12 NFL teams are getting new uniforms and helmets for the 2022 season

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Trump vows to rename Denali, North America's tallest mountain, as Mt McKinley
Donald Trump said he will rename Denali, Alaska natives' name for North America's tallest mountain, after William McKinley, the 25th U.S. president.
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Trump threatens to try to take back the Panama Canal. The US relinquished control years ago
Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal that the United States “foolishly” ceded to its Central American ally, contending that shippers are charged “ridiculous” fees to pass through the vital transportation channel linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The Republican president-elect used his first major rally since winning the White House on Nov. 5 to bask in his return to power as a large audience of conservatives cheered along, a display of party unity at odds with a just-concluded budget fight on Capitol Hill where some GOP lawmakers openly defied their leader's demands. Addressing supporters at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in Arizona, Trump pledged that his “dream team Cabinet” would deliver a booming economy, seal U.S. borders and quickly settle wars in the Middle East and Ukraine.
AFP
Trump vows to 'stop transgender lunacy' as a top priority
President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday pledged to "stop the transgender lunacy" on day one of his presidency, as Republicans -- set to control both chambers of Congress and the White House -- continue their push against LGBTQ rights.In his speech Sunday, which amounted to something of a victory lap, Trump made expansive promises for his second term -- and drew a dark picture of the four years preceding it, under President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the latter of whom he defeated
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Gaza rescuers say Israeli strikes kill 28
Gaza's civil defence agency said on Sunday that Israeli strikes killed at least 28 Palestinians across the territory, more than 14 months into the Israel-Hamas war.On the ground in Gaza, civil defence agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal said at least 13 people were killed in an air strike on a house in central Gaza's Deir el-Balah belonging to the Abu Samra family.
AFP
Syria's new leader says all weapons to come under 'state control'
Two weeks after seizing power in a sweeping offensive, Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa on Sunday said weapons in the country, including those held by Kurdish-led forces, would come under state control."We will absolutely not allow there to be weapons in the country outside state control, whether from the revolutionary factions or the factions present in the SDF area", he added, referring to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
CNN
Family killed in Israeli strike in northern Gaza, as aid reaches neighborhood cut off for 75 days
Eleven people were killed in an Israeli air strike in central Gaza on Saturday night, including several members of one family, according to hospital authorities.
CNN
A boy in north Georgia went for a walk down the road. It landed his mother in jail
In rural Georgia, a 10-year-old boy left home and walked a mile down the road to another town, where a concerned citizen called law enforcement. Deputies then arrested the boy’s mother, igniting a debate about parental rights and potential government overreach.
CNN
Anti-immigrant anger rises at scene of German market attack
Its glühwein mulled wine stalls, festooned with Christmas lights and tinsel, stand emptied and shuttered.
CNN
Inside the Trump team’s plans to try to end birthright citizenship
President-elect Donald Trump’s team is assessing multiple options to fulfill his long-promised pledge to end birthright citizenship, according to two sources familiar with the discussions, teeing up a legal fight with the expectation that the Supreme Court would ultimately have to rule on the matter.
CNN
‘Captain America’ rescued from Colorado highway
Sometimes even superheroes need rescuing. A Colorado deputy came to the aid of “Captain America” after his motorcycle broke down en route to a local children’s hospital event last Wednesday.
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Questions mount in Germany over deadly Christmas market attack as suspect appears in court
A judge in Germany has ordered the suspect in the dedly Christmas market ramming attack to be held in pre-trial detention following a late-night court appearance on Saturday, according to a statement from police early Sunday.
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Albanian prime minister says TikTok ban was not a 'rushed reaction to a single incident'
Albania’s prime minister said Sunday the ban on TikTok his government announced a day earlier was “not a rushed reaction to a single incident.” Prime Minister Edi Rama said Saturday the government will shut down TikTok for one year, accusing the popular video service of inciting violence and bullying, especially among children. “The ban on TikTok for one year in Albania is not a rushed reaction to a single incident, but a carefully considered decision made in consultation with parent communities in schools across the country,” said Rama.
Politico
New research shows the massive hole Dems are in
Even voters who previously backed Democrats cast the party as weak and overly focused on diversity and elites.
AFP
Netanyahu vows to act with 'force, determination' against Yemen's Huthis
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed to retaliate against Yemen's Huthi rebels after they fired a missile at Tel Aviv, warning that Israel would target what he described as the last remaining arm of "Iran's axis of evil"."As we acted with force against the terrorist arms of Iran's axis of evil, so we will act against the Huthis... with force, determination and sophistication," Netanyahu said in a video statement.
AFP
UN investigator says possible to find 'enough' proof for Syria prosecutions
The visiting head of a UN investigative body for Syria said Sunday it was possible to find "more than enough" evidence to convict people of crimes against international law, but there was an immediate need to secure and preserve it."We have the possibility here to find more than enough evidence left behind to convict those we should prosecute," said Robert Petit, who heads the International Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM) set up by the UN in 2016 to prepare prosecutions for major inte
Reuters
Tens of thousands gather in anti-government protest in Belgrade
Tens of thousands of people gathered in central Belgrade on Sunday to protest against President Aleksandar Vucic and his ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), whom they blame for a railway station roof collapse last month that killed 15 people. The concrete awning of the recently renovated roof of Novi Sad station caved in on Nov. 1, killing 14 and injuring three. Opposition leaders and the public have taken to the streets repeatedly, blaming the accident on shoddy construction resulting from government corruption and nepotism.
AFP
France kept on tenterhooks over new government
President Emmanuel Macron and new Prime Minister Francois Bayrou kept the country waiting Sunday over the composition of the fourth government in a year that must drag France out of political crisis.Bayrou is the sixth prime minister of Macron's mandate, and the fourth of 2024.
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Rome's iconic Trevi Fountain reopens after renovation work in time for the Jubilee Holy Year
Rome’s iconic Trevi Fountain reopened Sunday after three months of renovations, just in time for the inauguration of the 2025 Jubilee Holy Year that is expected to draw millions of visitors. To avoid overcrowding, the monument will be limited to 400 visitors at a time. “This way visitors will have ample opportunity to observe it and understand the values it embodies,” said Claudio Parisi Presicce, Rome’s superintendent for cultural heritage.
Yahoo Finance
Evergreen investor lessons: Key takeaways from 2024
While it may be difficult to compile a comprehensive list of all the major events of the year, hopefully we’ll at least be able to remember the lessons we learned from them
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Party City to close its stores as company files for bankruptcy
For nearly 40 years, customers flocked to Party City for Halloween costumes, favors for children's birthday parties and decorations for New Year's Eve celebrations. Now, the go-to shop for everything from cartoon-themed balloons to Super Bowl decor is closing stores. Party City announced Saturday that it would start a “wind down” of its retail and wholesale operations as it prepares to shutter nearly 700 stores nationwide.

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