 million A bag, a hoagie and a long wait for a ruling: What we learned at Luigi Mangione���s pretrial hearing 12/18/2025 06:24pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A 911 call about a man resembling ���the CEO shooter.��� Body-camera footage of police arresting Luigi Mangione and pulling items from his backpack, including a gun that prosecutors say matches the one used to kill UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, and a notebook they have descr Allen and Bills look to clinch playoff spot and prevent Browns' Garrett from getting sack record 12/18/2025 06:23pm • Josh Allen will attempt to reach a couple of milestones on Sunday while also not becoming part of what Myles Garrett hopes is a record-setting day. Allen and the Buffalo Bills can clinch a seventh consecutive playoff spot with a win at Cleveland and a loss or tie by either Indianapolis or Houston Arizona jury sentences man to death in string of killings in metro Phoenix during 2017 12/18/2025 06:22pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� An Arizona jury on Thursday sentenced a man to death in a string of killings in metro Phoenix during a three-week span in 2017, marking the end of a seven-month trial over attacks that targeted random victims and the defendant���s own mother and stepfather. Cleophus Cooksey Jr., 43, Getafe stunned by second-tier Burgos in Copa del Rey, Athletic and Real Betis advance 12/18/2025 06:21pm • MADRID (AP) ��� Getafe became the latest top-division club to be eliminated in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey, losing 3-1 to second-tier team Burgos on Thursday. Four other top-flight clubs failed to get past lower-division teams this week. Athletic Bilbao needed extra time to beat third-divisi UN elects former Iraqi President Barham Salih as head of refugee agency 12/18/2025 06:18pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday approved former Iraqi President Barham Salih as the next head of the U.N. refugee agency, its first from the Middle East since the late 1970s. The 193-member world body elected the 65-year-old Kurdish politician as the U.N. high Kansas tribe ends nearly $30 million deal with ICE 12/18/2025 06:17pm • A Kansas tribe said it has walked away from a nearly $30 million federal contract to come up with preliminary designs for immigrant detention centers after facing a wave of online criticism. The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation 's announcement Wednesday night came just over a week after the economic d Left-hander Caleb Ferguson and Reds finalize $4.5 million, 1-year contract 12/18/2025 06:15pm • CINCINNATI (AP) ��� Left-hander Caleb Ferguson and the Cincinnati Reds finalized a $4.5 million, one-year contract on Thursday. The 29-year-old was 5-4 with a 3.58 ERA in a career-high 70 games last season for Pittsburgh and Seattle, which acquired him on July 30 for minor league right-hander Jeter Crystal Palace settles for Conference League playoffs after 2-2 draw with Finnish club KuPS 12/18/2025 06:10pm • Crystal Palace missed a chance to advance directly to the Conference League round of 16 when it was held to a 2-2 draw with Finnish club KuPS on Thursday. Palace midfielder Justin Devenny headed home an equalizer in the 76th at Selhurst Park, just three minutes after the visitors were reduced to 10 Markkanen ruled out for Utah's game against Lakers because of a groin injury 12/18/2025 06:02pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ��� Utah Jazz leading scorer Lauri Markkanen won't play Thursday night against the Los Angeles Lakers due to a right groin strain. Markkanen averages a career-high 27.8 points and his absence will hurt Utah's chances to win three consecutive games for the first time this season. Judge dismisses $800 million lawsuit by Enhanced Games, which declines to pursue the case further 12/18/2025 05:49pm • A federal judge has dismissed an $800 million lawsuit filed by the Enhanced Games alleging that World Aquatics, the World Anti-Doping Agency and USA Swimming led an illegal effort to dissuade swimmers and other athletes from competing in its new series. U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman ruled against Trump administration moves to cut off transgender care for children 12/18/2025 05:44pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to block access to gender-affirming care for minors, building on broader Trump administration restrictions targeting transgender Americans. The sweeping proposals ��� the