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ATLANTA (AP) — A historical marker from the site of a 1918 lynching that was repeatedly vandalized in recent years is now safely on display in Atlanta in an exhibit that opens Monday.It memorializes an event that some people in rural southern Georgia have tried hard to erase: the killing of Mary Turner by a white mob that was bent on silencing her after she demanded justice for the lynching of her husband, Hayes Turner, and at least 10 other Black people.Pocked with bullet holes and cracked at its pedestal by an off-road vehicle, the Georgia Historical Society marker reads…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel and Hamas are “very shortly expected to move into the second phase of the ceasefire,” after Hamas returns the remains of the last hostage held in Gaza.Netanyahu spoke during a news conference with visiting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and stressed that the second phase, the disarming of Hamas and the demilitarization of Gaza could begin as soon as the end of the month.Hamas has yet to hand over the remains of Ran Gvili, a 24-year-old police officer who was killed in the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023,…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Seven decades after Rosa Parks was thrust indelibly into American history for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, new photos of the Civil Rights Movement icon have been made public for the first time, and they illustrate aspects of her legacy that are often overlooked.The photos were taken by the late Civil Rights photographer Matt Herron, and they depict Parks at the march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 — a five-day-long, 54-mile (87-kilometer) trek that is often credited with galvanizing political momentum for the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965.History lessons…

Arsenal “must not panic” after defeat at Aston Villa saw Man City close the gap at the top of the Premier League, says Sky Sports’ Gary Neville.The Gunners’ 2-1 loss at Villa Park was followed by Man City beating Sunderland 3-0, trimming Arsenal’s advantage to just two points. Villa are just a point further back in third. However, while Mikel Arteta will feel the “breath on the neck” from City, Arsenal must maintain focus and try to remain the consistent force in “the season of inconsistency”, says Neville. “That’s a game you can lose,” he said on The Gary Neville…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sylvester Stallone, Kiss and Gloria Gaynor are among the luminaries being celebrated Sunday at the annual Kennedy Center Honors, with Donald Trump hosting the show, the first time a president will command the stage instead of sitting in an Opera House box.Since returning to office in January, Trump has made the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which is named after a Democratic predecessor, a touchstone in a broader attack against what he has lambasted as “woke” anti-American culture. Trump said in August that he had agreed to host the show. The Republican president said…

A construction workers paints an eagle on the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building, the main offices of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, on Sept. 16, 2025 in Washington, DC.Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesA Christmas cut?Fast forward a few weeks, and a Christmas cut is very much back on the table. Berenberg cites the recent uptick in the unemployment rate as being enough to tip Fed officials towards a 25-basis-point rate reduction next week. On Friday, Morgan Stanley reversed its December call to a quarter-percentage point cut, with strategists saying “it seems we jumped the…

KUWAIT, Dec 7: 1965 — Eight members of the National Assembly: Abdulrazzaq Al-Khaled, Sami Al-Munayyes, Ali Al-Omar, Ahmad Al-Khateeb, Rashed Al-Tawheed, Yaaqoub Al-Humaidhi, Jassem Al-Qatami and Sulaiman Al-Mutawwa, submitted resignation in protest of what they deemed as regulations restricting freedoms.1982 — Kuwait Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah signed a decree to establish the Institute for Banking Studies under the umbrella of the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK). The Institute aimed to develop and improve the national workforce in the banking sector.1997 — Kuwait government approved a decree to amend law 139/91 over the supreme consultative committee for completion of the…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missile, drone and shelling attacks overnight and Sunday killed at least four people in Ukraine, after U.S. and Ukrainian officials wrapped up a third day of talks aimed at ending the war. A man was killed in a drone attack on Ukraine’s northern Chernihiv region Saturday night, local officials said, while a combined missile and drone attack on infrastructure in the central city of Kremenchuk caused power and water outages. Kremenchuk is home to one of Ukraine’s biggest oil refineries and is an industrial hub.Kyiv and its Western allies say Russia is trying to cripple…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Lionel Messi hailed a “beautiful, emotional moment’ after his brace of assists secured a first-ever MLS Cup title for Inter Miami after defeating the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 on Saturday.The victory completes a dramatic turnaround for a club that was languishing in the MLS basement when the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner arrived in Miami as the biggest signing in league history in July 2023.- Messi bids ‘special’ farewell to Alba, Busquets with MLS Cup- Miami’s maiden MLS Cup title caps off a long ambitious project- Vancouver sheds ‘proud tears’ as title dream endsIt was the 44th senior…

DALLAS (AP) — Tom Hicks, the Texas businessman and philanthropist who owned two Dallas-area professional sports franchises and an English Premier League soccer team, died Saturday. He was 79.Spokesperson Lisa LeMaster said in statement that Hicks died peacefully in Dallas surrounded by family.Hicks owned the NHL’s Dallas Stars from 1995–2011, winning the Stanley Cup in 1999. He also owned baseball’s Texas Rangers from 1998–2010, leading them to three American West Division titles and a World Series appearance. In 2007, he acquired a 50% stake in Liverpool.“Being shoulder to shoulder with him was always about more than ballparks and stadiums, though,”…