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Brazil's Lula vows to veto bill that could reduce Bolsonaro's prison sentence 12/18/2025 12:54pm • SAO PAULO (AP) ��� Brazil���s President Luiz In��cio Lula da Silva said Thursday he will veto a bill that could significantly reduce the 27-year prison sentence of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who was arrested in November for attempting a coup. The Senate passed the bill late Wednesday, followin Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. has been found not guilty of charges he endangered and abused his teenage daughter 12/18/2025 12:54pm • MAYS LANDING, N.J. (AP) ��� Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. has been found not guilty of charges he endangered and abused his teenage daughter. World Series champion Dodgers' full share is $484,748, up from 2024 but below 2022 record 12/18/2025 12:53pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A full postseason share for the World Series champion Dodgers totaled $484,748, up from the amount Los Angeles players earned in 2024 but still down from the winner's figure in 2022 and 2023. The total postseason pool of nearly $128.2 million was down slightly from the record $129. Giants will try to stop their losing streak at 8 when they host the also-eliminated Vikings 12/18/2025 12:48pm • Minnesota (6-8) at N.Y. Giants (2-12) Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, Fox. BetMGM NFL odds: Vikings by 3. Against the spread: Vikings 6-8; Giants 6-7-1. Series record: Minnesota leads 19-13. Last meeting: Vikings beat Giants 28-6 on Sept. 8, 2024, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. 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Claim this offer EU to slash asylum cases from 7 nations deemed safe 12/18/2025 12:41pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� The European Union on Thursday said it would drastically reduce asylum claims from seven nations in Africa, the Middle East and Asia by considering them safe countries of origin, prompting widespread outrage from human rights groups on International Migrants' Day. An agreement betw Sleeper Promo Code WTOP: Get $120 Bonus for Seahawks-Rams Picks 12/18/2025 12:40pm • New users looking to get in on the action for the Week 16 matchup between the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks can cash in with our exclusive Sleeper promo code WTOP. When you sign up for a new Sleeper Fantasy account and make a first-time deposit of at least $10, you will instantly receive a $ Pope blasts 'irrationality' of military deterrence in first annual peace message 12/18/2025 12:39pm • VATICAN CITY (AP) ��� Pope Leo XIV insisted Thursday that peace was not only possible but necessary, as he blasted the ���irrationality��� of nuclear deterrence and the weaponization of faith in modern political discourse. Leo made the comments in his first peace message, an annual exhortation that Brian Walshe is sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife, whose body was never found 12/18/2025 12:32pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� A Boston-area man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for the grisly murder of his wife, who disappeared nearly three years ago and whose body has never been found. Brian Walshe, 50, was convicted Monday of first-degree murder in the killing of Ana Walshe, 39. The sentence carr Sheriff's office confirms multiple deaths in crash of business jet in North Carolina 12/18/2025 12:28pm • STATESVILLE, N.C. (AP) ��� Sheriff's office confirms multiple deaths in crash of business jet in North Carolina. Elle Duncan leaves ESPN for Netflix, will host sports and cultural live events 12/18/2025 12:27pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Elle Duncan has signed a multi-year deal with Netflix to host its sports and other cultural live events. The streamer made the announcement on Thursday. Duncan had been with ESPN since 2016, where she hosted the 6 p.m. edition of ���SportsCenter��� along with the women���s NCAA Israel launches intense airstrikes in Lebanon as deadline looms to disarm Hezbollah 12/18/2025 12:19pm • BEIRUT (AP) ��� Israel carried out a series of airstrikes on southern and northeastern Lebanon on Thursday as a deadline looms to disarm the militant Hezbollah group along the countries' tense frontier. The strikes came a day before a meeting of the committee monitoring the enforcement of a U.S.-bro Mexican drug cartel member accused of faking his death is sentenced to 11-plus years in US prison 12/18/2025 12:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A Mexican drug cartel member accused of faking his death to avoid capture was sentenced Thursday to more than 11 years in U.S. prison for his money laundering role in one of his home country's largest and most violent narcotics trafficking organizations. Cristian Fernando Gutierr DOJ vowed to punish those who disrupt Trump's immigration crackdown. Dozens of cases have crumbled 12/18/2025 12:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The federal agent described her wounds as ���boo-boos.��� Nevertheless, the Department of Justice aggressively pursued the alleged perpetrator. They jailed Sidney Lori Reid on a charge of felony assault, accusing her of injuring the agent during a July protest of President Donald