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Thailand carries out more airstrikes on Cambodia as deadly border conflict flares 12/18/2025 10:07am • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Thailand on Thursday carried out more airstrikes on Cambodia, claiming its jet fighters struck a warehouse where the Cambodian army had stored rockets that have been deployed to deadly effect in combat that began last week. The two nations have been fighting over patche China sues after Missouri seeks to collect on $25 billion court judgment, prosecutor says 12/18/2025 10:06am • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's top prosecutor said China is suing after the state pressed federal officials for help collecting on a roughly $25 billion court judgment related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said Tuesday in a news release that China is demanding a Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Dec. 19 - 25 12/18/2025 10:05am • Dec. 19 1913 — Heavyweight champion Jack Johnson fights to a 10-round draw with Battling Jim Johnson in Paris. 1917 — The NHL begins play. Joe Malone of the Montreal Canadiens scores five goals in a 9-4 victory over the Ottawa Senators. Harry Hyland of the Montreal Wanderers scores five goals in AP Top 25 Schedule 12/18/2025 10:05am • All Times EST Friday, Dec. 19 College Football Playoff First Round - Game 1 at Norman, Okla.: No. 8 Oklahoma (10-2) vs. No. 11 Alabama (10-3), 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20 College Football Playoff First Round - Game 4 at Eugene, Ore.: No. 5 Oregon (11-1) vs. No. 19 James Madison (12-1), 7:30 p.m. Colleg CCHA Glance 12/18/2025 10:00am • All Times EST OVERALL Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Dec. 19 - 25 12/18/2025 10:00am • Dec. 23 1933 — Montreal’s Howie Morenz scores his 251st goal to become the NHL’s career goal-scoring leader. Morenz’s goal caps the Canadiens’ 3-0 victory over the Detroit Red Wings. 1951 — Norm Van Brocklin’s 73-yard touchdown pass to Tom Fears in the fourth quarter gives the Los Ange Burkina Faso releases Nigerian air force crew detained after emergency landing 12/18/2025 10:00am • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Burkina Faso on Wednesday released 11 Nigerian Air Force personnel who were detained more than a week ago after their aircraft made an emergency landing, Nigeria's foreign minister said. “Through sustained dialogue, we also resolved the matter concerning Nigerian Air Force Albanian lawmakers scuffle, set off flares during parliament session 12/18/2025 10:00am • PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Albanian lawmakers scuffled with guards during a parliament session in Tirana on Thursday, shouting, tugging at one another and setting off flares in the rostrum. The altercation came during a session to vote for Albania’s next ombudsman, the country’s top human rights Inmate connected to Silver Spring gold bar scam found dead 12/18/2025 09:58am • Maryland State Police are investigating after an inmate who was involved in a gold bar scam was found dead at the Maryland Correctional and Training Center in Hagerstown on Tuesday. Officials identified Wenhui Sun, 36, as the man who died, according to a news release. Sun was serving a 6.5-ye Brian Walshe is sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife nearly three years ago 12/18/2025 09:53am • BOSTON (AP) — Brian Walshe is sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife nearly three years ago. Texans' top-ranked defense looks to extend winning streak against the struggling Raiders 12/18/2025 09:50am • HOUSTON (AP) — Houston’s top-ranked defense has been dominating teams for most of the season. On Sunday, the Texans (9-5) will get another chance to show off their vaunted group when they face the Las Vegas Raiders (2-12) and their league-worst offense. The Texans are first in the NFL in points Continental champions Argentina and Messi to play Spain in Finalissima in Qatar in March 12/18/2025 09:49am • MADRID (AP) — Lionel Messi and Argentina are heading back to the scene of their World Cup triumph in 2022. Messi could face Barcelona sensation Lamine Yamal for the first time when Argentina plans Spain in a matchup of continental champions in the men's Finalissima in Qatar on March 27. The Finali Grains mixed, livestock mixed 12/18/2025 09:46am • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mixed in early trading Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Mar. corn was unchanged at $4.41 a bushel. Mar. wheat rose by 1.5 cents at $5.08 a bushel. Mar. oats rose by 0.5 cent at $2.87 a bushel. Jan. soybeans was unchanged at $10.58 a bushel. Beef was lower and Salah and Mbeumo lead the list of Premier League players heading to the AFCON 12/18/2025 09:19am • MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Mohamed Salah has gone for up to a month, costing Liverpool its all-time leading goal-scorer in the Premier League. Manchester United has lost its most potent attacking force in Bryan Mbeumo, along with two more key figures. They're nothing compared to Sunderland, a prom Rural schools hit by Trump's grant cuts have few options for making up for the lost money 12/18/2025 09:11am • SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — When the funding for Shannon Johnson's job as a school mental health counselor came to an abrupt end, two years into a five-year grant, she thought about the work left to be done. Johnson taught elementary and middle-school students in rural Kentucky how to navigate conflic