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Angelina Jolie accepts the desert palm achievement award, actress for "Maria" during the 36th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in Palm Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
A cyclist pedals past a roadside vendor's cart selling woollen scarfs and caps amidst dense fog and cold wave in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Former and current U.S. Secret Service agents assigned to the Carter detail, walk with the hearse carrying flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Ga., Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
A young boy salutes as the hearse carrying the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter moves through downtown Plains, Ga., Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler (22) and center Bam Adebayo, left, are introduced before an NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, right, shoots as Atlanta Hawks forward Onyeka Okongwu defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Nicole Kidman accepts the international star award for "Babygirl" during the 36th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in Palm Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Viola Davis arrives at Golden Gala: An Evening of Excellence on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
FILE - U.S. soldiers carry an American flag in a memorial service for five U.S. soldiers at the Soto Cano Airbase in Palmerola, north of Tegucigalpa, Dec. 14, 2002. The soldiers, who belonged to the 1st Battalion-228th Aviation Regiment, part of the U.S. Army South in Puerto Rico, were killed when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed after a night training exercise. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme, File)
Released prisoners, front center and right, are welcomed by family members and colleagues outside Insein Prison Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, in Yangon, Myanmar, as the military government has released more than 6,000 prisoners and has reduced other inmates’ sentences as part of a mass amnesty to mark the 77th anniversary of independence from Britain. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman talks about the resentencing of Erik and Lyle Menendez for the murders of their parents decades ago during a news conference in downtown Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
President Joe Biden pauses during a photo opportunity with Medal of Valor recipients in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
FILE - This photo provided by Ashiya City shows Tomiko Itooka, being celebrated for her 116th birthday at the nursing home she lives in Ashiya, western Japan, on May 23, 2024. (Ashiya City via AP, File)
Luke Littler of England celebrates after winning the final against Michael van Gerwen of the Netherlands at the World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace in London, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
FILE - Former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school class at Maranatha Baptist Church in his hometown, Aug. 23, 2015, in Plains, Ga. The 90-year-old Carter gave one lesson to about 300 people filling the small Baptist church that he and his wife, Rosalynn, attend. It was Carter's first lesson since detailing the intravenous drug doses and radiation treatment planned to treat melanoma found in his brain after surgery to remove a tumor from his liver. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
FILE - Resident Todd Brainard cleans snow off of the roof of his home in North Perry, Ohio on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos, File)
FILE - Municipality workers pass by debris of damaged buildings that were hit by an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday evening in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
FILE - Former President Donald Trump waits for the start of proceedings in Manhattan criminal court, April 23, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, Pool, File)
A black flag with white lettering lies on the ground rolled up behind a pickup truck that a man drove into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing and injuring a number of people, early Wednesday morning, Jan. 1, 2025. The FBI said they recovered an Islamic State group flag, which is black with white lettering, from the vehicle. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
WEEKEND COVERAGE
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JIMMY-CARTER-FUNERAL — Jimmy Carter’s long public goodbye began Saturday in Georgia, with the 39th U.S. president’s flag-draped casket rolling through his tiny hometown and past his boyhood farmhouse on its way to Atlanta, where he climbed the political ladder and based his decades of humanitarian work after leaving the White House. By Kate Payne and Bill Barrow. SENT: 760 words, photos, video, audio. WITH: JIMMY-CARTER-FUNERAL-DAY-ONE-WHAT-TO-KNOW — Six days of funeral observances for former President Jimmy Carter are set to take place in Georgia; JIMMY-CARTER-SUNDAY-SCHOOL — What it was like to attend Sunday school class with Jimmy Carter.
CONGRESS-SPEAKER — This time was supposed to be different. But while House Speaker Mike Johnson avoided the dayslong ordeal that his predecessor endured to become speaker, his relatively swift victory was hardly a unifying moment. By Stephen Groves. SENT: 880 words, photos, video, audio.
CONGRESS-ELECTORAL-COLLEGE-EXPLAINER – The congressional joint session to count electoral votes on Monday is expected to be much less eventful than the certification four years ago that was interrupted by a violent mob of Donald Trump’s supporters who tried to stop the count and overturn the results of an election he lost. Usually a routine affair, this session on Jan. 6 every four years is the final step in reaffirming a presidential election. Vice President Kamala Harris will preside over the certification of her own loss. By Mary Clare Jalonick. SENT: 810 words, photos.
