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Wembanyama's return lifts Spurs to NBA Cup final, handing Thunder just 2nd loss

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Victor Wembanyama returned from a 12-game absence with 22 points and nine rebounds, giving San Antonio a surge and the Oklahoma City Thunder just its second loss with the 11...

DATE: Dec 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Takeaways from AP report on sexual violence in Mali

DOUANKARA, Mauritania (AP) — Multiple women have told The Associated Press they survived or witnessed alleged rapes and other sexual assaults committed by a new Russian military unit in Mali...

DATE: Dec 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

PHOTO ESSAY: Refugees flee Mali as region is the world's deadliest for extremism

DOUANKARA, Mauritania (AP) — A makeshift village in the Mauritanian desert shelters thousands of refugees who have fled Mali in recent weeks as fighting intensifies against militants linked ...

DATE: Dec 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Jalen Brunson's season-high 40 points lead Knicks past Magic to NBA Cup final

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jalen Brunson scored at least 30 points for the fourth consecutive game, his season-high 40 leading the Knicks past the Orlando Magic 132-120 on Saturday and putting New Yor...

DATE: Dec 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Police search Brown University after shooter kills 2 and wounds 9 on campus

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A shooter dressed in black killed at least two people and wounded nine others at Brown University on Saturday during final exams on the Ivy League campus, authorities...

DATE: Dec 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

MacKinnon has goal and assist as Avalanche beat Predators 4-2 for 11th straight home win

DENVER (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon scored his NHL-leading 26th goal and added an assist, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Nashville Predators 4-2 on Saturday night for their 11th straight hom...

DATE: Dec 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Trump pledges retaliation after 3 Americans are killed in Syria attack that the US blames on IS

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that “there will be very serious retaliation” after two U.S. service members and one American civilian were killed in an attack in...

DATE: Dec 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Photos show Arctic air blast hitting northern US and waterlogged Pacific Northwest

An arctic air blast swept south from Canada, spreading into the northern United States. Meanwhile residents of the Pacific Northwest braced for possible mudslides and levee failures as flood...

DATE: Dec 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Magic guard Jalen Suggs leaves NBA Cup semifinal with hip injury, tests await in Orlando

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Orlando guard Jalen Suggs left the arena aided by a wheelchair on Saturday night after an NBA Cup semifinal loss to New York, and the already short-handed Magic will now wai...

DATE: Dec 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Summer Britcher wins gold in Park City, USA Luge's 50th World Cup victory

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Summer Britcher got a gold medal and gave USA Luge a historic moment. Britcher delivered the 50th World Cup win in USA Luge’s history, winning a women’s singles race o...

DATE: Dec 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Jimmy Lai, former pro-democracy newspaper founder, to hear verdict in national security case

HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court will deliver its verdict on Monday in the trial of former pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, who's charged with conspiracies to commit sedition and collu...

DATE: Dec 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

After centuries of conflict, Chile's Indigenous Mapuches fear a far-right political turn

PEDRO CAYUQUEO, Chile (AP) — The Mapuches, Chile’s biggest Indigenous group, have endured centuries of battle. They resisted conquest first by the ancient Incas, then by the Spanish. They f...

DATE: Dec 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press