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These Credit Cards Offer the Chance at World Cup Tickets 12/17/2025 07:00pm • Are you a soccer fan looking to score tickets to the 2026 FIFA World Cup? For a limited time, new applicants approved for the Bank of America�� Customized Cash Rewards credit card or the Bank of America�� Unlimited Cash Rewards credit card will have special access to purchase up to two tickets -- bu U.S. International Student Enrollment Is Down: What to Know 12/17/2025 07:00pm • New research indicates that the number of international college students who studied in the U.S. in fall 2025 declined compared with the prior year, particularly among new students. Overall international enrollment decreased by 1% for fall 2025 -- the first year of decline after four prior years of US government admits negligence in helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington 12/17/2025 06:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� US government admits negligence in helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington. Court blocks Michigan ban on conversion therapy on free speech grounds 12/17/2025 06:55pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked Michigan's ban on conversion therapy for minors who are LGBTQ+, declaring it violates the First Amendment rights of therapists and counselors. In a 2-1 opinion, the court said the law illegally restricts speech that reflects the moral bel Sleepy. Divisive. A fan of young Trump: A look at the new plaques on the Presidential Walk of Fame 12/17/2025 06:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump has affixed partisan plaques to the portraits of all U.S. commanders in chief, himself included, on his Presidential Walk of Fame at the White House, describing Joe Biden as ���sleepy,��� Barack Obama as ���divisive��� and Ronald Reagan as a fan of a young Shane McClanahan, hoping to pitch for Rays for first time since 2023, gets $3.6M, 1-year contract 12/17/2025 06:49pm • ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) ��� Shane McClanahan, a two-time All-Star who last pitched in the major leagues in August 2023, avoided arbitration when he agreed Wednesday to a $3.6 million, one-year contract with the Tampa Bay Rays. A 28-year-old left-hander, McClanahan gets a salary matching what he ea Thiago Silva and Fluminense terminate contract, defender eyes move to Europe 12/17/2025 06:48pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� Veteran defender Thiago Silva ended his stay at Fluminense on Wednesday and reportedly wants a move back to Europe to revive his hopes of playing for Brazil at the World Cup. Fluminense announced the termination of the 41-year-old defender's contract six months early. He had Twins swap lead owner from one Pohlad to another as new partners join push for on-field improvement 12/17/2025 06:46pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� After a long exploration of selling the Minnesota Twins, the Pohlad family emerged with a reinforced desire to keep the team ��� and some uncomfortable conclusions that strained their relationships. An already dissatisfied fan base was further disappointed to find out the only n FAA investigating after small plane crashes into New Hampshire condominiums 12/17/2025 06:44pm • NASHUA, N.H. (AP) ��� A pilot was taken to the hospital with injuries Wednesday after a small plane crashed into a residential neighborhood in southern New Hampshire, authorities said. Emergency crews found the aircraft upside down in a snow bank in the parking lot of a wooded condominium complex in Reston man arrested in fatal shooting had been released from custody the day prior 12/17/2025 06:36pm • A manhunt has ended Wednesday with police taking a suspect into custody who is accused of killing a man inside a home in Reston, Virginia. Drones, a helicopter and K-9s scoured a neighborhood in search of a man who Fairfax County police allege was behind the shooting. Marvin Fernando Morales-O Mbapp�� scores twice in Real Madrid's narrow Copa del Rey win over 3rd-tier Talavera 12/17/2025 06:33pm • MADRID (AP) ��� Kylian Mbapp�� scored twice and Real Madrid beat third-division club Talavera 3-2 in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday. Mbapp�� converted a 41st-minute penalty and sealed the victory late in the second half with a shot from outside the area for his 10th goal in his las Trump pays respects to 2 Iowa National Guardsmen and interpreter killed in Syria as they return home 12/17/2025 06:28pm • DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) ��� President Donald Trump paid his respects Wednesday to two Iowa National Guard members and a U.S. civilian interpreter who were killed in an attack in the Syrian desert, joining their grieving families as their remains were brought back to the country they served. The Hunt: Why did the Brown University shooter choose that location? 12/17/2025 06:25pm • Authorities in Rhode Island are continuing their search for a suspect after a deadly shooting at Brown University over the weekend. On this week���s episode of ���The Hunt with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green,��� Dr. Hans Jakob-Schindler, senior director at the Counter Extremism P Rob and Michele Reiner's son appears in court on murder charges while siblings speak of their loss 12/17/2025 06:22pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Nick Reiner made his first court appearance Wednesday in Los Angeles on two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents, actor-director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, while the couple's other two children made their first public statement on their Dustin May and St. Louis Cardinals agree to $12.5 million, 1-year contract 12/17/2025 06:20pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� Right-hander Dustin May and the St. Louis Cardinals agreed Wednesday to a $12.5 million, one-year contract. The 28-year-old has a $12 million salary next year and the deal includes a $20 million mutual option for 2027 with a $500,000 buyout. May was 7-11 with a 4.96 ERA in 23 star