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Forecasters issue rare weather warning as strong gusts fuel wildfire threats in Colorado

The National Weather Service on Friday issued a rare warning for part of Colorado's Front Range as hurricane-force winds and tinder dry conditions boosted the threat of wildfire across sever...

DATE: Dec 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Los Angeles Angels settle lawsuit with family of pitcher Tyler Skaggs over fatal overdose

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels reached a confidential settlement Friday with the family of late pitcher Tyler Skaggs after a lengthy trial that detailed drug use by players....

DATE: Dec 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Tesla CEO Elon Musk recovers $55 billion pay package in Delaware court ruling

Elon Musk, already the world's richest man, scored another huge windfall Friday when the Delaware Supreme Court reversed a decision that deprived him of a $55 billion pay package that Tesla ...

DATE: Dec 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Young conservative women find a home in Turning Point with Charlie Kirk's widow at the helm

PHOENIX (AP) — Camdyn Glover used to be a quiet conservative. She worried what her teachers would think or if she would lose friends over her convictions. But she said something changed when...

DATE: Dec 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

With Chloe Kim sitting out, the world gets pre-Olympic view of Asian dominance on the halfpipe

COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) — Chloe Kim sat out with an injury. Shaun White has been retired for four years. Without them, the world got a peek at what snowboarding on the halfpipe looks lik...

DATE: Dec 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Trump announces lower drug price deals with 9 pharmaceutical companies

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Friday that nine drugmakers have agreed to lower the cost of their prescription drugs in the U.S. Pharmaceutical companies Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb,...

DATE: Dec 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Stocks rise on Wall Street as AI stocks turn higher again

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks gained ground on Wall Street Friday for a second straight day, wiping away losses from earlier in the week. Technology stocks were once again the main force behind the...

DATE: Dec 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Supreme Court sides with immigration judges in speech case for now, rebuffing Trump administration

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sided with immigration judges on Friday, rebuffing the Trump administration for now in a case with possible implications for federal workers as the justic...

DATE: Dec 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's daughter calls TSA 'unconstitutional' after pat-down

One of U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's daughters said she experienced an “absurdly invasive” pat-down Thursday at an airport security checkpoint and suggested her father would lim...

DATE: Dec 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Warm weather and low snowpack bedevil Western ski resorts

EDWARDS, Colo. (AP) — Ski resorts are struggling to open runs, walk-through ice palaces can’t be built, and the owner of a horse stable hopes that her customers will be satisfied with riding...

DATE: Dec 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

At Putin’s annual news conference, a Russian journalist pops the question — to his girlfriend

MOSCOW (AP) — The young journalist in a red bow tie stood during President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference Friday and displayed a sign saying he wanted to get married. But his main q...

DATE: Dec 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

The Latest: Justice Department faces deadline to release Epstein files

The Justice Department faces a Friday deadline to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender and wealthy financier known for his connections to some of the world’s most i...

DATE: Dec 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press