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  • Cal guard Jayda Noble paints custom shoes to express her artistic side when she leaves the court

    BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — With practice still a few hours away, Jayda Noble sits down at her desk and squeezes some fresh black paint right onto the top of her left hand just below the thumb. There’s already some white and red, a little bit of pink and purple along her wrist.

  • Government considering taking over Horizon shortfall scheme from Post Office

    Business minister Gareth Thomas said there were concerns over the Post Office’s ability to deliver the scheme.

  • MLB free agency: Cubs reportedly trade Cody Bellinger to Yankees less than a week after acquiring Kyle Tucker

    Stay up to date with the latest from the baseball hot stove.

  • Powell says Fed cannot hold bitcoin, not seeking to change that

    NEW YORK (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday the U.S. central bank has no desire to be involved in any government effort to stockpile large amounts of bitcoin. "We're not allowed to own bitcoin," Powell said at a press conference following the Fed's latest two-day policy meeting, in which policymakers cut rates as expected while signaling a less certain path for monetary policy in the months ahead. In terms of the legal issues around holding bitcoin, "that's the kind of thing for Congress to consider, but we are not looking for a law change at the Fed," Powell said.

  • Survivors recount 'very apocalyptic' cyclone that ripped through French territory of Mayotte

    They clustered around water taps, rare sources of electricity and each other. Four days after the strongest cyclone in nearly a century ripped through the French island territory of Mayotte off the coast of Africa, survivors recalled the horror of the storm that caught many by surprise. Associated Press journalists reached the humid capital before dusk, as French military personnel and others rushed to clear fallen palm trees from roads ahead of French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit Thursday.

  • Liverpool through to Carabao Cup semi-finals after beating Southampton

    First-half goals from Darwin Nunez and Harvey Elliott put Arne Slot’s side into the last four.

  • Golfweek's Best 2024: Top public-access golf courses in every state, ranked

    No matter where you live or where you might be traveling, the Golfweek’s Best course rankings have you covered with the top public-access layouts in every U.S. state.

  • An arson attack targets a Montreal synagogue and a nearby Jewish office building is damaged

    A synagogue in a Montreal suburb was targeted in what police suspect was an arson attack early Wednesday, the second time the building in this Canadian city was hit by an incendiary device in little more than a year. Police said a nearby Jewish office building was apparently also targeted Wednesday, though it was unclear if the two attacks were linked. Montreal police received a 911 call shortly before 3 a.m. about a fire at the Congregation Beth Tikvah on the island suburb of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, police spokesperson Véronique Dubuc said.

  • Trump trashes must-pass funding bill as Musk calls for the GOP to shut down the government

    Musk wrote that "any member of the House or Senate who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out in 2 years!"

  • Rescued Mountain Lion Cub Growing Quickly at Oakland Zoo

    The Oakland Zoo’s adorable mountain lion cub Briar has grown to over 36 pounds and “isn’t so little anymore,” the zoo said on Wednesday.Footage released by the zoo shows Briar romping around, leaping and climbing “like a champ.”Briar was brought to the zoo after he was found walking alone down a road in El Dorado County in early August, the zoo said. Credit: Oakland Zoo via Storyful

  • Rivian car dashboard screens now support YouTube and Google Cast

    Rivian vehicles now offer more entertainment options with the adoption of Google Cast in its cars.

  • Atalanta dominant again with 6-1 win over Cesena in Italian Cup, Roma routs Sampdoria

    MILAN (AP) — Serie A leader Atalanta continued its domination of domestic soccer this season with another hefty victory in the Italian Cup albeit against second-division Cesena.

  • The best Hanukkah gifts to give in 2024

    Chocolate dreidels, a family-friendly card game and top-rated toys — I've got more than enough ideas to cover all eight nights.

  • ICE’s $230 million budget shortfall might delay Trump’s mass deportation plans

    Federal immigration agencies would need billions more in funding to carry-out mass deportation of an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants

  • Grassroots revolt triggers vote over futures of RFU chief executive and chairman

    Two motions will be tabled – to remove Tom Ilube as chairman, a two-thirds majority is needed, and a call for the RFU to sack Bill Sweeney.

  • Feds drop interest rates by another quarter-point easing burden for borrowers

    Federal Reserve cuts its key rate by a quarter-point but envisions fewer reductions next year

  • Trump urges US lawmakers to reject spending bill, raising shutdown odds

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday called on U.S. lawmakers to reject a stopgap bill to keep the government funded past Friday, raising the likelihood of a partial shutdown. Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance called on lawmakers to pass a different temporary spending bill than the one unveiled on Tuesday, free from what they called "Democrat giveaways." Trump also called on lawmakers to use the bill to address the nation's debt ceiling, injecting a new element of complexity into the process.

  • Several Injured in Russian Train Collision

    Russian state media said at least 27 people, including five children, were injured when a freight train collided with a passenger train in Murmansk region on Wednesday, December 18.Three of the injured were in serious condition, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations.The crash happened shortly after 4 pm at the rural Knyazhaya train station and caused the derailment of four passenger cars seen in these photos, the ministry said.The injured passengers were taken to hospitals in Kandalaksha and Polyarnye Zori, while the remaining 314 passengers on board continued along the route aboard eight undamaged carriages, the ministry said. Credit: Russian Emergencies Ministry via Storyful

  • Fox News anchor gushes over Trump’s new hairdo, calls it ‘the winds of winning’

    After her co-hosts argued that Trump was probably just suffering from hat hair, Harris Faulkner added: “I mean, this man has probably sold more hats than anyone on the planet in recent years.”

  • Trump demands government shutdown after Elon Musk rants over stopgap funding bill

    President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance have demanded that Republicans in the House and Senate effectively force the federal government to shut down rather than pass a stopgap funding bill that would have kept agencies running at current funding levels through the end of March 2025. In a statement posted to X (formerly Twitter) by Vance, the incoming president and vice president groused that the bill doesn’t raise the nation’s statutory debt ceiling and accused legislators of “considering a spending bill that would give sweetheart provisions for government censors and for Liz Cheney” because the continuing resolution drafted by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team would have kept the executive branch from using a loophole in the law to obtain phone and other communications records from members of Congress and aides who are supposed to be protected by congressional immunity.