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Colts' Anthony Richardson says he 'couldn't even stand up' due to injury, has battled back issues for years

The second-year quarterback sat out Week 17
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Jets' D.J. Reed admits he's ready to move on from New York after 2024 season

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Jerod Mayo says Drake Maye will start Patriots' regular-season finale 'if he's healthy and ready to go'

There has been speculation that the Patriots could sit Maye against the Bills
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'Unguardable' SGA is MVP, Wolves' Edwards says

After Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 40 points in a 113-105 win over the Wolves, Anthony Edwards described the Thunder star as "unguardable" and called him "the MVP of the NBA."
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Passengers Say Turkish Airlines Flights Have Bedbugs

Passengers on several of the carrier’s flights said the biting pests were on seats, blankets and in overhead bins and that the airline did not take action.
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FBI says it thwarted apparent plot against AIPAC

The FBI thwarted an apparent plot to harm employees at a Florida office of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), according to court documents filed Monday. Law enforcement arrested ...
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Trump reacts to deadly New Orleans truck attack

President-elect Donald Trump has put out a social media post about the truck attack that killed at least 10 people early on New Year's Day in New Orleans. CBS News senior White House and political ...
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New Jersey Asks Judge to Delay Congestion Pricing Plan

The state had sued to stop New York’s plan to charge motorists entering Manhattan’s busiest roadways. Late Tuesday night, lawyers requested a temporary restraining order.
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A Staunch Ally in Africa Says French Forces Will Withdraw

The troops are expected to leave Ivory Coast this month as France, a former colonial power in West Africa, fast loses influence there.
The New York Times - 3h
Trump claims a mandate, but he won’t have much time to fulfill it

The vanquished party is always one election away from redemption.
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Trump says he'll attend Carter's funeral

President-elect Trump is planning to attend the funeral of former President Carter, he said Tuesday. Asked by The Associated Press as he walked into a New Year's Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago club in ...
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Police seek 19 people after Glasgow football chaos

The force releases images of people they want to speak to about football fan disorder in Glasgow.
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Trump has a once-in a-century opportunity for change

Donald Trump will either grasp the opportunity history has thrust upon him to change the world for the better, or he will let it pass by and watch the downward slide into chaos continue. His ...
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'Dead right in front of us': Witness shares what he saw on New Orleans' Bourbon Street

Jimmy Cothran recounts what he saw on New Orleans' Bourbon Street after a driver plowed into a crowd, leaving multiple dead and more wounded.
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Transfer rumors, news: Real Madrid's Güler in Arsenal plans for statement signing

Arsenal have an eight-player shortlist amid plans to make a statement signing.
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Trump’s killing of Qassem Suleimani led to fall of Assad, says Tugendhat

Ex-security minister says assassination ordered by Trump set off chain of events that led to revolution in Syria. Donald Trump’s decision to sanction the assassination of an elite Iranian commander ...
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For a fresh start, forget New Year’s resolutions: ‘There is a better way'—this practical 3-step plan can turn 'wishes into reality'

"Despite our best intentions, many of us struggle to see New Year's resolutions through," says UX researcher Ximena Vengoechea. "There is a better way."
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Trump says he will attend Jimmy Carter’s funeral

President-elect Trump rang in the new year at his Mar-a-Lago home, less than three weeks before Inauguration Day, telling reporters that he would attend President Carter’s funeral and reiterated ...
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Fate of endangered monkey hinges on Brazilian city’s planning policy

Pied tamarin has narrow range and is found only around borders of Manaus in the Amazon rainforest. The fate of one of the world’s most threatened primates will be on the line in the coming months ...
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Hernández: Lakers go all-in on Austin Reaves and will learn whether he can become an all-star

The Lakers put their faith in Austin Reaves when they traded D'Angelo Russell, trusting the young shooter to help LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
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‘Just by existing, he’s extended this war’: Timothy Snyder on Trump, Russia and Ukraine

Historian and bestselling author of On Tyranny worries over Trump’s return to power – and the influence of Elon Musk. Timothy Snyder was not surprised to be asked to help rebuild a Ukrainian ...
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NHS, education, housebuilding . . . Labour’s progress so far and its plans for 2025

First six months of new year will prove crucial to Keir Starmer’s ambition to drive ‘change’
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Trump Says He Plans to Attend Carter’s Funeral

In wide-ranging remarks at a New Year’s Eve party at Mar-a-Lago, the president-elect also predicted that Mike Johnson would secure enough votes to be re-elected as House speaker.
The New York Times - 14h
Trump says he would make calls for Mike Johnson

The president-elect also plans to attend Jimmy Carter's funeral.
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Post Office scandal: MPs call for financial penalty for slow payouts

The business and trade select committee says the schemes are so poorly designed, the application process is like a second trial.
BBC News - 17h
Tiny Love Stories: ‘He Never Says the Words’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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How Schumer is prepping for Trump 2.0

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What we’re watching: Trump's Christmas missives

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Brian Hoyer's three-step plan to fix the Patriots offense

Former Patriots quarterback Brian Hoyer joined Tom E. Curran's Patriots Talk Podcast to share his three-step plan to fix New England's offense in the offseason.
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Vehicle plowing into pedestrians in New Orleans was a deliberate act, officials say

Officials in New Orleans said at least 10 people were killed when a vehicle was deliberately driven into pedestrians celebrating New Year's Eve in Bourbon Street.
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Quitting smoking may be easier with a smartwatch app, researchers say

Motion-sensor software sent alerts to prevent lighting up at most vulnerable moments for those trying to quit. Smartwatches could be used to help people quit smoking, a study suggests.. Researchers ...
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The Panama Canal Has a Big Problem, but It’s Not China or Trump

Climate change is causing drought conditions that are making it harder to operate the Panama Canal and more expensive to pass through.
The New York Times - 12h
Trump says he thinks Johnson has the votes to get confirmed

President-elect Trump firmly believes House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will get a second term. “No one else can get the votes,” he told reporters Tuesday. On Monday, Trump offered Johnson his ...
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Ivory Coast says French troops to leave West African nation

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North Carolina Gov Cooper commutes sentences of 15 death row inmates on final day in office

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) on Tuesday commuted the death sentences of 15 inmates to life in prison without the possibility of parole, coinciding with New Year’s Eve and his final day in ...
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US Capitol attack fugitive seeks asylum in Canada and hopes for Trump pardon

Antony Vo, 32, convicted over January 6 riot, was supposed to begin nine-month prison term but instead fled to Canada. An American man who absconded after being sentenced to prison for his role in ...
The Guardian - 17h
'We're all considering death all the time': Willem Dafoe on new vampire film Nosferatu

Willem Dafoe reflects on the appeal of Dracula: "It's interesting to have the undead visit the living".
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Jimmy Carter wanted to see Guinea worm disease eliminated. He came very close.

Jimmy Carter hoped to outlive the Guinea worm — and he came achingly close. Carter helped lead a decades-long campaign against the parasitic infection.
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Trump tariffs threaten pharmaceuticals

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump tariffs could upend pharma supply chain The hefty tariffs President-elect ...
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