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Strikes and a $100 million heist push the Louvre into historic crisis 12/17/2025 09:56am • PARIS (AP) ��� The ongoing strike at the Louvre is no longer just a labor dispute. It has become a test of how securely, credibly and competently the world���s most visited museum is being run. Behind the walkout are not only frayed labor relations, but a building itself under strain, with crumbling Grains mostly higher, livestock lower 12/17/2025 09:45am • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mostly higher in early trading Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Mar. corn was off 0.5 cent at $4.36 a bushel. Mar. wheat was up 1.25 cents at $5.11 a bushel. Mar. oats was up 1.5 cents at $2.79 a bushel. Jan. soybeans was up 0.75 cent at $10.63 a bushel. Bee NFL playoffs will miss Mahomes, Brady and Manning for the first time since the 1998 season 12/17/2025 09:40am • John Elway and Dan Marino were still starting quarterbacks, Tom Brady was a little-known college player at Michigan and at least six starting quarterbacks for potential 2025 playoffs teams weren't even alive the last time the NFL had a postseason like this. With Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City C Chevrolet Traverse vs Ford Explorer 12/17/2025 09:38am • Chevrolet versus Ford. Regardless of the vehicle type, car shoppers often find themselves comparing choices from these iconic American brands. And if you���re thinking about buying a new three-row crossover SUV, you could very well end up cross-shopping the 2026 Chevrolet Traverse and 2026 Ford Expl A nightly tradition brings light and hope to children at Michigan hospital 12/17/2025 09:36am • ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) ��� Volunteers gripping flashlights waved them high above their heads when the clock struck 8 p.m., shining beams through the frigid night sky ��� and into the hospital's windows. Exactly 10 minutes later, the enthusiastic crowd, still holding their flashlights aloft, in unison Carlos Alcaraz ends 7-year partnership with coach Juan Carlos Ferrero 12/17/2025 09:29am • Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz is parting ways with his longtime coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero, the man who guided him to the pinnacle of men���s tennis during a remarkably successful seven-year partnership. Alcaraz announced the decision to end their collaboration on Wednesday in a message on his social UK gives Abramovich last chance to give Chelsea sale proceeds to victims of Russia's war in Ukraine 12/17/2025 09:25am • LONDON (AP) ��� Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has been given a final chance to turn over the 2.5 billion pounds ($3.25 billion) that he promised to give victims of Russia's war in Ukraine from the sale of Premier League club Chelsea, the British government said Wednesday. Abramovich was force South African authorities raid a US refugee processing center and Washington protests 12/17/2025 09:19am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) ��� South African immigration authorities raided a United States refugee processing center in Johannesburg and seven Kenyans working there illegally were arrested and given deportation orders, South Africa's Home Affairs Ministry said Wednesday, as the U.S. called the action ���una When measles hit West Texas, school absences soared and it wasn't just sick kids who were out 12/17/2025 09:11am • When a measles outbreak hit West Texas this year, school absences surged to levels far beyond the number of children who likely became sick, according to a study, as students were excluded or kept home by their families to minimize the spread of the disease. Absences in Seminole Independent School India's Modi visits Ethiopia and calls for renewed bilateral relations 12/17/2025 09:06am • ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) ��� The Indian prime minister called for a strategic relationship with Ethiopia Wednesday during his first visit to the country, one of Africa's most populous. ���The Global South is writing its own destiny, and India and Ethiopia share a vision for it," Prime Minister Nar Faith-based entertainment sees a revival in Hollywood. Defining what it is can be a challenge 12/17/2025 09:04am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� At the movies this fall, Josh O���Connor plays a hot priest with a complicated past, Keanu Reeves is an angel who lost his wings and Elizabeth Olsen has a romantic dilemma in the afterlife. Hollywood, it seems, has found God. But it���s not just starry big-budget Netflix films o Toro: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot 12/17/2025 08:47am • BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) ��� BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) ��� Toro Co. (TTC) on Wednesday reported profit of $73 million in its fiscal fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the Bloomington, Minnesota-based company said it had profit of 74 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 91 cen Woman charged after Mississippi Walmart shoppers say they found razor blades in loaves of bread 12/17/2025 08:29am • A woman who allegedly pushed razor blades into loaves of bread at two Biloxi, Mississippi, Walmart stores was arrested on Tuesday. Camille Benson, 33, of Texas, has been charged with attempted mayhem. Her bond is set at $100,000. Harrison County Jail records on Wednesday morning do not list an attor Marylanders split on resolving budget shortfall, pessimistic about Key Bridge rebuild 12/17/2025 08:29am • A new poll finds Maryland residents roughly split on how officials should resolve a budget shortfall, and highlights growing pessimism about the rebuilding of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The poll released Wednesday by the Institute of Politics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County sug Good news: Behind the scenes of some of the most uplifting stories of 2025 12/17/2025 08:19am • It was one of the year���s biggest stories ��� the selection of the first American pope ��� and an Associated Press journalist was interviewing the pope's brother at his home in suburban Chicago. Suddenly, they heard a ringing coming from the basement. ���That might be the pope,��� the new pontiff��