CAPITOL-RIOT-REMEMBRANCE — Four years after an insurrection struck at the heart of American democracy, inside the Capitol there is almost no reminder of the attack: few visible scars, no plaque honoring the police, even though Congress passed a law two years ago requiring one. Lawmakers in both parties rarely mention it, and many Republicans try to downplay it, echoing Donald Trump’s claims that the violence wasn’t really violent. By Mary Clare Jalonick. SENT: 1,450 words, photos.
NEW-ORLEANS-CAR-INTO-CROWD — The man who rammed a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans had suspected bomb-making materials at his home and reserved the vehicle used in the deadly attack more than six weeks earlier, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. By Jim Mustian, Jack Brook, Stephen Smith and Sara Cline. SENT: 1,050 words, photos, video, audio. WITH: NEW ORLEANS-CAR INTO CROWD-TERROR THREATS — New Orleans attack came as officials warned of an escalating threat of international terrorism.
MIDEAST-WARS — Israeli airstrikes killed at least 15 people including a child in southern Gaza, hospital staff said, while a new effort at ceasefire talks was said to be underway in Qatar. By Wafaa Shurafa. SENT: 770 words, photos, video. WITH: LEBANON-ISRAEL-CEASEFIRE-EXPLAINER — A ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has held up for over a month; UNITED-STATES-ISRAEL — Congress is notified by the Biden administration of a planned $8 billion weapons sale to Israel.
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OBIT-JEFF-BAENA — Actor Aubrey Plaza’s director husband, Jeff Baena, has died. According to medical examiner’s records, the 47-year-old filmmaker was found dead Friday at a Los Angeles County home. SENT: 200 words, photos.
JAPAN-OBIT-WORLD’S-OLDEST-PERSON — Tomiko Itooka of Japan, who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died. She was 116. SENT: 240 words, photos, video.
DENMARK-DRONES-INVESTIGATION – Danish police say they are investigating a report of sighting of some 20 drones over the port of Koege. SENT: 140 words.
FBN-KELCE-ESPN-LATE-NIGHT — Jason Kelce has tried his hand at late-night television, He hosted the debut episode of “They Call It Late Night with Jason Kelce,” Friday on ESPN. SENT: 1,080 words, photos.
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TRUMP-HUSH MONEY-WHAT’S NEXT — Judge Juan M. Merchan set President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10, a little over a week before he is due to return to the White House. But the judge is indicating Trump won’t be jailed. What happens next? SENT: 730 words, photos.
BIDEN-MEDAL OF FREEDOM — Hillary Clinton, Denzel Washington, Michael J. Fox, Magic Johnson, Lionel Messi, Bono, George Soros, Jane Goodall and Ralph Lauren are among the luminaries from the worlds of politics, entertainment, sports, civil rights, LGBTQ+ advocacy, science and fashion being awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor in a White House ceremony. SENT: 340 words, photo. Developing from event after 1 p.m.
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NATIONAL
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WINTER-BLASTS-WHAT-TO-KNOW — The National Weather Service says a major winter storm is forecast to produce heavy snow and significant ice starting in the central U.S. and moving east. Heavy snow with winds that could lead to blizzard conditions is expected in the Central Plains starting Saturday. Hazardous freezing rain also is anticipated starting Saturday in eastern Kansas and the Ozarks extending east to the Ohio Valley and parts of the central Appalachians. SENT: 610 words, photos. WITH: WINTER-WEATHER-TOUGHING-IT-OUT — Take these steps to protect yourself from winter weather dangers. (sent).
TESLA-EXPLOSION-PRIVACY — Data collected by Tesla on the driver and vehicle in the Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion and then shared with law enforcement has shined a spotlight on a difficult ethical question for the auto industry: Are companies violating your privacy rights? Many cars now not only know where you’ve been, they have access to your contacts, your call logs, your texts and other sensitive information. SENT: 730 words, photos.
