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TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake 12/18/2025 05:44pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake. Maikel Garcia's deal with Royals could be worth $85.3M with escalators 12/18/2025 05:43pm • Maikel Garcia's $57.5 million, five-year contract with the Kansas City Royals could be worth up to $85.3 million if a 2031 team option is exercised and he has several seasons with at least 525 plate appearances and top-10 finishes in MVP voting. Garcia gets a $1 million signing bonus as part of the Hurricane-force wind downs power lines, fans wildfires in Colorado with more on way 12/18/2025 05:40pm • FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Crews were mopping up Thursday but still bracing for more after hurricane-force wind downed power lines and fanned wildfires along the Colorado Front Range and onto the Great Plains. Wind that in places topped 100 mph (160 kph) late Wednesday arrived after Xcel Energy pr What to know about Trump's order seeking to relax federal drug policies for marijuana 12/18/2025 05:39pm • President Donald Trump has directed his administration to work as quickly as possible to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. Trump’s executive order on Thursday does not legalize marijuana under federal law. And it’s not the final word. The proposed change still requires federal regul LISTEN: Denver's Zach Allen says Broncos are treating matchup against Jaguars like a playoff game 12/18/2025 05:36pm • Broncos Pro Bowl defensive lineman Zach Allen talks about the team’s quest for a division title and the AFC’s No. 1 seed, this week’s matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars, his success in defensive coordinator Vance Joseph’s system and the winning culture coach Sean Payton brought to the J.J. McCarthy and the Vikings visit Jaxson Dart and the skidding Giants in latest young QB showcase 12/18/2025 05:33pm • EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — J.J. McCarthy had just finished a three-touchdown performance to lead the Minnesota Vikings to victory after learning they had been eliminated from playoff contention, and he already was looking forward to their next game, against the New York Giants. “We’re always What we know about the plane crash that killed NASCAR's Greg Biffle and his family 12/18/2025 05:33pm • A private jet crashed at a regional North Carolina airport and erupted into flames Thursday, killing seven people, including retired NASCAR star Greg Biffle and three members of his family, officials said. Here are some things to know about the crash. What happened? The plane took off Thursday morni BlackBerry: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot 12/18/2025 05:32pm • WATERLOO, Ontario (AP) — WATERLOO, Ontario (AP) — BlackBerry Ltd. (BB) on Thursday reported fiscal third-quarter net income of $13.7 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier. On a per-share basis, the Waterloo, Ontario-based company said it had net income of 2 cents. Ear Chicago man accused in train attack is also charged with attempted arson in City Hall fire 12/18/2025 05:32pm • CHICAGO (AP) — A man accused of setting a woman on fire on a Chicago train last month has been indicted on an additional charge alleging he attempted to set City Hall on fire days before the train attack. Prosecutors say Lawrence Reed, 50, “maliciously damaged and attempted to damage and destroy The US move to lift sanctions on Syria could encourage refugee returns, UN official says 12/18/2025 05:29pm • BEIRUT (AP) — The move by the United States to lift sweeping sanctions on Syria could encourage more refugees to return to their country and also help encourage investments, the head of the U.N. refugee agency in Lebanon said Thursday. The U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday to permanently remove the s ‘Vegetable salad budget:’ Proposed $3.78B Montgomery County Public Schools spending plan reflects 5% increase 12/18/2025 05:29pm • Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Superintendent Thomas Taylor on Wednesday released his proposed $3.78 billion operating budget for fiscal year 2027, a spending plan that represents a 5% increase over current spending and includes staff salary increases and a goal of reducing eleme Florida Supreme Court upholds death sentences by nonunanimous juries 12/18/2025 05:23pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's Supreme Court has upheld a state law allowing nonunanimous juries to sentence people to death, cementing the lowest bar in the country for death sentences at a time when the state is driving a national increase in executions. In a decision released Thursday, the Half of $18B in federal funds for Minnesota-run programs may have been defrauded, official says 12/18/2025 05:21pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Half or more of the roughly $18 billion in federal funds that supported 14 Minnesota-run programs since 2018 may have been stolen, a federal prosecutor said Thursday, describing the massive and multilayered fraud schemes as staggering. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson Tennessee governor pardons country star Jelly Roll, who has sought redemption from criminal past 12/18/2025 05:21pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's governor pardoned country star Jelly Roll on Thursday for his criminal past in the state, acknowledging the Nashville native's long road back from drugs and prison through soul-searching, songwriting and advocacy for second chances. The rapper-turned-singer whos NASCAR mourns the loss of Greg Biffle, family in tragic plane crash in North Carolina 12/18/2025 05:14pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Greg Biffle was picked by NASCAR as one of its top 75 drivers in history. He was a Hall of Fame nominee for the stock car series and he drove for 18 years at the top of the sport. Yet for all the races and the handful of memorable wins, he is perhaps best remembered for h