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By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jason Kelce stood on the sideline in tears as the final seconds ticked off in his likely final NFL game. Kelce embraced his long-time offensive line coach. He removed his helmet once the game ended — a Philadelphia Eagles loss that completed a harrowing season-ending collapse

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Retired wrestler Hulk Hogan and a friend rescued a teenage girl who was trapped in an overturned vehicle after a crash in Florida, according to Hogan’s social media posts. Hogan said on the social media platform X that he used a ball point pen to puncture the car’s airbag and free

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairmen of the top tax policy committees in Congress announced a bipartisan agreement Tuesday to enhance the child tax credit and revive a variety of tax breaks for businesses, a combination designed to attract support from lawmakers of both political parties. The roughly $78 billion in

By BERENICE BAUTISTA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — For filmmaker Issa López, the first question was where? The Mexican director behind “True Detective: Night Country” was looking for a region of the United States that had a totally different physical feel from the previous three “True Detective” installments, which were set in Louisiana, Los

By MATTHEW LEE, AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is expected to soon announce plans to redesignate Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen as specially designated global terrorists, according to two people familiar with the White House decision and a U.S. official. The move comes as the Houthis have

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sit down and talk to Justin Tranter for just a while and likely a hit song will emerge. The Grammy-nominated songwriter credited with some of the biggest hits of the past decade usually begins a writing session with a friendly chat. Tranter is up for

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Private and public companies in the Dominican Republic are preparing for a voluntary six-month pilot program aimed at creating a four-day workweek in the first move of its kind for the Caribbean country. The Dominican government said Monday that the project will launch in February and employees will earn

By KEN SWEET and CORA LEWIS The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is expected to propose rules this week that further rein in banks’ ability to charge customers a fee when they overdraw their bank account. Opponents of the fees often cite the example of a $3 cup of

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday sided with the Biden administration and blocked JetBlue Airways from buying Spirit Airlines, saying the $3.8 billion deal would reduce competition. The Justice Department had sued to block the merger, saying it would drive up fares by eliminating Spirit, the nation’s

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Rapper and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs has withdrawn his lawsuit against Diageo as part of a settlement with the London-based spirits giant. Combs and Diageo “have now agreed to resolve all disputes between them,” the two parties said in a statement released Tuesday. Diageo is now the sole owner

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Judicial officials say a judge at Lebanon’s highest court has suspended the arrest warrants against two former cabinet ministers in the case of the 2020 Beirut port blast. The Court of Cassation’s judge lifted the warrants Tuesday against former ministers Youssef Fenianos and Ali Hassan Khalil. In

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney is hoping a recent decision bolstering a Florida prosecutor’s First Amendment case against Gov. Ron DeSantis helps its own free speech lawsuit against the governor. The company said Thursday in a court filing that last week’s decision by a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S.

By JON GAMBRELL and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iran launched attacks Tuesday in Pakistan targeting what it described as bases for the militant group Jaish al-Adl, potentially further raising tensions in a Middle East already roiled by Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Pakistan said the strikes killed two children

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press KIBBUTZ NIR OZ, Israel (AP) — Standing in the ruins of her home in the Nir Oz farming village on the Gaza border, Sharon Alony Cunio gazed at the distant skyline of Khan Younis, the Palestinian city where Hamas militants dragged her more than three months ago. Her husband, David,

By TAIWO ADEBAYO Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Shell said Tuesday it agreed to sell its onshore business in Nigeria’s Niger Delta to a consortium of companies in a deal worth $2.4 billion, the latest move by the energy company to limit its exposure in the West African nation amid long-running complaints of environmental

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s president has vowed to widen military operations against groups linked to Kurdish militants in neighboring Iraq and Syria, days after nine soldiers were killed in an attack on a Turkish military base in Iraq. Turkey has been carrying out airstrikes on targets in Syria and Iraq believed to be affiliated

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A divide between abortion-rights activists over whether to include restrictions regarding the viability of the fetus on planned state ballot measures is roiling the movement. Advocates say the fight has resurfaced long-brewing ruptures among reproductive rights advocates, especially in Republican-leaning or closely

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The defense minister of Belarus says the country closely allied with Russia will put forth a new military doctrine that for the first time provides for the use of nuclear weapons. Russia last year sent tactical nuclear weapons to be stationed in Belarus, although there are no details about how many.

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda’s military says it has killed a Congolese soldier who crossed the border and allegedly fired at Rwandan army patrols. It’s latest incident in cross-border tensions between the neighbors. The Rwanda Defense Force says it also arrested two Congolese soldiers who had been with the one

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in the Bahamas say a 10-year-old boy from Maryland was attacked by a shark at a local resort. Authorities said in a statement that the unidentified boy was hospitalized Monday after a shark attacked his right leg while he participated in what authorities said was a “shark tank”