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INTERNATIONAL
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AUSTRALIA-POLITICS — Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer says he will resign in the coming days after talks on forming a new government fail. SENT: 70 words, developing.
VENEZUELA-OPPOSITION-LEADER — Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González, who the United States recognized as the winner of last year’s presidential election, kicked off an international tour that will take him to Washington just days before President Nicolás Maduro is set to be sworn in for a third term in defiance of international pressure. SENT: 640 words, photos.
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ENTERTAINMENT
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ENT-FILM-PALM-SPRINGS-AWARDS — Nicole Kidman gave a long-awaited dedication to her late mother at the Palm Springs Film Festival’s 36th annual International Film Awards. The intimate A-list award show on Friday night kicked off Hollywood’s whirlwind award season. SENT: 750 words, photos.
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SPORTS
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FBN-BROWNS-RAVENS — The Ravens can clinch the AFC North title with a victory over Cleveland. The Browns are heavy underdogs after turning to Bailey Zappe at quarterback. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos. Game begins at 4:30 p.m.
FBN-BENGALS-STEELERS — The surging Cincinnati Bengals (8-8) will try to keep their playoff hopes alive when they visit playoff-bound Pittsburgh (10-6). The Bengals need a win and losses by Denver and Miami on Sunday to reach the postseason. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos. Game begins at 8 p.m.
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Angelina Jolie accepts the desert palm achievement award, actress for "Maria" during the 36th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in Palm Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
A cyclist pedals past a roadside vendor's cart selling woollen scarfs and caps amidst dense fog and cold wave in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Former and current U.S. Secret Service agents assigned to the Carter detail, walk with the hearse carrying flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Ga., Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
A young boy salutes as the hearse carrying the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter moves through downtown Plains, Ga., Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler (22) and center Bam Adebayo, left, are introduced before an NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, right, shoots as Atlanta Hawks forward Onyeka Okongwu defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Nicole Kidman accepts the international star award for "Babygirl" during the 36th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in Palm Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Viola Davis arrives at Golden Gala: An Evening of Excellence on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
FILE - U.S. soldiers carry an American flag in a memorial service for five U.S. soldiers at the Soto Cano Airbase in Palmerola, north of Tegucigalpa, Dec. 14, 2002. The soldiers, who belonged to the 1st Battalion-228th Aviation Regiment, part of the U.S. Army South in Puerto Rico, were killed when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed after a night training exercise. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme, File)
Released prisoners, front center and right, are welcomed by family members and colleagues outside Insein Prison Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, in Yangon, Myanmar, as the military government has released more than 6,000 prisoners and has reduced other inmates’ sentences as part of a mass amnesty to mark the 77th anniversary of independence from Britain. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman talks about the resentencing of Erik and Lyle Menendez for the murders of their parents decades ago during a news conference in downtown Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
President Joe Biden pauses during a photo opportunity with Medal of Valor recipients in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
FILE - This photo provided by Ashiya City shows Tomiko Itooka, being celebrated for her 116th birthday at the nursing home she lives in Ashiya, western Japan, on May 23, 2024. (Ashiya City via AP, File)
Luke Littler of England celebrates after winning the final against Michael van Gerwen of the Netherlands at the World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace in London, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
FILE - Former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school class at Maranatha Baptist Church in his hometown, Aug. 23, 2015, in Plains, Ga. The 90-year-old Carter gave one lesson to about 300 people filling the small Baptist church that he and his wife, Rosalynn, attend. It was Carter's first lesson since detailing the intravenous drug doses and radiation treatment planned to treat melanoma found in his brain after surgery to remove a tumor from his liver. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
FILE - Resident Todd Brainard cleans snow off of the roof of his home in North Perry, Ohio on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos, File)
FILE - Municipality workers pass by debris of damaged buildings that were hit by an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday evening in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
FILE - Former President Donald Trump waits for the start of proceedings in Manhattan criminal court, April 23, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, Pool, File)
A black flag with white lettering lies on the ground rolled up behind a pickup truck that a man drove into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing and injuring a number of people, early Wednesday morning, Jan. 1, 2025. The FBI said they recovered an Islamic State group flag, which is black with white lettering, from the vehicle. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
