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Sweet gifts within the presents

Press Christmas for all brings out the best in people.

Local community center receives $15,000 Giving Tuesday grant

Money will help center continue to provide vital services, board members say

“It was a very exciting day,” Matthews said. “Dawn and I looked at each other like, oh my goodness. I actually teared up.”

RECORDS

Judgments and sentencings

Cheers! Or not: 'Scandalous' 1st Christmas card up for sale

The first commercially printed Christmas card is up for sale — a merry Victorian-era scene that scandalized some who denounced it as humbug when it first appeared in 1843.

49ers DC Robert Saleh figures to be hot coaching candidate

Edge rushers Nick Bosa and Dee Ford were lost for the season by Week 2. The secondary has been a revolving door all season as stalwarts like Richard Sherman, Jaquiski Tartt and K’Waun Williams are among those dealing with injuries.

With red carpets rolled up, the Oscar race goes virtual

NEW YORK (AP) — This is the time of year when Hollywood’s awards-season-industrial complex usually shifts into high gear. It’s a frothy, festive run of the year’s final premieres and screenings — all part of a carefully orchestrated dance to court tastemakers and, ultimately, academy voters.

India's winter of discontent: Farmers rise up against Modi

NEW DELHI (AP) — A chilly breeze whirls through New Delhi in the mornings and the sun is partly obscured by toxic haze, a marker of another winter in the Indian capital. But along the city's borders, this year is visibly and viscerally different.

COVID-19 accelerates no-exam trend in life insurance

Big data is playing a prominent role in life insurance this year.

Rapper G Herbo charged in fraud plot to buy trips, puppies

BOSTON (AP) — The rapper G Herbo, his promoter and others have been charged in a scheme to use stolen credit card information to pay for trips on private jets, exotic car rentals, luxury vacation rentals and designer puppies.

Van Lith helps No. 5 Louisville break school points record

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — It was a record-setting performance for Jeff Walz's No. 5 Louisville Cardinals.

Hurt's six 3-pointers help No. 6 Duke rout Bellarmine 76-54

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Matthew Hurt scored 24 points and accounted for six of Duke's 13 3-pointers, and the No. 6 Blue Devils used a 19-2 run in the second half to cruise past Bellarmine 76-54 on Friday night.

Pandemic casts inevitable shadow on final 'Shameless' season

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The coronavirus outbreak that delayed the taping of “Shameless” is woven into the 11th and final season of the Gallagher saga. It seems inevitable, given the outsized share of hardships the family has met and, sometimes, overcome.

Tsubaki joins A-League's Sydney FC on loan from Yokohama

SYDNEY (AP) — Japanese midfielder Naoki Tsubaki has joined Melbourne City for the 2020-21 A-League season on a loan arrangement with J-League side Yokohama F Marinos.

Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic decathlon champion, dies at 86

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rafer Johnson, who won the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics and helped subdue Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin in 1968, died Wednesday. He was 86.

Gloria Estefan reveals she caught COVID-19, is now recovered

MIAMI (AP) — Singer and businesswoman Gloria Estefan said on Wednesday that she spent much of November in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19, days after dining outdoors at a Miami-area restaurant.

The Latest: Conn. extends pandemic jobless benefit to 38,000

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has signed an order allowing the state Department of Labor to expand eligibility for a federal pandemic unemployment program to an estimated 38,000 people who were previously disqualified.

Automakers prep for stronger mileage standards under Biden

DETROIT (AP) — Now that it's clear Joe Biden soon will be president, the fight over automobile pollution and fuel efficiency standards is likely to peter out, and U.S. consumers should see a broader selection of electric and efficient vehicles.

Take Two: No. 8 BYU steps in to face No. 14 Coastal Carolina

Different opponent for No. 14 Coastal Carolina. Even bigger stakes in this Top 25 matchup between the Chanticleers and No. 8 BYU.

Iniesta turns back clock with Japanese team in Asian CL

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Andrés Iniesta won the UEFA Champions League four times with Barcelona and now the 36-year-old Spaniard is winding back the clock with Vissel Kobe of Japan in the Asian equivalent.

Legals for December, 5 2020